The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-16
THE ST. LOUIS FIRE.
No More victims Found.

EulHh hlIlCe yeeIefuhys Inc search pro
gresses, however, with great vigor, ant
will not cease until every particle Of thu
debris has been turned over. Several
articles Of jeWelry, with the initials Of II
]. Clark andwiie, were found this morn
ing near where the bodies we're discoy
cred, thus completing their Identification
Three more Of the unaccounted. guest
telegrAphed their safety this morning
Lot4on and Porter, Of Indianapolis, and
Adolph Schwind, Of New York. Il i.
also known that r. E. J. Miles, Of Gin
Clnnati, Is safe, and the W. s. Monroe, ot
New York, whose name was telegrapbed
last night, Is bell eyed 10 be W. s. Morri
son, Of the same city, who is safe, and
now at the Lindell Hotel.
NEGLIGENCE IN GIVING THE ALARM.
As the Fire Department has received
much blame from portion OF the city
press, and from many individuals, for
alleged bad management OF the FIRE, Chiei
Sexton has made little investigation oil
the matter in seli.deiense. He has exam.
ined Russell, the chief engineer of the
hotel, and several employees who assisted
in the effort 10 subdue the flames in the
Store.room. Russell reiterated his state.
ment telegraphed last night, and gives il
IA his opinion that the Fire Department
was summoned too late to save the build.
ing. The other parties examined cor.
roborated Russell'S Abatement.
UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS.
The body found this afternoon ia SO
badly burned that it is impossible to dis.
tlnguish the sex, but 1t is believed to be
the remains OF the colorel nurse girl Of
Mrs. Clark, named jackson.
DIAMOND NECKLACE FOUND,
About three.quarters of an exceedingly
valuable diamond necklace, belonging to
Mrs. Munster, was among the iewelry
taken from the ruins to-day.
ElGHT PERSONS STILL USACCoUNTED FoR.
Seven Of the fifteen unaccounted for
guests, whose names were telegraphed
last night, reported by telegraph to-day.
COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL TO KATE
OSBORN AND OTHERS.
A complimentary benefit, rendered by
large number OF the most prominent
gentlemen Of the city, was given tonight,
at the Olympic Theatre, to Miss Kate
Osborn, Miss frankie Mcclellan and
Miss Clifton, OF the Olympic Company
who lost all their effects by the Southern
Hotel fire. The house was crowded with
highly respectable audience, and the
benefit will yield about $500, which
will be divided equally among the bene.
ficiaries. The company and Miss Kate
Claxton, who is the star at the house,
volunteered their services, aud Mr..
Spau!ding, proprietor, gave the theatre
free.
A SIMILAR BENEFIT
Will be given at DeBars Opera House,
next Wednesday night, for the benefit Of
the servant girls of the Southern Hotel,
who lost everything they possessed by
the fire.
ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED.
Another body, supposed to be that Of a
man, was taken from the ruins this after.
noon, but so badly burned that it can
| not be recognized.
A considerable amount OF property in
the shape Of jeweIry, silverware, &C., has
been unearthed and restored to the own.
ers. Oi course it is in a badly damaged
state.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April l4.-N. ".
Latson, Of this city, named among the
missing after the Southern Hotel FIRE, is
here safe, having left the night before the
FIRE.
ALL PEOPLE ACCOUNTED FOR.
The search has progressed vigorously
all day in the ruins of the FIRE, but no
more bodies were found. Some articles
Of silver ware, bar and table furniture,
broken and burned trunks, articles Of
clothing, papers Of different kinds, valu.
able and otherwise, have been taken out.
Much the larger part Of the debris has
been turned over, and the belief is now
general that there cannot be more than
two or three bodies remaining in the
ruins. This belief is strengthened by the
TACT that all help except the head waiter
and girls known TO have been killed, pre-
viously mentioned, have reported, and all
the guests excepting one have been heard
from.
Thomas Clark and S. F. Stevens, rela.
tives Of II. J. Clark, arrived yesterday
from North Adams, Mass, but they don't
seem TO be quite satisfied with the identi-
tication Of the bodies supposed to be II. ].
Clark and wife. This morning they had
the workmen to begin a search in that
part Of the cellar directly on the corner
Of Walnut and Fourth street, adjoining
the rooms in which the bodies were found,
but so far it has been fruitless.
In view OF the sharp criticisms direct
ed against the Fire Department, an in.
terview with John Lindsay, assistant en-.
gineer Of the Fire Department, which
gives detailed account Of their efforts to
save the lives, will be OF general interest.
Lindsay drove from his house to the fire
as fast as his horse could run. He was
al the hotel in less than five minu tes after
the alarm had been struck. The fire was
then coming out OF the sixth story win
dows and through the roof. He then says
l stood in front Of the house, and after a
minutes look at things I made up my
mind that it was impossible to save the
building, and that the main object would
be to save the people. The Skinner hook
and ladder truck stood at the main en-
trance on Walnut street, in front of the
yerandah. This Skinner hook and lad
der truck is used as n regular hook
and ladder truck, as well as a
FIRE escape. Ithad all the appurtenances
Of hook and ladder truck on it as we'll
as the escape. These things have to be
stripped of. The men were stripping
them of when | got there. ordered
them to get ready as soon as possible.
One Of the principal ladders, the exten.
tension belonging to the fire escape, was
laid on the sidewalk, and when the men
came to look for 1t the crowd Of people
had become go great that the men could
not find it, and it was probably TWO or
three minutes before they got 1t. |
thought somebody would be coming to
the Walnut street front for assistance,
but there was no one appeared in
sight. 1 ordered the apparatus to be
raised, and the boys raised ladder, and
just at the moment we got il up, some
one came running from the 4th street
front and said there is a lot Of people on
the 4th street front that want to get out.
The esCape is not thing that you can
run along the street, You NAV run il on