Red Lodge picket., 1895-08-24
FULLY A SCORE ARE MISSING.

dead.
fully SCORE ARE MISSING.
Eleven Bodies Have SO Far Besn iteeoN
| cred From the Rains.
Denver, Aug. IA portion Of tn
Gumry hotel, the scene Of last night
trightful disaster, is still standing, tn
gaunt and sinister ruin, CONSTANT.
threatening to crash down on thos
delving in the ruins al a moments no
tice. The searching for victims ha
been carried on with the utmost enerS1
constantly since the explosion occurred
and is being continued tonight with the
aid Of 20 arc lights.
The flames broke out afresh in tht
wreckage tonight and the fire engines
are again pouring forth water, still fur.
thef impeding the work Of rescue. The
| list Of dead and missing is unknown
but numbers Is, making the disaster
the worst that ever occurred in this
| city. Up to 1870 p. m. tonight only
eight bodies had been recovered, being
those OF Manager Gre1ner and his wife
clasped in each others arms; George
Burt, railroad conductor; Mrs. George
| 3. Wolfe and daughter, Fred Hubbold
and Will Richards, the elevator man.
Among the missing is now included
Elmer Pierce mot Lusher, the night
| engineer, who is said to have re-entered
the hotel just before the explosion Cc-
| CURED. 1t is to this mans carelessness
that the disaster is attributed
The bodies of Peter Gumry and Can-
eral Adams are still in the ruins Judge
James Glynn, who was at first sup
posed to have been in his room at the
hotel, turns out to be at IIolyoke, Col,
where he was spending Sunday with
friends.
AN AGONIZING DEATH
The scene surrounding the death Of
James Murphy, a contractor, was heart
rendfEg. The firemen engaged at the
rear OF the building heard the ag0niz-
ing cries from the man that he was
burning, and to continue to play the
water
After ID minutes Of heroic work the
firenlen reached him. His lower limbs
We're pinioned between two heavy
joists. After an almost herculean ef-
fort, with dense smoke binding the
1iremen's eyes Murphy's leg was re-
leased. AT this moment q sheet of
fame compelled the men to withdraw
Murphy then offered his rescuers $1,000
to get him out, and piteously begged for
them to chop his leg off. A second la
ter the west wall collapsed and covered
the poor man with tons of ruins Muir
ply came to Denver from Omaha six
years ago.
OTHER MISSING AND SAVED.
Mrs. George E. Wolfe, from Lincoln,
Neb, was a victim OF the catastrophe.
She was accompanied by her 5-year-old
daughter Mrs. Wolfe's husband is
prominent tobacco manufacturer Of
Lincoln. He left the hotel yesterday
for tour Of Colorado.
j. A. Brown and J. T.. Kirk. Of Cma-
ha, are among the missing. They reg
istered at the Gumry Sunday after
noon, and have not been seen since the
explosion. Mrs. Brown telegraphed an
inquiry from Omaha, and Chief Could
Ing answered that there were little
hopes of her husband being alive A
suit Of clothes was found in the ruins
Of the hotel in the pockets Of which
was 1000 mile railroad book bearing
the name Of A. Stuckey and letter ad-
dressed to Mrs. Hattie Layton, Belvi-
dere, Ill.
]. E. Calkins. wife and baby, who
We're thought for time to have been
victims Of the casualty have been locat-
ed in Highlands. Mr.. Calkins is
newspaper man from Davenport, Iowa
and is city editor Of the Gazette
M. e. mot J. H.) Letson, q dairyman
Of this city, was in the ruins 10 hours
before he was rescued. His injuries are
a crushed arm, several contusions and
the shock to his nerves
The total loss caused by the explo- |
sion and fire is about $4,000 The |
Gumry hotel was worth about So. 600 |
and had $4,000 worth of furniture 1t is
a total wreck, but was insured for $685.
000
Fred Hubbold, or Hauser, of Eliza |
beth, Iowa, has been added to the list
OF the dead and the following to the |
list of the missing: J. L. Kirke. Oma- I
ha; J. A. Brown, Omaha, and Elmer
Pierce, engineer Of the Gumry hotel,
SEARCH BEGAN EARLY.
Out Of the 40 or more people in /
the hotel when the explosion occurred |
a score Of them were gotten out safely. |
Three We're rescued with more or less !
serious injuries. and others are unques- !
tionably lying dead beneath the mass !
Of bricks and shattered beams and |
twisted iron at the rear end or the I
ruined building.
The death list will include the owner |
Of the hotel, Peter Gulnry and Manager
Robert c. Greiner and his wife, who |
acted as day clerk.
Before fire added to the horrors of |
the explosion the firemen were appealed |
to piteously by men and women whose /
lives were being crushed out ii the !
ruins. When the fire broke out that |
ended it. Joe Munal Of Cairo, Ill. was |
rescued at $50 o'clock after hours of |
work and it is certain that no more VIC /
Tins can be alive.
A. Z. Erwin, the night clerk, who !
with the barkeeper, William Rubbe, /
had a miraculous escape went over the /
register for the last few days this .
and endeavCred to call to !
mind the occupants Of the different I
rooms.
DEAD AND MISSING.
He says there were between so and 50 /
people registered HIu 10 were occupying N
back rooms, where it was most difficult !
to escape.
Gen. Charles Adams of Mantou. Col, |
occupied room II in the rear of the |
hotel over the boilers, the section on /
which the havoc Of the explosion was /
hardest. If he was in the room he is
dead. A. L. Blake Of /
Florence, Col, was sleeping directly \
over the boiler, and Rubbe places him !
also among the dead. Myron f. Iaw- |
ley, clerk in the freight department Of .
the Union Pacific railroad Office, who
roomed in the rear end, had gone 10
bed early, and is counted among the /
lost. James Murphy. contractor, was q /
regular boarder and roomed in the de- |
stroyed portion. Rubbe says he was in /.
his room and must also be among the |!
dead. Others who had rooms in the /
hotel and who have not been accounted |
for are:
M. E. Lett, F. French and Bert T. /
Larch Of Central City, Col; w. J. Car