Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. [ARTICLE]

PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.

Uvti Lost by Baldwin Hotel Horror at San Francisco. The Baldwin Hotel, on the corner of Market and Powell streets, San Francisco, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The Baldwin Hotel was one of the finest hostelries in the city. The Baldwin Theater also took fire, and it, with all the properties of the William Gillette company, will also be a total loss. Many panic-stricken guests jumped from the hotel windows and it is known that a number perished in the flames. Fire startl'd at 3:15 in the morning. An alarm was given and the sleeping guests aroused so far as possible. They crowded in the smoke-filled hallways in their night clothes and soon there was the wildest excitement. A number were cut off by the flames, and many jumped to the street. Loss by the fire will run into the millions. The Baldwin Hotel was built by F. J. (“Lucky”) Baldwin, the well-known turfman. He expended .$1,500,000 in erecting and fitting out the hostelry. At the time it was.built it was said to be tb* finest hotel in the country.