The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-16
HISTORIC HOTEL
MASS OF RUINS
Revere House Of Boston Totally De-
stroyed by Fire and Two Hun
dred Guests Have Narrow
Escape.
FIREMAN's FATAL FALL
Plunged Down Four Stories and Was
Impaled Upon the Fence
Plckets, Meeting In
stant Death.

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and forty persons. most Of them SER
wants, who were trapped in the upper
stories. are believed by the police and
firemen to have lost their lives lii
the fire that early today destroyed
the Historic Revere House, in Bow
doin Square At $50 the building, a
mass of ruins, was still burning and
the firemen were unable to search for
bodies. Many Of the servants who
escaped went directly to the homes Of
relatives SO that the police have been
unable to accurately determine just
how many got out and until a com
plete search Of the ruins can be made
and a roll call OF the help had it
will be impossible to say what the
death list will be.
OF the guests in the house, all are
believed to have escaped with the Ell.
ception of Mrs John Gibson and her
daughter of Lynn, Mass. who are
missing and are supposed to have
perished.
Hoseman J. Kippenburger fell four
stories from a ladder End was instanr
ly killed on the old iron picket fence
that surrounded the structure
Two hundred guests, more than halt
of them women, ran screaming to the
snow-filled streets, some absolutely
nude, others with a single garment to
shield them from icy blasts.
Philip McGonagle, an ex-councilman
and David Noonan, private secretary
to Mayor Fitzgerald, who were pass
ing, sounded the alarm. They saw
smoke and a tiny tongue of flame
licking it's way through the walls Of
the famous grotto room
They rushed through the Railways
crying fire. Within few moments
$50 guests had fled. siremen arriving
dashed at once to top floors where
many faces were seen at windows.
At least forty were rescued by fire
men 1t was while at this work that
Hoseman j. r. Kippeneurger fell four
stories and was impaied on fence
picket, dying Instantly Then the fire.
men were called out of the burning
structure, before they had time to go
! to the servants quarters, or enter all
| the rooms. BY s o'clock the inner
part had been almost completely
Quilted and the walls we're swaying.
1T was then said the firemen would
! not be allowed to enter the place be
/ fore noon.
Not as Bad as Believed.
l BOSTON. Mass. Jan. 16.-That the
death list of the fire which destroyed
] the old Revere house today will be
ladder was the opinion expressed by
1 the chief of the fire department at
S:45 He said that he had made an
/ incomplete search Of the ruined stru.
/ ture and was satisfied that all of tho
servants, at first believed to have
i been trapped in their quarters, had
managed to escape.
! The chief also stated that the early
report that Mrs. John Gibson and her
4 daughter, of Lynn, had lost their
/ lives, was not confirmed. He salt
that Gibson told him his family was
| in the hotel but later said they were
not with him, that he had been hys-
! lei lSdl ONSl hio OWh iollOW SSSdpo
j and had failed to remember that his
wife and daughter had refused to
come to the city with him.
| For some time after their arrival
the firemen devoted their attention to
saving lives and there were MAJ
/ thrilling rescues. With scaling lad
ders, life lines and other appliances.
the firemen hustled the frightened
men and women into the streets and
/ finally cleared the building.
Many of the rescued were suffer-
ing from inhalation of smoke and ex-
posure and score had to be taken
TO the hospitals where they are being
cared for in an effort to ward off
pneumonia. The loss will exceed
100000
Another One Burns.
iIUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
DULUTH. MINI, Jan 16-Flames
early today forced the guests of the
st. James hotel here to make their
escape in light attire. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Four Buildings Burned
4 HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich, Jan.
16-One fireman was seriously injur-
ed, several others suffered frozen