The herald., 1894-10-28

that all the dodgers had escaped. The
firemen played water through the win
dows and we're reinforced by the fire.
boat, tho building being only short
distance from the water front.
At 2:45 o'clock the fire was under con-
troll and the firsmen were able to enter
the shell of iron. At the head OF the
stairs at the West street entrance. they
found the body of o man pinned to the
floor by the ruins of bed. He had ap.
psrently just heard the alarm and was
dressing, when overcome by the smoke
and suffoCated, for the only clothing he
had ON was his trousers and boots. He
was carried to the foot of the staiza by
the fremen and then taken to the North
ern Pacific waiting room, wrapped in a
comforter. The body WAS terribly
burned.
Continuing the search, the firemen
discovered corpse after corpse, until 4
o'clock they had counted 15. Subse-
quently another was found. Most OF
the bodies were left where they lay un-
I'll daylight, in the hope that the pro-
prietor might identify them by locating
the room on the register, for all the
bodies except two were charred beyond
possibility Of recognition OF the features.
One poor fellow was caught in the
-ush OF the conhagration near the top
of the West street railway and sank
down overcome with the smoke and
flames. The tiremen fought to keep the
frs away from his body, but were
driven back. In one OF the Railways a
body, chsrred black and with not @
ysstige OF clothing, was found.
A little further on in the same
passsgeway was another body, evident.
ly that of q woman, face upward and
hands outstrstohed as If fighting for her
life and appealing for. assistance, which
never came. There was little left Of the
woman's form. for part ei the body was
charred and the burned bones lay around
it. In Another hall was another body.
II was evi'ently that of an aged woman.
Her body we fearfully contorted her
face was turne3 upward, and the form
presented was t.>at of one who had died
in the most fearful agony. The burned
arms and hands we're upliitsd, and in
one blacksned, burned hand was hand
ful OF hair, as if she, in her agony, had
clutched it in despair when the fire de-
mon overlook and overpowered her.
The saddest sight OF all was found in
an inside room off the passageway which
led to West street. There, calmly lying
in oharred and blackened bed, was
evidently an entire family. The father
lay on one side, the wife next to him.
and a little burned and blackened arm,
the flesh falling in shreds from it, the
small fingers clutched, showed that
little child was among the victims.
In an adjoining room was still
more horrible sight. In corner OF a
small inside room two charred and
naked skeletons met the gaze. The
flesh was burned from each, and the
first, that of a man with blackened
stumps of srms, seemed to be upright,
and clutehing his waist Was the sksle-
ton of woman. The eyes were burned
from the sockets OF each, but even then
one could easily imagine the look OF
horror which psrvadsd the fated couple
az they fought with an unseen foe.
Startled, they had risen from their
couch, the smoke and fame had rubhed
in upon them, and before they realized
their awful danger they were overpou-
cred and died in the most horrible
manner.
In portion OF the hotel whore the
flames did not destroy the woodwork, the
/ po.lss u lMo men we're found. One
was completely dressed and the otuer
, wee i =, rssha eAothes. They we're
ssfooatsd BY emoks. In some OF tie