The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1898. 3 I iR CASES ATTENDED AT THE HOSPITAL oved objects which can never be re- ced. S were treated at the tal. The first was P. I.ouis, a member of the Noon & Co., dealers in 5. He occupied a room the hotel on the| s above the roof awakened by a , who led him to | ide down an of the an- end of the forty feet was skin- e iron pipe. Oberon Cafe to rescue a In attempt- pushed his of the glass He rescued veral others by means and then went to the ded hand at- siderable blood. rday afte side of f he ne AT left hand badly cut ss. He had it t the hospital. JURY LOCKED IN THE DOOMED HOTEL Led Out by the Bailiff—Oscar Tolle Loses His Ward- robe. the fire the trial of Grace ims and Myron Azh- Owing tc Loose, ¥ ed with extortion, was 3 erday until Fri Os- clerk of the court, in the | hen it took fire, and it | y that he ma obe was d f the jurors being in a simi- dicament 1 the court to| e up the| “harge ed up arted ict and ked up Ive the carrying the search of > housed in a of going to watch the fire and quence | sterday erdict find- They were a v H g A POETESS SAVED FROM THE FLAMES Wagner, the poetes Wag- fifth Wag- nts in the she sought 1 cries of fire. nd we aroused our didn't stop to put| sed my feet in an Little Morris man- nd stockings on ve calmly gath- clothes. heard the cry of fire I I only knew | ; as possible. 1 the grand Had s would I t slif TS little daughter their terrible ex- | few things lit. | > the entire rer household has JACK GUINN SAVED A TRUNK OF MONEY His Racing Stake Was in| His Roem at the | Hotel. Jack Quinn, the Eastern bookmaker, rating 2. the local tracks, ed losing everythine he nd " dollars th yok reli and his winnin, son was in a trunk in h second floor, but he forgot is valuables is efforts to men and anG. fifth floors when the flames had tho: On? from his rooms lid he re- | hat he had at stake. He n to the hotel office and f to the man who trunk, and he was im- »y one of .he por- could not b~ learned. | in reaching Quinn's | back through the the hallways with his shou.«ers nnlyg 1 5 ¢ courageous | * him with water- | and eeded in get- | burden, to which he the fresh air, where | 1. Quinn made good | suC JOHN PURDY NOT AMONG THE MISSING He Did Brave Work at Res- cuing the Helpless Women. Popu Jack” Pt was mot noon the poolseller, the J~ad until turned up vol- lcall at the Audi- retired late on Tuesday night, when the fire was discovered a or more of his. friends tried to reach his room on the fifth floor of the hotel, but they found their way barred wall of flame and was kept up all through the . but no trace wa found of the missing man, though he did brave serv- ice'in rescuing the women on the fifth floor and spent the morning after the flames had driven him out in watching the progress of the fire. “My room was in soubrette row, smoke. The { to lead them to the stairway: ! slumbers undi GEORGE D. BA LDWIN A HERO. Renders Valuable Aid in Saving Lives That Were Placed in Jeopardy. Captain George D. Baldwin of the Eighth California Volunteers performed superhuman efforts in assisting people to e x-drill sergeant in the Police Department, hav captain is tion to serv the police his endeava his country and defend it nder him proved a ape from the burning building. The 1g-resigned that posi- used by him in train ery valuable adjunct in With singular coolness he The tacti; ag. jeopamiy. went about the hotel giving warning, and his calm demeanor served to quell ‘the frantic spirits of many of the guests. Men who were rapidly becoming violent under the appalling conditions seemed to be quieted by Captain Baldwin as he proceeded in the performance women who had fainted to place of the heroes of the fearful calamity. ms voluntary of safety, and his name Wwill go down as ral one He _carried duties. fifth floor,” “and when the fire discovered pandemonium broke among - the women. They into the hallway their clothes and fought when Mr. was loose rushed night we tried We had force in saving on the said Purdy, in us to use considerable those who did get out. Some of them we literally dragged out. The lights went out to r ke matters worse, and I thought for a time we were all going to get scorched before we got out of it, but I reckon we will be doing business ain in the morning.” - - DR. J. 6. THOMPSON WAS NOT INJURED - she He Found Safety and Shel- ter at the Grand Hotel. Dr. J.; & Thompson, a prominent physician of Oakdale, turned up last evening to deny that he is ong the missing, as was stated in the official list. He was awakened at the first alarm of fire, and looking from his win- dow on the second floor saw that the flames were in the top of the house and he figured that he had all the time he needed to dress and pack