The herald., 1895-08-21
THE GUMRY HOTEL HORROR
Thirteen Bodies Recovered From the
Ruins and Identified.
The Denver City Council VIII Be Required
to Pass Stringent Legislation to Pre-.
vent Similar Accidents

DENVER, Aug. 20.-Thirtcen bodies
SO far have been taken out OF the ruins of
the Gumry hotel, and it is evident the
death roll, when com plete, will contain
twenty-four or twenty-five names, and
possibly more. The dead taken out and
identified are Frederick Houbold, man.
ager opera house. Lisbon, Iowa; Robert
G. Greiner, manager Gumry hotel; Mrs.
Robert q. Greiner. James Murphy, con-
tractor, Denver; George Burt Rock Island
railway conductor; Il. II. McOloskey,
mine owner, Cripple Greek william Rich
ards. elevator pilot; Mrs. G. r. Wolfe,
Lincoln, Neb. /; child of Mrs. Wolfe. b. T..
Lorah. Central City. Colo; Frede rick
French, treasurer Gilpin county; Myron
y. Hawley. Union Pacific clerk; L. w.
Edwards, butcher.
Peter Gumry leaves 500, 900 worth of
pro perty and no known relatives. His
parents were French and were killed in
the wreck of the brig Peter Gumry. off
the banks OF Newfoundland, over fifty
years ago. He. then baby, was rescued
as the sole survivor. His !escuers gave
him the name Of Peter Gumry
Mrs. Celia Decker wired Chief Could
ing from Butte. Montana, asking for news
OF william Decker, who was bell 10y at
IL.
1t is likely the boy perished.
Work on the ruins was suspended and
the search for bodies discontinued this
afternoon until the walls. which threaten
ed to topple OYER and bury the work M en-,
could bo pulled down. 1t is believed there
are at least ten more bodies in the ruins
and several days will probably elapse be-
fore all can be recovered.
The body OF James Murphy was ship
ped tonight to Cincinnati; the body of
George Burt to Chicago; the body of M.
II. Hawley, the Union Pacific railroad
clerk. to Omaha; the body of Frederick
Houbold to Lisbon, Iowa. and the bodies
sent to Grand Rapids, Mich, where they
formerly lived.
Fire CHIEF Roberts says he saw Elmer
Loesher. also known as Pierce, tine young
engineer whose carelssness caused the ex-
plosion. walking rapidly away from the
scene OF the disaster about ten minutes
after the fire department arrived. Detec-
tives are searching for him.
Mayor McAfurray. who has remained at
the scene of the disaster directing opera
tions. has announced his intention O t
sending communication to the city coun-
cil demanding stringent legislation
in regard to the inspection of boilers and
the els issue n OF engineers papers;
sociation Of Stationary Engineers will
meet tomorrow to take action regarding
the explosion. The members are exaspei-
ated at the laxity said to exist in official
circles in regard to boiler inspection.
$. a. Abbey, supposed to have been
among the dead in the ruins. turns out
to be alive. telcgraphing from Pueblo
that he left the hotel the night before the
explosion.
Work was resumed excavatinc in the
ruins this eveing, the most dangerous
part OF the side wall having been rcmov-
ed. The rumor that the engineer has
been seen alive is not verified.
At 12:4O a. m. a body supposed to be
that OF A. S. Blake OF Pueblo was taken
out. Two others are in sight. All are
so burned and mangled as to be almost
beyond recognition. This brings the to.
tai number recovered thus far to SIX
teen.