The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-19

their night cloths for eight hours. with aood.
OF chilling water pouring upon them. Tha
extent OF their injuries cannot be aseertalned
at present. They were taken TO the hospl-
tai.
Soon after, Walter Gay. New York agent
OF the Hlgganum Manufacturing Company.
was taken out, also alive and sent 10 the hos.
pital.
The dead body Of j. c. Hlll, commercial
traveller, has also been taken out. lt NAV
nelp 70 locate him 10 state that he has been
aVeea aaveL,ing n Of late with toy goods drummer
uaueu Cotton. His name was ascertalned
py tne marx on his night shirt. Daniel MOI
rlsOn, brakeman, and Fred Haines. flagman
on the New York Il New England raIlrosd
had room sin the building and are undoubt-
euly puried In the ruins. No additional
dead bodies have yet been recovered.
The force Of the explosion Shattered an
the glass In the buildings adjoining ana
opposite the hotel and broke windows a
block away. Its cause Is still a mystery, a.
u VIII take some time TO uncover the boiler
Mrs. Frank Weston and children are re-
ported to be in the ruins. Nothing tangible
to substantiate or dispute the rum0r can be
learned. At 2 O'Clock, the workmen discOV-
cred small black and tan dog alive and
exhibiting gratitude at bis release.
Thus far most Of the bodies recovered have
south side. The persons rescued alive are
naturally In very exhausted condition and
the physicians refuse TO allow them 70 be
interviewed. They were all asleep when the
disaster occurred. and OF course know moth
ing except the horrors Of their imprisonment
and their almost miraculous escape. One
young man. guest. was violently IN on
account OF a spree. He had left his room
about a minute before the disaster % 20
TO the bath room In the annex and thus
The arrival Of the National Guard. ordered
out by Mayor Root has been Of great benefit
In keeping the rabble at distance and Civ
ing the workmen q good chance. The
soldiers have also aided the police and fire.
men in removing the rubbish. Workmen
are now arranging electric lights. so that the
work OF rescue may continue tonight.
The fires which have been raging under
the wreck and causing binding and stifing
smoke are now well under control From
windows Of the Judd K Root building on
posits crowd Of spectators Is watching the
progress OF the rescue. being able 10 see
every point The work Is necessarily slow
Mr.. Allen, president OF the Steam Boiler
explosions, win not .aecept the explosion
theory until there Is more definite evidence,
which cannot be had until the boiler Is
reached. IL, as Is generally believed. the
disaster was caused by the boiler, it was
probably the result Of the night engineer go
ing away about midnight drunk. leaving q
heavy draught on the furnace and little
water In the boiler. When the day engineer
came he probably turned on the water and
caused the explosion. But be Is dead and
can give no evidence. 1t Is said the night
engineer was Of irregular habits and all sorts
OF rumOrS are afiOat.
There Is general sorrow over the death Of
the Rev. DIR. Perrin and Dwight Buell., the
latter popular jeweller and club man.
At 2.45 O'clock this afternoon, the dead
bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs. Bronson were taken
from the ruins.