The Washington herald., 1922-04-24


internationally famous-iSS 10 all
weer forced into the streets carly
yesterday morning, while a furfots
fire consumed the elaborate ballroom
on the tenth foor OF the NewWnlars
Hotel, Fourteenth and PennsylvInIa
avenue
Property loss as a result a th-
unexplained blaze was estimated a.
S25O.oeo. with an appreciable Do-tioa
attributed to damage done by ihr
food Of water which cnurs,l
through the floors beneath the Dlaz-
ing bathrooms.
one of the guests, Mrs. Arthur
Cohen. Of New York. who wa cor
fined in her room at the hotel suffer-
Ing from pneumonia. is in serious
condition at the George Washing
ton University Hospital suffering
from shock. Her husband OF two
weeks assisted in carrying her iroR
the sm5ke-filled building
Two Firemen Badly Hurt.
Two firemen. Private -. w Sell
Of Truck Company 4. and E-ivat.-
". +. Handy. OF Truck Company ..
were severely injured during th-
three hours required to vuuqulsh
the stubborn blaze.
Losses Of valus bles amountin- 10
several thousand dollars have been
reported to the police by some Z
the persons who were forced to g.r,t
their sleeping quarters when the
alarm Of fire was sounded.
Considerable difficulty was eNq.-
rienced by the firemen in reaching
the source OF the blaze. owing q.
the fact that the PASSAGES leadlr-
to the tenth floor were allied Nii4
dense smoke. through which IL wa
almost impossible 10 pass.
The first streams were turned
upon the flames after the fircmeU.
with extreme difficulty. had drs gs-d
the hose up ladders nine stories
high. and from there through tn"
ballroom passages. after the fianles'
there had been overcome. Nineteen
hose lines were brought into PLAY
in this manner.
Huge Fire Tower Used.
Meanwhile. the huge fire tower
was brought into play. hurting a
steady stream Of water through the
ballroom windows into the center
Of the confiagration.
Some Of the celebrities who were
driven from their rooms were Vice
President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge;
Brig. Gen. Charles Sawyer, the
Presidents physician. and Mr.. Saw
yer; Charles q. Dawes. director OF
the budget. and Mrs. Dawes: John
Philip Sousa. Nine olga PcirovI.
Fred w. Gpham. treasurer OF the
Republican National Committee:
Adolph Zukor. motion-picturc max
nate; Hanford MacNider. nation:
commander OF the American I.e-
Sion: Senator dupont. Delaware.
one Of the principal Stockholders u
the company. which operatcs the
hotel: Senator McNary. Of Oregon:
Senator France. Of Maryland: Scna-
tor Calder, Of New York: SENATOR
Rawson, of Iowa: Charles g. Mo
Chord. chairman Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Mrs.
McChord. and Arthur Guy Empey
Other NotnbIcs Who Fled.
Other distinguished guests who
fed the flames were Mrs. T. Dewitt
Talmage. widow of the late evan
gelist; Judge Robert W. Bingham.
owner OF the Louisville Courier
Journal; Arthur Crock. editor ~
the Louisville Times: Seymosr L.
Cromwell. president Of the New
York Stock Exchange: John a.
Bakus. of Newark. chancellor Of
the New Jersey Chancery Court:
Van Lear Black. publisher Of the
Baltimore Sun; Representative n.
B. Dawes; Representative and Mrs.
Thopas Dunn; d. W. Mulvanc. Rc-
publican National Committeeman
from Kansas, and Mrs. George May
nard Minor. president general~of
fhe ID A. II
Scores OF delegates TO the Daugn-
tiers OF the American Revolution
convention which, closed fits sessions
here saturday. were atnonE tn.,~
aroused from their sleep BY the
rude reveille sounded by the roaring
fire overhead.
Five Alarms Sounded
After the sounding pf the ~.
alarms. which brought out twenty
eight engine companies four truck
companies and several huadrcs
firemen. the hotel wss a dtrcct
contrast TO the scene Of = fow
hours previous. when q large num-
ber of the nations diEni;ari' at
tended the annual dinncr 81 the
Gridiron Club in the very roows
where the fire was raging
Peacock Alley" alwayS a 81
place OF the nation ss,s--
the appearance Of Elii= Is.ian. -
disheveled and slecpy-eyed nrn
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