New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
n his effects hut he was not permitted ny the
police TO GO near the place
CROWDS OF PEOPLE THERE

CROWDS OF PEOPLE THERE
Despite the piercing wind which prevailed
yesterday thousands Of men. women and chill
dren were packed all day outside the fire lines
People are stiH prevented from approaching
anywhere near the site and from distance
there is little to attract the sightseer in the
ruins All that they can see is a high bank OF
bricks and beams built on the sidewalks. which
eYectuauy prevents view from the street level
Of the wreckers at work The orders 10 the
police to Keep every unauthorized person out
side the lines are as strict as they were on Fri
dav and unless il can be shown that one has
business at the ruins lives in house within
the lines permission TO pass is refused Various
suhterfuses are attempted TO get within the
lines but very few succeed The police assert
that women give them the greatest trouble
The devices they use are without number and
OF every description one yesterday was
a striking example OF some Of the resources the
women brought into play. Il was the case or
a young woman who walking with con
fdent businesslike manner through the police
Gordon AS an officer put out his hand 20 re-
strain her she threw open her jacket ana ais
played what AT first sight was not unlike a
Health Department badge On closer scrutiny
the policeman found It to he a baseball badge
Miss Helen Gould has won the deepest regard
from the police workmen and other officials
who are employed in and around the RUNS:
NIght and day she has kept the basement 81
her house open for these men, ana mas served
them with hot coffee and sandwiches IN rea!
Of ten and twenty they leave their work, ana
after being refreshed with cup oi coIiee anu
sandwich hasten back 10 their DUTY IN tne
cold hours of the night and after exposure -
such chilling winds as prevailed on sunday ana
yesterday Miss Goulds hospitality earned more
than passing appreciation.
A TOKEN FOR MISS GOULD
Her generous thoughtfulness In this respect
and the aid she gave TO the sufferers from the
fire on Friday has led Commissioner Scannel
10 mark his Departments acknowledgment OF
her valuable and disnterested services BY pre-
sentine 10 her gold badge which Will ehLlie
her AT all times TO enter the fire lines. re
badge will be inscribed with her name AholNrl
badge will be presented 10 Frank J. Tou4I, W.
- o. ,,araf 81 with his sister IN attending 10
the comforts NJ those employed at the soe"7 W
the fire. . ,,,o-,ers 70
foster The idea that the fire was s'H' ~. ~, -
cendiarias with robbery for motive. ] ne man
reason upon which this theory D. "aS-H -
the IRE would not have spread win "a, - AT
i-v had il not been starfet IT, SeFerbi l''"N
once and that some Of the fleeing gues, -
hooters at work. Chief Bonner Chfet -.
commissioner Scanned and Fire MarsnaI 80
ridiculed Yesterday these eXpiana.I yl.e - ~
fires origin. With the exception or 'iirl ~, H..
Ter who stated that 70 ms NINA lHe 'il''. -,
cause OF the fire the ignltlhs Oh ~, 90. -.
none OF them would advance any OPINION - ~
the cause Of the fire - ~
cortoio NrcCluskv head of the Detective Bu-
raau secuted the incendiary story. J 90 L''
believe" he said. that thieves started the IRE
at the Windsor Hotel ! have no theor} az -
how the fire originated, but 10 NOT DeheVe 'I I
n was incendiary for the purpose OF ropp.iy
There IS nothing whatever 20 support this belief
The great spread ~ the fire ana othen cli -ullI-
-.s,,'.s ,,flifate against this idea The mere
fact that thieves take ADVANTAGE OF every OPP
rorruritv at fire probably Induced mis- lu'a,
bur 20 nv mind Il Is wrong. There VIII De all
sorts Of speculation as TO the origin or the nie
and all sorts Of conjectures. bur think thar
the theory that II was set ny thieves TOT the
purpose OF plumber is absurd
Inspector Harley is compiling list OF the en-
u-oyes Of the hotel. but Il is likely 20 be imper-
feet until the safe. containing the books. IS dug
o,,+ ~ the ruins The situation OF one safe has
already been ascertained. but until II has been
p. .-4d Il will not be known whether or not II
contains the information which Inspector mar
l.x fs seeking