Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-19
WINDSOR HOTEL FIRE,
Work Of Looking for Victims
in the Ruins,
LATEST ESTIMATE, IS DEAD,
Sigly-SiX Persons Are Still Missing and
Filiy-StYen Are Iljurtd.
many JEWELS LOST II FLAMES
Total vnIuc of Property of This
sort Gone with phc Great nuiidinS
Total value of Property of This
ture Fully Insured

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irr,s.ant rain to-day. their efforts him
6srai nr a choking smoke that arose from
tr, balf-gu,nchcd ruins, more than 200
men from the Building, Police, and Fire
r.rartmen,s sought. but with only half
,tsfyiug results. for bodies of persons
cvcd Co have persisted in yesterdays
s-. az the Windsor Hotel Most of the
.re the smoke was SO dense that the
varkm,n could scarcely see their hands
before their faces. and the heat from the
mass of debris. glowing red in places
held the rcscuers almost beyond its
limits Besides. the remnants of the
walls left standing were so shaky ana
threatening. that it would have been dan
Kerous to allow the men TO work about
The mass of rivoted iron and brick. Eff
forts were concentrated on clearing away
The debris. removing weak walls, driIhhs
the chirnneys and other parts of the walls
for blasting. and making the ways safe
for the men to dig in the ruins for the
bodies.
40 BODIES TAKEN FROM DEBRIS.
NJ bodies were taken from the seething
mass of ruins to-day. The latest esu-
mate Tonight is lC dead. &C missing, and
O. injured.
IL is believed the men will be able 10
proceed with tie grewsome search To-
morrow with better results. Several
nr, engines have kept their stations All
nieht long. throwing heavy streams OF
water on the ruins. occasionally mass
., dame would struggle UP from some UNI
noticed spot like a bubble, and burst away
.he streams were played ON it. Through
,. dsv explosions of gas punctuated the
-8ring sound of the engines.
rrI.AND SOMEWHAT BETTER.
rem j.. Leland. the proprietor of the
I'LL .or. had somewhat recovered TO-DAY
was stm in feeble condition. He
as yet unable TO account Tor the origin
g.. lhc fire.
TILE INSURANCE.
II WAS learned to-day that Elbridge l.
c.rr,- had the building and the furniture
that b.louaed o. the hotel fully insured
and even the annual rental Tor "Hi'h NE
indemuifed himself with policies dss.e-
eating $1,000 AIR. Gerry carried poHcIes
7o-regafing $4,000 or the building ana
f11 insurance amounting 10 S-NWJ on
-t. furnishings. I'm addition 20 TINS MI
.f.,d had policies aFsregating SicJ'DV' on
lis own furniture i'm the Motel. MOST VI
t.. poucies that covered the ho'eI Meio
,ft,feu with corporations that nave .neI
.,.,, offices iu other States than New
yorh.
PRECIOUS METAL AND GEMS LO9l J.
.s,imate can be made of the pre-
..,ss metal and gems which nave win
-to,o The flames and le hiddeh III my
h.rs and vreckage Of the great motel
d.. family lost jeWelry valued at s-JV'VVV'
... the total viii run mp somewhere ile",
million. How much has been plcheu
.- and carried away can never pe
l.oD nor can AN ever be recovered,
SD. Naucy kirk. who lost her NJ "'', ,
..-ehi.r Mrs Mary Kirk Hasklns'
.a u. family jewels valued ~ IioI .e
r. 10000 with them. There were
, of other wealthy families VINO
ur jpn the hotel and VINO losl Je"0'S
Wort. tH.usands of dollars.
nrrIsED LIST OF DEAD.
Following is the list of dead from the
Windsor Hotel ire corrected to c'ocN
tr-llght. ,...
CONNOLLY, JOHN, employee Dui no
a.l Internal injuries.
FLANAGAN. n. KATE. 40 years old
.mhermaid Of hotel, died from the e.
i.is Of burns and injuries
GIBSON. Mrs ADDlE, 90 years DID,
Cincinnati; shock.
GOODMAN. ELEANOR LOUISE, II
wears old. daughter OF Samuel Goodman,
N this oity; fractured skull.
GRANDY. Miss LASCELlES, OF Eliza
both city. y. g.. here Oh "a shopping TOUR
burned % death.
HENRY. Mrs NJ. widow of Dr. Morris
p Henry: internally injured
KIRK NANCY ANN, Y years Old
widow Of James s. Kirk, soap manuiac-
iur,r. 2c5 Ridge avenue Chicago.
LELAND. Mrs WARREN. vile OF the
proprietor Of the hotel; found dead at
the fire.
PADDOCK. AMELIA. 81 years OLD OF
Iryiustou. *. y: died at the scene OF the
fire
LELAND. Miss HELEN daughter OF
the proprietor of the hotel; found dead
a. the fire.
SULLIVAN. MARY
UNKNOWN MAN. who jumped from
Firh-ayenu. window.
UNKNOWN MAN who Jumped from
roof ~ rear of thc hotel; body not re
covered.
UNKNOWN CHILD. thrown from win
COW bv mother; body not recovered
UNKNOWN WOMAN mother Of the
child. jumped from hotel window body
GOT yet recovered.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, jumped from
window.
GUTTER, THE NOVELIST, LOST: