The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-21
DELvING FOR THE DEAD.
Thirteen Bodies Recovered and
an Equal Number Yet
Concealed.
VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
The Detectives Searching for the
Drunken Youth Who Caused
the Explosion.

DENVER, CoLo., Aug. 20.-The horrors
of the Gumry Hotel catastrophe grow more
and more evident each hour. The scene
was sickening in the extreme and, though
five more bodies were taken from the ruins,
making thirteen i'll all, it is supposed that
thirteen more are still buried under tons
of debris. The revised list of the dead,
missing and injured is as follows:
Dead at the morgue: Robert q. Grelner,
Denver; Mrs. Robert G. Greiner, Denver /;
Fred Hubbold, Lisbon, Iowa; Z. f. Nc
Closky, Cripple Greek; Will Richards,
Denver; Mrs G. r. Wolfe, Lincoln, Nebr. !;
Belai Lorah, Central City; George Burt,
Colorado Springs; Ferdinand French, Cen.
trail City; James NJ. Murphy, Denver; My
ron e. Hawley, Denver; E. w. Edwards,
Denver.
Missing and probably dead: Peter Gum
ry, Denver; General Charles Adams, Den
yer; Albert S. Blake, Pueblo; w. ]. Cor
son, Pueblo; J. L. Kirke Omaha; ]. A.
Brown, Omaha; A. NJ. Monro, Colorado
Springs; Lizzie Lagar, chambermaid, Den
yer; Louise Reinhuber, chambermaid,
Denver; Emma Millethaler, chambermaid,
Denver; Elmer Loescher, engineer, Den
yer; S. A. Abbey, Pueblo; William Decker,
bellboy.
Injured: NJ. E. Letson, Joseph Munal,
Alexander E. Irwin, Nathan G. Burgess,
Bud Hopkins; Silas johnson, fireman
J. E. Troy, fireman; a. Mengini, fireman
Frank Johnson, fireman; E. Gilchrist,
fireman.
The Coroner's Office and undertaking es-
adjustments were besieged all day long by
thousands of people, some idlers, but the
majority people who had friends supposed
to be in the wreck aud are among the long
list of missing. The police and all city
officials have tried their utmost to facili-
tate the search for bodies, but the work
proceeds slowly. Portions of the walls
have been torn down, but three upper
floors and an immense square skylight in
the roof hangs suspended in midair di-
rectly over where the bodies are supposed
to be. To add to the awful scene at the
: wreck several bodies beneath the ruins
have begun to decompose and fearful
stencil turns strong men faint. The fire.
men, laborers and their superintendent
have worked necessarily, but little appears
to have been accomplished.
The saddest of all the sc enes occurred
this afternoon. The body of E. w. Ed
wards had been partly exhumed and by
ISLANDERS crowded forward to catch a
glimpse of the distorted and blackened
features. One man in the crowd peered
intently into the face of the corpse and
then fell over, apparently lifeless. He
had recognized in them his beloved
brother, and the strain was too great. The
only daughter of Mr.. Edwards had
haunted the scene since the explosion, but
fortunately she was absent when his re-
mains were found.
About twenty feet from the spot where
this body was found are known to be lying
the body of General Charles Adams and
three chambermaids. Though the work.
men have been most persistent in their eff
forts to dislodge timbers and bricks they
are wedged as though cemented. Hell.
muth Loescher, the Gumry engineer, is
still supposed TO be alive, and the police
and detectives have started out to find
him. The boy is known around town by
several names and is reckless and indo-
lent fellow.
Chief of Police Goulding is in receipt oil
hundreds of letters and kilograms from all
over the country making inquiry of the
missing. The annual police parade
scheduled to take place tomorrow has
been postponed, and the city really has a
mourning aspect.
The funerals of George Burt ard James
Murphy took place to-day. Burt's remains
were sent to Chicago and Murphy's to Gin.
cinnati