The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-03-23

Amelia Paddock. of Irvington, N. Y.
NEw YoRK, March 2O.-The most
complete list of casualties at the Wind
sor hotel fire shows that IA persons
were killed and possibly l5. without
attempting to speculate on the bodies
in the ruins. Forty persons missing.
Fifty-two names are in the list of in
jured whose whereabouts are known.
Three fire engines and hundred
policemen remained all 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
while 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 46th street side might fall
at any time. The bit of wall on the
46th street side tapered to
point and still held two
chimneys in place. 1t was pulled
down during the day. 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 47th street side was
about two stories high, and that in
front on Fifth avenue about the same
height. The walls had breaks in them
and had jagged tops, adding to the
hideous appearance of the ruins behind
them, which smoked and steamed and
emitted "a bad stencil.
Fifth avenue and 46th and 47th
streets were impossible. They were
covered with debris from the walls of
the hotel and in many instances flag
stones were broken by the great crash
of stone and brick.
The home of Helen Gould, on the
northeast corner of 47th street, was
surrounded by Gordon of police all
night and morning, while detectives
guarded the interior. A policeman ac-
companied every person who entered
the house. Beyond a few windows be-
ing broken, the house was scarcely
damaged at all, except very slightly on
top where the Gre caught Friday. The
interior was in great confusion. All
bodies and all the injured had been
taken away. Miss Gould and her
brother Frank slept in the house all
night.
The surviving daughter Of Warren
Leland, Fanny, remains at the resi-.
dence of ex-Gov. Flower. She is pros.
trated by the calamity that has fallen
onsthe family Warren G. Leland, jr.,
stated emphatically Saturday morning
that though his father is prostrateG
with grief, he 10 not at all insane a
had been reported. HE is grief
stricken, but sane as he ever was" sale
young Leland.
@ He added that he thought the book.
of the hotel, including the register
could be gotten at some time Satur
day; also, the safe, in which there wal
considerable money and valuables o.
those staying at the hotel. The regis
ter will be Invaluable in clearing VI
the list Of dead, missing and injured.
A. A. Minis, of this city, said h
went to the hotel Friday afternoon ar
irving at 8 o'clock. He went up in tn
elevator to 60 to the rooms of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Henry Wichelmann, who ar
missing. At the third floor he and tn
other persons in the elevator heard tn
shouts of fire, and the elevator stoppe'
at the third floor. He got out and raj
to the front of the house to fire es
cape. AS he passed the end room h
saw man, a stranger, and one WIN
did not appear to be guest of tn
house, grabbing up valuables in tn
room, like miser. He said he wa
astounded at the sight.
II caught the man." said Mr.. Minis,
and said: "Why don't you try to saw
some lives instead of robbing dead pee
pleP The man turned his face to m
and gave me look that seemed to b
murderer's. Then he dashed out H
was about 30 years old and dark. III
sure he was not guest of the hotel"
John Mcclure, of this city, was looI
ing for his niece, Mary Clair, who is z
years old, and was employed as a chan
bermaid on the sixth floor of the hote
He had seen nothing of her since tn
fire.
REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
John Connolly, employe of hote
died at Flower hospital; Mra Addi
Gibson. 80, Cincinnati. o., shock. die
At Murray Hill hotel, Eleanor Louis
Goodman, II, daughter of Samuel Goot
man, of this city, died at Bellevue ho
pital; Miss Laselles Grandy, of Eliz'
beth City, N. c., here on a shoppin
tour, burned to death; Mrs. Maurice
Henry, of this city, who died at Roos
velt hospital at 0 o'clock Saturda