Evening journal., 1889-02-19
BURIED IN RUINS.
Sixty People Go Down with a
Hartford Hotel.
NINETEEN BODIES FOUND.
Nine Rescued Alive and Many
Are Missing.
THE EXACT NUMBER is UNKNOWN

Aheh Sinking Sensation, and Knew
No More-rhe Ruins immediately Took
Eire-It Is Not Known How Many Peo-
pie Were Buried as the Register Was
Hurned with tho Night Cierk--aIiracn-
ions Escape Of tho Proprietor and
Othsrs-nuried Cor Hours Under the
Smoking Ruins - The Explosion Is
Thought to Have Resulted from the
Night Engineers Negligence. and lie
Has Been Arrested = List Of Kiued.
Woanded and Missing So Far as Known.
Details of the Disaster.
HARTFORD, Feb l9.-The most awful
calamity that has visited Hartford for many
years was that Of yesterday morning.
An explosion tuok plnee IN the Park Central
hotel at e few minutes before 5. The greater
part Of the building nstantly collapsed like a
house Of cards At least :ifty peofle were
buried in the ruins
The list of the dead whose bodies have been
recovered from the ruins is;
H. Buell., Of Hartford, jeweler.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H Bronson and child.
Of Hartford Mr.. Bronson was secretary Of
the Hartford Stove company.
George J. Engler, of Hartford, Drug clerk.
George Faines colored), night porter.
Lizzie Gerald, of No. 26l Chestnut street
Springfield.
J. G. HiA. Of Buffalo, commercial traveller.
J. w. Housnan, Of No. 27i Second street,
Brooklyn, agent of the Boston Revere Rubber
company
Fannie Howe, Of No. 2ss Chestnut street,
Springfield
George Ketchurp, brother d the proprietor,
of Hartford.
Eddie Ketehuaa, aged II. son Of tho pro-
prietor
George w. Root, aged 60, Of Broekport N.
y, tsaveler fov Waite, Williams g. Co, Of
Boston.
A. Il. Tilloton, Of Cincinnati, traveller for
the Merrill Chemical company
An unknown, gray eyts, brown hair, bald
IN front, heavy mustache, about 40 years Of
age, weight about 100 pounds
An unknown man, about 40 years Of age.
black hair, mustaeha and goatee, weight
about 200 pounds
The injured, all Of whom are likely to re-
cover, are;
Michael CorrigAn, Of Windsor, badly
bruised.
Mrs. Corrigan, wife Of the above, terribly
bruised.
Rachel cremer, Of Aron, bruised and
scratched
Jennie Decker, Of Unionville, leg broSen.
Walter n. Gay, Of Bayonne, n. Y, suffer
ing from exposure.
Max Galody, editor Of The German Herald.
Mrs. Galody, wife Of the above.
Charles @. Hemsen.
Enos James, agent Of the White Star line.
Wellington Ketchum, proprietor of the
hotel; no bones broken; badly bruised.
Mrs. W. ketchum, wife Of the proprietor.
scalded about the head; one hip broken.
George Ketchum, brother Of the proprietor.
Helen Leport
Ellen Macogne
Henry Stetel, Of Philadelphia, commercial
travelegi scalp wound and sprained ankle.
Jacob Turpin, colored barber scalp wound.
Mrs. Andrew f. Whiting.
Among the missing are;
The Rev. DR., l. Perrin, Of Hartford,
secretary Of the Congregational Tract society.
Mrs. H. Perrin, wife Of Dr. Perrin.
Edward Perry, of Hartford
J. c. Pendleton, Of Indianapolis.
George W. Root, OF Boston.
Mrs. Frank Wesson, of Springfield, her
children and servants, in all seven persons.
Andrew +. Whiting, actuary Of the Hart
ford Life and Annuity Insurance company.
The main portion Of the hotel, facing on
High and Allyn streets, five story building,
80 feet by l25 feet, had fallen
A bright flash Of light The screeching
sound Of escaping steam The roar Of an ex
plosion which was heard for fifteen miles
around. The rattle and rumble Of bricks
and timbers. Then darkness, and for few
seconds silence.
When the explosion occurred the whole
five story brick building collapsed into a
confused pile Of masonry and timbers, ex-
cept part Of the rear, where tier Of rooms
remained standing, but with the partitions
torn away so that the interior Of the rooms
was visible Some Of these rooms afterward
crumblsd down with their occupants upon
the debris below.
The servants occupied an annex in the
rear, and were got out by ladders from the
windows, the staircases having been deinol-
ished by the fall Of the main building. A
few Of the more excitable employees jumped
TO the ground, but were only slightly in
jured.
But the darkness was soon followed by the
brilliant light of the flames bursting from the
ruins; the silence by the shrieks and moan
ngs of the human beings imprisoned in the
mass Of timber and masonry
Every window in the Earl house. across
Allyn street, was broken, the walls were
smashed in many places, and its guests rushed
pell nell into the street
The scenes about the ruins were heartrend-
ing In the center of the spot where the
building stood were a man, his wife and little
child No help could get to them, and they
finally fell back into the flames and perished
in plain sight Of the spectators The child
cried for help but the man and woman ut
tered no word. Embraced in each others
arms they met death bravely
The shrieks Of another woman caused the
blood Of the spectators to turn cold as they
saw young lady lying with her body half
across beam, look of agony on her face.
Finally the support fell and she dropped out
of sight.
The fire department responded quickly
Fire had broken out in the northwest corner
of the ruins, and seemed likely to spread to
the whole mass Of the wreck The engines
Immediately began to work The police gath
sred tcgether the worknen usually employed |