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THE BALDWIN HOTEL FIKE FIE Sundry experiences adventures and trials of tujfmen stuntmen and turf followers well known in Chi Ci who were in the Baldwin hotel at the time of iJtfB disastrous fire last week are thus nar nard ratecjin raftering tho thou Daily Racing News and Breeder and Sportsman of San Francisco FranciscoDozens Francisco Dozens of horsemen lost their homes cloth ¬ ing King and jewelry by the fire Hundreds of people were lucky not to lose their lives Jim Qninn Quinn lived at the Baldwin but fortunately had not gone to bod bode His first thought was of his brother John whom he found was not in the hotel Then he roused Mexican Murphy The latter who owned Ben Hadad Add and a couple of other good ones became very much excited In his pajamas he rushed down stairs There he mat Quinn and told him all his jewelry was in his trunk besides a lot of money Jim rushed back through the fire and smoke rescued the valuables and deposited them in Greens safe One of the most pathetic incidents of the fire was the rescue of Martin Hughes Lame Hughesey Hughes as everybody calls him himIt hint It is none too easy for Hughes to get along under favorable circumstances When the staircase filled with hot smoke was swarming with excited people he could make but little progress toward the open air It looked as though he would be trampled to death The depairing despairing expression of his face showed that he thought so himself himselfBushing himself Bushing pellmell pellet down the stairs was a strong active young fellow He noticed Hughes and the hard time he was having Old man ho said you dont don't seem to be getting along very well and with that he picked him up by the waist and carried him to safety in ths this street streetBarney streetcar Barney Schreiber escaped with his life and a sealskin jacket When he got down stairs the flames were pretty hot Aint Saint there any chance to save my trunk he asked of Jim Quinn Youre Yore pretty lucky to save yourself he was answered answeredHarry answered Harry Frolich Frolic had a hairbreadth escape He lost his dog which had just recovered from a very severe attack of illness Poor Harry 1 Poor dogl dog How will they get along without each other Skeets1 Martin got out alive thanks to the activity of Jim Quinn QuinnGenial Quinine Genial Barney Schreiber escaped safe and sound but mourns the loss of his markers markersMoose markers Moose Taylor was seen sprinting up Powell street bound for Hibbert Hilbert Bros Brows with only a pair of pants and those in his hands handsMarsh handcars Marsh Redon Redo and his wife also had a very narrow escape He escaped with the clothes on his back the watch and chain and that beauti beauties ¬ ful foul horseshoe diamond pin At that he had it all over his wife What she had on would not make a dress for a canary bird
