The record-union., 1892-02-09
speeial 10 the REcoRp-UNroN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNToN.
sNEw YORK, Feb. 8.-The search for the
dead in the ruins of the Hotel Royal,
which was stopped temporarily last
night, was resumed this morning. Seven
bodies had been found at $3.50 o'clock.
From a careful examination of the
register and the journal furnished by
Clerk Underwood, the number of per-
sons in the building when the fire broke
out was 152. OF this number, eight are
known to be dead, eighty-one were res
cued before the walls collapsed, and sixty
one are still missing.
Among those who were rescued from
the flaming building twenty-tour were
more or less seriously burned and bruised.
1t Is not improbable that number of
those who are still among the missing
this morning may have escaped, but un-
I'll the great heaps Of debris have been re-
moved no one can tell what may be dis
closed
In taking out the seven bodies num-
Der Of others were brought in view.
Every effort was being made to recover
these when it was discovered that the
wall on the Fortieth-street side was totter-
ing and about TO fall, so the search was
suspended for q time in order that the
wall might be torn down. AS soon as
this was done the work was once more
resumed.
BY noon two more bodies were re-
moved, both being those of women. One
is supposed to be that of woman who
was employed about the hotel.
Victor fOllerin, a waiter who work ed
in the hotel some time ago, this morning
said that it was a habit with certain en-
ployes to allow rubbish TO accumulate in
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rubbish, on three different occasions,
caught fire, but was quickly eXtin-
guished. Follerin believes that it was
here that the fire originated.
This morning it was also learned on
good authority that Harding, the fireman
OF the hotel, who first discovered the
ire, fought the flames Tor fifteen minutes
before he raised an alarm. Harding de-
nies it.
The bodies recovered to-day are all
terribly burned and identification may
be impossible. The sixth body found
IS thought to be that of Fanny Clark of
this city.
Walter Yates, the Philadelphia clothier,
IS in a very critical condition and the
surgeons do not expect him 10 recover.
The young woman who was taken to
the New York Hospital, suffering from
fracture Of the base OF the skull, inter-
nal injuries and burns, IS said to be Eta
Green, who was formerly cashier at the
Sturtevant House. She is not expected
to recover.
Mrs. w. S. Lockard of this city is suf-
ferlng from internal injuries, and is in a
critical condition. All the others who
were rescued from the hotel and are suf-
tering from burns or other injuries are
said to be doing well.
Late this afternoon the Worklnen found
foot and part of leg in the ruins. At
$50 a body was found. 1t was so
badly burned as to be unrecognizable
At 6:45 the eleventh BODY was brought to
view. The legs We're almost gone, the
arms had been burned off and the head
crushed In the upper jaw set Of false
teeth were found, which looked like
those of q woman.
a hundred men are at work on the
debris, and will be kept going night and
day until they have completed the work
OF clearing away the ruins, which in ali
probability will take three days.
one OF the bodies recovered to-day has
been identified as that of A. A. Town
send of New Haven, Conn. A crowd has
been at the Morgue all day, but has been
very orderly, and there was no trouble
keeping order. The officers elected all
who had evidently been attracted there
by mere curiosity.
y steam derrick was placed in Fortieth
street and a number of electric lights
strung in order that the work miuhf no
women have been recovered. One of
them was identified as Mrs. Lewis. the
bookmaker's wife. a body designated
as No. 8 was recognized as that Of Miss
Bagely, the housekeeper.
Mrs. Hattie Nannorden, wife of Henry
J. Nannorden, manager of the ROYAL
Worcester Corset Company, is undoubt-
edly among those who perished. The
woman had jewels worth between $50. COO
and $4,000 in a chamois skin belt
strapped around her waist at the time of
The ire, and the gems, together with val
liable papers, are in the ruins with her.
Several terribly burned bodies of men
were drawn from the ruins. One of the
italians digging in the ruins fell in fit
before midnight. lie imagined he had
sunk his pick into the body OF one of the
victims.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean and Miss Annie
Cummings, who were reported missing.
turned up tonight.