The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-12

effect that he knew his wife was saved
I and that he killed himself while labor
ing under mental arrangement.
, d.. Auler intends to make very
/ searching inquiry into the cause of the
| fire and all the facts connected with it,
| but will not begin the Investigations for
day or two.
The fire department is still throwing
water on the ruins, and as soon as they
are cool enough the search fer the bodies
will be commenced Those most familiar
with the circumstances of the fire and
best acquainted with the number OF
guests and employees 10 the house believe
that few, if any, bodies will be found.
There were about SO female servants in
The hotel instead OF 200, as previously re-
ported, only one .. whom is known To
be missing. p. s. ShackelfJrd, of New
York, has both legs broken, and some
few others of the tsved are more or less
hurt. Frankie Mcclellan is thought to
be fatally wounded,
ST. LOUIS -4:25 p. NJ The report
that no dead bodies were taken from the
ruins this morning has proved to
have been false. The fire department
have not vet succeeded in cooling of the
debris sufficiently to enable search to bs
made. Mr.. Adams, as reported 10 be IN
the previous dispatch, was Rev. Adams,
incum bent OF parish in Berkshire,
England. He WAS ION his way
from Florida to California His re.
mains await the orders of his friends.
Lettie Allen, an sctress from the
esst; A. Griest ard Miss Clifton o.!
the Olympic company, OF this city, are
among the saved. Il. f. or Ii. NJ. Clark,
railroad conductor, said to be formerly
from Toledo together with his wife and
child, is killed. Milton MOBILES, the
actor, acd Miss frankie McClellsp, the
actress, were saved, but the latter is very
seriously injured. The former was
mainly instrumental in saving the lives
of the lac les who were or the same floor
of the hotel Us he. Great crowds
have thronged the vicinity of the Are all
day, some Of them looking ior absent
friends, but the grest mass or them are IN
cited only by curiosity. A strong guard
of police surround the ruins and no one
is permitted within the lines, excepting
reporters and those directly Interested in
the calamity. The names Of all those
known to be dead cannot now be ascer-
tanned, but the list may be expected to.
night and also the full insurance.
Excitement I'm New York.
NEw YORK, April 1.-THE excite
ment in this city in relation 10 the fatal
fire at ST. Louis has been very great, and
there exists a great anxiety to know the
names Of those who have lost their lives
At all the hotels the subject has been
one Of serious conversation, and espeCi-
ally at the hotels with which the South
ern had intimate business connec-
ti0ns. Several OF the hotels displayed
flags At half mast Mr.. Beckiin,
one OF the proprIetors of the South
ern hotel.ls interested in the Gilsey house,
Metropolitan House and st. James
House of this city. while the company
affirm that it is n party in Buffalo.
Much qualification is tet over the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch announcing that
Miss Kate Claxton escaped without seri-
Gus injury. Her narrow escape from the
fire ut the burning of the Brooklyn
Theatre and still later in Newark, may
be remembered.
Boston insurance companies, rs far KS
known. have $4,000 insurance on
burned hotel.
ST. LOUIS, April lit now proves
that Sidmore, HAYDEN and Bridget
HAYDEN we're not killed. This reduces
the number who have lost their lives TO
eleven. There Is no positive knowledge
that J. +. Wilson, Bridget White, or
Mr.. Clark and his wIte and child are
among the lost, but it is believed that the
latter were killed. How many bodies
there may be in the ruins, of course, is
q mere matter o! CONJECTURE. Some think
that twenty or twenty-five may be found,
and others do not believe that any will
be discovered. Persons who were
through various parts OF the Motel
lust before the floors began To fail, say 1t
was clear of living people still there may
have been numbers sutiocated and lying
on the floors or in the halls when the
interior Of the building fell. To morrow
a search will begin wuen the facts will
be known. Many grossly exaggerated
reports have been sent from here today
regarding the lo.s OF lite, some OF them
cruel in the extreme and shOGld not be
relied on. WhIlc the calamity was
iris htiul one, it WAS b. no means as
great as ha: been reported. The names
OF every person known TO have been
killed have been given in these dispatch
es, and special pains have been taken to
ascertain all the facts, and they have
been faithfully reported.