The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-22

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Up 90 I5-List OF Missing Is SIN
Very Large-TNyo OF Bodies said To
he Those of Employees of Hotel.
New York, March 2l.-Three bodies
were recovered from the ruins OF the
Windsor hotel today. They were badly
oharred and great difficulty is being ex
perienced in the Identification. The first
body recovered todny was that of fe-
male of small stature The arms and
legs were missing, It was first Thought It
was tie body OF Miss Dora Hoffman OF
Baltimore, n woman 90 years old, twho
Is among the missing. Tonight, how
ever, two of the employees of the Wind
sol called at the morgue and claimed to
identify the remains as those of Mrs.
Margaret Auze of New York city. The
men are William Curran, pnrlor man at
the hotel, and James Trainer. Both
were positive as to the naturalization.
| There are now five bodies at the
morgue, each tagged with a number
which with the ten known, dead bring
the list to IS. The list of missing is still
very large. The injured at the hospital
are ali recovering.
The unknown bodies are as follows:
Body No. 1-Reoovered Monday; male,
! legs, arms and head missing.
| Body No Recovered Monday; woman
| supposed TO be young, unreoognizahle, on
one hand part of kid glove with pearl
buttons. black cloth button on dress
| marked: MADE by W. q *. Co, extra. 4"
Supposed to be AN employe of hotel.
| Rody No. 3--Recoyered Tuesday; fe-
male, supposed to be about 60. small
stature. arms.a and leg missing; identi-
| foation as Mrs. NJ. AuZe of New York.
Body No. 4--Recovered Tuesday. frag-
ments of what appears to be woman's
| body.
Body No. Wholly unrecogniznble.
| The legs are gone; what remains of the
arms folded over the breast Body chRrrsd
and ehrivelled to about half It's natural
size. The teeth are in excellent condi-
tlon, not tooth is missing. None is
filled. They are s. arp pointed and appar-
entity those of IA woman; they are the only
| possible mark OF identification.
| TIE recognition of Mrs. Margaret AuZe
made by the two employees OF the hotel to-
night seemed to b. very pos tive. Both
| recognized the beaded dress, part OF
which manned Mrs. Auze had been a
guest MT the hotel for 5 years. Trainer
| said be always waited ON her In the din
ing room. He identified her by the prom
inent jaw bones and by the teeth. Cur
ran also recognized these features.
Mrs. AUze ana Miss Dora Hoffman of
| Baltimore. were seen, it is said to go to
| their rooms ON the fifth ioor shortly be-
fore the lire broke out and 1t is thought
almost a certainty that both perished.
| Although the work Of clearing away
| tn debris Is progressing as rapidly as
possible, it seemed tonight when the
| aA4a Ia hut hut a
small part the ruins had been removed.
An effort was made to pull down the
| section of the rear wall by means of u
wire cable but the cable broke and the
wal! is still standing
| Lines of policemen are drawn all around
the ruins ard the big crowds that stu
| gather are kept off long distance. The
streets out the ruins are impossible
| ana the debris is piled to q height Of 10
! OF 20 feet on Fifth avenue side. On the
47th street side the pile of debris is even
more formidable.
The workmen have cleared away con-
siderable of the debris for distance of
about 20 feet toward the interior of the
mass, and to distance downward over
| this territory TO the ceiling of the cellar
| They struck at intervals what appeared
to be party walls and tonight are digging
around them toward the ground.
| The servants of the hotel were for the
| Iutot 1dFl OH bHc eOp hOor VI tne ftAH
street side, and the wOrkmen have I'M
certified in this vicinity many CHARGED
articles of cheap clothing aud cheap
jewelry which evidently belonged to the
dOmestics.
II is estimated that with the speed
with which the work is progressing II
Will be ut least week before the pile will
have been gone over. All curing the
day ana evening articles of more or less
value We're brought to the surface by the
worsmens shcvels anu turned over 10
the police or the ooroner's office. Some
of the things found were: A child's glove
on which was &c. F., three table
spoons on whieh respectively were "I''
I'll" and 'Destande to his Aunt II.
Wilson" A pin box with the initials
~. Il. n. two parts of a bracelet, on
which were fragments of doves, IL metal
brush top with an enamelled photo.
graph. of a Quakeress on iii "a lot Of
books, one of which was entitled cap
tives of Erie and Other Essays" on the
title page OF which was inscribed IN Ink
al. ID. Alexander, No. is, ASH"