Fort Wayne hotel fire spurs dramatic escape tales
Survivors recount daring exits from a fifth floor blaze at the Fort Wayne hotel. Man ager Jack Hendricks leads his wife and son down a fire escape. others shift through smoke to a saloon, a magazine of cash, jewelry, and precious keepsakes lost or saved amid flames. Witnesses describe grabbing clothing, aiding strangers, and sliding down a wire to safety as flames swept through the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hendricks
Fort Wayne
Berry Street
Harry Corns
Varnell
Claude H. Varnell
Bert Hawkins
Calhoun Street
Hawkins
Billy Wilson
Jack
Hendricks
Frank Brown
John W. Farwell Company
Chicago
Mr. Brown
Dauger
A. R
Sillet
Rayford Killson
Kalamazoo
Lewis
West Newton
Mass
Philadelphia
Taan
B. F. Rasmussen
W. S. Slack
Slack
J. B. Ford Company
Wyandotte
Mich
Zanesville
Rasmussen
John W. Baxter
Auburn
Frank Baxter
John Long
Charles Falls
Columbus
Ohio
I. F. Campbell
T. G. O'Donnell
Detroit
Long
People’s Store
Campbell
O'Donnell
Baxter
Fischer
W. L. Taylor
John A. McAlevy
J. C. Yingling
Woodruff Street
Toledo
Swigart Optical and Watch Company
Mr. Yingling
R. S. Johnson
Pana
Ill
Schone Morgue
Peoples’ Store
Edgar J. Ellis
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Peltier’s
J. W. Deviney
Ruth
John L. Skelton
J. B. Olwin
Interior of the New Aveline Hotel Fire Aftermath Report
Wreckage and ambulances filled the street as undertaker wagons removed the dead from the New Aveline Hotel. Rescue teams, including militia and city workers, continued a daylong search for victims among debris while identifying several remains and noting a missing Auburn attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Street
Aveline
B’s
Harry Clark
Dries Hach
Auburn Man
Frank C. Baxter
Auburn
Gmong
Llofiton
Fort Warne
Imi
West Wayne Street
Fort Wayne
New Avenune
Lyman Campbell
Hope Hospital
Bixter
Baxter
Jeim Long
Long
John W. Baxter
Ounelo
Miles Baxter
George Baxter
Co. M. Brown
Berry Street
New Aveline Hotel
National
Search of Ruins for Dead Delayed in Scrowful Task
A continuation notes baggage clothing books and other items from the ruins were carried as the search for the dead proceeded, reflecting the grim, methodical work still underway.
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Mr. Fendricks
Ellis
John B. Miller
Sheboygan
Wis
Lundow & Brown
North Fifth Street
First National Barn
Pitcher
Ring
William A. Pitcher
Duluth
S. F. Bowser & Co
Bloom
Tuins
Mr. Pitcher
Hosey
Hanly
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