Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-28

N"s A'"''1 wire to Evening Herald.
Omaha. Neh.. Feb. gS--Fire, be-.
leved Ia have oeen caused by a "a.
explosion cost ilfteen or more live,
here today The Dewey hotel. n sec.
ond class hostelry 40 Thirteenth and
Fornam streets. was DESTROYED by
flames which swept the three story
building with speed that nreciuded
attempts az rescue.
Il is not probable that hremen
working un the smoking rulns will be
ohl" o." rescue bodies buried beneath
lho debris before tonight or tnmor.
row The entire interior ~ the hotel
buildings was precipitated into the
basement carrying with Il the bodies
Of those who dld not oacape from
the burning structure
The front aud side walls OF the
building we're an thar was left and
II appeared probable that these would
have 10 be razed before the rescuers
could enter the interior. Fire chief
Saitcr declared he would not hermit
his men TO enter until the danger
from these standing walls had been
removed.
Those known to have lost their lives
are.
CHARLES CUMMINGS. n bartend.
er. jumped from third story window,
crushed 10 death
MRS. ALICE BRONNfVIE. s,ster
of the proprietor's wife
UNKNOWN MAN. dragged from
building unconscious. body nude died
IN hospital
In addition 10 these an unknown
number OF bodies are buried IN the
debris
Several persons were Injured. none
dangerously, among them being Mrs.
e. +. wilkins. wife of the proprietor
OF the hotel, whose sister persisted.
city Commissioner wlthnoll In
charge ut building matters. this az
tornoon put a force OF men at work
tearing down the standing wallis Of
the hotel and II is expected the re-
movnl Of bodies will be possible this
afternoon
some of the guests had time Ia
reach the stalrways but others were
caught by the cOllapsing roof OF tho
structure before they could be rescued
from window sills on which they had
taken refuge.
several of the victims iumped or
Zen from windows and met either I'm.
stant death cog mortal injury.
Accounts al the number of parsons
IN the building differed o. such an ex.
tent that accurate estimates OF the |
death hst were imposslble today. The
register of the hotel burned hut some
OF the hotel employees said that many
Of the dodgers were not registered. AZ |
noon only about twenty-five out OF |
sixty persons estimated tu have been
in the building had been accounted for |
definitely. out it was known that a |
score ur more of those who had es. |
capped left the nelghborhood without
revealing their Identity.
Zero weather hampered the fremen
Hhd adde's io the suffering ~ the IN
iured
Several business firms had quarters
100 thr building and their losses. added
iu those uf the hotel owners. brought
ihr financial damage 90 about $3.50.
900
lizzie Steiss .aper carrier. was one
of thr heroes of the ure He was pre-. |
pairing tu start with his morning route
ana vHs one OF the nrst at the fire /
Even before The nremen arrived he
lushed into the building and began 4
assisting the night clerk to arouse
those asleep boz the building. 10 help
td drag several hulf-dazed persons
from the building ana then hsif sui.
located. Went To- a nearby drug store
h',H Nlhan smith, night clerk ad-
Wnlst'rud stimulunt Steiss stepped
outside ana collapsed, entirely over |
come from the onect of the smoke. |
Hp Was carried 20 an ambulance and |
removed to the emergency hospital |
and later revived
Jesse y. Nold who represents the
of the hotel probably |
sawed the lives of over score at Der.
sans be Was awakened bv the cry OF /
fire aud, half dressed. hurried through |
the smoke-hlled Railways, ar0uslng
the guests lie succeeded In getting
% number Of persons out ~ the burn
Ing binding, all of them half clad
They were taken 60 nearby places of
refuge for the time
Bitter cold made conditions almost
The hreman had hardly
started streams on the burning hotel
until frozen pipe lines began 10 hurst.
The, caused an impediment 20 the ef-
forts uf the iremcn and reduced for
SOME time the efficiency OF the ARE
1ghung force
o. Is now believed the are was caus-
ad ny "a gas explosion Ia the rear of
me building only few weeks ago
there was discovered "a leaking gas
main which caused the management
'i The hotel TO arouse al the guests