The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
Remains Taken From Windsor Hotel
Ruins.
THEY BRING THE LIST OF DEAD
UP TO EIGHTEsN.
There Are Thirty-four I'm the MlssinS
List-Two of the Bodies Were Found
Near Elevator shaft-Rsin Inter-
ferred with Excavations.


6erred with Excavations.
New York. Murch 22-what are sup
posed to be the remains Of three bodies
were taken out Of the Windsor hotel
ruins at late hour tonight. These three
bring the list Of dead up to eighteen.
There are thirty -four missing.
The first find was made near this corner
of Fifth avenue and 10th street. The
workmen uncovered the remains OF o
body. consisting OF number OF ohsrrsd
bones. Portions Of q heavy silk skirt and
some bead work found with the body
gave the Impression that the body was
that of a women.
4 Later portions of what believed are bs
theIpoIice to le two:bodies wereisound near
the elev ator shaft Nothing was found
TO identity them. These who examined the
remains thought they were the bones of
an adul. and boy. the latter being pos
sibly the elevator boy Warren duyon,
who Is among tho missing. The remains
have been taken to the morgue- Shortly
+, after six O'Clock tonight fragment OF
charrsd flesh was found on the Fifth ave-
nue. side Of the ruins.
At this place also wers found several pieces
of underclothipg and a metal flask. the
latter marked with the initials "G. n.
IC." A bank book Of the Niagara
bank (oity not given) bearing the name
of &c. NJ. olburn," WAS found nearby.
| The five bodies that were recovered on
Monday and Tuesday or what remains of
them are still at the morgue. One has
partly been identified by two OF the
hotel employees. as that Of Mrs. Margaret
Auzs Of New York. But this idsnt'fica-
ton has not yet bsen considered conolu'
sive. The rain today interfered to some
extent with rapid progress of the work
and 1t was not until the afternoon that
the workers su cceeded in getting steadily
down to the removal Of the debris. The
fire department still has its lines about
the lines, isolating q considerable section
Of one Of the busiest parts Of the city.
About two hundred and hfty men We re
employed throughout the afternoon and
a new shift of the same number was put
on at night.
A bundle of papers and circulars adj
dressed TO IL. GtBlDhbu, kchCkns
agar of the Equitable Life Insurance so
oiety was found In the ruins tonight,
Besides these were two alarm clocks,
silver hair brush and mirror. with thu
initials &c. l.. A." set Of six silver
toilet articles. an ivory nail brush ant
fragments of many articles Most OF this
ARTICLES were found at the Fifth venue
and 46th street corner.
A woman's skirts, a Tuxedo GOAT ant
part of corset were found this evening
neur the Fifth avenue and 46th stree
corner Of the ruins. There were ais
found here d pair of opera glasses, PAL
of gold eye glasses, salt cellar, tin boz
containing Quantity OF jewelry ann
bundle of letters. The tin box containe'
a ring set with six stones. no badly dis
colorod that IL could not be told wha
they were; a gold watch chain, with
pencil and cigar cutter attached. thre
gold collar buttons, and silver mattel
box marked as. b. r." The letters wer
written In German and dated as far bac
as lS43. The laborsrs reached the eleva
tor shaft ut the Fifth avenue and 46tl
street corner tonight and began to di
away the 1 debris. An elevator In thl
shaft is thought to have bean hlled witt
people who started down after the mr.
broke out. Some fire is still smoulderini
it at the Fifth avenue and 47th torne
nt intervals during the night.
Miss NJ. ]. Kneeland of 255 West i5t
street, went to the East 5lst street statin
today and reported that Miss Nellie Ma
!, honey, an attendant in the hotel baths
who lived At the hotel, had been missin
since the fire. Miss Kneeland raid tina
Miss Mahoney was in the habit Of visitin
, her twice week. She had not calie
since the fire and inquiry among he
, friends developed the fact that none 9
them had seen her since the fire. 1t
feared that she perished. :.
, George Schloeseer and Margaret farrai
| vho have been named among thoss miss
: ing, have today been found to be safe.