Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-11-30

and find out what they know;
sweat them, and sweat them good.
Anyone who would fire a hotel
building, endangering the lives of
women and children has no BUSH
ness to live.
Mr.. Hill, the proprietor of the
hotel, stated to the Democratic eaos
that when he first aroused the fire
appeared to be burning outside
and inside the butcher shop and
that the smoke in the house was
very thick. 1t was a hard matter
to arouse the girls who worked in
the house and that his son, Fred,
put a wet towel over his head and
crawled along the hall to room 20
where one of the girls, Miss Trip,
slept. He kicked on the door and
finally awoke her and she got up,
and in trying to put the key in the
door she dropped it and it was
some minutes before she found it;
by this time she was nearly suf-
located but managed to make her
way out. When she got out in the
air her face was black from smoke
and her hair was singed; she lost
all of her clothing but what she
had on.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pierce and
Misses Lizzie and Kate and Mr.
Andrew Pierce were heavy losers
by the fire. These good people
have made the Madison Hotel
their home for the past 80 years
they had apartments in the north
east corner of the building and
made their escape by coming
down a ladder. They lost all Of
their clothing but what they hac
on, also two gold watches anc
some money besides many price
less articles that were heir looms
in the family. In speaking o.
their loss to the Democrat NeaOs.
Mr.. Pierce stated that it was moi
for their intrensic value that the
articles lost were so highly priced
but for the associations connected
with them, money could not buy
them. Mrs. VIM. Pierce had he.
hair scorched in making her es
cape.
} At one time it looked as if thu
new Cohen building on the south
west corner of the square 1.-THE enc
} butting up to the Madison Hotel
was doomed, but right here tn
engine of the West End Improve
ment Company got in its work
{ A two and one-half inch stream
of water was turned on the build
ling and the fire at this end of tn
Madison Hotel was soon undo
{ control. The hose was then car
ried to the White House just Yves
and across the alley from the Mac
ison and the water was turned o
8 the blaze and kept it from shoot
ing out of the windows and lick
ing up the White House, which
a frame, two -story building, whic
: had been covered with blanket
and we're kept wet. by watt
handled by a bucket brigade.
The engine, which is the prop
" erty of the West End Improve
q ment Company and paid for b
the members of the company fl
+ the protection of their own prof.
d erty from fire, was undoubted
n the means of saving the Viii
q House and the Cohen buildings {
last Monday morning.
Very little furniture was save
from the hotel. The corner dow
stairs was occupied by the Squal
Deal Clothing Company, WI
If saved nearly all of their stool
Q they carried $4,000 insurance;
the north side of the building VI
the barber shop of Elder and D
guire; they saved nearly all
se their fixtures. The furniture
d the hotel was all new and was t
property of Mrs. Galloway, /
loss is heavy, she had only S2,C
l. insurance.
The Madison Hotel building "