The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-21
THE HOTEL WINDSOR FIRE.
List of Articles Found-No Bodies Re-
covered Since Yesterday Morning.

| New York. March 2u.-A large force
/ of men worked on the ruins of the
Windsor hotel tonight. Part of the
rear wall and chimney on the 47th
street side were still standing at late
hour. Smoke was issuing from the
chimney which extends to the base
ment, showing that fire still smolders
in that part of the ruins. The work
men excavated slowly and with great
care. The debris was thrown from the
space occupied by the hotel to the side
walk Crowds pressed as close to the
ruins as they were allowed to by the
police until late. The following articles
were found during the day in addition
to those already found: A bundle Of
underwear, marked y. N. o." a bun
die of underwear marked "Ochille;"
letters addressed -. r. Boutwell,, o. :"
clothing, a silver clasp and silver card
receiver marked 'B. b. c.; pair of
field glasses, twelve pairs of gloves a
silver card receiver marker 'E. A. b.,
q" a chatelaine watch, stopped at $40
p. M, a spectacle case marked IN. d.
K.," metal articles marked ~. l.. F.. :"
silver match box marked "a j. d."
a silver spoon marked IN. C. H." a
silver speen marked "B. H.; a silver
spoon marked Hotel Majestic a sill
yer clasp marked wv. c." the head of
a cane marked "Chotalah, 1898, Sweet
ness, Dickie, Baby Mine,' fragments of
ornaments marked sc. w. w. and w."
a gold watch marked "A. A c." a pair
of Sissors, cyclometer two gold rings,
diamond locket, a silver purse, a silver
thimble, silver sugar tong marked
IN. G. H." butter knife, a garter, a
silver umbrella head, gold cuff but
ton, a combination button hook,
bronze medal, clock a typewriter,
punches of keys, bundles of photo
graphs, not marked, and pair of opera
glasses. All of these articles were talk
en- to the East 51st street police sta
tion.
At midnight three hundred laborers
who had been digging in the ruins of
the hotel were relieved by another gang
of three hundred. No other body has
been found since o'clock in the morn
ing, when the workmen came across the
remains Of two charred bodies in the
ruins. The men worked all day on the
three, sides of the old hotel, Fifth ave-
nue., Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh
streets. Part of the rear wall of the
hotel, 150 feet back from the avenue, Is
still standing, and is considered danger
GUS to approach. 1t will be pulled down
as soon as possible. From the three
sides the workmen are engaged in, the
ruins had at midnight been gone over
for about twenty-five feet from the
all the rubbish thrown to the
street and carted away. The first body
taken out to-day was from the Forty
sixth street side, the second from the
Fifth avenue side close by what had
been the main entrance of the hotel
There were merely fragments of both !
bodies, neither having head, feet or
arms These fragments were taken to |
the morgue, where they We're ticketed
as bodies OF One ana Two and placed
in the section especially set aside for
the fire victims. Besides these at least
six persons were seen to jump from the |
roof and windows while the hotel was /
burning of whose bodies no trace have
been found.
Several persons hitherto reported as
missing We're found to be safe to-day
The present list of missing numbers
This, however takes into
account but few of the two hundred
servants of the hotel During the day
and night many valuable articles of .
ewelry were taken from the ruins and
placed with the daily growing pile of .
valuables at the station house. AL
.hough at night the ruins are perfectly
lighted by electric and oil lamps, the
men work under disadvantage as COM