Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-08
The First Greeso,ns nI.corrrr.

1t was at II O'Clock that the first body
was found II WAS a horrible sight 10 be-
hold, burned, blackened, ana bruised 1t
was hurried away 10 the mcrgue. where
after much difficulty IL was identified as
the body of Harvey T. Levy, a member OF
the firm of Strauss Z Freeman, 1U7 Broad
way. Besides Levy anItle lour who were
picked up dead on the pavement as the re-
suit OF leaping from the windows ther,
were recovered from the debris yesterday
two unknown women and two unknown
men, one OF TIE latter having evidently
dived headfoTenASst from some elevated
point, as his head was smashed to pieces.
This made eight known dead by sundown
yesterday This morning 100 men under
Contractor Galloway We're put to work,
and it is expected the fearful work of the
fire will soon be known.
Some Authentic Figures.
During yesterday afternoon, Fire Mar.
shall Mitchell had an interview with
Meares, the proprietor of the hotel From
him 1t was learned that in the hotel at the
time the fire occurred were 1873 persons.
Just how many of these escaped it is diff
ficult To say. At o'clock the police of the
Thirtieth street police station gave the
following as the official list of those known
to have been saved: p. Taylor, w. p.
Pierce, Frederick Ulhmann, II. G. Thomp-
kins, w. G. Andereid, Jr., Mrs. Knapp,
w. G. Buchanan, E. S. Fonday, Rupert
Tenant, J. NJ. Powers, NJ. Brown, f. p.
Rupetdon, Blodgett Z. Ball, C. Loper, c.
White, I. &. Hardman, w. +. Scott,
I.angdon Sweet, G. S. Mcguire, j. f.
Carey, Mrs. L. Titus; Mr.. Gibson,
NJ. J. Levy, Phelps, wife and child
Simon Uhlmann, Mrs. F. Uhlman, Mr..
and Mrs Winter, Mr.. Forbes, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hussey, Martin Yardman; +. Olsen,
porter; Underwood. night clerk: Harding
Shoenfeld, Colonel John Taylor, Mrs.
Anderson; Kate Reilly, chambermaid; Mike
Curiey, porter.
Were All Permanent Guests.
The above We're all permanent guests, and
the number is forty-siX. There We're eleven
employees saved, making in all fifty-seven.
The list Of transient guests is Il long one
but the register is missing, and even if it
were found it would give no clue to the
identity of the missing, as it is thought
that many of the transients were registered
under assumed names. Then again it is
more than likely that whoever of the tran
sients were not caught in the holocaust
would quietly 90 away and never report.
This would undoubtedly be the case with
those registered under assumed names.
List of the Known Injured.
The injured are as follows: c. w.
Kline, lawyer, Hazelton, Pa, partially
asphyXiated and burned: Walter l.. Yates,
guest Of Hotel Royal, burns and contu-
sions; Isabella Meares, wife of proprietor
of hotel, slightly burned ON head and body
and contusions on back and side, sprained
| ankle; Herbert Harding, engineer at hotel,
ribs broken and contusions, while bravely
| trying to reach and rescue a woman; Rich
ard Meares, proprietor Of hotel, left hand
and arm badly hurt; unknown man, burns
and contusions; unknown woman, uncon
scIous from smoke; unknown man, con-
tusions and burned on body.
An Estimate to the Lost.
| Police Sergeant Cooper, of the West
| Thirtieth street station house, said last
| night that he believed that not more than
twenty-five people were killed and six in
jured. "We have searched the ruins well,'
| he said, "aud do not believe that there can
| be more than fifteen bodies in the ruins.
We believe that out of the 15J inmates of
| the hotel 10 or more found refuge in the
| liedney house, the Hotel -Mctropole, and
| The apartment houses in the vicinity"