Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-24
MORE BONES FOUND.
Workmen on Windsor Motel Ruins Uneasih
Bones and Other Relics.

New York, March 23.---Nincteen dead,
some 40 or more missing and about Il
score confined to their beds from in
jurics, is the record so far Of the Wind
SCR hotel fire. on Friday last One more
body WAS found. today. This brings
the list of unknown dead up to nine.
The fragments were dug up about 20
feet west of the annex on the 47th
street side in q part of the ruins where
no other bodies or bones have been
found. The fragments consist simply
of a portion of spinal column with
some of the ribs attached, piece of the
skull and some small bones and char
red flesh. The remains were taken to
the morgue and numbered Body
No. o.
The work of clearing away the debris
proceeds slowly the great mound of
debris in 5th avenue seems to be grow
ing larger each day. 1t was said. to-
day. that 80 carts We're engaged in
hauling it away. Many persons called
at the morgue and the East 51st street
police station. today, the former in the
hone of Identifying some of the bodies
and the latter. mostly women. to claim
lost articles to preserve as keepsakes.
The search continues to reveal small
articles of personal property.
There was some trouble encountered on
the 18th street side of the ruins. The
workmen there got to the cellar. where
they found water. The water filled the
cellar and was rising as the men cleane
away the debris. The digging was stopped
and engines were brought to pump out
the water.
Articles of many different kinds con-
tinued to be unearthed A marked pack
age letters and books bore the name
of Col. w. c. Brown, and the address 30
Broad street: a letter contained the card
Of Dr. II. r. Purdy, l49 Lexington avenue;
a spoon was marked u. T. F. an album
with pictures contained a memorandum
with the names of NJ. j. Cramer and Miss
Kate Walch and bundle of letters
showed the address of George Beckham
Spring Lake, n. Y.
Among other things found were a lady's
pockctbook containing cartridge, pencil.
keys numbered 5122, a spoon marked IN.
C. T. W. a metal box with the cover
marked II. d. L. and metal box. IL
by 6 inches. containing jewellcd trinkets.
At o'clock tonight, charrcd human
foot was found near the elevator shaft
1t was sent to the morgue unmarked.
Abner Mckinley and Col. w. c. Brown
called at the East 5lst street station. last
evening" and claimed a package Of letters
bearing the name of Col. Brown. These
were important legal papers in the posses
sion of Mr.. Mckinley at the time Of the
fire.
Shortly before II o'clock, workmen
found on the 10th street side of the ruins
a bundle of letters addressed to "Abner
Mckinley" the remains of Il dress suit.
u dress suit case and a half burned
satcheI Some small bones. which APP
pcarcd TO be the bones of a human fore
arm were found nearby.
y notice was posted at the police head
quarters at the scene of the fire. tonight.
to forward any information of the find
ing of the remains of Annie I. Morgan To
Rowland Pell of this city. The notice
states that at the time of the fire Miss
Morgan wore diamond EARRINGS and IL
pearl pin with diamond pendants. Her
name has already appeared in the list of
missing.
New York March 2l.-At 1.3O o'clock this
morning. two charred bones were found
in the ruins of the Windsor Hotel near
where the human foot was found. earlier
in the evening. They are thought to be
part of the same body