New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-10
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SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
SEVENTEEN BODIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN
FROM THE HOTEL ROYAL RUINS.

SEVEN IDENTIFICATIoNS AT THE MoRG UE-soMn
CoRPsEs HORRIBLY DISFIGURED AND MU:
TILATED-wILL THE ELEVATOR SHAFT
DISCLOSE MORE HORROR!
Five dead persons were taken from the burned
ruins of the Hotel Royal after midnight on Nom
day. Most of them were found before D o'clock
yesterday morning. and only one was discovered
in the afternoon. Up TO a late hour last night
no more had been found One of those taken out
yesterday was the one which was discovered on
Monday This swells the list of victims TO seven
teen or these altogether seven have been iden-
titled. 1t is doubtful if many more VIII be
claimed as most of the bodies are almost unrecog-
nizable.
How many bodies are still hidden in the hither-
to untouched parts of the building is purely mat
Ter of conjecture That there are still some 90
least is believed by" all who have made such In
vestigatons as could be made and there is terri
bic indication of it in the shape of the nauseatln2
odor which is perceptible in some parts OF the
ruins, and which cannot he mistaken. Following
is list OF the dead identified, with the unldeni
fed in the numbered cofns:
BEGLEY, MISS MARY. the housekeeper Of the Hotel
Royal. at the Morgue: found in the ruins on Monday
ESwnr o%nn wSa recognSed ss the new @ Of Upper
false teeth he had made for her short tipe ago
The body badly cnafrCG, ana lne lttc was uu-
recognizable. The body was dressed only in knit
underskirt and muslin ni9hdess.
BLAKE, SARAH, at the Morgue. She was an un-
married woman fifty years DID, and her home e. waI Mn IN
Nellie Kendall, Of Planvllle, Mass Miss Kendall IS
a cousin fSs hv o. the s Xc ae Sd came sns I" last
Friday to visit some friends. and she engaged rooms MS
saturday night With man named Gassford, and
after the performance he left her at the hotel @ y Ia'
the last time any Of her friends saw her alVe'
MRS EII/A L.. nj the MOrgue. Gle was
sixty years DID, and was employed atlsoa at the hGel oe
night BY her daughter Mrs Mary Donohue. The
body and limbs Of this victim were nuy ourse1; rs
easy mater for her relatives ana fiehdS 10
identify her.
COHEN, MRS. j.. at the Morgue. She killed by
jumping out OF one of the upper windows. she was
Polish woman. thirty three years oid ana was was me de
wife of a merchant at Toronto, Canada' ~ was not t
known by her friends that she had been al tle
Hotel ROYAL until Yesterday when her brother,
Archibald Jacobs identified the body at the Morgue
LEVY. LEWIS at the MorgIe. lie was a Hebrew.
forty four years old, and his home was at LONDON,
ontario. Archibald Jacobs the brother OF Mrs.
the officials at the Morgue any particulars about bout
the man, except his name and address Levy
was killed by jumping from the window of an upper
story.
LEVY Harry J.. at Kakelas's undertaking shop, NO.
a4 Eas twenty four years soIS:1an oId G
for strauss 4 Freeman, of NJ. 707 broadway. lie
formerly member Of the hrm Of Levy ! bfotngrs s
Hotel ROYAL for the last eight months. His body
was found in the ruins after the fire. His legs
as to be nnrecognizabe but he positively dentl-
fled by jewels found on his body
TOWNSEND, A; A. Of New,Ilayen conn; conn., az pasS MS
clad in nightshirt pair OF trousers and Naiscoat
Burned almost beyond recoeni9n' idenuhoa oDg pg
name on his trousers pocket on hls KEY rug lag anu
in a memorandum book found on his body.
COFFIN NUMBER TWO unnown .rgo woman az dapS rS
hair, brown eyes, black silk undervesh Her Jewel,
consisted Of two rings on the third hnser a q be sne other herr
With three enerads-a gold ring set with pearls on
the third finger OF the right hand and small tur-
Quoise ring.
NUMBER THREE, unknown man, at the Morgue ,n aoon'
tliry.five years old dark hair smooth face Cloth
ing consisted OF cotton undershir' Jean ora"erS'
nightshirt and dark trousers
NUMBER EIGHT, unknown woman, at @ the W, Morgas; n
hDS%i nses 1wsgif weg oo @ pounds body badly care
that sex IS difficult distinguish full, full set s.S %
flied. No clothing
NUMBER TEN, unknown man. at the Mofgue tofD, hye
feet nine inches in height burned beyond recogni
teeth eight teeth In lower Jaw
NUMBER ELEVEN. unknown woman' at the Morgue que.
badly decompOSed. clothing or 1ewelry. %ss
ard arms gone only trunk and head remain
NUMRER TWELVE. unknown woman, at the Morguo
badly charred: both legs gone part OF tne co''o"
nlghtdress and knit undervest on the trunk
NUMBER THIRTEEN. unknown woman. Ihe oOay
was discovered Monday night but 1t was 13t
Nothing but The trunk remained one Of the legs
and part Of the had been almost entirely burren
ard the skull was >iglppru VI IN
meas Of identity is Of upper and lower false
teeth She Is supposed to be Kate Riley, one OF me
chambermaids, who was on the Top noOl III lne ti"o
the fire broke on.
NUMBER FOURTEEN. unknown man. The body was
taken out about o'clock. IL was burned TO crsp'
one ~ his legs and the hands had been burned away
and it will impossible TO Identify the body except
by the lower teeti
NUMBER SIXTEEN. unknown woman. This body is
also burned beyond recognition. The arms arc
burned away VI the elbows NO halr OF cio'il"s oh
the body.
wa, taken from the ruins In the afternoon; Inc
beiy wa, burned to a crisp. both arms being burned
The head was also burned away. she about
thirty years old. No ewelry or clothing on tho
body.
4 mass of the personal property of the guests,
also the hotel safe and the cash drawer were
found but the most valuable discovery was made
in the afternoon, when one of the laborers came
across a small, badly burned silver box, eontain-
inc some of the diamonds of Mrs Van Norden,
who is still missing.
Work was continued almost feverishly through
the night and during yesterday. 1t did not
stop with the coming of darkness, for electric
lights had been hung overhead and
new detail of night laborers, fremen and
policemen were assigned TO work last night The
fear was entertained that more dead people than
had been expected. might be found when the work
of clearing the clevator-shaft was well begun.
The workmen started on the elevator-shaft after
midnight,
The latest theory as to the origin OF the fire.
which was heard Yesterday at the ruins was that
il broke ont in the elevator owing TO defective
ARRANGEMENTS which were made for lighting II.
former employe of the hotel said that the hose
which supplied the gas, and which followed the
elevator ND and down. was of poor quality and old.
and forever leaking.
THE SEARCH IN THE RUINS
HOW OTHER BODIES WERE FoUND-APPRoACH.
ING THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.