his grip, which he coolly proceeded to do. He had progressed with his dressing as far as his necktie, when the police broke in his door and insisted in assisting at his rescue. They threw him out, but left his baggage, for which, as soon as his rescuers turned their attention to other things, he returned and saved. Dr. Thompson found quarters at the Grand Hotel, where he resumed his urbed. — - AS THE GUESTS TELL THE TALE Forgot Money and Jewels— All but Life. The accounts of the guests differ little in the main details. It was almost the | same startled awakening for all, by loud shouts and heavy blows ofi the doors be- hind which they lay sleeping; then the struggle, clad in nightrobes, through the smoke-filled and stifling corridors in a blind search for the stairway; flames that burst from the roof and upper windows. It is a remarkable fact that absolutely nothing was saved by the fleeing and terrified gues Most of them were peo- ple whose apartments contained valuable ts, personal property, all of which is a total loss. Money and jewelry, as well as cost- ly furniture, were left in that sudden run for life. After the fire had been extin- guished, however, a number of rooms were red by their owners and jewelry and other imperishable articles were found on mantle or dressing table where they had been left Doubtle: losses was that of Mrs. the late Senator Mahoney. loser. “My rooms were 22 s one of the greatest individual Mahoney, wife of She is $15,000 and 264, on the third floor,” sald she, “where I lived with my daughter. I was awakened by blows on the door and saw the flames shoot by my window. After getting out of bed and into a sealskin coit 1 was led by Officer Pat McNamara through the smoky hall to the ele I left in my rooms ostly plano, my daughter Maria's two valuable violins, diamonds, gold watches and rings, silverware and costly bric-a-brac. I also had stored in the building furniture for ten rooms. My 000, with not one ce A. S. Dougherty Neathery. who Fi stands me fully $i5, t of Insurance. stairs and left behind all money, jew and cloth; During the flight Miss hery w overcome by the smoke and fainted, to revive, however, when ried into the open air. G. L. Mead, the Los Angeles representa- tive of Sherwood & Sherwood, with his wife, occupied a room on the first floor on the Market street side. They were startled fi breaking down their door. It wonder that we found anything to wear,” said Mr. Mead. *“The lights were out and all the time we were in the house I was almost deafened by the frantic screams of people who were rush- ing here and there trying to escape. Out- side we could hear the awful roaring of the engines, and when near a window one would occasfonally get a shower of cold water. And over all I could hear the loud crackling of the fire. Well, we got out safely and this morning 1 wrapped myself up, and got some money and clothing for my wife and self.” B. K. Coffman, a commercial traveler from Chicago, was asleep in room 238, third floor, on the Powell street side. He was awakened by a bellboy. He donned his trousers and tried to get the rest of ! his clothing into a trunk, which he found he could not carry, and started for the street. In his struggle with his burden t underclothing. 1wood Whitney of New York, who was here putting a new checking system in the hotel, was sleeping in an inside room on the s d floor near the kitchen. He got up and opened a window and the | lames swept into his face. Instantly the room was filled with smoke and he was almost suffocated. He s sure the fire started In the kitchen, and hurried out in the hall, where he heard persons screaming in the darkness | around m, all the lamps being extin- | guished. A ‘woman ran violently against | him and he tried to lead her toward the | elevator, but she broke away from him and hurried away. He succeeded in strik- ing the Ellis-street stairway. Miss Toma Hanlon, leading lady of the Coney Island Theatrical Company, occu- pled room 370, on the fourth floor, Market- street side. When awakened she tried to | unlock her door, but in her extreme nery | ousness could not do so. The door was finally broken down and the lady led out. She was In her night dress and was car- ried down the several flights of stairs and away from the building thus lightly clad. She ‘was_prostrated with fright, but re. covered during the day. Miss Hanlon has been through three hotel fires. John ])l. (’i'lm!