The Bourbon news., 1899-03-21


complete list of casualties at the Wind
sor hotel fire shows that IA persons
were killed and possibly Is, 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 iremen. Little
explosions occurred every once in a
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 10th street side might fall
at any time. The bit of wall on the
10th. 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 bad stencil.
Fifth avenue and 10th 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
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
on the family. Warren G. Leland, jr.,
stated emphatically Saturday morning
that though his father is Frustrated
with grief, he is not at all insane as
had been reported. "He is grief
stricken, but sane as he ever was" said
young Leland.
He added that he thought the books
of the hotel including the register,
could be gotten at some time Satur-
day; also, the safe, in which there was
considerable money and valuables of
those staying at the hotel. The regis
ter will be invaluable in clearing up
the list of dead, missing and injured.
A. A. Minis, of this city, said he
went to the hotel Friday afternoon ar
irving at 8 o'clock. He went up in the
elevator to go to the rooms of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Wichelmann, who are
missing. At the third floor he and the
other persons in the elevator heard the
shouts of fire, and the elevator stopped
at the third floor. He got out and ran
to the front of the house to fire es-
cape. AS he passed the end room he
saw a man, a stranger, and one who
did not appear to be a guest of the
house, grabbing up valuables in the
room, like a miser. He said he was
astounded at the sight.
Il caught the man." said Mr.. Minis, "
and said: ''Why don't you try to save
some lives instead of robbing dead peo-
ple?, The man turned his face to me
and gave me look that seemed to be
a murderer's. Then he dashed out He
was about % years old and dark. I'm
sure he was not guest of the hotel"
John Mcclure, of this city, was look
ing for his niece, Mary Clair, who is 2S
years old. and was employed as cham
bermaid on the sixth floor of the hotel.
He had seen nothing of her since the
fire.
REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
John Connolly, employe of hotel,
died at Flower hospital; Mrs. Addie
Gibson, So, Cincinnati, O., shock, died
at Murray Hill hotel; Eleanor Louise
? Goodman, II, daughter of Samuel Good
man. of this city, died at Bellevue hos.
pital; Miss Laselles Grandy, of Eliza
beth City. n. c., here on "a shopping
tour, burned to death; Mrs Maurice P.
Henry, of this city, who died at Roose