New-York tribune., 1899-03-25
MORE BODIES TAKEN OUT.
sEAprLEsS REMAINS OF THREE MORE
VICTIMS EXHUMED.
cHE HEALTH BOARD CALLS ON THE CON
TRACTOR FOR MORE VIGOROUS WORK
IN ExCAvATING THE RCINs-FlRE
LINES PARTLY RAISED
LINES PARTLY RAISED.


LINES PARTLY RAISED.
3 That drear and dirty charnel heap wnich was
ohce the Windsor Hotel continues TO yle'o up 's
IRE victims though grudgingly ana III suon
state that the poor satisfaction OF luen''n'""0'
sven is denied TO the friends OF the deau
Dur,nr all Of Yesterday and last night the
gloomy task OF searching for these poor bodies
was continued unremittingly. with the result
,ha, the remains OF three more persons were
,xhumed. This brings the ghsstly total OF those
nositivelv known TO he dead up to twenty-three-
rrha missing. for whom little hope remains
,hsrefore sill number thirtyhve or thirty-sM
A., a little before IN a m. the workmen toiilng
m tho Fortv-scventh-st. side Of the ruins uh-
earthed a headless. armiess leeless trunk. sup
,osea 10 be that Of p woman. With II were part
90 q corset. part OF black cotton stocking some
yrarn,ents OF cotton underwear and white SILK
handkerchief All that could be done was 10
label II BODY No. II" and send it to the
Morgue
Nearby body 40 II were several soorched
,e,,e,s on one Of them could he deciphered 'he
80 ",,,es s- Casey Miss Casey was one OF
the employees Of the hote! 1'i1o escaped otner
.rnrloves Of the hotel who were present wheh
,ho d,scoverv was made said they thought the
trunk might be that of girl who rooinea VII"
Miss Casey. They could not recall her name
Not long afterward. in the northeastern part
~ the ruins the workmen discovered portions
90 bodv No 10. consisting Of shoulder-bones
ribs and leg bones-no skull feet or arms "s'
and sex unknown .
In the afternoon near 10 where podY NO. II
res .ound in the morning charred trunk was
cleared from, tho rubbish. With it were parts
- logs and arms and the skull was siill at
,acbed I, was impossible also in this case to
determine age or sex. 1t was numbered 10
VARIETY or ARTICLES FOUND.
,c...o ,s q constant succession OF small dis
roveries being mad" Of articles Which 'he "a"'eS
aiA NO, wholly consume The singular way IN
,,h,cb manor documents. letters receipts. photo
r,snbs etc. turn UP only partly consumed ana
,n some cases hardly scorched at all excites
,,,,cb sunrise. when the nerceness Of the blaze
IS considered.
Across the street from The ruins IN the WIZ
dow Of a real estate office. there IS TIN box
which contains live mouse with one OF It's
eyes missing 4 label on the box says that ths
mouse was found under lot of rubbish in the
ruins.
Among the articles found yesterday were
smashed metal box containing a lot II scorched
kilograms to Abrcr Mckinley; spoons KNIVES
1--WE silver pitchers. a dolls head. porcelain
ash receiver. heart shaped. mounted WIN
snake Of metal. pocketbook haf-ourhed ana
containing a diamond ring. tho stone weighing
a carat and a half deed for grave IN 'aI-
vary Cemetery made out To James Donahue'
August 81 1875: a policy of the Hancock Ihsu'-
ence COMPANY Of Boston made out To hd'e
Smith. numbered 1G63971 and with the ad-
dress No 2OS Avenue G.. bunch or burned
,bo,oeranhs one Of a child FIVE years old from
lra u6
tv-hfth-st.. and another Of an elderly woman
by Pach Bros: a bunch Of letters about hVe
wears old. all addressed 10 Miss r. \. Saloman'
Of No 53l Fifth-ave.: many pieces of clothing
Two gold chains. each with locket a rosary OF
ebony. a pearl pocketbook with nothing in it, a
won1anss metal belt two gold bracelets. lot
Of Oriental swords and spearheads. believed 10
be part 81 the stock Of a deahIin Egyptian
goods whose place was on the Fohty-slX'h-s'
side of,the hotel. a silver ladle marked r. NJ
Starr" thirty-three silver spoons marked >.
France somc forks with the same name, sixty
three bietes Of miscellaneous silverWare marked
r s F." supposed 10 belong to +. : Flower
a gold watch fob with the initials H. l.. +"
cum button. a lot Of silverwarc marked A. NJ
n" and blue enamelled chatelaine Wa'ch'
supposed 10 be the property OF Mrs. Travis
These were all pat away in bundles Tor re-
The Building Department people have already
taken 800 bundles Of property TO the station
So many are there now that it is expected some
OF them, will be handel over 10 the Properly
Clerk Of the Police Department at Head
quarters They will be kept there for persons
20 call and examine tn IN, if they wish TO 90 So
Nobody has called at all at the police stauon-
house to see these things.
Peter Phelan Of No. 342 East Thirty-ffth-st
one Of The workmen, was arrested YESTERDAY
He had three pieces Of old metal and part OF
teaspoon in his possession. They were Worh-
less He was locked up. Charles Branigan.
Of No 3I5 East Sixty -irst-st.. was also arrested
for trying to get through the fire INES
MURPHY WANTS MORE VIGOROUS WORK.
Residents in tie neighborhccd, and many
rtorekcepers doing business in that section
have complained frequently to president
Murphy df the Health Board about the delay
in clearing Fifth-aye Of the cxcavated ruD-
bish that he yesterday sent this note 10 the
contractor:
Dear Sir: The sanitary inspectors OF this De.
partment have brought 10 my attention the sar "a,
msth Of the fire At ihc late Windsor Hotel the
summer VII dt. be H9on 0@ ,nmeSsey n 10 remove the
debris by any means you think pest but lAslst
sss sse a%sy eifs the remains ann Of the building
ND the lot. The merchants In the nelShDoril iloop
must suffer from the blockade that Is mace tnere'
ana tho residents IN the private houses are IN "a
measure quarantined owing 70 the delay aq, ms
state OF affairs ought not 20 exist Ihe Departmen'
OF Health look after the interests or the clt-
zens who are suffering under disadvantages, as
well for the recovering OF the remains or those
who unfortunately lost their lives IN this disastrous
FIRE ] want this attended to AT once, as the lner-
chants have joined hands with the inspectors III
appeal 10 this Department for protection
The force OF aborers accordingly con-
siderably increased yesterday.
Another of the missing has been found alive.
Margaret Farrell. Of No. 16j East Ninety h.
ST., who was reported lost. has been at her home
since the day OF the fire She ran out OF the
laundry in which she employed IN the hotel
as the fire started and had no trouble
in escaping She at once went home. and sent
word 10 the police Of her safety.