New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
SOME HURLED THEMSELVES TO DEATH

SOME HURLED THEMSELVES TO DEATH
| OTHERS WE'RE SEEN TO FALL BACK INTO THE
MASS OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SCENES IN
THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING
BODIES TAKEN TO THE MoRGUE
MANY PEOPLE BADLY IN
JURED THRILLING Es-
CApEs AND RESCUEs.
Fire at 3 o'clock yesterday morning totally
destroyed the Hotel Royal, situated at Fortieth-
st. and Sixth-avc., in less than two hours.
Il was crowded with guests, and the
rapidity with which the fire spread
prevented many from escaping. IL is feared
that many dead will be fosnd in the ruins, but
all gucsses at the number of the killed are purely
conjecural. Last night five bodies Of victims had
been found and sent to the Morgue OF these, two
men and two women met death by leapng from
windows. They had not been identified up to a
late hour last night The other body was found
ABOUT 10 o'clock yesterday morning IN the ruins
underneath that part of the building which was
SAN'N'
was badly burned the legs missing, and identif
cation was possible only by the jewels which were
found on it, 1t was identified that Of Harry
J. Levy, of the firm of Strauss & Freeman, No
707 Broadway. I!e was twcnty-seven years old,
and had Just returned from trip out West
great many people were injured, many Of
them seriously One a woman who was identified.
but whose name kept secret at the request
| of her friends expected to die hourly at the
Ncw-Yorl1 Hospital last night. Clarence W. Yates.
at Bellevue Hospital, was also in a critical condi-
| ton.
Following is a list of those whose bodies were
taken to the Morguc after being sent TO the Nine
teen Precinct Station:
| LEVY. HARRY J., twenty four years old. unmarried
TeSsn P6users SS SSr S'i 7G7 BrcaTay lie was formerly
member Of the firm Of Leyy Brothers & & az; "nr nna
sncc his rturn eight months ago has lived at the
Hotel Royal. His body was found in the ruins ar,er
SO badly burned as 10 be- uurecognlzable but from
the Jewels found Of his acGuaintanceS poSitiVeV
identified the body as that Of Mr.. Levy.
! UNKNOWN MAN. at the No que, about thirty -fve
wears old dark hair smooth face His clothing con con
sisted Of cotton undershirt jean drawers nightsllrt
|
| UNKNOWN MAN. at the Morcuc about forty: five
feet eleven inches IN height dark ma'tache haI. ana
| One OF the teeth has gold hlhng. SILK striped
| shirt The body: ...,....
two: black 6alr, brown eyes, slight build she
plain gold ring.
UNKNowN WOMAN, at the Morge age about .d lhriE n,
five: large frame. dark hair, brown eyes; biach SIN
her jewell s f0pd of tT9 with rns se on sma
diamonds and the other with three emeralasSa gold gold
ring set with pearls on the third finger OF the right
| hand. and small turquoise ring. Her death was
| caused by burning and suhocaton
Many persons with slight injuries went to their
homes or to other hotels and did not report TO
the authorities The cases sent to the hospital
were:
HARDING. HERBERT age twenty-five: an engineer l',
at the hotel. Afcr discovering the fire and in giving
an an. asT a oan I've oTiS' "A" Burned arway lie was taken
II the Presbyterian Hospital. suffering from con
cuSlolc G .DG mil late hour last evening Ills
injurie, aie serious but probably not fatal.
KLINE. CLARENCE W. thifty-nnc years Old lawyer.
OF IIazclon. Penn. had room on one of the upper
floors. lie rescued by iremen and taken Ia the
o Il u. hoiT lie r T isa ra t. ,bs1E bsIgyue smoke lSs
- wa, subsequently discharged AID taken to he
home " friends At No. Pa East f1ity-irst-st. HIS
Injuries slight
MEtREs RICHARD. proprietor of the hotel. cscaped
from hi, room at the iil,t alarm OF IRE. lis ieit
tp Bellevue Hospital where his wounds were dressed.
and he was discharged.
MEARtS. ISABELLA. wife Of the proprietor OF the
hotel Size attempted to follow her husband from
the hotel but ;recame frightened aud returned TO her
room She afterward jumped from the window t. a
land, wcrc severely burned She wa; sent TO the the
Bellevue Hospital where she remained last his"'
but will probably soon be discharged
Was taken Ken to bellevue Hospital lie Jumped ON
from burns on the back and head. He also suffered
from shock. and. he did not promptly recover, over.
fear, were entertained that his injuries might prove
UNKNOWN WOMAN. about twenty-five years old, GEen ia%n
to the New York tiosPal shc was zen 70 !ILP Us
from second-story window Of the hotei; e.. fsr t.
fall caused fracture OF tle sSull. ere Shnn,,ei m
malned In an UNCONSCIOUS condition at ne, tne "Sa sea,r
throughout the day. She Is short ana stout, Wels b,
ins about i3o pounds she has dark oIOSt toSt nS
ana dak r er ,SoyS Sc y@1G Wa1 man and
woman visited the hosp tai and Identified the woman;
They refused however to Eivc her nam mssrd her
at her usual place yesterday morning, ana causeo III
qures 20 be made concerning he.
The origin of the fire is still unknown, but it
is generally conceded that it started IN the ele-
va.or-shatt and ran through the building through
this natural tuc.
The fire broke out at almost exactly } o'clock
in the morning Just where 1T started Is noU
known except that il seems settled that IL started
somewhere in the clcvator-shaft. Hardly had IL
been discovered DclOrc III hdu 7"'PV '''"e'''
and irrcsistby through the six floors, transforming
the building into a huge furnace. The speed with
which the fire spread over the hotel was almost
incredible By the time the first engines arrived
the house was ablazc from top to bottom, names
were lcaping from every window. from The doors.
up the stairway and through the roof. Engine
after engine came changing up the street Hose
y,s laid in all directions The iremcn risked |
chair livcs i'm a thousand different ways. From |
every nont water was poured into the hotel. !
pu, onrarcntly each effort of the lremen only |
increased the fury of the great blaze, and by hall
nast = o,clocl, a roaring column of flame was !
lcaping into the air