The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-22
One Supposed to BE the Remains of
Mrs. Margaret Aux, Who Had Long
Been a Guest of the House.
ALL BODIES BADLY CHARRED
MAKING THEIR IDENTIFICATION BY
RELATIVES DIFFICULT.
List of Missing Still Large-WOrk on
the Great Pile of Debris-ActiOn
of Board of Aldermen.


were recovered from the ruins of the Wind
sor Hotel to-day. Thev were badly charred
and great difficulty is being experienced in
the Identification. The first body recovered
to-day was that of a female of small stat
ure The arms and legs were missing. 1t
was first thought to be Miss Dora Hoff-
man, of Baltimore, who is among the miss
ing. Tonight, however, two Of the hotel
employees claimed TO identify the remains
as those of Mrs. Margaret Aux, of New
York There are now five bodies at the
morgue each tagged with a number, which,
with the known dead, brings the list to fiji
teen. The list of missing is still very large.
The injured at hospitals are all recovering.
The unknown bodies are as follows:
Body No Uncovered on Monday; male
legs. arms and head missing.
Body No. 2-Recovered on Monday: wom-
on one hand part Of a kid glove with pearl
buttons; black cloth button on dress marked
Made w. & X. Co, Extra" Supposed to
be hotel employee.
Body No. 3-Recovered on Tuesday; fe-
male supposed to be about sixty, small
stature, arms and legs missing; identifed
as Mrs. Margaret Aux, of New York.
Body No. Uncovered on Tuesday; frag-
ments of what appears to be woman's
body.
BODY No. 5-Wholly unacceptable; the
legs are gone and the body is charred and
shriveled to about half its natural size; teeth
in excellent condition; they are apparently
those Of a woman.
The recognition of Mrs. Margaret Auz,
made by the two employees of the hotel,
seemed to be very positive. Mrs. Aux had
been a guest at the hotel for fifteen years.
She and Miss Dora Hoffman, of Baltimore,
were seen, it is said, to go to their rooms
on the fifth floor shortly before the fire
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Although the work of clearing away the
debris is progressing rapidly as possible. it
seemed tonight when the shift of four hum
dred men was made that but a small part
of the ruins had been removed. An effort
was made to pull down the section of the
rear wall by means Of a cable. but 1t was
unsuccessful. Lines of policemen are drawn
all around the ruins and the big crowds
that still gather are kept at distance.
The streets about the ruins are impossible
and the debris is piled to a height of fifteen
or twenty feet on the Fffth-avenue side.
On the Forty-seventh-street side the pile
is more formidable.
The workmen have succeeded In clearing
away considerable of the debris for a dis
lance of about twenty feet toward the in
terror of the mass and to a distance down.
ward over this territory TO the ceiling of
the cellar. They had struck at intervals
what appeared to be party walls and to-
night are digging around them toward the
ground. The servants of the hotel were for
the most part on the top floor of the Forty
seventh-street side and the workmen have
unearthed many articles of cheap clothing
and cheap jewelry as well, which evidently
belonged to the domestics. 1t was estima ted
that with the speed with which the work
is progressing at present it will be at least
a week before the pile will have been gone
over and IL may be longer.
All during the night articles OF more or
less value were brought TO the surface and
turned over TO the policemen who were sta
take them to the East Fifty-frst-s sta
ton house to await identification. All of
the most valuable articles are turned over
to the coroner's office officials.
The list of the missing is now as follows:
Mrs. Mary Anglin of New York; Mrs. n. II.
Bradley, aunt of Mrs. A. NJ. Fuller, of Pitts
York; Mrs. II. G.. Brush; Mary Clare, twen-
ty-three years old, chambermaid working
on sixth floor of house; Charles Desch,
six years old, had business engagement in
house and has not been seen since fire:
Augustus Durham; Miss Egan, patron of
house; Miss Margaret Fuller, of Pittsburg,
seventeen years DID, daughter of Mrs. a.
NJ. Fuller and niece of Mrs. Andrew Car
negie; Warren Guion, elevator boy at house;
Miss Dora Hoffman, of Baltimore; Miss
Jose; Mr.. and Mrs. A b. Johnson. of New
buryport, Mass; Fred Leland, forty-three
years old. room clerk In house, cousin of
Warren f. Leland, believed to have been
burned; Mary Lanny; Miss Maggie Lowrie;
d. Lynch; Virginia Mooret, chambermaid,
thirty years old; Annie Taylor Morgan,
patron of hotel; Miss Catherine Mccarthy,
aged twenty-five, manicure in house, Henry
Mccarthy; Mary McDermott, servant; Liz
zie Mcdonald of New York; Mrs. Isabella
Mcdonald. of Toronto, lived three years at
Windsor Hotel; Miss McNulty, fifty-five
years old; Annie Nellie. known at hotel as
Annie Mllloy; Henry Nelney; Bridget
Ormston, servant: L. III. Parry, of Massa-
chusetts; Mrs. Patterson. wife of Judge Pat
terson, of Colorado; Leland Simmons fifty
three years old, wine steward in hotel. cousin
of Warren F. Leland, believed to have been
burned; Miss Clara Simpkins; Miss Dora
Simpkins; Mary Soy laundress, twenty
three years old; Mrs. J. II. Stokes, widow of
Gen. j. III. Stokes; Anne Thomas; Miss An
nette Upham daughter of late State Senator
Upham, of Vermont; Kitty Walsh, servant;
Annie Ward. servant; Miss Worth.