Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-09
SEARCHING THE RUINS.

I
 Hotel Royal Debris-Several of tn
 Victims Idsntiaed- Working .
 Night by the Aid of Electric Lishts
 NEW YoRK, Feb. S.-The work of search
 ing for the victims of the Hotel Royal dis
 aster has been begun. At o'clock thi
 morning there came babel of approach
 ing voices and there appeared upon tn
 scene 125 Italian laborers, each bearinI 1 pick, crowbar or shovel, and the day.
 work of searching for the dead was begun
 They were under the charge of Contractor Galligan, who had been employed to clea, out and search the ruins.
 The first body found at g o'clock on ths
 fifth floor was very badly burned, but wal identified as that of woman. There wal nothing on the body by which it could bs identified except gold ring on 8 finger oi the left hand.
 While the extension ladder was being placed in position for the removal of the woman's body workman discovered the charred leg of man protruding through the debris. The body was found to be ly. ing head downward where it had evidently fallen with the upper floors. It was jammed so tightly in the timbers and mortar that it took over an hour and a half to remove it.
 about thirty-fve years old, five feet seven inches in height with dark hair and nous. tache and dressed in dark clothing. On him were found gold watch and chain and triangular gold emblem on which were engraved the words, ''Life, Love and Truth"
 This body, which was the seventh found, was taken to the morgue with that of the woman found at g o'clock. Shortly after 10 o'clock the fremen pulled down the third and fourth stories of the Fortieth street wall, which was in a dangerous con- dition.
 At 11:3O o'clock the eighth body was found about ten feet from the spot where the seventh body had been discovered. It was that of 8 woman without clothing, two inches in height. Beneath the body was found check book on which was written the name of 70. A. fluffy, Phil adelphia." Near by were a new pair of lady's shoes, @ leather trunk and 8 valise.
 At 11:30 the ninth body was found in the immediate vicinity to the spot where the eight body was discovered. It was also that of a woman about thirty five years old. It is thought she was an en- ploye of the hotel.
 The body numbered seven, that of the man discovered in the ruins shortly after g o'clock this morning and dug out about an hour and a half later, was identified at the morgue this afternoon as that of A. A. Townsend of New Haven.
 He had put on his trousers and vest over his night shirt, and the identification was rendered possible by a bunch of keys bearing his name and his gold watch and chain and gold emblem.
 Late in the afternoon the workmen found foot and part of leg in the ruins. At 5:30 o'clock body was found. It was so badly burned as to be unrecognizable, and was sent to the morgue. About 6:45 the eleventh body was brought to view The legs were almost gone, arms burned off and the head was crushed almost to a jelly. In the upper jaw 8 set of false of a woman.
 The work of clearing away the debris will be kept going night and day, and will probably take about three days.
 The general description of body No 8 tallies with that of Julia Martin. Charles Blake, an elderly man from Stamford, Ct., came to the morgue with a friend to inquire for his ister, Sarah Blake, forty nine years of age, who registered at the hotel on Saturday. He was of the opinion that No. 6 corresponded with the body of his sister, but did not positively identify it A middle-aged man with tears in his eyes came to the morgue in quest of Mrs. Rogers of Brooklyn, a woman of doubtful
 AAs .f who told him she had an engagement" at the Hotel Royal for Saturday and Sunday nights. He failed to identify anyone.
 The twelfth body was found at 8 p. m. under the safe in the cellar on the Fortieth street side. The legs and arms were burn ed of, as was also part of the scalp. On the back part of the head was 8 long look of hair that showed the body was that of 8 woman. Her age could not be guessed at A memorandum book was found near the body, which contained @ shopping list. On bill in the book was the name Mrs. H. A. Cate. Near tho remains was also "Down the River to Selkirk." On visit ing card in the memorandum book there was written with blue lead pencil the ad- dress, ''22 Seventh avenue" and on anoth- CT card was inscribed "Frank Wolf at 8:15 p. m." Five electric lights have been rigged up and calcium light has been added, by the aid of which the work of examining the ruins is being prosecuted vigorously.
 The dentist who made the false teeth found on body No. g has identified them as Mrs. Begley's.
 R. E. Baldwin of 59 Stevens street, New Haven, has confirmed the identification of MT. Townsend.
 Inquiry was made at the morgue for Louis Coulter of Lowell, Mass, who came to New York with Arthur Grinlan of Bos- ton and registered at the Hotel Royal. Mrs. J. B. Carey, who was supposed to have been burned, returned here to-day from Philadelphia. Bundles were foun d in the ruins tonight containing letters ad dressed te Miss W. R. Lewis and George Evans of Philadelphia. Mrs. Harry J. Van Norden, who, it is thought, perished in the fire, carried jewels worth $40, 900 in belt about her body.