Evening journal., 1889-02-19

begnn.
Al 10 o'clock Governor Bullslay had orderec
out the oi.y battalion OF the First regiment
and IN a driving rain and sleet storm tine,
were placed ON guard about the ruins A
large detail, too, was put to work on the ruins
The forenoon passed away amid intense ex-
citement, only two or three bodies having
been taken from beneath the mass. After the
fire was extinguished, however, tho debris
was rapidly CLEARED away.
wellington ketehum, proprietor of the
hotel, and wife were dug out Of the ruins N
about l o'clock. They were alive. but wer,
severely bruised and scalded. However
great hopes are entertained of their recovery.
MIR. ketchum says that thirty-five guests
were IN the house when he went "a bed in tn,
evening. He did not know how nmny arrived
on the midnight train. 1t Is Thought that be
tween ten and fifteen did So This does not
take into account the regular b0nrters. II il
probable that there were over sixty In the
hotel altogether
Such Of them MS escaped say the building
was lifted bodily and crushed like an err
shell, falling in mass Of broken timber.
bricks, mortar, bedding and the like. The
first warning Of amy danger which the guests
had was feeling Of being lifted, then they
experienced a sinking sensation, and they re.
memberedno more. ssxaE EgE ~
Michael Corrigan and his wife were In one
OF the rooms IN the southeast portion OF the
hotel, and were buried for nfnrly five hours
IN the ruins. They were recovered terribly
bruised, but living. Enos james, OF England.
was buried for six hours. He was taken out
alive and was able 10 walk.
The case Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Lewis II Bron
son and child was most pitiful one. Mrs
bronson was the dnughter Of Brig. Gen
Graham, of the Connecticut National Guard
Gen. Graham came from his home at Middle-
town and was IN the ruins searching for tho
body Of his daughter The First regiment
boys aided him, and at about o'clock tho
bodies Of the couple weIe found. Gen. Gra-
ham recognized the body Of his daughter by
her hair and the rings on her fingers.
II IS believed that Mrs. Wessson, Of Sprinss
ileld, the widow Of Frank Wesson. who WA.
killed at the White Rlm junction railroad
accident, was in the hotsl, together with all
Of her family-fve children-and possibly a
servant or two. People from Springfield vsere
IN the city anxious 10 find traces Of her
knowing that she stayed in Hartford over
Sunday, but her name Is not 70 be found ON
any hotel register, and it Is feared that She
must have been In the Park Central. II ~
her death and that Of her family would raise
the aggregate boss ~ life probably seven ad-
ditional
A report that mesnbers Of tho. "Hoodman
Blind theatrical company were IN the ruined
hotel was found 90 be Incorrect. Mr.. Il
Munroe, the business manager. says some Of
the company applied TO the hotel for accom-
modations, bnt could not get them, and wont
TO another hotel The fact that they were re-
fused accommodation does not indicate that
the hotel was crowded, bu1 simply that tho
members Of the company desiring rooms for
81 or S5seouh not be furnished on accosnt Of
previons engagement Of apartments by leris.
lators
How did the explosion occurl Thaa Il tho
question which no ona. can answer Eith an,
degaee of certainty.
Mr.. J. nj. Allen, president Of the Steazr
boiler Insurance company, and an expert on
boiler explosions, win not accept tAe explosion
theoly until there. is more definite evidence
which cannot Is obtained until the hosler /,
reached. If, as is generally believed. the dis.
aster was caused by the boiler. il wss prol-
ably caused by the night engineer gC,inq away
about midnight and leaving q heavy draurht
on the furnaee and little water in the boiler
When the day engineer came be probably
turned on the water and caused the explosion.
But he is dead and can give no evidence
1t is said that Amos f. Risley, the night en-.
gineer, was Of irregular habits. He said 10 a
reporter about an hour after the explosion;
Il left the boiler an right at u o'clock last
night. We never run it all night either on
Saturday or Sunday nights. Last night !
banked the fire with sixty pounds Of steam on
and shut the dampers IN half an hour the
steam ought 20 have been down 10 twenty
pounds Then | went to bed IN the annex On
the second floor When the explosion came
got out all right, but how the thing exploded
can't imagine"
Risley was arrested
The police did good work in keeping order
until the militia were called out 10 relieve
them. The lower floor of Judd L. Roots wool
warehouse was converted into temporarv
morgue where the coroner, medical examiner
and assistant physicians cared for the victims
until the dead could be identified and the in.
jured removed 70 hospitals. The city pro
vided caskets for the unclaimed bodies.
Most Of the bodies bear comparatively few
marks Of burns Death seems in most cases
70 have been due b. suffocation or contusions
Great sorrow is expressed at the death OF
DR.. Perrin. The Rev. IAvellette Perrin, ID.
d.. was born at Vernon, Conn, May IS. 1916:
graduated at Yale in 1910, and from Yale
seminary in lS43 ordained Dec. IS, ls43. al
Goschen, Conn, where he remained fourteen
years, when impaired health led to his resip-
nation. After two years rest he accepted
the pastorate Of the First Congregational
church at New Britain, which renewed in
health compelled him 20 resign His health
having been restored by long European
tour he served rs pastor in Wolcottville.
near Pennington, Conn, from 1872 until 1887,
since when he had been pastor emeritus there
For years he was one of the editors Of The
Religious Herald at Hartford.
The register Of the hotel has not been
found, and Night Clerk Perry is buried in
the ruins, but estimates agree pretty closely
that that about sixty persons were in the
hotel
The authorities are overwhelmed with tele-
grams OF ofinquiry from people in all parts Of
the country, who fear that friends or relatives
may have been in the hotel,
The street cleaning department soon had
all their laborers on the spot helping clear
away the ruins, and the work of rescue went
on steadily all day and evening.
The following articles were taken from the
ruins or were found on the bodies of those
taken out: Book, name on fly leaf, Jane L,
Spencer, Norwich, Conn. sack coat, with
two books, name in books, A. T. Whiting
mo address,; bundle Of underclothing and
trunk, name ON trunk, c. Jaros; also an en-
velope with the name Mrs. II. Jaros on it;
overcoat with blue muller and gloves, Mi
chael Corrigan; vest with gold watch and
card with the name of A. A. Stocker, No.
Orchard place; trunk Of womans clothing
with instials IL. II. b. marked on the linen
There was also a large collection of articles