St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-20
SEARCHING THE RUINS.
Willing Workers Digging in the
Debris of Hartford's Wrecked
Hotel for Human Bodies.


Special to the Globe.
HARTFoRD, Conn, Feb 10.-The
work of searching the ruins of the Park
Central hotel goes on steadily. The
Identification of the body of MIR. Illoway,
of Cincinnati, is complete. The last
body found was that of William Sey-
mour, who some times assumed the
name OF Boyle. His relatives live here.
The following is the full list of dead
and wounded to date: Dead-GeOrge
Gaines, colOred porter; Dwight I'll.
Buell, jeweler, Hartford; George
Engier, drug clerk, Hartford: j. w.
Housman. Boston; j. G. Hill. Buffalo;
Louis II. Bronson, wife and child, Hart
ford; George J. Ketchum, Hartford;
Edward Ketchum, Hartford: George w.
Root, Brockport, n. T.; an unknown;
A. F. Tillotson, of Cincinnati; Thomas
f. McCue. of 1914 West Fourth street,
New York, commercial traveller: NJ.
Gaiody and wife. Hartford; charred
of Andrew Z. Whiting: DIR. l..
Perrin and wife, William Boyle,
of Hartford. The ten patients at
the hospital are all doing well to-day
and will recover.
They are: Helen LIE Point, New
Britain, Conn: Joseph B. Turpn. Hart
ford; Jennie Decker. Michael Corrigan,
of UniOnviile: EnoS James, Birming-
ham, Eng; Waiter n. Gay, BayOnne,
n. j.: Henry Stiffle. Philadelphia: Wei
Hngton Ketchum, proprietor; Mrs. w.
ketchum; Rachael Cramer, Avon, Conn.
The report that Mrs. Frank Wesson, of
Springfield, Mass, was with her chill
dren in the Park Central hotel at Hart
ford at the time of the collapse is
entirely erroneous. The lady and
her family are safe at Spring
field and were here when the disaster
occurred, not having been In Hartfard
at all. 1'he remaining portion of the
hotel proper has been pulled down,
leaving only the fourstory annex. This
has filled the excavation already made
with an immense accumulation of
masonry, laths and timber, and at the
present time il is very dnubtful
whether any more bodies can be re-
covered for many hours, if any are
buried in the rear part. Mr. PendletOn,
having appear ed alive, the bodies of the
night clerk, Berry. and Mr.. Within are
the only ones believed to still be in the
ruins. 1t was thought that Mr.. Whitin's
remains were recovered last night, but
there is no reliable Identification. No
D0dieS nave Deen recovered since noon.
AT p. IN. the military were relieved by
force of special police, and the work
OF searching the ruins. which had been
suspended for an hour to ALLOW the tired
men to procure supper and little rest,
was again actively resumed. The
last body taken from the ruins
at about noon, reported as that
of tramp named Boyle, is now
believed to be that of William Seymour,
of this city, who sometimes assumes the
name of Boyle, and who has brother
and married sister residing here. The
chief of police has received descrip-
ton of Hr. Illoway, Of Cincinnati. 10y
telegraph, which Identifies the unknown
body beyond doubt. The excitement
has greatly decreased, and only COM
paratively small number OF spectators
are watching the workinen.
Liidnignt-No bodieG have been
found since noon, though forty men are
at work removing debris. The only
bodies knoEzn to be III the ruins are
those OF Night Clerk Perry and Mr..
Whiting. Twenty bodies have been re-
covered and all identified. The ten in
jured pefseas at the hospital are APP
parently doing well.