The evening world., 1892-02-08
fitty-Eight Missing Persons Still
UnacCounted For.

The sixth body to be taken out Of the ruins
OF the Hotel Royal, at Forticth street and
sixth avenue, was found at 9.05 o'clock this
morning.
1t was found in a room on the top floor on
the Fortieth street side. 1t was apparently
that OF a woman, but so badly burned as to
make identification well nigh impossible.
At 9.2O the seventh BODY was found. 1t
was that CT a man. 1t was found in the main
mass OF ruins, and had evidently fallen with
smass of timbers from an upper floor.
AT IL O'clock the eighth body was found. 1t
was that OF n woman. 1t was lying among
debris in the cellar OF the hotel
The ninth body was found at 1l.55 O'Clock.
IT was that OF a woman aud was the worst
burned body yet taken out.
The only nesh on the bones was patch Of
Anew inches on the LEFT leg.
She wore u crimson silk wrapper, in
the pocket OF which was found an
envelope or the Hotel Royal unaddressed.
In the envelope WAS $50 bill, a
$40 bill and part OF 4 steel key. Her teeth
were good, and may furnish clue to her
identity.
The body OF the seventh victim taken out
was later identified as that OF A. A.
Townsend, OF Ala church street, New Haven,
scoal dealer, who was reported missing.
\ bunch OF keys found IN his pocket was
stamped with his name
How many charred and mangled bodies are
still buried beneath the ruins OF the Hotel
Royal Is question OF horrible uncertainty.
Besides the tour taken cut this morning five
Others had been recovcred-tnose OF II. C.
Levy. OF $40 West Fortieth street, and two
other men and two omen, the last four un-
identified.
From careful examination o. the hotel
register and the journal which was furnished
by Night Clerk Underwood the number OF
persons IN the building when The fire broke
out was l52.
OF these nine are known TO be dead.
Eighty-one were rescued by the lreman, as
sisted b. citizens, before the walls collapsed,
and iiIty-cight are still missing.
Among those whe were rescued from the
flaming building are twenty-iour who are
more Q. less seriously burned and bruised.
Three OF these are ut Bellevue Hospital,
and there Is one cacn at the New York and
Presbyterian hospitals. The others have
bceh cared for by their friends at ncighboting
hotels Or at their homes.
soAE OF Tnosa REPORTED MISSING NAY DE
ALIVE
1t Is not improbable that a Number OF those
VINO are s,ill among the missing THIS morning
may have escaped the iriShtfnl tate which 50
many others are known 10 have met, but the
thought or the possible loss CT iife Ii appall-
Ing.
tntil the great heap Of bricks and mortar
ahd hali-cJnSuned beams and raiterS which
are packed tiSht!y into the deatn-pi' have
bten removed 10 one cau tell what .naL awlu
grave VIII disclose.
The price aad ilrCman who nave been
guarding ,he scene OF the disaster ior tho
past twenty-four hours say that lnsny per
SOILS perl.hcd before the eyes oI lhe crowl
thdl had gathered abOu, lae BLAZING s'ruc-
lure For Il moment the spectators would
catch sight OF agoRized 'accs at the windows
ana then they would disappear suddenly in
the fames which were bursting out arounC
them.
soAE WERE sHoTHEREp !. THE HALLS
soiSs wlo rushed irom tAsir rooms q. tht