The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-09
BRINGING In THE DEAD.
REsoUING THE RoYhLs vIcrIMs.
Several Bodies Taken Ont of the Ruins.
Quite a Number Of Guests still Missing.
Work of Rescue Continues.

New YoRx, Feb. s.-The eighth body taken
out Of the ruins Of the Hotel Royal At Fortieth
street and Sixth avenue was found at 10
o'clock this morning. on the foEleth street
side. From a careful examination Of the hotel
register and the journal which was furnished
by Night Clerk Underwood, the number OF
persons in the building when the fire broke
out was ascertained to be l52. OF these elsnt
are known to be dead. Eghty-one were res
cued by the fremen, assisted by
citizens. before the walls collapsed
and siSty-oue are still missing 1t IS not I'M
probable that number Of these who are
still among the missing to-day may have es-
capped the frightful fate which so many arc
known 10 have met. but tho thought OF tho
possible loss is APPALLING. Until the great
heaps Of bricks and mortar and hall con-
sumed beams and rafters which are packed
tightly into the desth-pit have been removed
no one can tell what that awful grave Will
disclose
All the afternoon the italians continued thei5
work on the ruins. but hour after hour pasSS,esu
away aud no more bodies were louuu. lu93
iortiotb street was completely blockaded.
Towards O'clock steam derrick was placed
on Fsrtieth street ana a numl OF or eiecIlo
lights were strung in order that the "OIA
might be continued all night
Nr. GalHoan. the contractor. SAID that ne
tbouobt n would be three days before the
ruins could be entirely removed anu eA-
amined. Work he said would continue every
minute ofthe time, even If It took ten DAYS.
THY TENTH VICTIM
At5.50 o'clock the body of the tenth victim
was found. Il was that Of man apparently
forty years old, five teet ten inches. IL was
/ found near the Sixth avenue entrance or tne
! hotel. The front OF the BODY was Da1y
/ burned. but the back was IN fairly good con-
/ ditiOn.
! At7 o'clock the trunk ola woman was found
| near the Sixth avenue entrance. There were
| no marks on the body by which II could oe
! identified. Even the hair on the head was so
/ badly burned that no identification was pos
J siDle, from taking sample OF II, A low @ieW
| teeth. however were extracted III lne Hur'
! that some relative OF friend might eyentuelly
! be able 10 identity the CORPSE by thor AID.
/ This body was marked No III.
Ats o'clock body No. T. was found.
Ii was the trunk of q woman who was found
near tie Fortieth street entrance TO the hotei.
/ The legs and arms were gone and nothlhg was
/ found near the body by which u mlght Oe
! recognized. lWtutg-hf0 liiliA,.''' t''fN' 49,
/ la6oTers fOund the foot OF q human being
wedred in under a piano. At this point work
was stopped temporarily, and the victims oi
/ the Hotel Royal fire were removed TO tho
/ morgue at the foot of east Iwenty-slxth street
AZ fast as they were taken rom the ruins.
They were placed IN rows and were known
as1 = 9 4. etc The various descriptions OF
the articles found near them were set forth
ON a piece of writing paper, which was tackled
! 10 the TOP of the casket All day long stream
/ of persons entered the place IN quest OF miss
ing friends and relatives.
Of the nine bodies found up 10 noon to-day
only one. that of a Broadway merchant, Harry
! ]. Levy. had been recognized. little
later body No. z, that OF a man with arms
folded across his head ana breast, bowed as
if to protect his face. was identified as that that
! of Townsend, of 4l4 Church street. New
/ Haven. Conn. He had evidently made a
/ desperate effort 10 escape as he hurriediy
| dressed himself in trousers and vest. not
stopping TO remove his night robe, which he
| still wore The identification III this case was
/ almost complete.