New-York tribune., 1899-03-26
DIGGER RFORCE ON THE RUINS
-o~rR,CTOR PUTS MORE MEN AT
WORK
nrvA1Ns OF TWO MORE VICTIMS TAKEN
o,.r-A FUND FOR THE FAMILY OF THE
.-.-aI y "a
urpo1c r1EvAToR ATTENDANT


croo,,v 70 the satisfaction Of all persons who
A. h,,einess near ,he ruins Of the Windsor
o., = much larger force Of men was put to work
.ta,. soeklrg for the bodies OF the missing
,,, tho contractor had hitherto employed Inc
s.o.,f,,l and almost apoogetic letter when freS-
aor, Murphy Of the Health hoard "rote 10 nun
~ r,-i5ov evidently had some effect Health De
." -. o,rriovos did further good work by
l-,rIii,r disinfcciants upon the rubbish heaps
,,r, which odors have begun to arise. which in
Ito that the lahors of the diggers are to meet
NTH further prcwsome reward.
,-,~o Marshal Secry announced that his investiga-
49, p.5 gone far enough 10 convince him that
49,. oro was no; OF 'ncordiary origin.
The remains OF two more bodies were excaVated
,o,, the water-soakod mass yesterday Ihis
,okes 0ftcen recovered. not one OF which mas oeeh
,,,,,ieod Body 40 "A" is merely Daiful OF
small bones 50 charred that even their anatomical
.,.,.,ecation IS imuCssihle 40 clothing or other
,,,,rs of Identification was discovered with them
oe "Podv No II" little more is left. pevis
lower part Of spine and a thigh bone Ihese IN
5ic3te that they belonged 10 a person OF iarser
si1o than the average. but they indicate nothing
more.
y q Hoffman a woman and dentist, called
o., thc Morgue and again Inspected Body No. 3"
y-'lch has been supposed 10y some TO be that or
Miss Dora Hoffman of Baltimore. one OF the miss
s-r guests. After carefully inspecting the teeth
,b dentist declared positively they were not those
~. Miss Hoffman The woman also said Miss Hoff
,,sr never could have worn the clothes on this
corpse.
Many additional articles were found by the
v,orkucu \ heavy iron safe belonging 10 a J.
usr,or,st was found on the Forty-seventh-st side
!, WA, slightly cracked. but its contents were
,s.,.ht 90 bc intact Ii contained $4,000 in bonds
Tho safe was taken 10 the East Fifty -hrst-st
police station.
rr. work OF excavation is much impoded by
v.,er main I'm the cellar which has burst and
int .1.4 cell
tuually as one fire engine can pump out. MIS-
Henrietta Scugman. of so. East Forty-siNth-st'
/, ably supplcmentiuE the good work of Miss Helen
II Gould in providing hot meals for the weary
workmeu.
,or9. discussion has arisen. Warren +. Leland pro
,riafor ot the hotel. said yesterday: Il wish 1t
understood mat the unidentified dead taken from
.ao Iuu~ Of the hotel vii be buried IN Potter
E,d JrSi where tntl W." D.. pIrln r,T Gnarie van
G,ra,t offering plot in HE SLEEPY Ho,l3" 0eilie ne
fr.l stephen Merritt Offering plot IN Green la o wH
tre ,..hlc would Lot permit any sacriege. even II
would am extremely gra'eiu iDr n ,ng ior 'Ee
ti.fr.ss with which l and all connected with the
H't.i have been treated since the FIRE The payrolS
arc no" being made up ana an eihl9oseTi H HHl' & u
paid next week one manager mas oIered me use
Q. bis theatre for sunday night peneht ior EN-,
K.u go an ! can 20 help il along.
"one .rror wish 10 correct and that is the state
rressiou seems 20 prevail that several hotels nave
ieon burned under my management That IS not
,r1a The Windsor the first hotel that was
ever burned under my management also wish
~ state that absolutely every prccaution which
man could take had been provided against fire in
The Windsor Hotel"
fund has been started for the mother and sis
to-s II Warren Guion the heroic elevator attendant
o. the Windsor. who lost his life rather than de
sert his post. and who saved many others by his
bravery from sharing IKE fate. Guion was the
only support Of these three women and j. W.
Doare whose residence at the hotel covered the
elevator mans whole period Of service there. has
started the fund with a contribution OF SOD II II
proposed 10 raise $1,000 Guion, who was thirty
eight years old continued 70 run his elevator
through fire and smoke until the police dragged
him out Of the building by force. When they re
leased him he darted back and made one more Trip
IN the lift 10 the top story. Taking on packed
load Of half-choked women and men. who blessed
him for his herosm. he started the machine down
but warped by heat II stuck between two hoors
where escape was impossible and all were roasted
70 death like rats I'm trap. Alfred De Cordoya
was one Of the first 70 call public attention 10 the
heroism Of Warren Guion.
One Of the bodies found yesterday was believed
by some people to be that of Martin joyce the
near the bottom Of the ruins. and the person must
Il is probable that Joyce was attending 10 ms
duties and was caught by the falling walls.
Ms Martha NJ. Simmons. fifty wears Old, OF
Frederick Nd one Of the victims OF the windsor
Hotel fire died at Bellevue Hospital last night.