The Irish standard., 1911-08-12
JAMESON L. FINNEY VICTIM OF
BLAZE WHICH DESTROYS
PART OF THE CARLTON,
MANY AMERICANS IN THE HOTEL
Narrow Escapes Numerous and Many
Guests Lose Their Baaaaqe.-
Arizonan Rescues Three
Persons.

ney, the American actor, persisted in
tire which destroyed a portion OF
the Carlton hotel. where he was a
guest He has not been seen since
the fire and a roll call of the hotel
staff shows that none of its members
is missing.
The body was found in the bathroom
adjoining Mr.. Finney's room on the
fifth floor of the annex. The face
was so badly charred that the fea.
lures were unacceptable. Apparent
ly Mr.. Finney had gone into the bath.
room to battle before dressing and
was asphyxiated. The body was TAX
en- to the morgue later in the even
ing. A large number of American
guests escaped from the hotel, but
lost their baggage.
The alarm caught them In every
condition of undress. AL Pratt OF
New York, with his wife. occupied
room on the top floor. They saved
nothing.
Mrs. c. Shippy and son and Miss
Jessie Gardner Of Chicago had Just
arrived at the hotel from Oxford. They
had just time to leave their rooms in
the scantiest of attire and leave their
luggage which the porters had only
moment before deposited in their
rooms
keene One Of Coolest.
James r. Keene. the New York
financier aid horseman, was one OF
the coolest victims of the fire. He
was sitting in his room when the
alarm rang and calmly walked down.
stairs. lighting cigar, and then stood
on the sidewalk and watched the
progress of the flames. James Pur.
roy Mitchell. president Of the board
of aldermen Of New York, was asleep
in his room but Mrs. Mitchell, who
was in an adjoining room. awakened
him end they quickly made their exit
from the building.
Among other Americans in the hotel
when the fire broke out, who lost all
or most of their baggage and some OF
whom only had time to don a. few
clothes. are r. w. and c. c. Wool.
worth. Of New York, r. w. Baniel OF
Philadelphia, J. P. Scott of Chicago,
George Parpany Of Pittsburg, F. D.
Harvey of Baltimore. II. f. Guerbin
and r. w. Brother of Mexico. Barton
French Of Baltimore. Ex-Governor
Brown and son of Maryland, John
Greenaway and party of Bisbee. Ariz.
One Of the features of the fire was
the bravery Of the Americans. What
little panic and excitement existed
was among the employees Of the no.
tel. chiefly the continental women In
the servants quarters. who were
screaming at the top Of their voices.
John Greenaway Of Arizona took
two women and boy down a fire es.
cape, while r. w. Daniels slid down
a rope to the street from the third
floor with an English friend who was
visiting him. Thomas A. Edison was
staying at the Carlton. but was out
when the fire occurred.
The Carlton is one of London's most
fashionable resorts and many Ameri.
cans are among its guests.
The fire burned for two and half
hours but was confined mainly to that
end of the hotel adjoining His Maj.
esty's theater, and the fifth and sixth
floors, which were Quilted. Part of the
roof also was destroyed. Only the
! hardest work by firemen saved the no.
tel and theater.
Actor FInney's Career.
New York, Aug. 10.-Jameson. Lee
Finney was widely known character
actor, who had appeared in many OF
the recent successful plays on the met
ropoliran stage and in cities through.
out the country. He was born AZ
years ago in St Louis and made his
first stage appearance in Syracuse, N.
Y, in 1881. He appeared for a time in
various parts with the Booth-Barrett
Company In 1894 he joined the En-.
pire Stock Company and appeared in
conspicuous parts for four years. Dur.
ing 1901 he toured with Daniel Froh.
mans company and for the next two
years appeared steadily in New York
theaters.
One of his best remembered recent
characterizations was that of report
er in 1.-The Stolen Story"