The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-19

incessant rain to-day, their efforts him
dered by a choking smoke that. rose
from the half-quenched ruins, more than
200 men from the building, police and
fire departments sought, but with only
half satisfactory results, for bodies of
persons who are believed to have per-
ished in yesterdays fire at the Windsor
hotel. Most of the time the smoke was
SO dense the workmen could scarcely see
their hands before their faces. Besides,
the remnants of walls left standing
were so shaky and threatening that it
would have been dangerous to allow the
men to work about the mass of riveted
iron and brick. Efforts We're cencen-
trated on clearing away the debris, re-
moving weak walls. drilling the chim-
neys and other parts of the walls Cor
blasting and making the way safe for
the men to dig in the ruins for the
bodies.
| No more bodies were taken from the
seething mass of ruins to-day. The
| latest estimate tonight is 16 dead, 66
missing and 81 injured. 1t is believed
| the men will be able to proceed with the
| gruesome search tomorrow with more
satisfactory results. Several fire en-
| gines were throwing heavy streams of
water on the ruins all night. Occasion
ally a mass of flame would struggle up
| from some unnoticed spot like bubble,
| and burst away, as the streams played
on it. Through the day explosions Of gas
punctuated the continued pumping of
| the engines.
The scene of devastation in the imme-
diate vicinity of the fire can scarcely be
| imagined. Broken and blackened WIN
| dows, wrecked floors, smashed railings,
dirt and general debris surrounded al
| most every house. Countless thousands
| of spectators, pouring from every street
and avenue, and from every transit line
| that passed near the scene of the great
| holocaust and from private carriages as
WELL packed the surrounding thorough
| fares all day, pressing as close to the
| ruins as the restraining police lines
would permit, and straining their eyes
in the hope of catching sight of some
chastity part of the spectacle. One hun
| dred policemen held back the crowd
At intervals the lifting smoke showed
the fire engines putting almost solemnly,
and their silent attendants at their
sides. Beyond, where all eyes sought to
reach, rose two gaunt colmns of ma
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hotel.
Warren F. Leland, the proprietor of
| the Windsor, had somewhat recovered
to-day, but was still in a feeble condi-
| ton. He is as yet unable to account for
| the origin of the fire.
| 1t was learned to-day that Elbridge
T. Gerry had the building and furniture
that belonged to the hotel fully insured.
and even the annual rental for which
| ha inHar1nifia1 hinSa1f with nn1jciaS
gregating $4,000. Mr.. Gerry carried
policies aggregating $595,OO0 on the
! building and had insurance for $120,-
900 on the furnishings. In addition to
| this Mr.. Leland had policies aggregat-
ing 100000 on his own furniture in the
| hotel. Most of the policies that covered
the hotel were written with corporations
| that have their main offices in other
states than New York No estimate can
| be made of the precious metals and
| gems which have withstood the flames
and lie hidden in the embers and wreck
age of the great hotel. One family lost
| jewels valued at 5000, 900 and the total
| will run up somewhere near a million.
| How much has been picked up and car
! ried away can never be known, nor can
| all ever be recovered.
Mrs. Nancy Kirk who lost her life,
and her daughter, Miss Mary Kirk had
| the family jewels, valued at more than
| 5000 0G0, with them. There were scores
of other wealthy families who lived in
the hotel and who lost jewels worth
| thousands of dollars.
Following is the list of dead, correct
| ed at 9 o'clock tonight:
| CONNOLLY, JOHN, employe of ho-
tel: burns and internal injuries; died
at Flower hospital.
FLANAGAN, KATE, 40. chamber
maid; died at Flower hospital from eff
| fects of burns and injuries.
GIBSON, MRS. ADDIE, So, Cincin-
natl; shock, died at Murray Hill ho-
| tel.
GOODMAN, ELEANOR LOUISE, II,
| daughter of Samuel Goodman, this
| city; fractured skull: died at Bellevue.
/ GRANDY, MISS LASCELES. Of
| Elizabeth City, N, c., here on shopping
| tour: burned to death.
/ HENRY, MRS. INEVITABLE, widow
of DR.. Morris Henry; internally injur-
! ed; died at Roosevelt hospital.
| KIRK. NANCY ANN. widow OF
James s. Kirk of 365 Ridge avenue,
| Chicago: died at Bellevue hospital
LELAND, MRS. WARREN F., wife