The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-07
LAKE M0REY HOTEL FIRE
DESCRIBED BY SURVIVORS
Two Springfield, Mass, Young Men. Who
Barely Escaped Tell of the Harrow
ing Experiences.

The following graphic account of th'
fire which destroyed the Glens Fall
house at Lake Morey Monday, July %
in which four people lost their lives, j;
furnished by two Springfield Mass.
young men, as published in The Repub
lican of that city:
Everett McGuire and Harry Perkins"
other local survivors, are at Their
homes in the city, with few injuries 9th.
er than scraped wrists and bruised
knees McGuire's back is slightly
wrenched, but both young men expect
to go to work on Monday Perkins
lives at 80 Mcknight street and is EN-.
ployed by the Milton Bradley company
and Mcclure works In the Knox auto
mobile factory. The story which Per
kins tells of the fire and the escape
which he and his chum, Mcclure, had,
is not only interesting, but differs some
what from the press reports.
Mcclure and Perkins slept together
In a third stroy room. On Monday
morning at $50 o'clock when the clerk
of the little wooden hotel lit fire in
the fire place on the first floor, the two
were sleeping soundly. The clerk, after
touching a match to the wood in the
/ fire place, hurried outdoors and started
i for the village nearby in his automobile.
Then the flames from the fire place
caught in the clusters of dry spruce
| bows which were used to decorate she
whole downstairs. A few minutes later
Mcclure woke up. smelled smoke and
heard shouts outside, so he shook Per-
kins and yelled, Fire! Harry! Come
on" They heard the flames roaring
So close was the fire which had leaped
hungrily up through the dry pine floors
and walls, that the two had hardly time
to turn around before the flames were
in their room. Then Mcclure tore off
the outside screen with one blow.
grabbed the nearest Of his clothes and
jumped blindly outward. Perkins, who
was sitting in the smoke, tried to res
cue some of his apparel, but it was use-
less, He could reach only coat, pair
Of trousers and an undershrt. Then
he too Owed out the widow, leaving his
watch and other possessions. Both
young men lit on the thin board roof
of the dining room, which surrounded
the hotel like porch, and their fall
from the third story was partly broken.
Mcclure, who is heavy, fell hardest on
the ground and his back was sprained
a little.
''The two found that all of the other
is guests of the building We're already
outside, with the exception of four,
The four missing ones We're Miss Albee,
the elderly Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins, and
their invalid daughter Miss Fife Per-
kins, the four victims of the flames
Miss Bean, who had jumped from the
third story where she and Miss Albee
roomed together, was badly hurt, but
conscious. She had become well ac-
quainted with Harry Perkins during the
days that both had been. at the hotel,
and when she saw him She cried, ''Oh,
what shall | do / have left my chum
in the room. Save her, Mr.. Perkins
The whole building was enveloped in
flames by that time and entrance into
it was impossible. The frightened PEG.
pie who stood watching the fire said that
Miss Albee had appeared at her window
just after her roommate had jumped but