A SENSATIONAL FIRE.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13646, 11 February 1913, Page 7

A SENSATIONAL FIRE.

The piercing screams , of a woman awoke X tho inmate^ of the Gro&venor Hotel in Sydney the •other night. Th&y turned quickly out of tlieir bedrooms and found that almost opposite the hotel theyc was a two-storey building enveloped in aincke. At first little could be soon of the building, but.the screams created a panic among the horror-stricken people, who felt helploss. As the smoke gave way to flames a woman waa seen on the roof of the burning building. Her predicament was recognised as precarious, and frantic efforts were made to. get to her assistance. The woman (Miss Emily M'andel&on), practically overcome with fear, jumped from the roof, landing on an iron verandah, but fortunately pre-. venting herself from •' rolling to the pfivt-racnt by clutching at the piping. By this time two- constables had climbed to an adjoining verandah, and in an attempt to bring Miss Mandelson across the gap which separated the two roofings, she overbalanced, and fell to: the pavement, a distance of about 12ft. She was carried to an adjacent house, whore she was attended to. She was considerably bruised, and is suffering from ©hock. She was alone on the premkes,' and retired on the previous • evening, leaving everything, in order. She had .fallen asleep, only to' be awakcTie'd with a sense of ■ suffocation from smoke. 'Jumping from her bed she, burst open tho door, and washor'i'ified to■ find tho. stairs in flames, .she; climbed to the roof and called for help.