Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-21
THIRTEEN CORPSES
Recovered from the Ruins of
the Hotel at Denver.
WORK OF RECOVERY TOO PERILoUs;


bris. an6 Four of the Missing May Yet
lie Living-Frishtfui and Fatal Explo-
sion of Carnegie Furnace.
DENVER, Aug. 2i.-Work on the ruins
of the Gumry hctel was suspended and
the search for bodies discontinued yester-
day afternoon until the walls which
threatened to topp!e over and bury the
work,nen could be pulled down. Ii is be.
lieved there are at least ten more bodies
in the ruins and several days Will proba-
bly, elapse before all can be recovered.
The body of James II. Murphy has been
shippcl to Cincinnati, to his brother; the
body OF George Burt. the Rock Island
railroad conductor was shipped to Chica.
go; the body of Myron L. Hawley, the
Union Pacific railroad clerk, was sent
TO Omaha by request of his wife, who
was in Chicago when he met his death;
the body of Frederick Houbbold was sent
to Lisbon, Ia, where he resided, and the
bodies of Mr.. and Mrs Robert G. Grenier
Will b, sent to Grand Il Ipids, Mich, where
they formerly lived.
Three Missing Who May BE Alive.
The anxiety felt regarding j. A. Brown
and J. l. kirke, of Omaha, was some
what relieved when it was learned that
the room which they occupied Saturday
night was occupied Sunday night by Will
lam Decker, bell boy. Brown and kirke
may have left the hotel Sunday. Fire
Chief Roberts says that he saw Elmer
Loeshcr talso known as PIERCE. the young
engineer whose carclessDesS caused the ey-
plosiaD, walking rapidly away from the
scene of the disaster about ten minutes
after the fire department arrived. De-
tectives are searching for him. The hUr-
TOR will have the immediate effect of
bringing about more stringent legislation
in regard To the inspection of boilers and
licensing OF engineers.
Humber of Bodies Recovered.
Up to this writing thirteen bodies have
been recovered as follows: Frederick
Houbbold, manager of the Opera House,
Lisbon, Ia; Robert c. Greiner, manager
of the Gnmry hotel; Mrs. Robert c.
Grciner; James Murphy, contractor, Dem
yer; George Burt, Rock Island railroad
sonduc os; +. 7. NcC!oskey, mine own
er, Cripple Creek; Mrs. 9. Il. Wolfe, Lin
coin. Ncb.: child OF Mrs. Wolfe; Will
lam Richards, elevator pilot; B l. Lorah,
Central Clty, Colo; EeruInand French,
treasurer OF GIlpin county, Colo; Nyron
Il. Hawley, Union Pacific railway clerk;
X. J. Edwards, butcher, Denver.
History of Peter Gumry.
The statement that Mrs. Il. c. Grciner,
one of the victims OF the disaster. was a
daughter of Peter Gumry, the hotel pro-
prietor, who was killed, proves incorrect.
Gumry was never married and leaves no
known relatives. All he knew about
himself was that he was OF French birth
and that his parents were drowned at sea.
OF all the crew and passengers of the
British brig Potter GJmry, when she
fuundercd off the banks of Newfoundland
over fifty years ago, he alone was saved.
His rcscuers gave him the name of the
wrecked vessel. He leaves property
valued at SlOnO0i.
Another Missing Man All Right.
5. y. Abbey, supposed to have been
among the dead III the disaster
turns out to be alive, telegraph.
ing from Pueb'o that he left the hotel
the night before the explosion. He occu-
pied the room in which LJrah and French
were killed.