The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22

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 The flames destroyed the Brown House and spread to ndjoinirg bull . inss. burning virtually haif of the city block between Plum and Popla ness section. f
 The explosion shook the entire cit,
 Scenes of the greatest confusis a followed the explosion. Men and won. en rushed for the exits, only to find the stairways destroyed by the blast They then rushed to the fire escapes and found these enveloped In flame, .
 rush to the windows foilo>vet. {. Men lenped from the second and third floor windows and women on the second floor ieaped into the arms of men.
 4, Between 100 and f5O guests were in the hotel, according to the clerk, who was endeayoring early this morning to check up the list of rniss- ing persons.
 Some of the rooms had two beds. At | o'clock this morning he said he was afraid the death list might reach 10, but he was uncertain.
 A. E. Weems, proprietor of the Brown House, said he could not place any estimate on the number of dead. His son. Horace Wcems, is clerk at the hotel.
 At 3,sO o'clock the firemenshad got ten the fire Yell under control but 1t will be several hours before the premises can be explored for th. dead.
 The plant of the Collier Manu- fncturing company at the rear of the Brown Mouse, an underwear factory. was damaged by fire.
 J. W. Hays. 50 years old, justice of the peace, died on the way to the hospital.
 .ne injured include:
 Harry SwansburE, 6I East Pain street, Atlanta, both legs broken as result of jumping from n third- rtory windows; body badly burned. 0wansbnrg is an engineer on ths ' entfa1 ct GeOrgin railroad.
 It. M. smith, rerre Haute, Ind.. burne Il about the body, -.F E. A. Tinsiey, Macon, burned. A.. K. Floyd, Albany, Ga, burned.
 Ei T. Walton, Macon. burned.
 K. ,R. Pippins, Round Onk, Ga., badly burned and injured by jump ing from the third floor window.
 ID. o. Crushfield, Round Oak, Ga., broken right leg.
 Robert smith, Macon, burned.
 c. J. Bailey, Albany, Ga, slightly burned.
 The missing include:
 w. l.. Williamson, engineer on the Central of Georgia railroad. who vas called to so out on his run at 2 o'clock.
 G. l.. Wilder was on the third floor annex. He said he tried to reach the fire escape hut failed. He then ran to n window on the Broadway side md climbed down, hanging by his hands to . sill until the flames forced him to drop.
 "I know there were 10 or 15 men behind me and they had no way to cscapeg he said.
 F. C. Ciaxton. who jumped from . second story window, said the force of the explosion blew him out of he'd. His face was badly burned.
 A dozen firemcn who were tryiaR to get at the seat of the fire through the store of the Brunner Drug company's store, narrowly es- capped when the walls of that struc- ture collapsed.
 MT. and Mrs. D. Bragdon of North Carolina, cn route with party of eight to Quitman. Gn.. were in the fire. There were three children and four women.
 BvaGdon seixed . threc-year-oid dauEhtcr of Nrs. Brunette of Quit man. leaped from a window through a sheet of flames to . telephone pole, and climbed to the ground from the third floor. Both were saved. The rc m . finder Of inc party were rescued later.