The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-28

the Hawaiian islands. where be sad be " IS
20 be givsn employ ment on the building OF
the new railroad. liz seems. however. tnas
be only 20. as far IS San Francisco. Tor
yesterday morning. having evidently read
the DISPATCHES in the San Francisco papers
concerning the destruction Of the hotel, ne
sent the following dispatch 10 tie coroner;
See Mr. Gibson az the Madison street
power house and have him purchase lot
and send the bill 20 me"
The coroner viii 50 inform Mr.. Gibson
xosr OF THE VICTIMS POOR
Inasmuch as the majority OF the victims
are not only known q. poor people. but
with them all of their worldly possessions
we're destroyed. it is probable that tney
will have TO be buried a. the expense OF
the county. Several of those identified
have been identified in name only and
nothing Of their relatives is known Many
Of them nave no friends, 50 far as known,
bat the bodies will be kept Ct the morgue
all day today with the hope that Is soon
IS the news of the disaster Is known
throughout the whole country kilograms
will begin to pour In from every point
asking concerning further Identification
and giving directions regarding the dis
lOe4s4Dl o. TIE I-sbs ~.
THE rsgUaEp RECOVERING.
The injured st the hospital are doing
nicely. including ID. b. Glass, young
man who jumped for his life. sustaining
many bruises, the Fl acture of both ankles
and an injury 10 the peivis- c. b. Ionson.
another victim, had serious burns about
the hands, bar he could be about If he
only had some clothes, all his wearing ap-
parel being burned Most of the day yes
terdsy he went abou: his room 81 the hos
pital with q sheet wrapped around him,
hoping some one would arrive with some
thing more fashionable for him 10 don.
These men were taken 10 the hospital st
the instance of DIR. K. z. Heliker,
who attended them and who stood good
for the charges. IL now transpIres that
DR.. Palmer. the city physician. will not
think OF allowing the city to pay the bali.
and the county commissioners will not
pay il, for they say the county has first
class hospital, where such patients can be
treated. 1t now looks as if DR.. Heliker
viii be compelled to not only render his
services free. but pay the hospital bills as
well, all of which ne does not fancy in the
least
MOON coRREcrs An ERRoR.
Among the tourist guests at the hotel on
Friday was George Moon. and when the
bodies were removed to the morgae in the
morning q man came in and Identified
one of the victims as George Moon, and
accordingly a card with the name was
pinned To the breast OF the charred body
designated. During the afternoon. along
with the hundreds OF others who visited
the morgue, was a tall well-built man who,
when he saw the body labeled Moon"
grew wild with excitement, and shouting
to a policeman who stood near. demanded:
Here, take this name off. I'm George
Moon. I'm not dead ~
Moon had not gone home at all Friday
night, and consequently was not in the
hotel when IL caught IRE.
Angus Mcdonald. one Of the victims.
is said to have been foreman of one of the
pile-driving gangs at the government dry
dock at Port Orchard. He came over 10
Seattle Friday afternoon on the steamer
Robinson, getting on at Sydney. and on
the way over played cards with deck
hand, a man named Pitts and q stranger.
The captain of the Robinson identified
Mcdonald Yesterday.