Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1902 — DIE IN A HOTEL FIRE. [ARTICLE]

DIE IN A HOTEL FIRE.

Ten Persons Perish in Destruction of Texas Hostelry. By the burning of the Lnndon Hotel at San Angelo, Texas, ten persons lost their lives. The damage to property was SIOO,000. In addition to the hotel three stables and half a dozen stores were burned, only the greatest effort preventing the whole of the business section of the towii from being destroyed. All the bodies were fearfully charred, and could be moved only in blankets. The victims got out on a small balcony and were appealed to jump into blankets which were being held for them, but they failed to do so, and delayed until the gallery fell back into the flames which were licking up the big frame house. When the clerk discovered the flames at 2 o’clock in the morning the interior of the dining room was a gulf of flame, and he could not get through. He lushed up the main stairway, kicking in doors, calling out at the top of his voice, and making noise in every way in his Some of those who were awakened first discharged firearms to aid the clerk in arousing those who still were asleep.