The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-20
He WENT BACK HIS MONEY.
a New Workers. Experience In the
Collapsed Hotel.
Yesterdays Work Among the Piles
Of Brick and Timber.
The TotterIng Walls Of the FIInnsy
Structure Torn Down.

-" ANAA NibJs hdu very narrow
escape from death in the eollapslng hotel. As
occupied room In the corner Of the hotel
which did not fall. He appeared in the Allyn
House about ten o'clock In the morning In
rather miscellaneous assortment Of clothes.
He related his experiences as follows: IL
got to the hotel about midnight and went at
once to my room, for some reason could
not get TO sleep. It must have been three
O'Clock In the morning before dOzed OF. /
was reused soon after by the violent snap
ping Of tie steam coil In my room. / thought
1t queer, but not alarming. and was getting
into doze again when something hit me
sharply In the face. A second afterward q
shower OF plastering fell about nay head. 1
sprang out OF bed and CROPPED my way into
little sitting room which opened out OF the
bedroom. From this room a door opened into
another room. AS i reached this door n
burst on its hinges. Then came the terrible
crash. do not remember any distinct ex-
plOsion. but the terrible shrieks Of the women
are ringing In my ears yet. | never heard
anything like IL before and never want 10
again. ! got into the next room and found
two men there: They were fully dressed,
but had nothing on but suit Of paiamas'
| suffered terribly from the cold and Thought
would 20 back and get my 0vercOat. The
rooms had occupied were cut straight In
two in the middle. The bedstead stood hut
q few inches from the edge Of the abyss,
from whlch tne smoke was now coming so
thick could hardly see. / got hold Of my
overcoat and got away with IT, Then made
another dash and got my other coat. l then
had on my paJamas and two coats, but was
barefoot and had no trousers. In this way
was taken down TO the street by the dremen.
As soon as | got down a big. good hearted
fellow told me to get on his back and did so.
He carried me TO saloon near by, gave me
these trousers and these shoes, and offered
me money to pay my way home. My money
was in my trousers pocket, and | determined
to try to get 1t, and went up into the annex
Of the hotel. II Is about three feet from the
walls left standing, In which was my room.
climbed across and got my trousers. Then
got my gripsack and carried that away.
When got out found my pOeketbOOk was
not In my trousers. l went back again and
got II all right. Now | am going home 10
New York. / have had enough Of Hartford
for time"
The work Of seaching in the ruins for the
bodies OF the victims was kept up vigorously
last night until two O'Clock. Then the tired
workers gave up their task TO walt for morn
Ing.
This morning at seven O'Clock Il was re-
sumed. 1t was all conducted under or yerv
near to the remaining part OF the rott0n
structure and was at considerable risk The
foundation wall OF what remains was erumb-
Of brick from the different stories. The
whole Is certain TO fall unless pulled down.
The pulling down will be deferred until
more bodies are found In the ruins.
Meanwhile the rooms split In two are open
70 inspection and suggestive picture Of the
fimsy construction Is shown In the walls.
The building had long been under suspicion.
No Hartford insurance company would
touch ID, and the local insurance officers have
personally denounced 1t to the city govern
ment.
Work went on this morning for several
hours without finding any bodies, but about
II o'clock the news spread that two had been
found and In half an hour they were taken
out and covered with blankets and carried 10
the cOroners. One was identified by Mr.. 5.
A. Galpin Of New Haven, as the Rev. DR..
Perrin. The other Is the body Of his wife.
A third body was brought out at noon and
proved to be that Of William Boyle Of Hart
ford.
The following is the full list Of dead to
date:
George Gains, negro porter.
Dwight H. Newell, Hartford.
j. George Engle, Hartford.
). w. Houseman. Boston.
j. e. Hill, Buffalo.
LOUIS II. Bronson wife and child, Hartford.
George ketchum, Hartford.
Edward lketehum, Hartford.
George w. Root, Bridgeport, N. Y.
A. +. Tillotson, Cneinnita-
n Al unknown supposed TO be NJ. Sterling Of
bridgeport.
Mr. Galody and wife, Hartford.
, Remains presumed TO be those Of Andrew y.
Dr.; I. Perrin and Mrs. Perrin.
William Boyle.
Body as yet unidentified.
The ten patients at the Hartford hospital
are doing well today and will recover. They
are Helen Lepoint, Joseph b. Turpin, Jen-
ME Dreeker, Michael Connigen. Enos James.
Walter n. Gay, Henry Stifte. Wellington
A large fragment Of boiler has been found
70 feet from where the boiler originally stood
1t is the back Of the top and weighs s4O
pounds.
An unknown body has been Identified as
that Of Thomas Il. McCue. commercial
traveller Of New York.
At $40 p. m. the remaining portion Of the
hotel proper was pulled down, leaving only
the four story annex. This filled the exca-
walton with an immense accumulation OF
masonry, laths, plastering and timber. Mr..
Pendlet0n having turned up alive, the bod
les Of Night Clerks Perry, and Whiting are
the only ones believed 10 be In the ruins. IL
Is thought that Writings remains were re-
covered last evening, but they have not been
identified.
At7p. m. the military were relieved by a
force Of special police and the work Of
searching the ruins was actively resumed.
The body taken from the ruins at about noon
and reported to be that Of a tramp named
Boyle Is now believed TO be William Sey-
m0ur, OF this city, who sometimes assumed
the name Of Boyle. The chief Of police has
received a description Of Mr.. IllOway Of Gin
cinnati, which Identifies the unknown body
beyond a doubt.
MidRight-In all twenty bodies have been
recovered. They have all been Identified.
Mrs. Wasson Not There.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 19.-The report that
Mrs. Frank Wasson OF this city, was with
her children In the Park Central Hotel.
Hartford, at the time Of its collapse, Is en-
tirely erroneous. The lady and her family
were In this city when tha dlaasfar necnrred-