Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-20

at 2.30 o'clock after an hours hard
work. and 1t is certain no more OF the
victims can be alive.
A. II. Irwin, who, with the barleep-
er. william Rubbe. had miraculous
escape, went over the register for the
last Few days this morning aud on
deavored to call to mind the occupants
of the different rooms. He says there
were between so and 5s people regis
tered. and sixteen were occupying back
rooms, where 1t was more difficult to
escape. How many of them were saw
ed IL is impossible to state. but II Is
known that several who were In the
back portion OF the building managed
to escape In some manner,
Gen. Charles Adams OF Manitou oc-
cupied room IL In the rear OF the hotel
and over the boilers, the section In
which the havoc of the explosion was
heaviest.
Mr.. Rubbe believed he was in his
room
A. L. Blake of Florence, Col. is also
placed among the dead
Myron r. Hawley, clerk OF the
freight depot of the Union Pacific.
rOomed In the rear end and is counted
among the lost.
James Murphy, a contractor. was a
regular boarder and also roomed In
the destroyed portion. Mr. Rubbe SAYS
he was In his room and must be dead.
and who are not accounted for are as
follows NJ. Il. Letz, l.. T. French,
Bert Larach OF Central city, W. J.
Carson of Pueblo, ---- Calkins Mr.. and
Mrs. Burgess and two others. - I'D
wards OF Boulder, Herman Luders.
Mrs. Wolfe and daughter A. w Rob
erts and wife, Colorado Springs; Il, +.
McClosky, Canon City; three chamber
maids and one bell boy.
The whole rear of the hotel was
blown to atoms and the front portions
| are merely shattered and burned frag
ments OF Il house.
The dust had cleared away some
what when the hrcmen reached the
| place. There was no fire to be seen
/ then. The explosion awoke the guests
| in the front part OF the house, and by
the time the fremen reached the scene
! were ready to be taken from the win
dows.
Michael c. Burgess, who was walk
Ing along Lawrence street on the OPP
! poslte side from the hotel when the eX-
] ploslon occurred was cut about the
head and face by flying glass In n
frightful manner. His injuries are
very serious. He is from Custer City,
S, ID.
Six persons, including woman and
baby, were taken on the roof OF the
building adjoining the Gumrey.
There is no doubt but that the dis
aster was caused by boiler explosion.
Frank Loescher, the engineer. it Is
said, was intoxicated, and after turn
| Ing large quantity of cold water into
the hot boilers, left the building ten
minutes before the explosion occurred.
The police are looking for him.
A. Il. Irwin. the night clerk, says
Loescher, who was only II years old,
was drunk when he went on duty. and
that he was in the habit OF neglecting
his duty.
Irwin was pinned beneath some heavy
tlmbers ut his desk by the explosion,
and was rescued by a firemen. He has
scalp wounds and Internal injuries, but
Will recover.
At $3.50 large force of men and
teams began hauling away the
mountain of debris from the place
where the hotel stood.
At daylight three bodies were all
ready In sight, those of two men and
a woman, but II was to uncover them
sufficiently to identity them, the fire
stlll being dangerous.
The following are missing; Creiner,
father OF II. c. Creiner, manager Of
the hotel; Bud Burns, Colorado Springs;
w. J. Carson, II. f. French, Bart
Larsch. both OF Central city, Col; j.
L. Kirk. Omaha; j. A. Brown, Omaha;
Elmer Pierce, engineer OF the Gumry
hotel; n. +. McCloslSy, Canon City:
Judge Gllnn, Leadville,
1t is not positively known that
French and Larsch We're In their rooms,
Injured. Joseph Muneal, clgarmaker
OF Cairo. ILL.,, face and head terribly
cut. body bruised, internal Injuries;
Michael c. Burgess, severely cut about
face: A. Il. irwin, night clerk, cuts
and bruises: j. II. Letson, tramway
conductor, body badly bruised, internal
injuries; Fred Coleman. not seriously;
y. Hopkins, mot seriously. ]. II. Letson
was discovered alive In the ruins today.
He was jammed between an ice box
and tlmbers in such shape that 1t was
\ impossible to remove him for several
hours. One OF his arms was crushed
and he may suffer internal Injuries,
but his recovery Is confidently ex-
Following is a list of dead and In
jured 20 far as ascertalned;
PETER GuMRY, owner of the hotel.
r. c. CREINER, manager OF the
MRS. r.. c. CREINER. clerk OF the
hotel, daughter Of Peter Gumry.
T.. NJ EDWARDS, butcher, Denver
CHILD OF Mr.. and Mrs X. c.
GENERAL CHARLES ADAMS.
a. l.. BLAKE. Pueblo.
MYRON Il. HAWLEY, Union Pa
clflc railway clerk. Denver.
JAMES MURPHY. contractor, Den
yer.
GEORGE A. BURLB. passenger con-
ductor Of the Rock Island railroad,
Colorado Springs.
q. II. WOLF AND DAUGHTER,
THREE CHAMBER MAIDS. names
unknown.
BELL BOY, name unknown.
FRED HOBBOLD. or Hazer, OF
Elizabeth. Iowa.
This afternoon five bodies were re-
covered. two were identified as the re-
mains of Mr.. and Mrs. crelner. Judge
James Glinn. whose name II In the lisl
OF missing. had room In the hotel hui
II Is not known positively that he occu-
pied last night. He was a prominen
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