Show SAN FRANCISCO HOLOCAUST san francisco cal nov 23 aa a m the baldwin bald win hotel on the 0 cornia o JS of market and powell streets is flames and seems to be doomed t to df at st ruction the first finot alarm was turn kurnec in at a m and since then a gen oral eral alarm has been sounded the III seems to envelop the entire buildt and the flames are bursting through the roof in various places showers offa f sparks are being scattered over bulla build ings in the ithe vicinity and only the at 3 sence of wind will prevent a disastrous conflagration extending over several blocks the hotel is owned by milli millica Mil lioa aire E J baldwin and cost coat with witla its ta fur r nis bings nearly it is 0 of bri balck but the interior construction Is wood and a high mansard roof with t tower r ott olt corner afforded fuel for flames A e the fire Is supposed to have started in the baldwin theater which is in t tats hotel building the flames extended rapt idly towards the roof and burst windows of upper stories the guests were panic stricken and many jumped from windows and a number of them have bave been taken to the receiving hospital but thus far no fatalities have been reported the fire is still spreading the height of the building making it difficult for the firemen to do effective work in extinguishing the flames the building immediately tely adjoining is of brick and it is hoped it will be saved there are many chambermaids employed in the hotel nearly all of whom sleep on the top floor where the fire is raging fiercest fears are entertained that some of them have been burned to death the firemen are making efforts to reach them with ladders but so far success it is scarcely possible that the flames will be extinguished without loss of life as they appear to be i extending downward completely gutting the building in their progress the baldwin hotel is only second to the palace among the great caravan sarles of the city and is furnished in elegant style the first floor is partly occupied by stores and the basement by t a fashionable cafe the baldwin theater the now under lease to gottloeb marx co is a leading place of amusement fon on the pacific coast the play secret tB ser ervice lee produced by wm gillette and ibis his eastern company was played there last night and it was some time atter the performance that the fire broke out 11 the scenery and property of the apiece alece are doubtless lost jost I 1 smoke was first seen issuing from ir the he roof of the hotel by several young t men who were standing on the sidewalk cross powell street they rushed into he e office of the hotel and with the aid adf the baldwin hotel employed emp loyes went eross through rough the corridors giving the alarm irhe tie house was full of guests it being a popular pular stopping place of racing men nd id other strangers who are now visit ing g this city in large numbers most of esthe he people in the building are believed to 40 have escaped while the roof was in ames a man was seen endeavoring to escape from an upper window attired tonly aly in his night shirt to those below tn on the street he seemed to fall back wards into the raging flames as he suddenly denly disappeared his identity is un own those connected with the hotel allare e convinced that several of their em aloyes have perished in the flames but towing owing to the great excitement prevailing the names of those who are missing not be ascertained one man ined morris was taken to the receive g hospital having been injured in his tempt attempt at to escape I 1 the whole interior of the hotel and ter are now a raging furnace in he hc hiltel proper everything above the third floor is certainly a tal loss it ivoy he possible to save some of the f from the stores on the aground aund floor and possibly a portion of behe e furniture land and fixtures of the build 1 king g thousands Thou raids aids of people the t ees in ill th asir vicinity lity abid gueste t th ha es c it ebli h are arc noth p g frable arbs orbs to co get their personal property places of safety the entire city is eliminated by the fire which is one of he e largest ever known here at pres pree nt it ft appears that the loss will be in he e neighbor holod of bater the mr morris taken to he elving hospital from the baldwin itea a 1 Is dead he recently returned m the klondyke and was not well own wn in this city mr N D noon st louis was carried to the receive y c hospital hospi faal having sprained his ankle 4 sustained numerous bruises in ipong from the window the patrol gon has just been called to bring other aran reported to be either dead in a da deang ing condition to fco the hospi 1 att a m efte ellis street wall of e hotel appears bobe bo be swaying slight outward and fears are it will fall call if the flames are nut not soon solon gotten under control As the street is a narrow one and the wall very lofty its fam would mean much damage a ge to the golden eagle lodging house and golden west hotel and other buildings opposite the baldwin across powell street are the columbia theu theater iter st anns building and several lodging houses which are aire also in danger the corner on which the hotel is one of the business centers of af the city and the street car traffic will be interrupted for the greater portion of the day the baldwin hotel is is leased and managed aged by stone oom pany who recently refurnished furnished re it at great expense the building is understood to be mortgaged by its owner E J baldwin Dal dwin for several hundred and dollars the stores on an the ground floor are as follows mose gunst company cigars colgary col gars well com company vany gerits furnishings J J groom company hats baldwin clothing house Sc berber company corn pamy chandy baldwin jewelry co baldwin Mil Miti inary nery establishment grant com banys pharmacy phonograph parlors and bogans grotto gratto Is in the basement on the first floor isa is i s a fashionable able rest laurant and grill room conducted by the managers of the hotel abt this morning the fire I 1 is still beyond control though it appears probable it will be confined to the hotel building there is a report current that eight servant girlis who slept on the top floor have been burned to delalto del alth but this has not yet been confirmed shortly after the flames fla mes broke out two women were seen at a window 0 the cupola on the northwest corner of ller bu building several gentlemen in the street volunteered to go to thel rescue but it is said were prevented by the police from doing so ao soon after that two other women were seen in one of the upper windows and they have not been accounted for the members of the secret service comPa company atY are a re all accounted for it does not ap T pcr ear that the loss lose of life will be as gr great eat as at first feared owing to the timely warning gi given ven to the guests but at this hour it is impossible to definitely either the number of vict lims or their names later 10 a m the baldwin hotel is still burning but bart the fire is under control the number of lives lost loat is not yot yet known only two ere are definitely known A J white and louis meyer of Skag meyer dropped dead from heart disease caused by the excitement he was a guest of fhe hotel hobel the th hotel is ig a total loss |