The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-24

and into the area way. She was dead.
The woman was identified as Mrs
Amelia Paddock, Of Irvington, N. Y.
| New YoRx. March e0.-The most
complete list of casualties at the Wind
sor hotel fire shows that IL persons
were killed and possibly Is, without
attempting to speculate on the bodies
In the ruins Forty persons missing.
| tifty.two names are in the list OF In
jnred whose whereabouts are known.
Three tire engines and a 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.
| tcrvals In spite OF the Gremen. Little
explosions occurred every once In
while from escaping gas. the pipes
having been smashed all over the lower
par, OF the building. the only part that
was left. Citizens were kept block
away from the ruins, rs 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
t6th street side tapcred TO
a point and still held two
chimncys In place. It was pulled
down during the day. The wall on
the rear side. seven stories high, was
still standing, but IL looked a. though
IL might fall with the first stiff breeze.
The wall on the 47th street side was
about two stories high. and that in
front on Fun avenue about the same
height The walls had breaks in them
and had Jagged tops, adding To the
hidcous appearance of the ruins behind
them, which smoked and steamed and
emitted "A bad stencil.
Firh avenue and 10th and d7th
streets were impossible. They were
covered with debris from the walls Of
tho 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 t7th 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
top where the 6rc caught Friday. The
interior was ia great confusion. All
bodies and all the injured had been
taken away. Miss Gould and her
brother Frank slept ia the house all
night
The surviving daughter Of Warren
Leland. Fanny. remains Mt the resi-.
dcncc OF cx-Gov. Flower. She is pros
tratcd by the calamity t&at has fallen
on the family. Warren G.. Leland. IT,,
| stated emphatically saturday morning
that though his father Is Frustrated
with grief. lac Is not at all insane as
had been reported. ''llc Is grief
stricken. but sane a. he ever was. said
young Leland.
lie added that he thought the books
OF the hotel. including the register
could bc gotten az some time Satur-
day; also. the safe. In which there was
considerable money and valuablcs Of
those staying at the hotel The regis
ter will cc invaluable in clearing up
tho lis, of dead, missing and Injured
A. A. Minis, of this city, said he
went To the hotel Friday afternoon ar
irving az . o'clock. lie went up ia the
elevator to go to the rooms OF Mr. and
Mrs Henry Wicheimann. who are
missing. At the third floor he and the
other persons in the elevator heard tho
shouts OF lire, and the elevator stopped
at the third floor. He got out and ran
To- the front OF the house TO a fire es-
cape As he passed the end room he
saw n man, a stranger, and one who
did not appear to he guest of the
house, grabbing up valuablcs in the
room, like a miser lie said he was
astouudcd At the sight.
81 caught the man, said Mr.. Minis"
and said: why don't you try to save
some lives instead Of robbing dead pco-
pie? The man turned his face TO me
and gave me lool, that seemed TO be-
a murdercr's. Then he dashed out lie
was about 30 years old and dark. I'm
sure he was not CUES, of the hotel"
John McGuirc, ofthis city. was look
ing for his niece, Mary Clair, who Is %
years old, and was employed AZ a cham
bcrmaid on the sixth floor of the hotel.
lie had seen nothing OF her since the
fire
REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
John Connolly, employee Of hotel,
died at Flower hospital; Mrs. Addie
Gibson, s., Cincinnati, o., shock, died
at Murray Hill hotel; Eleanor Louise
Goodman, II, daughterof Samuel Good
man, OF this city, died at bellevue hos
pital; Miss Laselles Grandy, of Eliza
beth City, \. c., here on shopping
tour, burned to death; Mrs. Maurice l..
Henry, of this city, who died at Roose-
welt hospital at o o'clock Saturday
morning from burns and injuries;
Nancy Ann Kirk, widow of James =,