The Portland daily press., 1899-03-20
NO MORE BODIES.
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drsd men from the building. police and
IRE departments. sought with only half
satisfying results, the bodies Of the per
ons believed 70 have psrished In ysster.
days terrible firs at the Windsor hotel
Most Of the time the smoke was 30
dense that the workmen could scarcely
see their hands before their faces, the
heat from the mass Of debris, glowing
red in places, held the rescuers almost
beyond its limits. Besides the remnants
of the walls left standing were so shaky
and threatening that 1t would have been
dangerous to allow the worknen to
prowl about the mass of rivetted iron and
brick.
Efforts were concentrated on clearing
away the debris, removing weak walls,
drilling the chimnsys and other parts OF
the walls for blasting and making the
way safe for the men to dig in the ruins
for the bodies.
No more bodies were recovered from the
sssthing mass of ruins today. The latest
estimate is sixteen dead, sixty-six miss
ing and nfty seven injured.
II is believed the men will be able to
proceed with the grewsome search tomor-
row with some assurance of satisfactory
results. Several Of the fire engines have
kept their station all night long, throw
ing heavy streams OF water upon the
ruins. Occasionally mass of flame
would struggle up from some unnotioed
spot like Q great bubble and burst away
as the streams we're played upon 1t.
Through the day explosions of gas pune
tuated the pumping sound of the engines.
The scene of devastation in the vicinity
of the fire can scarcely be imagined.
Broken and blackened windows, wrecked
doors, smashed railinss, dirt and general
debris surround almost every house.
Countless thousands of spectators. pouT-
ing from every street and avenue and
from every transit line that passed near
the scene of the great holocaust and from
private carriages as we'll, packed the sur
rounding thoroughfares al day, pressing g
as CLOSE to the ruins as the restraining
police lines would permit and straiIing
their eyes in the hops of catching sight
of some CHASTITY part OF she spectacle
One hundred policemen held back the
crowd. At inter walls the lifting smoke
showed the fire engines putting almost
solemnly and their silent attendants at
their sides
Beyond, where all eyes sought to reach,
stood two gaunt columns of masonry, all
that remained standing of the hotel.
Warren f. Leland. the proprietor of
the Windsor, had somewhat recovered to-
day, but vas still in o feeble condition.
He is yet unable to account for the origin
Of the fire.
1t was learned today that Elbridge T..
Eerry had the building and the furniture
belonging to the hotel fully insured and
,ven the annual rental, for which he in
iemnified himself with policies aggregat
ing $4,000. Mr.. Gerry. carried policies
agsre eating 1886, 600 On the hotel and had
insurance for $l20, 900 for the furnishings.
In addition to this Mr.. Leland had poll
cies aggregating $1oO. 600 on his own fur
niture in the hotel. The majority of the
policies that covered the hotel were issued
by corporations that have their main
offices in other states than New York.
No estimate can be made of the prec-
ious metals and gems W hich have with
stood the flames and lie hidden in the
embers and wreckage of the greet hotel
One family lost jewelry valued at $500,
600 and the total will run up some where
near the million. How much has been
picked up and carried away can never be
known.
Mrs Mary Kirk Haskins, the daughter
Of Mrs. Kirk of Chicago, became hysteri-
cal when she heard of her mother death.
She remained at Bellevue hosrita all
night. Her daughter. Miss Leslie Has
kins, who is pupil in school at Pei
ham Manor, was sent for. She arrived
this morning, and was told Of her grand
mothers death. Mrs. Haskins improved
somewhat, and left the hospital about 10
q. m. Mrs. Haskins said that her own
and her mothers jewelry had been lost in
the fire. She placed her total loss at $500,
600.
Warren Leland, Jr., said tonight that
of all the persons reported missing, he
had heard that only one, Miss Craig, was
safs. He had given up Frederick Leland,
tie room clerk of the hotel and his cousin.
The bodies of Mrs. Leland and Miss Hell.
en- Leland will be taken to Chicago to-
morrow for interment. The body of Mrs.
Kirk was taken to Chicago tonight. Mrs.
Mark Kirk Hasklns, her daughter, ac-
oompanied the body.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Fuller of Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg, who were taken to
the Manhattan hotel were tonight said to