St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-20
OVER A SCORE PERISHED IN
THE HOTEL WRECK AT
DENVER.
THOUSANDS UNABLE TO AID.
FLAMES SELENCED THE CRIES
OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILL
DREN.
One Man Offers $1,000 to Be Res
cued Just as the Walls Fall
on Him.

DENVER, Col, Aug. IA por-
ton of the Gumry hotel, the scene
of last nights frightful disaster, is
still standing, gaunt and sinister
constantly threatening to crash.
down upon those delving in the
ruins at any moment. The search
for victims has been carried on with
the utmost energy constantly, with
the aid of twenty arc lights. Flames
broke out afreSh tonight, and the
engines are pouring on water, still
further impeding the work of rescue.
The list of dead and missing now
numbers twenty-five, making the dis
aster the worst that ever occurred in
the city. Up to $50 tonight only
seven bodies had been recovered, be-
ing those of Manager Grenier and
his wife, claSped in each others arms;
George Burt, Rock Island railroad
conductor; Mrs. George r. Wolfe and
daughter; Fred Hubbold and Will
Richards, the elevator operator of
the hotel. Among the missing is now
L
gineer, who is said to have re-en-
tered the hotel just before the ex-
plosion occurred. 1t is to this mans
carelesSness that the disaster is at
tributed. The bodies of Peter Gum
ry and Gen. Adams are in the ruins.
Judge James Glynn, who was at first
supposed to have been in his room
at the hotel, turns out to be at Holy
oke, Col, where he was spending
Sunday with friends. A vast throng
surrounds the building on every side,
pressing forward as far as the fire
ropes will allow. The police are
constantly guarding against any one
slipping through the lines, ON ac-.
count of the great danger that the
front of the building may fall. The
list of victims is as follows:
DEAD. @'-
PETER GUMRY, owner of the ho-
tel.
R. c. GREINER, manager of the
hotel, son-in-law of Peter Gumry. !.
MRS. r. C. GREINER, clerk of the
hotel, daughter of Peter Gumry.
Child of Mr.. and Mrs. r. C.
Greiner
A. L. BLAKE, Pueblo, Col.
WILL RICHARDS, engineer of the
hotel.
MYRON E. HAWLEY, Union Pa
cific railroad clerk, Denver.
JAMES MURPHY, contractor, Dem
yer.
GEORGE BURT, passenger conduc-
ha TS1a nd lo
Springs.
MRS. G. R. WOLFE and daughter,
Lincoln, Neb.
Three chambermaidS, names un-
known.
FRED HUBBOLD (or Hauser), of
Elizabeth, 10.
MISSING.
- GREINER, father of R. C.
Greiner, manager of the hotel.
BUD BURNS, Colorado Springs.
w. J. CARLSON, Pueblo.
F. FRENCH.
BERT LARSCH, both of Central
City.
E. M. EDWARDS, butcher, Denver.
J. L. KIRKE, Omaha.
]. A. BROWN, Omaha g
ELMER PIERCE, engineer of the
hotel
The injured include Joseph MunaI,
cigarmaker, of Cairo, ILL.,, face and
head terribly cut, body bruised, inter-
nal injuries; Michael c. Burgess, seL
verely cut about the face; A. C. Ir-
win, night clerk, cuts and bruises; NJ
E. Letson, tramway conductor, body
badly bruised, internal injuries; Fred
Coleman, not serious; Bud Hopkins.
not serious.
SCENES AT THE RUINS,
Out of the fifty or more people
who We're certainly in the building,
a score at least got out safely, and
six others were rescued with more
or less serious injuries. The fire
men labored all day and night in
the work of excavation, but the
progress was slow, and perhaps days
will elapse before the uncertain hor-
ros of the heap of destruction can
be fully told. The death List includes
the owner Of the hotel, Peter Gum
ry, the manager, Robert G. Greiner,
and his wife, who actsN as day clerk.
Before fire added to Che horrors of
the explosion the firas hen were ap--
pealed to piteously by enen and wom-
en- and babes whose lives were be-
ing crushed out in the ruins. Then
the fire broke out and that ended it.
Exactly how many were saved it is
impossible to state, but it is known
that several who were in the back
part of the building managed to es-l
cape in some manner. The whole
rear half of the hotel was blown to
atoms, and the front portions. are
merely shattered and burned frag-l
ments of house. Six persons, In
cluding woman and a baby, were
taken off the roof of the building.
adjoining the Gumry, occupied by
A. Lilliblade. Peter Ross, an aged
gentleman from Chattanooga, Tenn,
was occupying Room No. "a with his
daughter Addie, He is an invalid.
He was awakened by the noise, and
found the room full of dust. He
had slight cut above the eye. Peter
Daily, special officer of the Union
Pacific, carried Mr.. Ross down from
the fourth floor. The daughter got
uO"h SIoii . uiIoioSu dllu ulliDJuFGd.
e. E. Clarke, of Central City, Col,
says when he awoke the building.
was shaking and rocking, and It
seemed it was likely to go down.
The room was full of lime dust, and
he could scarcely breathe, and the
plaster was falling about him. He.
got up and dressed and came down,
the stairway.
The scenes surrounding the death!