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

New York, Feb. IA disaster ap-
palling in horror, bringing to mind the
terrible occurrences in Park place, still
fresh in the public mind, occurred in
this city early this morning. The Hotel
Royal, that well-known landmark,
which has stood for more than quar-
ter of century at the southeast corner
of Sixth avenue and FOrtieth street,
was burned TO the ground. and large
number of people were burned, suffo-
Gated and crushed in the ruins. At the
time of the disaster there were nearly
$50 guests in the hotel. The hotel EN-
ployes, all told, number SIS. Of this
number of people have thus far
been found dead, 6 are in the hospital
and 60 have been reported alive. One
hundred are still missing. The number
of dead will probably not exceed thirty.
The scenes were heartrending and APP
palled even the firemen and policemen,
who are used to
Terrible Scenes.
Soon after the fire broke out ambu-
fances arrived from the various hos
pitfalls. Many physicians whose resi-
dences are in the neighborhood were
quickly on the scene, and did all they
could to relieve the injured. Nearly
every one of the 124 rooms which the
hotel has on its five floors was occupied
last night by guests, many of them
transient. In fact all the rooms save
four had been taken at O'Clock this
morning, when Richard Mears. the pro-
prietor, went to bed. When the flames
burst forth from some unkno wn origin
near the elevator shaft. the entire build
ing was instantly enveloped in flames.
The dead, missing and injured are re-
ported as follows:
The Dead:
Unknown woman, forty years old. tract
1red skull and slightly burned She is sup
posed to have jumped from a window and
killed herself. Body at morgue.
Unknown woman, about twenty-eight
good looking, light compIexio wore an
abundance of jewelry. Burned and suffo-
Gated. Body at morgue.
Unknown man. about thirtv-five years old,
dark brown hair; jumped from window.
Head smashed In pieces.
Smooth-faced man, about feet 9 inches
In height weighed about $50 pounds; wore
linen nightshirt and trousers. Body at
morgue.
Unknown man, good looking about forty
three years old, had on striped silk under
shirt; light brown stripes. Evidently He
brew. Body at morgue.
Henry C. Levy. of the firm of Levy. Strauss
d Freeman, 7O7 Broadway. wholesale CLOTH
iers; Identified by his brother, II. j Levy, at
the morgue.
The Injured.
Clarence W. Klein, thirty-nine years old,
single, lawyer. Hazleton. Pa, suffocated and
burned; injuries not fatal; taken to Bellevue
hospital.
Walter L. Yates sixty years old, clothier,
Oh Philadelphia, condition serious; burns
and Commissions; Bellevue hospital.
Mrs Isabella Mearg wife of the nronrie.
tor; Injuries not serious; will recover: taken
10 Bellevue hospital
Herbert Harding, engineer of the Hotel
Royal; fatally burned while trying to rescue
Rwoman; several ribs broken; taken to hos
pital.
Missing civilian E. Armstrong, Thomas
Kennedy, Charles Close.
The Rescued.
W. G. Buchanan, C. S. Sonby, Rupert La
mont. c. Kramer, E. B. Reynolds and wife,
c. Cockburn, E. c. Allen, o. Sepler. C. White,
E. G. Harding, w. H. Scott and wife, Lang
don Smith, G. S. MCGEE, James E. Corey, Mrs.
J. Titus. Mrs. S. KNAPP, of Chicago.
All of these escaped from the burning
building and were taken to the Gedney
house.
P. Taylor, 81. P. Tompkins and W.
C. Pearce were rescued and taken to
The Hotel Metropole, four blocks away.