\helL leading man of the Coney Island Company. sleeping in room 408, firth floor, lost ail of his wardrobe. money and_jewelry. | Manager H. W. Lake of the Baldwin Hotel was awakened by Director Marcus Stone. ] saw that there was no time for de- lay,"” said Mr. Lake, “not even for dress- ing purposes. The roaring of the engines, | the crackling of the flames and the show- ers of sparks falling in the street which I could hear and see from my window | hurried me along. I quickly awok y wife and little boy and we struck n!Pl!.mfi | was scantily dressed. Mrs. | we carried out just as we took him from | the bed. % | “We tramped barefaoted to the Lang- 'CAPTAIN WITTMAN PROUD OF HIS MEN. 'Police Render Valuable Service in Rescu- “ing Guests From the Burning Structure, scene with a squad of officers. thieves as well as keep the immense wit terfering with the firemen. to ply their vocation. diately after the fire was discovered, the stairway. kK K K KR K Kk K R sk ko A T e 2 R ERE SRS N A short time after the fire broke out Captain Wittman appeared on the He ordered them to keep a sharp lookout for the heroic efforts of the firemen. y idea was first to protect the guests against being robbed and to save as much property as possible,” remarked the captain of the Central station last night. “Immediztely after I reached the scene I ordered my men to throw out the fire rope, thus hoping to prevent the crowd from in- I also detailed several men to keep a strict lookout for pickpockets and thiaves, as I feared that they would attempt Sergeant Martin and Police Officer Sylvester imme- number of guests in getting out ot the place. efforts 1 am convinced that more lives would have been sacrificed. of the officers even risked their livex to save the helnless guests who were not aware of thelr danger. There were several Instances of the police car- rying out women who were 80 frightened they did not know how to reach 1 am proud of the effor's of the men and no doubt the Chief of Police and the Commissioners wlill thoroughly appreciate their work.” crowd of sightseers from interfering entered the building and assisted a Had it ot been for their * #* * * #* * * * * * * #* * Some % #* * = %* * » * AR R R T E R R SRR m a sound sieep by a fireman | rough the crowd he lost his trousers | 1 walked out of the burning buflding | He partly dressed | Lake had a | cloak on over her nightrobe, and the boy | ham, where I borrowed a coat, hat and pair of shoes. Then I came back to look on while the great hotel burned. I lost everything 1 owned. I think the loss to the management is about $75,000, with lit- tle insurance. Of course, this does not include loss on bullding and furniture. Thoem&?rmea' was Wtol‘fllt 50.00?‘ Uae léatltgl' 50,000, and property of guests about the :fime amounll). ’P}‘olal about $1,125,000. “I am sure all escaped, as everybody was notified in time. Still it is imposssi- ble to know j st now whether any more lives have been lost or not. I trust not.” Manager J. P. Gallagher of the Hotel Langham, to which house about twenty- of the burnt out guests went, turned over his wardrobe to the scantily dressed masculines. He contributed three coats, two overcoats, two pairs of shoes, three pairs of trousers, two pairs of socks and three pairs of suspenders. Mr. Galla- gher is wearing the jacket of his porter and has fastened his trousers up with a bale rope. A RELIC OF THE OLD BONANZA DAYS Of Handsome Appearance but Always Regarded as a Fire-Trap. The Baldwin Hotel, like the Palace, was one of the many projects that was car- ried out by those who made fortunes during -the great bonanza days of tne | early seventies. The building of the Bald- win was contemporaneous with the erec- tion of the Palace, the latter going up (DI its massive dimensions under the direction | of the late Willlam C. Ralston and the | former under the eye of E. J. Baldwin. | It was in the early part of 1572 that | “Lucky” Baldwin, with a view to placing on Market street what he declared woulll, from an architectural point of view, be one of the finest buildings of the times, set about to find a site upon which to erect the building, which, after being opened as a hotel, became worla re- nowned. After a long survey of what he thought would be a suitable site, he se- | lected a part of what at one time in the { history of San Francisco was known as | st. Ann's Valley. In fact, it was the eastern boundary of the valley, and for many vears on the opposite side, on which stands the St. Ann’s building, there was a | nursery from which thousands of bou- | quets were furnished to the fashionable people of the city. He selected the Zround on the east side of Powell street, funning eastward to where now stands the Baldwin Annex, taking in the entire frontage on Powell and on Market and Ellis streets. The site was covered with several frame structures of fair preten- | Sfons and a number of old structures that were hurriedly erected when l)vl(- people, | after the breaking out of the War of the | Rebellion, commenced to desert Kearny | and Montgomery streets