St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-08


Hotel Vendome after the fire. He is
the owner of the Schoenfeld stock farm
at Rockford. Ind, and stays at the
Royal when in New York. He probably
Jared better than any one in the place.
MIR. Schoenfeld occupied room on the
ground floor of the hotel back of the Of
flee. He thinks that he slept through a
good portion or the fire, but when he did
awake he found escape through the hall
cut off. His room, however, over
looks the court yard, and after packing
all the belongings in a trunk he tossed
the trunk
Through the VyindeV
into the yard and followed it himself.
He lost nothing except an Overcoat,
which he left with the Office of the no
tel. He babe Proprietor Mears good
night at 10 o'clock this morning. The
Hotel Royal was built more than TWEEN
ty-tiye years ago. 1t was formerly kept
by Messrs. Peris " Butler, but Mr..
Mears leased it thirteen years ago. In
1882 the building was remodeled, and
an addition was made on the south side.
The house was the home of many per-
CONS in the theatrical profession, and
was patrOniZed chiefly by transientS for
a night. Many families made it, how
ever, their permanent place OF res
idence. The elaborate restaurant was
literally patronized by the class of
people who kept late hours in the upper
part of the TenderlOin district. After
the fire had sufficiently cooled to per-
nit partial examination Of the ruins
search was made for the dead. The
search was at once awarded by the
finding of charred body almost
burned to crisp. 1t was unrecogniz-
able, but was identified as that of
Harry j. Levy from a ring on one of
the fingers. The walls were in a dan
gerous condition, and it was deemed
necessary to pull them down before
continuing the search for the dead. A
force of 100 men will be put to work
early tomorrow morning clearing away
the debris. The loss on the hotel and
furniture is estimated at S250,O00. The
building is owned by Hyman Israel,
furniture dealer on the Bowery.
At the NIorgue
the same scenes were re-enacted which
characterized the Park place disaster.
At o'clock the first dead wagon ar
rived from the scene of the hotel fire,
bringing four bodies, two of whom were
men and two women. They were
marked by numbers, one, two, three
and four. Number one was that of
woman, who, in her terror, had jumped
out of a window and over the head Of a
gallant fireman who was on his way up
a ladder to her rescue. Her skull
was crushed in. She was evil
IDENTIFY a handsome woman, with
a magnificent bust and we'll
preserved features. She was about
thirty years old. with rich dark hair and
eyes, upper teeth filled with gold. She
weighed about 140 pounds. A black
knit under vest was all the clothing she
had with which to identify her. but she
wore on her finger a heavy gold band
ring. Box No. 2 was also woman of
nearly the same age. She. too, was
evidently pretty woman, heavily
built. weighing probably $50 pounds.
She had dark brown hair and wore a
switch; brown eyes, and wore only
cloth undervest. She was.
Doubtless Sufocated.
She could be readily identified by the
jewelry worn by her. She had pair of
diamond ear rings, and wore diamond
finger ring of two pearls and set of
sapphires and one ring with three en-
eralds. Box No. was that of man
feet inches tall, thirty years old,
with black curly hair, smooth face, with
gold-filled front upper teeth. Box No.
contained the remains of a man forty
years old, feet s inches III height,
brown hair and mustache, and teeth
filled with gold. He weighed
16O pounds, and had Oh
blue and gray striped tennis shirt.
At 1918 o'clock another body was
brought in. 1t was thai of a large,
able-bodied man and was entirely nude.
The face had been burned beyond re-
cognition and his left arm was also
burned to crisp. His Identification
was soon completed. The finger ring
of gold which he wore was the means
of Identification. 1t was the body of H.
u. y.
& Freeman, clothing manufacturers of
this city. He was recognized by David
l.. Weiss, of 142 West Twenty
street. Levy and Weiss had been to-
gether last night in the cafe of the. hotel
and parted company at 1:30. Levy then
Went Up Stairs to Bed.
The Identification of Levy's body was
-, do h iC ,I>ox,
of relations. Miss Minnie Flaherty
came with two of her friends to inquire
after Kate Reilly, chambermaid, who.
she said, had gone on the night watch,
and was without doubt dead. Eliza
Brady, of No. 40 Chambers street, came
to inquire for her sister Ann. who was
employed at the hotel. She failed to
recognize her among those present, and
left weeping bitterly. Several persons
called to see if Mrs. Van Norden was
among those whose bodies had been re-
covered. She was the wife of travel
ing salesman.
Richard Mears, the landlord and prin-
cipal proprietor of the Hotel Royal, was
seen shortly after the fire was got under
control, and he told of his own escape
and that of his wife and related various
incidents in connection Herewith. He
was in the Office during the latter part
of Saturday evening. He went to the
clerks desk at about 1890 and ascer-
tanned that all but four of the no rooms
and suites in the house had been taken.
He estimated that there were about $50
to 140 people in the house all told at
that hour. He learned later, he said,
that the other four rooms were taken
before 1 a. m. Mr.. Mears was yery
tired, having been at Long Branch and
walking about great deal during the
day, and when he retired at a. m. he
fell asleep and slept very soundly. He
was awakened by his wife, who shook
him, exclaiming:
"Wake UP. Wake Up;
the house is on fire!" He spraDg out of
bed and heard an ominous roaring out
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