Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-04
SEVEN DEAD IN ATLANTIC CITY
AS FIRE BURNS HOTEL

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mas vratrbed him from tho street In fas
,.in.t,d i,,,,nt,rrn
Edward I,rrinrer. q poIico serpaant said
Gren,,r and scores Of beIners trisd vainIy
tn r.,,b tho d,n,,,od mn,
"avcr, ladder was m ,ieo at other win.
do,vg hit nvnn If they had been nyniInbIs
- ,,I,,rJ I.,,., boe,, ir,,,Cssi,,,n 10 hri,o
rho,n mo use far the rntira side of the
hntrI ,y5e - sorid sheet NJ narne :" The
sarreont said
Tho nolico sargcont said.
"It ,y,s inst hornr, tI,o y.,u ,,o,,t ,,o,,r
ON tho upnrr sidn or the hotel thpt wn
s,,, hin, ,irgt stnrgc,. 70 tba u,ir,ln,, ma
thrnvs nm his arms ,,,,sss n thous",,S
nrr.nrs vaIlad tn hin, 10 i,,nn know /
r,und nvscIf shriel,inp af The tnn of n,
voice C;i,Is Il, tLo BolI U,oionbnno cor,
rrnl usr n,rnss : -iount Vcrnon nvenue
n.arn ,.r,.ir,, sow, ,,,,,, tbrn,,. ~, bi,
,r,y ,nL or, hi,, - 20 oG " so,,n
him
"Hut bc iust' stood there outlined
against the ngmes hack of him. Fully
Hyc minutes passed. ana then the flames
caught his clothing. lie screamed, bur
made no sign of recognition of the yclIs
to him to iump.
II saw the fire make it's way All over
him Then he crumpIed on the window
4ills and a few minutes later fell from
sight.
ORIGIN of FIRE
MA, .r, -. t,,,,o,.o,f T., 49, ,,,,-,., +,
The basement I,itrhen or tho botoI or tho
NJ, s,i,,,,.iti te nc
engineer attemnted 10 cone with il single.
handed for it was 4:4O before Miss Stokes
saw tho reflection of the flames and teIe-
u+oned an alarm IN the central ire sta
ton,
A noIirenan sounded tho first boy
alarm. Chief Black. of the Fire Depart
ment, ordered a second alarm as soon as
he arrived summoning every avnilahIe
truck in the CITY.
There was "A reason. rp,. people were
appearing at eyerv window ON the Pa
cifc avenue front of the hotel The fire
had gained such hendway before thew
had an inlIing of their peril that halls
were filed with smoke or cut off nv dre
by the time The terrified puests onancd
their doors.
\ physician wandered about in the
crowds at the fire scene this norninp
begging for information of a woman
whose name was unknown IN him IIe
SAID he was called to attend her AT the
oyerhrook vesterdav Sbo y,os ,,irt,,'ii', ~.
an invalid. He believes she perished,
,,,ra n' miooM waS "ve-story struc-
10, Iaf,,tr "r," ~ 'CN, IN u!e iiaH'e sec
Natal, 'O'l ha .. Pn,r VI one oI the earliest
~ 80 ',1iS aEo II was known as
4 fFfft taNnH1 H. 4g.g
'u'S' PI',tth us p"'l' =" u''vN "uu'uoI 10 the
- ,''e - - i'T'it anu l"e oNeIprook
u, Iree~' s.atS "a" "eeh known as
~ '.p' o'' ''u'e
Absence OF high wind Chief Black, OF
the hre department, admitted this morn
ing, propaply saved the resort from one
OF the worst hres in its history.
Some one will have 10 explain to the
public officials and aroused public opin-
ION why there was but one fire-escape
upon the tive-story structure three
iorEths OF II OF frame construction.
buiI,Inr and vas ,,irt,,,,ii'+ ,,eia iear OF tne
the Gra which sI,rtad in u'sIesS' ,' slnee
house bad driven thosa t " t,e
INNER floors 10 the yrindoS,,g rpeu ar5 III me Ile
Cifc avenue and Mount Varno,, UI, 'i,e ,,ii- Ia-
fronts of the hotel ''" avenue
There was no one m d,t,, u, a..
of the hotel at the time OF the gra g.
cording 10 n statement made 10 +,Ia noii'. a.
mis- morning by Edward w Dr.
the clerk. Pfaff said he sometime sIant