north of Cali- | fornia and also the cross streets. . | " Mr. Baldwin, with that luck which was | proverbial with him, and which won for Bim the sobriquet by which he is known all over the land, purchased piece af‘m: Piece and secured much of the property Bt Swhat was then considered reasonable | figures, for, at that time there were but few who even dreamed that Market street would become the great thoroughfare it | has since become. [ 195 595 he served notices on all the ten: ants to vacate and_then one by one the ol structures came down. The only ones saved were the more pretentious buildings and they were moved westward by the owner, who located them on other prop- erties owned by him. Then commenced the work of clearing the ground for the foundation, and in the removal of the sandy sofl there was encountered a spring } < one of the many that were the | hich w Tesult of seepage of the rains of winter, | and which flowed from the west into | Hayes Valley, percolating the sand in that direction and also in the direction of Mar- | ket and Seventh streets, at present the site of the Odd Fellows' building. This spring was the source of considerable trouble In the work of laying the founda- tion, but the annoyance caused Was over- come and the building progressed. While it was in process of erection there were many who_expressed the opinion that it was “only a fire trap.” Still it| SAVED HIS VIOLIN. | Professor Stark Braves Death for a Fiddle. | Fire and the fear of death did not | separate Professor Starke, leader of the Grotto orchestra, from his beloved violin. Attired In nothing more than a night robe | he took to the life rope at the fifth story. But he clutched it only with one hand— | in the other he carried the fiddle. He finally reached the street in safety and was loaned clothing for himself and shelter for the violin, both of which he accepted. .- went up story after story, and it was ob- served that only one portion, that devoted to the purpose of the theater, had in it a | partition of brick. That was necessary, as | & frame one would not have been of suffi- cient strength to support the galleries. In time jhe structure was capped with a mansard roof and then came the plaster | and the paint, which hid from view the really flimsy material of which the build- ing Wwas constructed. t was finished and presented a fine ap- pearance, and ‘‘Lucky’s’ fondest hope was realized. He had one of the hand- somest buildings on Market street. There was one man in San Francisco who did not have a good opinion of the | hotel, and that was the late David Scan- nel, Chief Engineer of the Fire art- ment. Standing one day in front ofethe hotel” after it was in full operation’ s.e said to a friend: “That building is a menace to Market street. If a fire ever breaks out in it all h— won't be able to stop it. While I have charge of the de- partment and a fire breaks out init I will not allow one of my men to enter it. I will fight it from the outside; that's what I'll do, sir.” He also had a standing rule while he was in charge that If an alarm came in from box 47. which was known as ‘“the Baldwin box,” and it should happen that the fire was in the hotel, that a second alarm_should be sent in Immediately so | as to bring the entire department to the spot. ‘““What I want to do In case of a fire there,” he £ald, “is to confine the fire to_that building.” Dave Scannel did not live to see a fire in the hotel, but when it did occur the re- sult shows how prophetic was his words. The hotel was opened with great eclat in 1875, and about the same time the Academy of Music was opened by Tom Maguire, the Napoleon of San Francisco stage managers. Subsequently the name of the place was changed to the Baldwin | Theater. Yesterday E. J. Baldwin stood in the doorway of the Annex looking sad as he realized the loss which had befallen him. When a word of condolence was spoken to him he replied in a sad volce, “It is one of the events that one must expect in the course of a lifetime. THEY TOGK NO TIME TO ARGUE The police did meritorfously at the fire. Immediately after the first alarm was sounded Sergeant Martin, with a posse of officers, was on the scene, assisting the | { the burning structure awakening the in- | only got her clothes or | man to stand at the door of his room and | for a moment it seemed as if every avenue i HEROINE OF Miss Kate Richardson, THE CUPOLA. Who Snatched Three Lives From the Curling Flames. occupants of the buflding to escape. Mar- tin, accompanied by Policeman Sylvester and Special Huey Smith, went through mates and assisting them in getting out. On account of the electric current being shut off the place was in total darkn The officers were supplied with candle and with this dim light