Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-13

can work all over the ruins without danger.
The body of a child, supposed to be q little
girl, Was found in the ruins Yesterday evening Just
under the Walnut.street entrance 10 the hotel;
1t lay on small mattress. aud evidently tell
from one OF the upper stories. 1t was oisng-
ured beyond recognition.
Mr.. Morrow, agent CT New Yolk JeWeIry
house, lost sample trunk coDtalDglDg Sli,VUU
worth of jewelry. Yesterday morning The re-
mains of the trunk we're unearthed, and between
$500 and $500 worth Of the contents recovered
10 damaged condition. The remainder OF the
icwelry is melted and valuelcss except as old
metal. MIR. Morrow has had four barrels filled
with ashes taken from the locality where his
trunk was found, and has sent them to New
York 10 be slnclted.
Some manuscripts aud papers belonging to
Kate ClaXt0n Wero also found.
Miss frankie Mcclellan is IN 1 very critical
condition. She jumped from the fourth story
to the roof OF one story saloon adjoining the
hotel, sustaining severe conclusion Of the
brain ADD spinal cord. She also has bad cuts
on the face and head, two penetrating wounds
in the grOin, a fractured rib and several minor
injuries.
4 St. Louis special Says AT present there
is DO possibility of uaklng a1 estimate Of the
loss OF life from the burniuc Of the Southern
Hotel, nor will there be for some time Al
ready there arc dozen bodies reported to be
in the hands of the coroner Of those WHO threw
thenSsl1c; from the windows OF the burning
building or Of those who fell and were killed in
their eif0rta to escape 1t Is not hoped, even
by the most hopeful, that this represents one
half of tbs plumber who met their death 90 this
horrible OCCASION Unfortunately the records
saved from the burning hotel are SO mcagre IS
to afford 10 satisfactory idea OF the number Of
occupants, guests and employeea The average
daily number Of guests, transient aud perma.
nent, without cEaggeratl0u, may be placed at
800 though the numbers reported Tor Tuesday
night is only 240. There were 200 employees
in the hotel, one hundred and forty are certain,
" saved aud have reported. The remaining
sixty have not been heard from, but number
Of them did not sleep al the hotel but, what
particular number cannot be asccralned as the
hotel managers to not know which and how
| many Of them slept at other places, SO it is
| not possible yet, to tell how many employees
| have persisted. There is :. strong reason TO
| fear that The greater portion Of the missing
ones ara buried in The ruins. One room in the
| hotel was the scene OF atarrble tragedy. While
the fire was raging Officer BIackford was on
|
| TO escape and Just al he kicked III the door oil
the room he heard two pistol shots and
saw man and woman lying on the floor appa
time to examine them the suhocaling smoke
drove him from the apartment anI h" thinks
that they assuredIy persisted.
n Man told OF horrible thing which he say!
| he witnessed at The burning Of the Southern
| Il L. had In 4 /, ON
when he came out the hall was filled with smoke
which seemed to be going up the dome iu ;
a great column. Two women stood near til,
raiDg of the rounda clnging to one another
He had emerged from his room but momen
when lnan dressed only in pair Of pant
came rushing down the hall to where they
stood and said, why don't you jump?' Il
the same time he seized one Of them hurlGt
her over the balusrade and she disappeared
with shrek into the roLunda below. Th
man hurried on evidently being insane. Tn
origin Of the fire is still undetermined ant
promises 10 continue wrapped in mystery.
ST.. LOUIS, April ia force OF about on
hundred and fifty men began work gain at thu
Southern Hotel ruins this morning and sh0rtl
afterwards the body CT woman was found Of
tho Fourth street side Of the hotel but it wa
so badly burned aud disfGured that it coult
not be recognized and was taken to tho morgu
to await further developments. The Board Q
Police Commissioners held special mcetln:
Yesterday afternoon at which there was ire
discussion regarding the fire, the substance 0
| which VAS that most thorough investigation
into the cause Of the fire and its management
should be made. \ resolution was adopted
rendering the coroner the services OF the Oil
| GERS and police Of the department in making
his investigation into the matter.