Salt Lake Herald | 1899-01-21 | Page 6 | Panic in a Hotel

PANIC IiN A HOTEL Many Guests Narrowly Escape Death From Suffocation Cincinnati Jan 20A hotel fire with sensational escapes took place between 3 and 4 oclock this morning The Sherwood House on the east side of Walnut street abdve Sixth took fire from an overheated furnace and in avery a-very brief time the house was so filled with smoke as to endanger the lives of the sixty or more sleeping guests Many of the guests were members of the theatrical the-atrical comparKS Very soon the upper corridors were filled with shrieking hysterical women in night robes The male guests had difficulty in restraining restrain-ing the women from Jumping from the windows The firemen were active In carrying out the women and most of them were rescued by the stairway but several were taken down by the ladders and by the fire escapes F H Munch a traveling salesman of J ew York was among the last to be rescued He was found with a wet towel over his face In an unconscious condition but by the aid of physicians was saved The entire en-tire fire department was called out and the fire subdued before the building was destroyed The money loss will not exceed 10000 fully covered by insurance in-surance