they went to eac room and aroused the sleeping inmates: e woman, who had not felt tne ex- plosion, was peacefully sleeping in her room when the officers rapped on her door. After informing her of her danger, as she did not show any inclination to leave the hotel, - Martin and his men broke down the door. She seemed to be in a stupor, and without waiting to let her dress herself the officers picked her up d carried her downstairs. A citizen,{ noticing_her preaicament. took off h coat and wrapped it around her. Subs quently she was taken in chargé by friend, who house ‘on Ellis st a escorted her to a lodging - INCIDENTAL TO THE CONFLAGRATION | Fortitude of | the Burning Building. J. C. Walker, the Fresno -caplitalist, with his wife and daughter, Miss Lottie Ruth Walker, occupied rooms on the fifth floor. Mrs, Walker, thoughful of the ad- vanced age of her husband, urged him to hurry on before her and their daughter. Mrs. Walker, with unusual fortitude, | stopped to dress, and Miss Walker not | but managed to save her sealskin ck. Mr. and Mrs. | Walker were carried down to the land- | Ing on the elevator. The Walkers were on their way to l{on-l olulu and lost property worth $2000. Miss Minnfe Sullivan and Miss Emily von Blomberg, both chambermaids in the hotel, occupied adjoining apartments in the cunola at the Powell and Ellis street end of the hotel. Miss Sullivan mourns the loss of all her personal effects and a trunk containing $500, the accumulated earnings of many yea of ser Mi¢s Katie Hart, Miss Kate Richardson and Miss Gussie Johnson, the three young women who owe their lives to the bravery of J. L. White, escaped without a scratch. The first stuff removed from the burned building were the trunks and valuables of Mrs. T. C. Black and Mrs Jones, who occupted room 102. About 32000 worth of jeweiry was recovered, and a sack con- taining nuggets and gold coin to the value of $150 was found in a locker. Starter James Caldwell wasa heavy loser by the fire. He escaped with nothing but an old suit, leaving behind §70 in coin and a small fortune in jewelry. John Morrisey, manager of the Orpheu.a Theater, occupied a room on the Powell | and Market street corner of the raldwin Hotel, and when the fire broke out had an experience which he does not care to have .repeated. At first Le did not re- spond to a call, but an oficer directed a see that he was safely out of the buiding. As he assisted his wife along the corridor the flames broke through tne walls, and of ape had been closed. Piloted by a messenger boy he finally made wuis way to the entrance. M es will amount to more than said. “There were articles 10,000,”" he ?l(-xltruye(l hich had been the result of years of search and travel. We saved practically nothing.” ¢ Charles” Ackerman, of the law firm of Fredenrich & Ackerman, esti- mated his loss at $0,000; all of the family oil paintings, bric-a-brac, jewelry, cloth- ing of himseif, wife and children, besides and other property went up in_smoke. g To the timely arrival of Police Officer ¥. G. Howard of the Central station the roomers on the third floor owe their lives. Howard was on _his beat on Webs Street when the firebell attracted his ae N and on looking eastward he saw tention: fSeht up with tie reflection of tne building. On arriving at the hotel ;:r;{ng‘me dashed into the buiiding, and finding no person giving the alarm on the third floor_ran_along the hallway and ki on every doof. “f)‘;pr(xlng) the T ternoon and while the men from the fire.patrol were searching the burnt building for such property as had not been destroved Fire Marshal Towe found in one of the rooms a hand satchel such as might be carried by a physician. Among its contents, in which there was a small sum of money, was a card with the name of “Dr. J. Stow Ballard, 610 Hyde {élephone number, E 306" Dr. Ballard said the satchel was not his, nor did he know to whom It did belong; he had not been staying at the Baldwin Hotel. One of the fortunate individuals who re- covered his property before the fire reached his_rcom was Jack Quinn, the horseman. When aroused from sleep he rushed to the street without stopping to dress or secure his valuables. When he reached the office he remembered a large sum of money he had ieft In his trunk and offered $100 reward for its recovery. The night porter of the hotel rushed up the stairs through the smoke to Mr. Quinn's room. He got the trunk containing the money and started back. While the porter was in the room the fire had gained great neadway in the corridor and he barely escaped with his life. He reached the to] of the stairs on the second floor and sanfi exhausted to the floor. Several men who heard his cries for help dashed to his res- cue and succeeded in dragging him down to