Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-09
4 DEAD, IS MISSING
IN HOTEL BLAZE

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. ga
charred body, burned beyond recog-
milton, the first taken from i the
ruins since the. Lexington hotel was
destroyed by fire early yesterday
morning, was found by workmen
lat 1850 o'clock this morning. This
brings the number of known dead
from the fire to four.
The local police department re-
ported today that after a careful
rechecking of the list of guests in
the hotel when the fire occurred, it
was found that sixteen persons
still were missing. This list, the
police state, was compiled from a
card index system taken from the
hotels record. The department an
nounced today that six persons re-
ported that they were safe. They
are:
B. H. Jones, B. A. Smith, A. B.
Fittzs, J. r. Nelson, j. F. Blue and
j. E. Scott.
Twenty-eight Injured
According to the latest informa-
ton from the hospitals twenty eight
persons are listed as injured, 1t is
understood, however, that very
small proportion of these are seri-
Cusly hurt.
Following is list of those report
ed by the police today as missing:
T. w. Jones and wife, Norfolk.
z. T. Carter, United States navy.
E. j. Bush, Richmond,
Samuel Ash, Richmond.
c.. G. Eberly, address unknown.
d. E. Ames, Charleston, S. c.
E. T. Cox, Richmond.
T. r. Jones, Norfolk.
E. S. Harold, address not given.
Il. l.. Shaw, Chesapeake and Ohio
railway conductor, Richmond.
e. Q. Taylor, North Carolina.
C. w. Hawthorne. address not
given.
- Matthias, address not given.
T. d. Pierier, Yonkers, N. Y.
C. B.! Boles, address not given.
Joseph Overton, Asheville, N. c.,
suffering from an injured leg, was
reported improved. 80
E Cat Saves Two
Of those who, it is believed, are
buried in the ruins, three, Cox. Shaw
and Ash, occupied rooms on the
third and fourth floors toward the
UAL. AOIA WOAl
into the hotel, leaving his automo-
bile outside.L What became Of him
is not known. His name does not
appear on the hotel register and it
is thought possible that he called on
some guest of the hotel.
The scratching of a pet cat on the
bath room door no doubt saved the
lives Of Mrs. L. G. Daniels and her
daughter, Miss Drusilla Daniels.
both of Raleigh, N. c., who were
trapped on the fourth floor and mar.
roWly escaped being burned alive.
They were awakened shortly after 4
o'clock by the sharp grating noise
made by the cat scratching on the
door. st jumped Immediately out
of bed,'' Mrs. Daniels said, ''and
upon opening the bath room door de-
tected smoke. I then opened the
door leading into the hall and a
room and the flames were not many
yards down the hallway.
''My daughter and did not have
time to dress and went out of the
window to the fire escape in our
night clothing. We jumped from
the fire escape to roof beneath,
winch was 50 NOT lIOiI IAe udi11cS
that our feet were severely burned
When we landed on the roof we were
in an awful quandry as to how to
get to the street and we could not
see soul anywhere, but heard
groans and distressing sounds com
ing from below.
Finally, seeing no other escape,
we broke the glass window Of an
adjoining building. which extended
above the roof. Our hands and feet
were cut by the broken glass, but
we were able to find our way down
the. flight Of stairs to the first floor
and into the street"