Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

burned and CHASTITY bodies were re-
moved to-day. The remains of five VIC |
tins were taken out yesterday, making |
q total, so far, of 10 dead bodies re-
covered. More dead bodies are in the |
charred wreck, it is believed, which will |
probably be taken out before daylight |
comes again.
The record of the guests now is.
Twelve dead.
Twenty-four injured.
Sixty missing.
The dead are Henry ]. Levy of this
city, four unknown women and six I'M
known men.
A force of 100 men began to clear
away the debris early this morning and
continued the work all day. The city
authorities prosecuted the search.
EAGER TO SEE BODY REMOVED.
Soon after daylight crowd of several
thousand people gathered in the neigh
borhood of Sixth avenue and Fortieth
street, the scene of the fire, eager to see
the workmen find body.
All kinds of surmises were INDUCED
in as to the number of persons burned
or crushed to death, but up to II O'clock
even those engaged in removing the
debris could form nothing like an
accurate estimate. II is quite certain,
however, that the reports of about fifty
or hundred killed will prove to be ex-
aggerated. The exact number will not
be known until the ruins have been
thoroughly searched, because many of
those who are accounted missing are
not likely to allow it to be known that
they were among the people who make
up great part of the Saturday night
| guests of the Hotel Boyal.
This hotel asked no troublesome ques-
tons OF transient guests, more than half
of whom We're staying at the place for
only one night, and included males and
females.
SHE WORE $40, 900 WORTH OF DIAMONDS.
Of the large number of missing per-
sons no case is more mysterious than
that of Mrs. Henry B. Van Norden,
daughter of Isaac Bernstein of the
Louisiana Lottery, and whose husband
is manager of the Royal Worcester Cor
set Company. Mrs. Van Norden lived
with her husband in rooms 81 and SO, in
the rear of the third floor. Van Norden
was often absent On Saturday he was
in Philadelphia
After the fire he was notified that his
wife was missing, and he came to this
city yesterday. He said that his wife
had with her diamonds worth $4,000,
besides insurance policies and other
valuable papers He is convinced that
his wife's body is in the ruins.
Van Norden said
"a porter who escaped from the
building told me this morning that he
had met my wife in the hall, and that
she had said TO him; i will give you
$500 to get me out of this building"
THREE DANGERouaLY INJURED.
Walter L. Yates OF Philadelphia is
seriously hurt. Two ribs and both
ankles were broken. He is in the hos.
pital.
The young woman who was taken ia
the New York Hospital suffering from
a fracture Of the base of the skull, in.
ternal injuries and burns, as result OF
the Hotel Royal fire, is said to be Eta
|. Green, formerly cashier at the Sturte.
/ want House. She is in a critical condi.
: ton and is not expected to recover
, Mrs. W. Lockard Of this city, who i:
!, suffering from internal injuries, is in O
! critical condition at the Gedney House
: All the others who We're rescued from
. WY iiotVA eulCllHS HUH DuIlS VI Ollel
injuries are said to be doing we'll.
{ FIVE THOUGHT TO HAVE Persisted.
S 1t is believed that five servant girl
e who slept on the fifth floor have per.
t ished. They were Eliza Brady, Kat,
S Callaghan, Kate Reilly, Julia Martin
Y and Kate O'Toole. Not one of them ha
( been heard of since the fire, and as NJ
t ladder reached the fifth floor all are be
! lieved to have persisted.
: Fourteen girls who slept across tn,
: avenue in the servants hall, were Their,
i this morning, discussing anxiously tn,
fate of the five and their own chances o
c getting six weeks wages due them ant
e payable to-day. They had lost all bu
n the clothes they wore.
II WAS 1T INcENpIARIsM
g Two weeks ago scrub woman wa
d dismissed from the hotel and she threat
- ened to "burn them ALL" She had
9 candle in her hand with which sh
Y, afterward set fire to her own bed. Fire
\ men were summoned and the woma
II disappeared. When last seen she wa
A. threatening TO burn the hotel.
! HE WAS cHEERED BY THE CROWD.
= Paul D. Waring, prominent bushes
iilNil Va L Olhtlbs MAb Ill llle lire. II
was the person VINO climbed from tn
N third story from window to window
- watched and cheered breathlessly by
81 crowd, and who escaped without an
er one discovering his name
e. The son Of General G.. II. IT. Coll
< worked like Trojan at the fire and ca,
oe ried woman down a ladder. He ha
nc attended q dancing class reception an
no "A tta H. l.
go ont. lie wore q dress suit and astoI
I'd ished some of the old timers by h
I'd heioism
~ THEORIES OF THE FIRE.
~ Another theory as to the origin Of Il
nr fire was advanced by Victor Zollern,
"a waiter who once worked in the hote
~ He says that they used to let rubbish
"a cnmulate n heaps in q corner Of Il
va kitchen. On three different occasion
i. while he was there these heaps caugI
~! fire. Each time the blaze was disco
nd cred so quickly that Il few pals OF wat
he put it out; but under cover of Mig
ne such a fire might easily gain dangerol
Roadway
The story was current, too, this nor
ing that Engineer Harding fought Il
fire for 10 minutes himself before
as gave the alarm.
~ A YOUNG LADY's ESCAPE.
r.. Among those who escaped was Mi
vo Willie r. Lewis. She has hosts
he friends in Philadelphia and We
=, Chester.
ne Miss Lewis, who is the daughter
Oh the late Judge Lewis of West Chestt
II sent letter to lady friend in this cit
NV this morning, in which she tell of h
II, narrow escane from death