The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-14
Rock Island, Illinois. Saturday, April Il. 1877.

impulses to save the lives of others.
The death list is reported as follows:
Rev. A. R.Adams. England,
Wm. Felix England
6. T. Gonley, Henry HanzeD,
Mrs, w. S. Stewart, Chas. Tieran,
II. j. Clark and wife, Andrew Einstmann.
Kate Reilley,
Mary Moran, ( help.
Kate Dolan,
Mr.. Felix committed suicide in de-
rangement brought on by intense excite
ment.
Mrs. Scott mother-in-law of Andrew
Einstmanu, and frankie Mcclellan, the
actress, who was dangerously injured, are
slowly recovering One, two or three
others had broken limbs or were otherwise
more or less hurt, but the above list COM
prlses all who are known to have been
killed, and itl not believed that the num-
Der will be materially increased.
The bodies OF the man and woman found
to-day were Unidentified as H. J. Clark and
wife, OF North Adams, Mass. The lady
was identified by the dress and the gentle
man by his watch.
The remains taken from the ruins last
evening, supposed to be those of a child,
proved on examination to-day to be those
of dog.
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
J. E. Russell, chief engineer of the ho-
tel, made statement of his experience
on the night of the fire, which throws
some light on the origin of the fire. He
says he left the engine room about II 80
o'clock, leaving an assistant in charge, and
went to his room on the fifth floor, near
the baggage elevator. He was aroused
about five minutes past one clock by the
shrieks of women He hurried out and
found the hall filled with smoke, which
came from the freight elevator, but saw
no fire; started for the south part Of the
house with the view to descend by the
servants stairway; was obliged to crawl
on his hands and knees to prevent suffo.
cation, the smoke was so dense; there
we're number of women on the fifth
floor crying pitiously for help. whom he
told to follow him to the lower floor; some
did, aud others were too detracted appar
emily to do as he directed finally he
reached the dining room floor, passed into
the kitchen and descended to the base
ment; here he found the smoke very dense
and that the pumps connected with the
engine had been in operation, and tina;
some employees had been throwing water
on the fire; which at that time was rag
ing furiously in the store room; the nozzle
had been blown off before he reached the
basement; another was put on and they
then put the pumps at work again anC
turned a stream on the fire; this was con
tinued until the fire became so hot ant
had spread so far that all had to fee 70
their lives; they made their exit through
the basement under the rear part of TIL
building and emerged on Elm street
This account does not state how long tn
fire had been burning, the knowledge o
at least several employees of the house. be
fore the fire alarm was turned on, bu
it does show, aud conclusively, that effort
and been made to subdue it before tn
guests in the house were aroused or an
: attempt made to notify them that th
] building was burning, 1t seems to b
pretty clear-at all events, it is exten
) sively beIieved-that the hotel was know
3 to be on fire by the employees fror
twenty minutes to half an hour befor
r the fire department was notified.
= Russell also states that there was
, pile of mattresses in one corner Of tt
? storerOom, and a lot of loose hair, an
about five feet from them, on the floor. VIZ
f box in whicha store of matches was KEEP
S He think the mattresses and matches ha
e a good deal to do with the origin of th
e fire, but does not known anything de6ni
about 1t.
TIE LATEST.
ST. Louis, April l4.-No more bodi
: have been taken from the Southern Hot
S ruins since yesterday. The search pr
r crosses, however, with great yigor and W
= not cease until every particle Of debris h
been turned over.
Y Several articles of jewelry with Il
Y initials of II. j. Clark and wife we're fouI
i this morning near where their bodies we
discovered, thus completing their identi
cation.
Three more of the unaccounted t
g guests telegraphed their safety this nor
- Iing,-Latson and Porter of Indianapol
u" and Adoiph Scheewind Of New York.
is also known that r. Z. j. Miles. of Ci
cinnati, is safe, aud that W. S. Monroe
= New York, whose name was telegraph
"a last night, is believed to be w e. Nj
IS rison of the same city, who is safe, a
y now at the Llndell Hotel.