The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-09
NEW YORK'S HORROR.
CHASTITY Work Among the Ruins i
the Burned HOte.
BODIES DUG FROM THE WRECK

The Charred Remains Of Twelve
bodies Thus Far Recovered. Only
Two or which Have Been Identified
Twenty-four or the Rescued More
or Less Burned and Bruised.
New York. Feb. o. = How many
charred and mangled bodies are yet bur-
led beneath the ruins Of the Hotel Royal
Is a question Of horrible uncertainty.
Thus far twelve bodies have been recov-
cred, only two OF which has been identi-
fed. From a very careful exami-
nation Of the hotel register and the jour,
nal which was furnished by Night Clerk
Underwood the number Of persons in
the building when the fire broke out
was 152. OF these twelve are known
to be dead, eighty-one were rescued by
| the firemen, assisted by citizens, before
the walls collapsed, and fifty-nine are
still missing.
At o'clock last night number twelve
was found. 1t was the trunk of a wo-
man, and was found near the Fortieth
street entrance to tine hotel The legs
and arms were gone, and nothing was
found near the body by which it might
be recognized. Twenty minutes later
the laborers found the foot of human
being wedged in under piano. At this
point work was stopped temporarily.
| Work was resumed in a few minutes,
the stop having been made to remove a
portion of wall which appeared danger
GUS. A ladys memorandum book, on
the back of which was the name Mrs.
III. Al. Cate, was found. Last evening
the Identification Of the body in box No.
was made complete. 1t is that of Mrs.
Mary Begley, the housekeeper of the
Hotel Royal.
| Among those who were rescued from
the flaming building are twenty-four
who are more or less seriously burned
and bruised. Three Of these are at
Bellevue hospital, and there is one each
at the New York and Presbyterian hos
pitfalls. The others have been cared for
by their friends at neighboring hotels or
at their homes.
Searching for the Dead.
Naturally the first impulse was to
make for the elevator and stairways
Some no doubt IN this way rushed to
their doom in their frenzy to escape dur
| ing the first panic.
Il is not improbable that number Of
those who are still missing may have es-
capped the frightful fate which 30 many
others are known to have met, but the
thought Of the possible loss of life is APP
palling. Until the great heap of bricks
and mortar and half consumed beams
and rafters which are packed tightly
/ into the death pit have been removed no
one can tell what that awful grave will
disclose.
Some Were Smothered in the Hall.
Some who rushed from their rooms at
the first alarm in all probability were
never able to reach even the windows,
but were smothered in the dense hot
smoke which filed the Railways. In the
4 upper part of the hotel the passageways
/ were narrow and full of puzzling turns
| and corners. 1t is believed that the
bodies of the victims are buried in the
centre of the ruins and near the foot Of
/ the tall brick wall which is still stand
ing on the Fortieth street side. This is
/ where the elevator shaft was heated and
all the Railways converged at this point.
At the Morgue.
I The body of Henry s. Levy, the only
one of those at the morgue which has
been identified, was removed to the home
OF the dead mans cousin. 1t was taken
to 243 East Forty-ninth street, and win
be buried in Salem Fields, Brooklyn.
! The other bodies have been viewed by
hundreds of persons, none of whom
were. however, able to identify them.
There was a big crowd about the
morgue, but admittance was denied to
all but friends of the persons reported to
be missing. The bodies are arranged in
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