Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-18

upper windows on the Elm street or
rear side of the house. Among those
known to have been killed in this
manner were Bridget Mead, Mary
Carey, Bridget White, Ellen Reilly
and sevcra! others who were carried
away by friends, and whose names
have not yet been ascertained.
| MISS KATE CLAYTON,
the actress, had another escape and
is unharmed.
Il Among those known to have been
saved are Mrs. Kretz, of Texas; Mrs.
| A. Mccoy, Altoona Pa, Mrs. Gott,
lSyracuse, N. Y; w. G. Coggsweli
and family, and E. j.. Kimball, of
Mine Lamottc, Mo.
/ DIR. Gerlact, German consul, jump
ed from window and broke a leg.
His wife is unhurt.
i Charles Queenan,
LOST HIS LIFE
in attempting to save others.
i Phillip GerOld, bOarder at the
hotel was brought out alive, but en-
|tircly
BEREFT OF REASON.
4 At a quarter past two, or about half
an hour after the fire was discovered,
THE ENTIRE ROOF WAS ABLAzE
and the flames were rapidly descend
ing to the lower stories. A half hour
later the floors and interior walls be-
gan to fall, the roof fell in and there
is now nothing left of one Of the fin
est hotels in the country except the
Walnut street front and parts of the
Fourth and Fifth street faces.
| The losses on building and con-
tents is from seven hundred and fifty
thousand to
ONE MILLION DOLLARS;
insurance unknown.
Among the guests saved are S. B.
Coulson, Yankton; III. L. Morrill,, of
Cairo; b. +. Withbree, Colorado
Springs; ii. A. Wilson, st. Paul;
George Putterbaugh, Peoria.
ST. LOUIS, April 1l.-Engincs are
still playing on the fire and a force
has been organized to search for
dead bodies. A number have al
ready been taken from the debris,
more or less burned, but names are
not yet asccrtained. There are sew
eral bodies Mt the morgue await
ing identification.
Mrs. Moran, q servant, was killed
by jumping from q window.
Geo. Frank Gonley, Grand Secrcta-
ry Of the Grand Lodge Of Freemasons
of Missouri, is supposed to have per-
ished.
Six other persons, names unknown,
were killed either by jumping from
the windows or were suffocated by
smoke and dragged out of the burn
ing building.
It is exceedingly difficult to procure
the names of the killed, but it is hop
ed complete or nearly complate list
will be obtained this afternoon.
THE KILLED.
st. Louis, April u.-Dr. Auler, the
coroner, gives the following list of
killed as reported to him, and thinks
it comprises all known to be dead
Rev. A. r. Adams, of Stock Cross,
Berkshire, England; George Frank
Gouley, Grand Secretary of the Ma
sonic Fraternity of this State; Kate
Reilly, Kate Doolan and Mary Mo-
ran, servants; Henry Hazcn, of the
Auditors Department of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad; Mrs. Stewart, wife
of w. S. Stewart; Andrew Eistman.
of the firm of Techman & Co., Of this
city; Chas. G. Freeman and Sidmore
Hayden. An Englishman named
Adams, said to be commissioner of
education, has been identified at the
Morgue. Charles Teenan lost his
life in attempting to save others.
THE INJURED.
p. Shackleford, Of New York, has
both legs broken, and some few 9TH
theirs Of the saved are more or less in
jured.
frankie Mcclellan, is thought to be
fatally wounded.
Philip Gerold, boarder at the ho-
tel, was brought out alive, but entire
ly bereft of reason.
| WILL INVESTIGATE.
DIR. Auler intends making a very
searching inquiry into the cause of
the fire, and all facts connected with
it but will not begin investigations
for day or two yet. The fire depart
ment is still throwing water on the
ruins, and as soon as they are cool
enough the search for bodies will be
commenced. Those most familiar
with the circumstances of the fire and
best acquainted with the number Of
guests and employees in the house, be-
lieve that few if any bodies will be
found. There were but about eighty
female servants in the hotel, instead
of some two hundred as previously
reported, one of whom is known to
be missing.
NOT so BAD AS REPORTED.
There may have been number
suflocated and lying on floors in the
halls when the interior Of the build
ing fell. Tomorrow search will
commence, when the facts will be
known. Many grossly exaggerated
reports have been sent from here to-
day regarding the loss of life, some of
them cruel in the extreme, and they
should not be relied upon. While
the calamity was frightfnl one, it
was by no means SO great as has been
reported. The names Of every person
known to have been killed have been
given in these dispatches.
STILL LATER NEWS.
1t now proves that Sidmore Hay
den and Bridget Meade We're killed.
This reduces the number known to
have lost their lives to be eleven.
There is no positive knowledge that
}. E. Wilson, Bridget White or Clark
and his wife and child are among the
lost, but it is believed they were killed.
How many bodies there may be in
the ruins, of course. is q mere matter
of conjecture. Some think that
twenty or twenty-five may be found.
while others do not believe that any
will be discovered. Persons who
were through various parts of the
hotel just before the floors began to
fall say it was clear of living people.
SUICIDE FROM GRIEF.
William Felix, minister. said to be
member of the English house of
commons, was residing at the hotel
with his wife, became separated. and
under the impression that she was
killed, he became intensely excited,