Evening star., 1899-03-18
DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
Fifteen Victims Of New
York Holocaust.
THE WINDSOR HOTEL IN RUINS
Belief That Many Charred
Bodies Are Beneath.
LARGE LIST OF INJURED GUESTS
Impossible to Tell Yet How Many
Are Missing.
LARGE LIST OF INJURED GUESTS
THE DEAD AND INJURED

NEW YORK. March 1s.-The Windsor
Hotel oIe of the best known and most
popular of New Yorks oldest hotels. was
destroyed yesterday afternoon by fire in
which fifteen persons are known to have
lost their lives.
About fifty persons were injured. either
by being burned or by jumping from the
windows of the hotel, many of them seri-
ously and some of them fatally, while at
a late hour last night thirty-seven persons,
including guests and empIJyes of the hotel
and policemen. were unaccuunted for. 1t
is thought that some of them were buried
in the ruins and that their bodies Will be
found when a thorough search is possible.
The fire was probably the most calami-
tous hotel blaze New York has ever known
l. Is thought TO have been started from
window curtain taking fire from a lighted
match that was thrown from a second story
window.
The 81. Patrick's day procession was pass
ing the hotel wnen the fire started and
many Of the guests were watching it from
the windows. The fire spread through the
corridors with the speed of the wind and
within twenty minutes the entire building
seemed wrapped in flames.
Several Of the dead were killed by jump
ing from the windows. Panic seemed to
reign inside the hotel from the first. The
fremen saved many lived by their heroic
deeds. but they were pcwerless to control
the flames Within an hour and d half the
hotel was almost destroyed.
Revised List OF the Dead.
Following is the revised list of the dead:
John Connolly. employe of hotel, died at
Flower Hospital.
Mrs. Addie Gibson. thirty-five. Cincinnati.
Ohio. shock: died at Murray Hill Hotel
Eleanor Louise Goodman. seventeen.
daughter Of Samuel Goodman of this city:
died at Bellevue Hospital.
Miss Leseiles Gr3ndy of Elizabeth City
y. c.. here a shopping tour: burned to
death.
Mrs. Maurice T. Henry of his city who
d-ed at Roosevelt Hospital at o'clock this
morning from burns and injuries.
Nancy Ann Kirk. widow of Jas. s. Kirk
soap manufacturer, Chicago: died at Belle
vUe Hospital
Mrs. Warren Leland. wife of the proprie-
tor Of the hotel. burns Of body; died at
Flower Hospital.
Miss Helen Leland. daughter of the hotel
proprietor; found dead.
Amelia Paddock. thirty-fire. of Irvington
y. Y. died at the fire.
Mary Sullivan of this city; died at Belle
vue Hospital
Unknown man. who jumped from roof at
rear OF hotel
Unknown woman. who jumped from a 9TH
avenue window; died at Helen Gould :
house.
Unknown child, thrown from window by
mother
Unknown woman. mother of child above
mentioned. jumped from hotel wiadcw.
Unknown woman, jumped from window
died at - East 18th street.
Total fifteen.
The Missing.
Miss Auze; Col Kearney Of the Holland
Hous, inquired for her at police headquar-
tiers.
Sadie Belts. daughter of John Belts OF
No :;Jl West list street this CITY
Miss Bradley, Miss Bradley of the Man
haitian Hotel inquired for her at police
headquarters.
Miss H. 5. Buckhorn: Mrs Lewis j. Parks
of No 10i East 21st street inquired for her
a. police headquarters.
Frank FaTafra.
Miss Margaret Fuller; Miss Bradley of
the Manhattan Hotel inquired for her at
polce headquarters. stating that she was
missing.
Miss FurveII: Colonel Kearney of the
Holland House inquired for her at police
headquarters
Warren Guien; inquired for by the police
OF the tWenty-ninth precinct.
Harry ". Lorlee, night clerk at the
Windsor: sought by his sister
Donald Mckay. Englewood N j.: search
ed for by his mother and sister.
Miss McNulty. Mrs. Lewis j. Parks OF
No. iet East 2ist street inquired for her at
police headquarters
Mr.. Meyers of London. England.
Mrs. Meyers OF London England
Catherine Morgan: Miss Bell of No. AS
Madison avenue inquired for her at police
teadquarters-
j. y Rose of Chicago. III.
Katie Shea, domestic al Windsor Hotel.
Inquired for by friends at Bellevue HosDi-
tai.
August Slowman.
Miss Stiner; y. WoIverman of No IN,
West 18th street inquired for her AT DoIjce
headquarters
Gladys Thompson of Mount Vernon NV
Annette Upham, daughter of ex-Senato,
Upham of Vermont.
William II. Wharton: Mrs Hegeltipe,er nj
Hillside avenue. Newark, inquired for him
at police headquarters.
The Injured.
The following is a list OF the injured as
far as their names have been learned. Sew
sral of these, il is feared, may die:
James Arthur, fireman, No. 233 West SD
street; New York Hospital
Miss Helen Brewer. burns of body. LAGER