Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-21
AMID DEATH AND RUIN.
Awful Results That Followed the
Burning Of the Windsor Ho-
tel in New York.
THE KNOWN DEAD ARE Is, INJURED 81.
Numbers Do Not include Any Who
May BE Thought to BE In the Ruins
or the Missing-Latter Number 40
LOSS on Hotel Estimated ut
Million Dollars.

New York. March 20. The most COM
plete list of casualties at the Windsor
hotel fire shows that IA persons were
killed and possibly Is, without attempt
ing to speculate on the bodies in the
ruins. Forty persons are missing. Fifty
two names are in the list of injured,
whose whereabouts are known.
Three fire engines and 100 police
men remained all Friday night about
the burning building. Those engines
poured six large streams of water on
the flames, which would start up at in
tervals in spite of the firemen. Little
explosions occurred every once in
awhile from escaping gas, the pipes
having been smashed all over the lower
part of the building, the only part that
was left. Citizens were kept block
away from the ruins, as pieces Of wall
were falling every now and then and
there was danger that the portion of
wall at the back of the building and
that on the Forty sixth street side
might fall at any time. The bit of wall
on the Forty-sixth street side tapered
to point and still held two chimneys
in place. The wall, on the rear side,
seven stories high, was still standing,
but it looked as though it might fall
with the first stiff breeze. The wall on
the Forty-seventh street side was about
two stories high and that in front on
Fifth avenue the same height The
walls had breaks in them and had
jagged tops, adding to the hideous APP
pearance of the ruins behind them
which smoked and steamed and emitted
bad stencil.
Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth and For
ty-seyenth streets were impossible.
They were covered with debris from
the walls of the hotel and in many in
stances fagstones were broken by the
great crash of stone and brick.
Gangs of men were kept all the night
at the ruins, ready to begin the work
of removing the debris so far as to find
bodies burned underneath. Chief Bon.
ner said Saturday that no fremen were
missing.
About eight o'clock Saturday morn
ing few men were set to work on the
Forty-seventh street side to tear down
the wall, which was so dangerous it
could not be allowed longer to remain
standing. The contractor said that as
soon as possible he would start the
men to oyerhauling the ruins.
Policeman Rescued Five Persons.
Bicycle Policeman Charles Liebold
said he rescued five persons from the
fire. He got four men out from one
of the lower floors and carried fifth
man down on his shoulder. He heard
a woman on the fifth floor, but though
he tried to get her he was unable to dc
SO, and he had to hurry out of the
burning building.
Revived List of Dead.
Connolly, John. employee of hotel, died al
Flower hospital
Gibson, Mrs. Addie, IS, Cincinnati, O..
shock died at Murray Hill hotel
Goodman, Eleanor Louise, IL, daughter
OF samuel Goodman, of this city. died at
Bellevue hospital.
Grandy, Miss Laselles. of Elizabeth CITY.
N. G., here on shopping tour burned to
death. -
Henry. Mrs. Maurice. of this civ. who
died at Roosevelt hospital at nine O'Clock
Saturday morning, from burns ard IL.
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