New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-26

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ng-'oon underneath travelling along and through the
wall. Mr.. Jones aud her baby. suppose are burned
Up. Dr. Willie sno bic family got out should Judge
that there were from II " persons sleeping in the
tou-e. Az e Blrche minstrel ,Gpanv Dr. White
AID his family. Mr.. jones and her child Mr. LYON.
and is wife and child ADD Straders family OF six
knew to b. in the house"
The private Waterman il the hotel, Sharpe. in at.
tempting to escape, fell at the head Of the starc ase
and VA rescued by one Of the members Of Birch'e
minstrel troupe. Sbarpes face head hands and feet
are said to be badly burned, and his hair singed of.
Dr. White safely lespec from his window, and par
tbr,e children aud nurse skully breaking their fall,
20 that they are comparatively unframed.
WID. " Smith. yourg man, member OF the day
police, boarded at the hotel and displayed creditabe
eoolbeFs ard iLtrepdry. Adroitly getting from the
cinmS-oom window to the porch, be saved himself
and child years Of age by tying sheet Ia the bal
ceny and descending upon it.
Dr. ID. W. Strader makes the following statement,
published yesterday in The Republican:
have dog that has been 10 the habit Of acting
as watch for me during great number Of years. lie
has when passengers have arrived at night or when
eny noise has been made in about the house, o.
ways given the alarm. This morning he barked very
loud little after be came to the door and continued
the noise, whereupon / got up and went TO see what
was the matter. The flames were then coming from
the back entrance Of the house, up from the drug
store think. tried to get to the freplug but sees
ing that the fire had made too great Roadway for that
to serve any useful purpose, ran to the tnrd moor
and hallooed through there as loud could. Mr..
Davis, who had been sleeping with me, also came up
stairs and assisted to waken the people. then,
suppoeing must have awakened everybody, went
through the window, which broke through on TO
the balcony. ,
thirty lives lost A Miss Hunter was sleeping in No.
n a room adjoining tire corner she jumped out and
was killed William Torrance, young man, was
badly burned George Crane brother ., Of MIS-
aud Charles DAVIS and boy, who was with him, were
burned up. They slept in room No. 49, ~
"Mary +. Morris bad, when about to escspee, $eoOin
money Her aunt called TO her to save Child Of Mr.
LyoDss, whereupon she dropped the money.
''My family consisted Of myself, wife, sister-n-law
and three children; all were saved, but with the loss
Of every thing
Chas. Davis, reported above was baggage master
on the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad, and arrived
on Friday evening with his wife's brother, William
Cunningham, lad Of ID years. Both doubtless
among the dead. The former had wife and child in
Terre Haute.
A shirt-bosom was found on which i. the name
of X. w. Gregg, who was accordingly supposed to
be among the victims. 1t since appears that Mr..
Gregg is still living, in Illinois, having lately left the
hotel but without taking with him his trunk and
clothes.
from the ruins on Saturday, and three more were
found yesterday. These and those killed by leap
ing number thirteen. Others are reported still miss
ing among which are those of
Bruce McNitt Of st. Louis.
Bmkhsrdt Wust Of St. Louis.
George Crane of ST. Louis.
MIR. johnson Of Chicago.
William s. Taylor OF St. Louis
Henry 4. Rochester of Greene County, n. Y.
Paul Stirred Of ST. Louis.
BY the side OF a corpse was found carpet-bag,
clutched by the remnant Of severed hand. The
pet,bag is recognized by, Mr. Daniel Shanks, No. 9
Fourth street. as having been purchased from him the
day preceding the disaster. The customer also bought
a suit of clothes, which he put in the bag. When.
found, the bag was empty. MIR. Shanks informs Us
that the purchaser a native of Pennsy wanna.
Since writing the above, we learn that the body OF
III. H. Rochester of Greene County, N. T., has been
found. 1t is identified by letters among which is the
Der, 1857. He was last seen with his trunk upon his
shoulder endeavoriDg to obtain egress from the house
The body Was found in the cellar, to which he had
apparently fallen head fret.
Mr. Ephraim Doane arrived on Friday evening from
Chicago His body is found, being recognized by "a
letter found unburnt beneath his person. and patent
right issued to Ephram Doane and VIM s. Farmer
On third body was found apiece OF cloth, on which
wac written, in indelible ink, the name oil Evan D.
Watkins. On his breast was hrHasfpin "''h the
connaes and sanar@ ''r 80 ~.
The negro Paul, of Mr.. Wheaton, is not dead az re-
ported, having escaped with little harm.
plan of the hotel, with tho number and occupants
of rooms so far a. known, has been made, aud the
numbers in the hotel estimated at seventyone or
two OF these forty-four are now known to have es
capped pnhurt, or but slightly injured. Nine Others
are known to have received serious, some of them
probably fatal Injuries Eighteen remaning-thrteen
of these corp-es. Four or five persons are yet
tanly missing and very proba bly, more.
An old gentleman known IA DIR. Lord OF Cincinnati,
occupied room No It, and il doubtless among the lost
He leaves a wife and son at Cincinnati.
The fire is known not to have originated in the
drug store The result Of the Investigation into its
source will soon be made public.
The hotel completed in January, 1917, and
owned by Geo. b. Field, who valued il at $!OO0o II
was first leased to DIR. Strader, who opened 1t IN
June, in partnership with Jacob Lyons.
The easements dribking-saloonsi the first floor
was appropriated stores; the second story CON-
posed the hotel office ladies' paror, dinng-room and
some sleeping -rooms while the third floor was divided
into dormores by lah aud plaster. The house would
accomn odate l20 guests.
The following are the estimated losses of property:
The hotel, owned by Geo. Il. Field, losS 5000
insurance $4,000.
Ellis and Gianvle, groceIs, loss $780, insurance
s., 900.
Dumont G. Jones, dry goods, loss 81 500 insured
81, 500. oo
Lyons & Strader, hotel-keepers, loss from $500 to
s., 900; no insurance.. -
Mr.. Hirsch, dry goods, los $500; insurance s.
000
julius Uhlenhurth china store, partial loss insured
for 200.
But for the speedy arrival of the remen the loss to
property would have been immensely greater.
FROM PoRTo RIco.-By the schooner Wm l.. Rich
ardson, from Mayaguez, p. r., arrived on Thurs
day, We have advices to the 9TH inst. The mar