Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-10
Fell With Fire Escape.


able to assist in the rescue. When the
child fell to the ground, the child falling
upon her fathers chest. She received
only a. slight injury to her hand Mrs
Henrie descended the fire escape behind
her husband and child, and, when she
saw what had happened to them. became
hysterical and had to be taken to the
hospital with the other members of her
family.
Closely following the three members of
the Henrie family came Paul Sherwood
and his wife of Wilkesbarre, Pa. They
occupied rooms adjoining those occupied
by the Henries, and they managed to
reach the ground without sustaining any
injuries. The rooms occupied by the two
families were on the. third floor, their
only means of escape having been by us
ing the fire escape. Mr.. Howard occu-
pied the room In which the fire started.
He had thrown burning pillow. ignited
by a cigarette, to the hallway, and opened
the door and window. which caused the
flames to spread through the hallway In
the direction of the other apartments.
>Policeman Mahaney discovered the
Names from the street. and turned in an
alarm. Walter Peacock the night clerk,
having detected the odor of smoke in the
building about the same time had sent
John Lewis, u colored porter to investi-
gate.
THE whole place is on fire. the col
ored porter shouted when he returned to
the Office from the third floor.
Scene of Excitement.
Then things about the hotel became
interesting. There were shouting, rap
ping on the doors and hustling about the
building. Some occupants of rooms on
the upper floors waited to put on addi-
tional articles of clothing, while others
hurried to the lower floor or to the street
clad only in their night robes. Most of
the ladies in the building assembled in
the reception room on the first floor. and
put on what clothing they could get.
p. M. Maley, son-in-law of M. p. Har-
ris. proprietor of the hotel. was sleeping
on the second floor near the head of the
stairs. He was one of the first to be
aroused, and he hurried to the room
where the fire started, Clerk Peacock
having preceded him.
when 1 got there" said Peacock, Il
found Mr.. Howard in his room getting his
effects together. He had opened the outer
window. letting in the stiff breeze, and
had also opened the door leading to the
hallway His pillow had been thrown into
the hallway and the burning feathers
were being blown about, spreading the
flames. He told me he had fallen asleep
with lighted cigarette in his mouth"
The rooms occupied by Mr.. Henrie and
his family and those occupied by his
friends were cut off from the stairway
by the flames and it was necessary for
them to go to the fire escape. Fortunately |
for others in the building, the flames did |
not reach the stairway. Maley, who |
reached room 325 just behind the night /
clerk. got the wall hose and started to
fight the fire 1t is thought that his eff
forts prevented a more serious fire.
Feet and Hands Burned.
So anxious was Maley to save the struc-
ture and protect the guests that he neg
lected to properly protect himself He
remained in the burning room barefooted
and in his sleeping garments until the
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