Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

Of women anu men coming down from |
slipped down a distance and dropped |
into the court yard. A number Of en- |
ployes who were on the roof jumped |
to the court yard and received frae |
lures and injuries which he though
would cause their death.
The first ambulance call was turned
in to Bellevue and within few min
utes the entire force of ambulancee
and most of the house staff were
called. The first ambulances 10 ar
rive brought Mrs. James S. Kirk, ageO
20, widow Of the founder Of the Chi
cago soap establishment Mrs. kirk
was carried to ward where she dieu
within few minutes, just as he,
daughter, Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins.
reached the hospital, whittier she had
come in a cab. She was slightly
burned and in a historical condition
John Connolly, one of the unknown
to die soon after reaching the Flower
hospital, was the furniture man in tn"
hotel; Stephen D. Myers of London.
reported missing, was later found tn
be safe at the Buckingham.
The Windsor was a seven story
structure owned by Elbridge T. Gerry
and built in 1871, at cost Of S750,000
he 4r
complete and the total loss is roughly
estimated at $1,OO0,OO0. The fire is
thought to have started from a ligheu
match carelessly thrown aside by some
one who lit cigar or cigarette.
Society Leader a Victim
Cincinnati, March 18.-Mrs. John NJ.
Gibson, one of the victims of the Vino
sor hotel fire in New York, was well
known here as a society leader. Her
husband belongs to a prominent fam
lily that owns the Gibson house and
other valuable property here.
New York, March 19.-Through an
incessant rain yesterday, though him
dered by choking smoke, 200 men
sought, but with only half satisfying
results, for the bodies of persons be-
lieved to have persisted in Friday
fire at the Windsor hotel. Most of the
time the smoke was SO dense that the
wOrkmen could scarcely see their
hands before their faces and the heat
was intense. Their efforts were con-
cootratod on c1aarino auov tho dohr;c
removing the weak walls, drilling the
chimneys and other parts of the walls
for blasting, and making the way safe
for the men to dig in the ruins
for the bodies No bodies
were taken from the ruins yesterday
The latest estimate is: 16 dead, sc
missing anu 81 injured. Several fire
engines kept their stations all day
Explosions of gas punctuated the con.
tinual pumping of the engines. Count
less thousands of spectators packed the
surrounding thoroughfares all day
pressing as close to the scene Of devas-
tation as the restraining police lines
permitted. At intervals the lifting
smoke showed the fire engines putting
where rose TWO gaunt columns Of
masOnry-all that remained standing
of the hotel. Warren LELAND, the pro.
| prietOr of the Windsor, somewhat re,
| covered yesterday, but is still in fee
! BILE condition. He was unable to &C
count for the origin of the fire. Ell
| bridge T. Gerry had the building anC
| furniture fully insured, and even the
annual rental for which he Unidentified
himself with policies aggregating $75,
| 900. Gerry carried policies aggregat
ing $595,000 on the building and $120,
900 on the furnishings. In addition
Leland had policies aggregating $100,
| 900 on his own furniture in the hotel
! No estimate can be made of the prec
iOus metal ana gems which have with
| stood the flames and lie hidden in The
embers and wreckage. One family
| lost jewelry valued at 100000 and the
total will run up somewhere near ST.,
100000. How much has been PICKED
up and carried away can never BIZ
! known. Mrs. Nancy Kirk, who los
her life, and daughter, Mrs. Mary Kirl
Haskins, had the family jewels, val
ued at more than 100000 with them
There were scores of other wealthy
| families who lived in the hotel, anG
who lost jewels worth thousands o.
dollars
Some bodies in the ruins may be re-
covered by tomorrow or Tuesday
1t will take a week to get at some and
| perhaps twice as long to get at those
in the cellar. Archibald Clavering
Gunter, the we'll known novelist, was
a patron of the hotel and has not been
seen since the fire. 1t is feared he
lost his life with his child
The following is a revised list of the
dead: John Connolly, employee; Kate
Flanagan, 40, chambermaid Mrs. Ad.
die Gibson, So, Cincinnati; Eleanor
Goodman, II, city; Miss Lascelles
Grandy, Elizabeth City, N. c.; .Irs.
Mehitable Henry, widow of DR.. Morris
P. Henry, city; Nancy Ann Kirk, Y,
widow of James S. Kirk, the Chicago
soap manufacturer; Mrs. Warren Le-
land, wife of the proprietor of the ho-
tel; Miss Helen Leland, her daughter;
Amelia Paddock, Irvington, N. Y;
Mary Sullivan; unknown woman, died
at Helen Goulds home; unknown man,
jumped from roof, body not recovered;
unknown child, thrown from window
by mother, body not recovered; I'M
known woman, mother of the child,
jumped from hotel window, body not