safety just in the nick of time. Barney Schreiber, the well-known horse- man, occupled a room on the third floor of the Baldwin, fronting on Powell street. His experience was similar to that of the other guests, except that he was one of the later ones to get out and was almost the fire escape to Mr. Schrefber’s room and recovered his trunks and valises. Everything in the apartment was rulned by water and smoke. Barney says his loss does not amount to much. Night Watchman Buckley of the Bald- win Is deserving of great commendation for the gallant manner in which he acted during the terrible ordeal of yesterday morning. When the fire was discovered he saw it was useless to attempt to extin- guish the flames. Buckley ran to the up- permost floor, where the attaches of the otel were quartered, and his herculean efforts to arouse the sleeping inmates saved scores of lives. He remained on the top floor until his own life was in danger and then went to the floor below. He ran through the corridors knocking at each door and calling londly to any one who might not have already escaped. the electric lights went out he stood at ay. Stairway is here. Come this wa This_he repeated from floor to floor, only. descenaing toward ground when the flames almost enveloped him. J. H! Wadsworth, nephew of the mana- call “This w When | M the heafl of the stairs and continued to | the | mass when stirred gave out a strong odor of coal oil. MISS PERRY LOST ALL HER CLOTHES She ‘and Her Mother Had a Lucky Escape From Danger. leading lady of the “Se- cret Service” Company, was one of the victims of the Baldwin fire. With her - mother she had apartments on the fourth floor. Both had retired after the theater and slept peacefully until frantic blows upon the door brought them out on the | floor. They did not know who warned them, | but from Miss Perry's account of the oceurrence, he was “a gentleman,” and after he had helped them down through the smoke and cinders he disappeared without giving his name. | _“We were frightened, of course,” | Miss Perry, “but I was not_ so badly | frightened as T supposed I would be under | such circumstances. It was not so bad | as a tornado. I don’t know what would have become of us if that man had not | warned us of the danger. We had no | time to dress—we just threw on old skirts, | and_then we had to run. | “We came down here to the Palace at once and we wul have to stay here until we get more clothes. We lost every stitch | we had—sevéral hundred dollars’ worth— but otherwise we escaped. I took my money but nothing else. I will have some more stage clothes by Monday and will be ready to go_on again then. Beyond the loss of our clothes neither my mother nor myself suffered at all by_the fire. It was | a narrow escape for us. - THE GRAPHOPHONES SANG “A HOT TIME” All day Peter Bacigalupl of the Edison Phonograph Agency, 846 Market street, dug amid the charred ruins of his ele tric machines for the scorched nickels and metal checks. “Just $12,000," said Peter, “lies In that wreck and not a nickel—not even a littie round check—is insured.” Then he emptied the contents blackened tin coin till into his pocket. “1 intended to put a little fire risk on those machinas, but put it off instead, and s0_you see I had machines to burn.” And the battered graphophones lying in the muddy ashes softly sang, “A Hot Time,” etc., in unison to Bacigalupi's melancholy joke. Miss Py of a coat Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. | 35c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. P EMPORIUM ENTERTAINMENT. Upon invitation of the management the employes of the Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar assembled at the Er{)pbnrlu:'n evening to take part In an elaborate "?}i‘\.nksglvlgg eve entertainment provided solely for their benefit. Noah Brandt's orchestra furnished music for the danc- {ng.in which over 400 couples participated. Durng the elaborate and substantial ban. quet which followed, the following pro- gramme was presented by Emporium tal- Sht: Vocal duet, by Mr. and Miss Schus- ter; song, ‘I Love You Best, by George Gunn: specialties, by Major 'A. J. Criqul (the Lilliputian); “Life's Luilaby™ by s T. Silvester; “Just Behind the by Frank Gunn; specialties, by Tegro spec | | | i | 3 ge 5 falties, by the Misses d E. Walthour; and fancy Henrictia Moynes, cash boys might share e\?;}r‘\‘i‘x:gl'hemerryma ing, they were sent in a body—to the number of 130—to the Orpheum, and were subsequently pro- J. 5 A. Patterson an | @ancing, by Miss [og=gog-F-3-2-2-3-3-3-3-F-3-3-3-3 -1 a0 ‘ Captain - Comstock Drigin of the bursting it was one of the ha ence. ! A pression on it than we did. W department worked and there was no wj the fire confin “I do not care to say wha ure