Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-12
Full Account of Sunday Mornings
Disaster in New York
City,
An UnknOwn Number of People Meet
Death in the Burning
Building.
Bodies Still Being Removed from t he
Rhinestone of Them I'm
identified.

New YORK, Feb. s.-A disaster APP
paling in horror, bringing to mind the
terrible occurrences in Park place, still
fresh in the public mind, occurred in
this city early Sunday morning.
The Hotel Royal, that well-lInown
landmark which has stood for moro
than quarter of a century at the
southeast corner of Sixth avenue and
Forteth street, was burned to the
ground and large number of people
were burned, suffocated, and crushed
in the ruins.
NEw YORK, Feb. S.-Three more
bodies were taken from the ruins of tho
burned Hotel Royal this morning-two
mon and a woman. How many charred
and mangled bodies are still buried
beneath the debris is a question of hor~
rible uncertainty. Besides the three
taken out five others have been re.
covered. The bodies of many others
may lie hidden in the mass of
Gaming wreckage which cholleS up
the wide space between the blaclxened
and distigured walls. From Il careful
examination of the hotel reiSter and
journal which was furnished by Night
Clerk Underwood the number of per-
sons in the building when the fire broke
out was 152. OF these eight are known
to be dead. Eighty-one were rescued
by the tiremen and citizens before the
walls collapsed and sixty one are still
missing.
Among those who were rescue from
no flo,
who are more or less seriously burned
and bruised. Three of these are az
Bellevue hospital and there is one each
at the New York and Presby terian hos
pitfalls. The others have been cared for
by friends at neigh boring hotels or at
their houses. 1t is not improbable that
a number of those who are still among
the missing may have escaped the
frightful fate which so many ara
known to have met, but tho
thought of the possible loss 10
appalling. Until the great heap OF
bricks and mortar, and haif-consuned
beams and rafters which are packed
tightly into the death pit have been re-
moved no one can tell what the awful
grave will disclose. There are immense
crowds around the ruins and the work
of digging for human remains Is
watched with eager interest. One hun
dred labOrerS are engaged in the work.
1t is a difficult matter to remove The
outer surface of the ruins and get at
| the interior.
The body of the woman found was
| discovered on the top floor There was
nicely chased gold ring on the left
| eand, which was shut tight and could not
| be opened. The body was so badly burn
| ed that the only way it was asCertained
| that 1t was that of a woman was by the
size and the general structure of the
| frame.
The Latest.
Late this aftern DON or Bmen found
| foot aud part of a leg in the ruins. At
$50 body was found. 1t was so BADLY
burned as to be unacceptable. AT 6:35
the eleventh body was brought to WOW;
the legs were, almost gone, the arms lad
been burned off and the Eead crBshrd.
In the upper jaw sci of false teeth were
found which looked like those of wom-
an. Over a hundred men are
constantly working on the debris
and will be kept going night and day un-
il they have completed the work of clear
ing away the ruins, which in all
probability will take three days.
One of the bodies recovered today has
been identified as that of A. A. TOwnsnTd,
of New Haven, Conn. crowd has hoeu
at the morgue all day, b It has been very
orderly, and there was 20 trouble III keep
ing order. The officers elected all who
have evidently been attracted there by
mere curiosity.