The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19

ing wrong with the fire apparatus.
/ When the fire started, he and 10 other
men were in the sub-cellar They
started the fire pumps, which worked
perfectly.
The work of removing the debris was
be.cr late tonight, when 200 expert
enced men were put to work. The tim
bers and bricks were so hot and the
smoke still so thick that the work pro-
ceeded very slowly. Gasoline tanks
and electric lights were placed in va
rious places to illuminate the scene.
The men devoted most of their time
to the Fifth avenue and Forty-siXth
street sides. AS they cleared away the
outer portion of the debris and got to
the building proper they found portions
Of the ground floor still intact.
Up to a late hour, the only articles
found were three battered trunks part
ly filed with clothing. In the front of
the hotel, where the balcony had stood,
and where the structure had been eight
stories high, there is q pile of bricks
and twisted iron supports forty feet
high. The wall Of this part collapsed
and fell upon itself. With it's fall,
which was early in the fire, all hope
for any one left in the building was
gone. How many HAD managed to
reach the doorway when it fell will
not be known until the mass is cleared
away. That will be several days.
The men who are clearing the wreck
away will work in shifts and be watch
ed by the police and a corps of inspect
ors to guard against the possibility of
making away with any valuables they
may find. Nearly every guest who was
saved lost expensive jewelry. Some
lost diamonds to the value of many
thousands. Detectives who were on
duty at the fire yesterday, arraigned to-
day in police court a man who gave
his name as Frank Kane whom they
accused of trying to make off with jew
ery and clothing belonging to Abner
Mckinley valued at from $4,000 to S10,-
000 Kane was arrested while the fire
was in progress. In a bundle which
he carried were found valuable jewelry
and clothing taken from the rooms of
Abner Mckinley.
Kane alleged that he was only tax
ing the property to place of safety
He was remanded until Monday. The
last will and testament of Benjamin
E. Jones, executed May II, 1894, was
found at the burned hotel this after
noon. 1t disposed of a quarter of a
million dollars in property. codici
provides for the disposition of other
property. Near the same spot some
railroad bonds were picked up. They
were wet and badly burned What
bonds they were could not be deter
mined because of their condition. Some
of the bodies in the ruins may be re-
covered by Monday or Tuesday. Every
preparation has been made for the
handling Of bodies. The coroner will
take charge of them at once. The home
of Helen Gould was point of interest
today to sightseers. Hundreds who
managed to get inside the lines waited
around in hope of catching a glimpse
of Miss Gould. The police threw a
guard around the house. 1t had been
slightly damaged by fire. A policeman
accompanied every person who entered
the house. Beyond a few windows be-
ing broken, the house was not dam
aged except very slightly on top, where
the fire caught yesterday. The interior
was in some confusion because Of the
number of injured persons taken in last
night. No one remained this morning,
All bodies were taken away also, and
men were trying to get the house into
proper condition again. Miss Gould
and her brother Frank slept in the
house all night. They felt well this
morning, Miss Gould, however, being
slightly distressed by the scenes she
had witnessed
Charles Squires, the cashier of the
Windsor hotel, who was on duty at the
time of the accident, said this morning;
II do not think that any persons We're
ever so completely taken by surprise as
myself and the guests Of the hotel when
the fire broke out There was absolutely
no warning. Mr.. Leland and myself
were attending to our duties at the
desk, and the first we knew of the
calamity was when the crowd from the
outside began to rush into the door
They were coming with the intention
of saving the lives Of the guests, but