guessing.” Qfiflfifififinfifififlfifififlfi jagegeg=gagagegagagaRagegageFeFaleegayoF R e RN R TR k] STARTED I THE HUTEL TGN “We are convinced that the fire started in the kitchen on the Ellis-street side,” said Fire Marshal Comstock last evening. we turned out of New Montgomery through the roof. They were sucked up by the elevator uilding was fired on every floor. sm‘f‘txst ?:(:hihgi;gesl afid costliest fire this city has had in years, and rdest to fight that has come within my experi- All the fire wagons in America would have made no more im- e had plenty of water, the men of the splendidly, there was na mishap to the apparatus ind, and vet all we could accomplish was to keep ed In its original limits. t the loss may be. s on that point would amount to nothing more than pretty bad PR 2 0-2-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3:] 's Theory of the Baldwin Fire, “When street the flames were already At this time any fig- o3-2e3eF-1-3-F 3333 3.2 3.3 1o R o g e R o R R o R R R - R k-2 R ] faBaBee=FagagaFegagagagagog=g-3-3:] —_— of Wells, Fargo &ty Tuesday rom hie | California. & to room 1% on the third yas “Mr Wadsworth lost all the cloth- he brought with him. ; I e Yl }lnllmtng,w;‘h{erm:lstthe young woman who Was llied hy Captain White, Co., arrived in the hfii home _in Northern the Baldwin and e fHome on McAllister is confined to her hot o Chtermrte: o e i suffering from acute pros: E igh fever. ;;;:?L‘l’aa"l}\l.hzv?ir?xgto her critical condition rtainty of its outcome, has and the Hne"lo have the young woman Kkept as quiet as possible and to rfrus% visitors |nls~r\-‘ew§rl;z Yls‘:::‘%.gxh}?u?lud!m;( o e , hgl“rh:flfi:p&{r{fi'& was circulated that Mrs. Fredericks, the proprietress of the flower store recently built on the ground floor lol The hotel to supersede a section of the old e room and cafe. was _Killed, £ untrue. _She nmade a visit -t her | store yesterday afternoon am Poind it in almost the same condi- oo that she left it the night before, as far as her stock of floral wealth was con- cerned. Knowing that purchasers for the flowers would never come and that she Conld mot possibly dispose of them, she Gecorated the coats of all the pollce offi- Sere'in the vicinity with bright bouton- nieres and loaded them down withall sorts of bouquets. Mrs. Fredericks took pos- Ofssion of the store last Friday after- noon. st evening the work of taking oulfaf)? :gelrooms the little that was left Onburned was begun. Guests of the ho- ol who had been driven from their rooms 1S the flames hired firemen, underwriters n;wl any one they could find to male (!mr Way into the building and search for what Might rematn of the possessions left be- hind when the owners had sought safety in_flight. The property of a number of bookmak- a business men has been taken out g;stggdgufled building. Among this is The books and other belongings of Vir- #inia Carroll, who occupied Tooms on the Ellis-street side on the fourth floor. the police kept a vigilant watch for snea! thieves and demanded from each person who entered the building his au- thority for so doing. A “hinatown guide hohed Lewis was ordered away from the ruins of the hotel, and when he produced an order from a man named Freeman per- mitting him_to enter his rcom Lewis was Mken by Sergeant Helms to Manager Lake, Colonel Kowalsky and Police Com- missioner Gunst who revoked the order. "About 7 o'clock Captain Comstock of the Fire Patrol got the large pumping engine to work. The cellar is filled with water almost to the level of the sidewalk and it will take a good portion of to-day to empty it. / V1 he story of the destruction of the B;Vl&!vl:lr: by fire may be mentioned iue fact that on the morning of the 12th inst. at an early hour a small fire was dis- covered in that locality. Against the wall of the building, close to the stage en- trance on Ellis street, was a large box filled with paper rubbish. It was found to be burning g the police officer on dut; there and an alarm turned in. Engine T promptly res) he flames were smoke before he reached the sta r. Schreiber was only scant- Yy ed the street. esterdey afternoon two men climbed up ponded t nguished. Among the half-consumed gx’i‘tmtu‘weu rags and bits of paper tl evidently came {rom the theater, and the to | vided with refreshments at a restaurant. Albert Dernham, vice-president: Henr: Dernham, treasurer; Andrew M. Davis, ° secretary, and Dfrectors A. B. C. Dohre - mann, F. H. Dohrmann and Marcus L. - Gerstle of the Bmporium and Golden Rula Bazaar Company were present and_ ap- peared to derive as much enjoyment from the festivities as their numerous and de- lighted guests. | The lips may i when the bodym}I is crying out im an- i ) guish. 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