The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-13
ONLY THE REMAINS or A CHILD FOUND
Large Numbers of Female Ser
wants Missing.
TERRIBLE DEVELOPMENTS FEARED.
Origin OF tho Fire Involved In
Obscurity.
ANXIOUS INQUIRIES ANSWERED
icy rELEanAPH TO THE HERALD. I

[BY TELEoHAPH TO THE HERALD.
sr. Lou,s April Il, 1871
The great nre at the Southern has been the absorb
ing theme OF conversation to-day and almost as much
excitement prevailed as yesterday, showing that
the community has not yet begun to recover IRON the
shock OF the horror. Thousands have visited tho
scene OF the connagraton and to-day al ono o'clock,
the work OF removing tho debris In search OF bodies
began, though, owing TO tho immense mass Of rubbish
and It's heated condition, tho labor is necessarily slow
and littc progress has been made
A Chips BopY youED.
Thus Tar only one body has been akcn out-.hat Of
little child, with hands and feet aud head burned OF.
Tho remains. in fact, were mere charrcd, stapecss
mass bearing little resemblance TO human body, and
would not have been recognized as such had not tho
heart and liver still intact, been exposed when the
lump WAS shovecd to sidc by tho workmen. The
remains found under nine feet OF BRICK and NOR
tar, and fragments Of quilt wore adheriDg to them
showing that the child in bed when tho floors Tell
in. OF course recognition 10 Impossible.
II Is feared tina, owing 10 tho Intensity OF the heat
and It's long continuance the cremation Of tho bodies
lost compete that many OF have been TO-
solved entirely to ashes
THE WORK AMID THE RUINS.
One hundred men havo been at work to-day divided
into three squads-one digging q trench through The
rufus to facilitate work tomorrow, one removing the
debris IRON around the hotel safes and Office, and
another searching for bodies Al the foot OF the stair
ways where many are supposed to have persisted,
another party has devoted itself to search tor II. $.
Clark, wife and daughter, at spot Immediately under
where their located. The bricks aud cinders
still smoking hot and streams of water KEEP,
constantly playing where the work Is being prose-
cutcd.
THE LOSS OF LIFE.
NJ IA he of nj,
ton, there being much diversity Of opinion to the
number, and the circumstances making accurate
estimate difficult at this time. Tho hotel register for
Tuesday Is missing, SO II Is impossible to know who
and how many fresh arrivals there at the hotel
the night OF the nre and, therefore, impossible to And
how many guests are missing
EMPLOYEES OF THE HOTEL.
There were 200 employees In tho hotel One hundred
and forty certainly saved and have reported The
remaining sixty have not boon heard FROM but
Dor OF them did sleep at tho hotel but what par
ticular number cannot be asccrtancd as tns hotoI
managers do not know which and how many OF them
slept at other places So II Is not possible yet tell
how many employees have pcrlshed. There IS strong
fear tina; tho greater portion Of the missing
ones are buried In the ruins.
Hon. r. J. Crittendcn. who reported missing
is safe, having left for his home at nine r. N. the
night Of tho lrc.
KATE cLAxroSs LOSS
Miss Kate Claxon visited tho scene OF the conagra-
tion this morning TO point out tho exac location Of
her room. Her loss reaches about So 900, including
money, jewelry and wardrobe. A magnificent costume
received from New York a TOW hours previous TO the
fro was included In tho general wreck. Among tho
manuscripts recovered this morning was that OF her
play OF conscience" ard several contracts for
gagcmcnts with different managers The latter, she
says, tolerably well preserved, only tho edges
being scorched and wot
SEARCHING TREASURE.
J. II. Morrill,, tho New York commercial man, ro-
ported have los. $4,000 in jewclry, &C. set some
men to work near the main entrance this morning,
and succeeded in taking out about 5000 worth OF
jcwcry He had three barrels Of ashes containing
taken out and shipped by express to his Arm
In New York to BIO smcted
MISSING
w. j. L. Holiday, editor OF the Holly Springs (Mes)
Reporter, Is among the missing. He arrived IN tho
city days before tho fire, registering tho South
ern and last the evening before the fire. and
IL is supposed his body is buried in the ruins
STRAY SHOT.
Charles Kcclcr, OF Cincinnati, was occupying room
on Fifth street. in building opposite tho hotel About
two O'Clock he was aroused by a cry Of nrc. As he
raised the window to look out ono OF the inmates OF
u
supposed. to give alarm. The ball struck Kccler on
the right hip, but 1t had spent it's force It rolled
harmlsssly to tho floor, and IL picked up by HIM
still hot
A CURIOUS INCIDENT
A singular circumstance occurred to-day. Milton
Mobiles, actor under engagement at De Bars
opera House, was guest at the hotel He lost every
thing, including his trunk and contents. In trunk
among other things, letter contract relating to
an engagement at Philadelphia theatre, aud which
was OF value to tho gentleman. Judge OF his sur
prise when A. adaner the leader OF the orchestra
the opera House, to-day banded him the identical let
ter. Tho document was slightly singed by fire, but
enough renamed TO indicate Its contents in full. The
letter had been picked up BY aldaner In tho yard ia
the rear OF his resdhnce. No 100 Amelia street, over
ono mile and half from tho OF the nre where IL
had been carried by the wind.
Miss Lettie Alien, the actress lost the uscrpt OF
her play, omitted WARES" in which she TO
made her debut in New York during the present
season. James simmons ofAkoona Miss reports that
he and John Randall a salesman OF Aberdeen, MICS,
were together until ten o'clock tho night Of the re
They both guests at the Southern, and at that
hour Randall retired to bed, bidding his companion
good night Randall has not since boon heard OF. and
simmons is certain he was burned.
or FIRE.
me origin OF the hrc Us sui wrapped IN impenctrable
mystery though II be agreed all sides that
1t started IN or near the storcroom.
In answer 10 criticism upon the efficiency OF his Go.
partmen', Fire Chief Sexton complains that tho hro
was allowed too much Roadway before an alarm was
gwen that SIX engines nj tho within four
minutes OF tho alarm At that time the flames had
spread 10 almost every story, and the smoke had so
filed tho corridors and sarways TO almost make 1t
impossible TO traverse them.
EMPLOYEES OK Duty.
A rumor current to-day that only one man ex-
cep,ng the night cork was kept duty in tho hotel
at night, the proprietors failing to provide tho
necessary force TO give alarm In
odangcr To this the proprciors published emphatic
denial, stating there were those always on duty
In tho cellar, w. the engineer, fireman and asss.
tart; seven persons on the main noor--the night
clerk Two portcrs two bell boys ana two bootbacks