The Portland daily press., 1899-03-20
NO MORE BODIES.
Little Progress Made in
Removing Debris.
OVER 200 MEN AT WORK ON
WINDSOR HOUSE RUINS.
Heavy Vapor Continually Retarded
Progress Of Workers.
THE LISTO OF MISSING HAS GROWN
SOME SMALLER.

A Number of Those For Whom Anxiety
Was Felt Have shown Up--The List
However Is stiII n Long One--The
Reports From the Injured at the
Hospitals Are Most FavorabIe--Part
of Ruins Dynamited sunday.
Now York, March 10.-In u drizzling
rain more than two hundred men con.
tinued to work today among the debris
and smouldering ruins of the Windsor
hotel, searching for tho bodies of persons
who perished in the flames and to recover
any valuables that might have escaped
the ravages of the fire. The efforts OF the
searcners were futile, however, as the
ruins were too hot for the men to make
much progress and the smoke arising
from the burning material was rendered
more dense by the dampness of the at
mosphere. AT intervals during the fire
flames burst forth from the burning en-
bers aud drove back the workmen.
The work of demolishing the fragment
arv portions of walls on the east and
north sides OF the burned building was
begun this morning and later the work
Of removing the rubbish was pushed as
vigorously as was practicable.
The Ere lines are more rigidly kept to-
day than ever tefore and all persons
without a special permit are kept outside.
During tho day workmen were engaged
III picking TO pieces the SIX story wall
that Is standing on the 47th street side OF
the hotel site in order to make the search
in the ruins safe.
The second eighty five feet chimney WAS
dynamited shortly after three O'Clock this
afternoon. The explosion wrecked a
number Of plate glass windows and do ors
in nearby residences.
A large force Of men were at work
during the afternoon, on what was the
main entrance to the hotel. 1t WAS ex-
pected that bodies would first be found
there A large amount of small articles,
principally the personal property Of
guests, was found, such as n silver back
mirror, with the initials -. ii. p. and
silver lack hair brush with the same
initials.
Daniel Sweeney the emergency wrecker
of tn building department and three men
had a narrow escape from injury and
possibly death about five O'Clock. Tho
four men were on top Of the six story
wall which was standing on the 41th
street re ar corner Of the hotel, tearing 1t
down. A still north wind blew up rather
suddenly and Sweeney felt the W all
trembling beneath him. sweeney cried
out warming ana the men hurried from
their dangerous perch. They Were Just
outside the danger lire when great
section of the wall, thirty feet or more
square and including that portion where
they had been working, went down with
IA roar. A portion of it, fell on tho roof
of the house hack of the hotel, wrecking
the roof The house had been emptied by
order OF the building department and no.
body was injured,
The funerals of Mrs. Warren i. Leland
ard Miss Helen NJ. Leland. wife and
daughter of the proprietor Of the Windsor
who died from injuries received at the
fire were held today at the Church Of the
Heavenly Rest, Rev. D. Parker Morgan
oificiat!ng.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley; W. S.
Hawk ard q. Wetherbes ard d few other
friends Of tho family were present. Al
one O'Clock the bodies were taken to the
Grand Central station and sent TO
OF Easter lilies near the caskets. the gifts
OF President and Mrs. Mckinley. Mr..
Leland and his son Charles W., accom-
panied the remains TO Chicago. The in
| terment will take place there Tuesday.