The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-09
SEARCH FOR BODIES.
More Victims Of the Hotel Royal
Disaster.
Chared and Ma1glGd Remains Recovered
From the Ruins.
The Work Of Removing the Debris to Be
Continued Day and Night-Identifed
Remains GhaStIy Scenes.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

New YORK, Feb. 6.-The search for the
dead in the ruins of the Hotel Royal. which
was stopped temporarily last night, was re-
sumed this morning. Seven bodies had
been found at 80 o'clock.
From a careful examination Of the hotel
register and the journal furnished by Clerk
Underwood, the number Of persons in the
building when the fire broke out was 152.
OF these eight are known to be dead,
eighty-one were rescued before the walls
collapsed, and siXty-one are still missing
Among those rescued from the flaming
building twenty-four were more or less
seriously burned and bruised. 1t is not i'm
probable that the number Of those who are
still among the missing may have escaped,
but until the great heaps of debris have
been removed no one can tell what may be
disclosed.
BODIES REMOVED.
UD to o'clock this afternoon four bodies
were found and removed to the Morgue.
Three Of the bodies were those Of women
and the fourth that Of a man. Added to
the five bodies at the Morgue yesterday,
these make nine in all recovered from the
ruins. OF these only one, that Of Harry j.
Levy, has been identified. The bodies re-
covered to-day are all terribly burned, and
identification may be impossible. The sixth
body found is thought to be that of Fanny
Clark Of this city.
TOTTERING WALLS.
In taking out the last body number Of
others were brought in view. Every effort
was being made to recover these when it
was discovered the wall on the Fortieth-
street side was tottering and about to fall.
so the search was suspended for a time in
order that the wall might be torn down.
As soon as this was done the work was once
more resumed.
By noon two more bodies were removed,
both those of women. One is supposed to
be that of a woman employed about the
hotel
ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH.
Victor F0lleriD, waiter who worked in
the hotel some time ago, this morning sad
it was the habit for rubbish TO accumu-
late in one corner Of the kitchen. This pile
of rubbish on three different occasions
caught fire, but the fire was quickly eXtin-
guished. Follerin believes it was here the
fire originated. This morning It was also
learned on good authority that Harding,
the fireman Of the hotel, who first dlscOy-
cred the fire, fought the flames for fifteen
minutes before he raised the alarm. Hard
ing denies it.
CONDITION OF THE INJURED,
A woman VINO was taken to the New
York Hospital suffering from fracture at
the base of the skull, internal injuries and
burns, is said TO be Eta Green, formerly
cashier at the Sturtevant House She is
not expected 10 recover.
Mrs. ". S. Lockard of this city is suffer
ing from internal injuries, and is in a crit
ical condition.
Walter Iates. the Philadelphia clOthier,
is in a very critical condition, and the sur
geOns do not expect him to recover.
All the others rescued from the hotel, suf-
fering from burns and other injuries, are
said to be doing well.
NUTMATED REMAINS.
Late this afternoon workmenfOund a foot
and part of a leg in the ruins, and at $50
o'clock body was found. 1t was so badly
burned as to be unacceptable.
At Gas o'clock the eleventh body was
brought to view. The legs were almost
gone. The arms had been burned off and
the head crushed. In the upper jaw set
Of false teeth were found, which looked like
those Of woman.
A hundred men are at work on the debris,
and they will be kept going night and day
uDlll tlltJ nave COu pICNEN VIC NUL n VI ClCdl-
ing away the ruins, which IL all probability
will take three days.
One of the bodies recovered to-day has
been identified as that of A. A. Townsend
OF New haven, Conn.
crowd has been at the MOrgue all day,
but it has been very quiet, and there was
no trouble in keeping order. The officers
elected all persons who evidently had been
attracted there by mere curiosity.
BODIES RECOGNIZED.
A steam derrick was placed in F0rtieth
street and number of electric lights strung
in order that the work can be continued all
night.
Two more bodies of women were recov-
cred this evening. One of them was identi-
fed as Mrs. Lewis, a b0Okm aker'S wife.
A body designated as No was recognized
as that of Miss Bagley, the hOusekeeper.
Mrs. Hattie Van NOrden, the wife of
Henry j. Van NOTden, manager of the ROYAL
Worcester Corset Company, is undoubtedly
among those who pershed. The woman had
Jewels worth $50, coo to 1000 ina Ch9mOis
skin belt strapped around her waist at the
time of the fire, aud the gems, together with
valuable papers, are in the ruins with her.
Several terribly burned bodies of men
were drawn from the ruins.
One Of the Italians digging in the ruins
fell in fit before midnight.
He imagined he had sunk his pick into the
body of one of the victims.
Mrs. Mclean and Miss Annie Cummings,
who were reported missing, turned up to-
night.
THE READING-RoOM MIRROR.
On the south wall of what had bee the
Royal Hotel reading-rOOm, which W as de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, hung big mirror,
with only single irregular crack across its
face. 1t had been washed clean of smoke
and dirt by the water the fremen poured
in to the building, and to-day reflected with
CHASTITY faithfulnesS the men tuggIng at the
work of dragging out the bodies.
FAST MAIL IN DANGER.