Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-01

with the utmost tenderness, saying:
1T is her hair He was also able
to identify his daughter by the earrings she
wore. Her left hand was charred, and the
right one was claspeI in death
grip. The two Lodies were side by
side in the ruins. Their only child, a
girl of six years, was not found until dark
Harry StiffeI. OF Philadelphia, who repre-
sents the Barnes Safe ami Lock Company,
was aroused out Of a sound sleep by
the explosion. and the next instant felt
himself falling. He was pinioned by
the shoulder and could not move. He
was 20 sciOuS all the time and
directe t men how to work to the best ad-
vantage in getting him out. He was ex-
hausted by the ram and exposure toward
the last. but reta ned his self control. and
when finally removed was found to have
escaped without broken bones.
1t was found necessary to place those suf-
fering from their in luries under the influence
of morphine. A curious feature Is that very
few of the injured were burned, although
the fire was all around them.
An impressive incident occurred about IL
O'Clock. Near the center of the ruin a party OF
men were working under the direction or
Alexander HARRISON. Some one thought he
heard faint cry below. but could not deter
mine the direction. Mr.. HARRISON mounted
the highest pile and with waving hand
shouted Hush" The cry was taken up, and
in ten SECONDS where there had been a babel
of sounds and confusion, with 200 men plying
picks and ShOvelS, boards crashing ana otner
noises, all became quiet as tomb. Every
one listened. but the cry, if there had been
one, was not repeated.
''Fall to. men," shouted HARRISON, and in
an instant the men were at work. 1t was
the most impressive incident OF the day. Inc
work of recovering the bodies was continued
uninterruptedly all night, and eighteen dead
were taken to the MOrgue.
The hotel was built about fifteen years
ago. and cost, with the furniture, S12O. 900.
The soil was soft. and although the build
ing was carefully constructed, it
soon settled badly. Prominent builders
have long held the building to
be unsafe. It was, therefore, thought that
the disaster was not caused by the exploslo
of the boiler. The question of the explosion
pieces of the shell have been found scattered
the whole length of the building anc
mixed with the debris. The explosion i:
thought to be due to the night engineer, Alex
ander Thayer, going away at about :dnlght
| leaving a heavy draught on the furnace anG
| little water in the boiler. He has been ar
rested on a charge of mansiaughter.
| Among those who persisted were: Andrew
! F. Whiting, the actuary of the Hartford
! Life and Annuity Company, with his wife
! Rev DR.. Perrin and wife, clerical memher
! of the Yale Corporation and distinguished
Congregatonalist. He is the Treasurer o.
the National Congregational Councl
and the analyst of the Connecticut Congre
| pctjonaI churches: Dwight II. Buell., a mem
Der of the Hartford Club and Of the Veteran
| City Guard. He was prominent socially ant
unmarried; Max Galody, editor of the Hart
ford Herald, was in the hotel with his wife
| Both persisted in the ruins. GalOdy was
prominent German resident.