Evening star., 1899-03-21
MORE BODIES FOUND
Remains of Three Persons Taken
From Windsor Ruins Today.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR IDENTIFICATION
MANY Charred and Disconnected
Human Bones Picked Up.
HEAT IMPEDES TBE WORK

NEW YORK, March 21.-The third body
taken out of the ruins of the Hotel Windsor
was recovered early today. 1t was found
on the 10th street side of the ruins. about
fifteen feet below the surface and ten feet
from the sidewalk. The body was that of
a woman. Only that part of the head from
the lower jaw down was still on the neck
The body was very badly mangled.
1t is officially described as that of wo-
man about sixty years old; small stature,
arms and limbs missing. all hair burned off;
second lower back tooth, right side, filled
with gold; back tooth, lower left side, gold
filled; part of black silk dress. beaded trim
mings, faced with white pongee silk, and
with white lace border; white shirt waist
marked IS, apparently the size; band of
silk dress waist marked ''Dou, ri Rue de
Par" stamped in gold on the belt.
The rest of the mark, evidently indicating
the name of the maker. was burned off.
Men Worked All Night.
a hundred men worked all night on the
ruins. In many places the debris was too
hot To permit of work.
y number of pieces of bodies were found
during the night-bones charred and broken
and separated from one another, some with
pieces of burned flesh on them.
Early today the workmen digging on the
9th avenue side near the entrance, where
the first traces of bodies were found, came
upon piece of pelyis weighing about TWO
pounds. Later u workman found what
seemed TO be the knee-cap Of Il child, with
pieces of the joining bones. 1t was dug UP
on the 4Tth street side. \ pile OF dam
aged clothing was found here. In trying TO
separate the pieces the wOrkmen found
inside the clothing what was believed to be
u md
bones. Tne whole mass was put in collins
and taken to the morgUe.
The remains of another were found on
the 9TH avenue side of the ruins. 1t con-
sisted of a mass of charred iutestines. Be
side this mass was a thigh bone, from
which all the flesh had been burned. Near
tnlS was another bon>. but it could not be
told 70 what part OF the body it belonged.
These parts were found in a section of
the cellar adjoining the entrance, where
the remains were found yesterday.
Searching for Sisters Remains.
r. c. Hoffman called at the East 51st
street station today with chart of the
teeth Of his sister, Miss Dora Hoffman of
Baltimore, who is supposed to have been
lost He said no had thought the body
of the woman found early this morning
might be that of his sister, and he asked
Tor the body. 1t was at the morgue.
When he heard the description of the
dug out this morning, he said he was in
cAned TO doubt If the body was that of his
SISTER, as her teeth were irregular and not
complete.
Mrs Alice Price of Macon, Ga; Mrs. c.
simmons of Frederick. Md; Kate Roach
and Nellie Thomas, the persOLs injured in
the Windsor Hotel fire, were reported to-
day to he rapidly improving, and will he
able TO be out in a day or two from Belle
vue Hospital. where they were taken on
the day of the fire. The work of getting
into the ruins is progressing rapidly today
The man have got twelve feet below the
surface in some places.
Ii is feared they cannot get down much
further, as the subcelar is flooded with
water 10 a level two feet above the regular
cellar floor.
The Fifth Body Found.
The fifth body TO be recovered was taken
ont of the ruins on the southwest corner,
southwark and in line with the elevator.
II was a charred trunk with the legs be-
low the knees and the arms below the ell
bows missing. The upper part of the head
was also missing Opinions differ as 20
whether il was the body of a man or a
woman. but it was thought to he the lat
ter. Nothing was found near the trunk
by which il might he identified.
\ few minutes after the finding of the
fourth body hand bag was dug out of the
ruins few feet away. 1t contained a
small box for holding a false teeth plate
and card with the name of Miss A f.
Harris aad address. ''Finsbury Pavement
E O. There was also in the bag Il watch
travellers clock, a bunch Of keys, a num-
Der of blank checks of the Union Bank of
marked IT. A b. T \ Barrett of Lon
don is one OF the persons still MISSING