The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
THE HOTEL HORROR
Casualties ct The Windsor Fire More
Than at First Reported.
SIXTEEN LIVES WERE LOST.
Sixly.six Persons Are Missing ard
Flity.seyen We're Injured.
wOUHMEN SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES
Dense Smoke Prevents Them from Making
Any Progress.
BUILDING AND CONTENTS FULLY INSURED
JeweIry Running Into Hundreds OF
Thousands Of Dollars In Value
Lost IN the Connsarntion.
vOREMEN SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES
Dense Smoke Prevents Them from Making
Any Progress.
BUILDING AND CONTENTS FULLY INSURED
JeweIry Running Into Hundreds OF
Thousands of Dollars In Value
Lost IN the CONFEDERATION.


cessant rain today. their efforts bindered
by a choking smoke that arose from the
half quenched ruins. more than 200 men
from the building. police and Gre depart
ments. sought, but With only half satisfying
results, for bodies OF persons believed TO
have persisted in yesterdays IRE in the
Windsor hotel.
Most OF the time the smoke was so
dense that the workmen could scarcely see
their hands before their faces, aud the
heat from the mass OF debris. glowing red
in places. held the resources almost be-
yond It's limits. Besides the remnants OF
the walls left standing we're SO shaky and
threatening that 1t would have been dan
Eerous TO allow the men to work about the
mass OF riveted iron and brick. Efforts
were concentrated on clearing away the
debris, removing weak walls. drilling the
ohimneys and other parts of the walls for
blasting, and making the way safe for
the men to dig In the ruins for the bodies
scething mass of ruins today. The latest
No more bodies were taken from the
estimate tonight is sixteen dead. sixty
six missing and ffty-seyen injured. II Is
believed the men will be able TO proceed
with the gruesome search tomorrow with
more satisfactory results. Several FIRE en-
gines kept their stations all night long
throwing heavy streams of water on the
ruins. Occasionally a mass Of laines would
struggle up from some unnutlCed spot like
bubble and burst away as the streams
wers played on it. Through the day ex-
rlcsions OF gus punctuatod the continual
pumping OF the engines.
The scenes OF devastation In the lmIne-
diate vicinity OF tho 1re can scarcely be
Imagined. Broken aud blackened windows.
wrecked doors, smashed ratings, dirt aud
general debris surround almost every
house. Countless thousands OF spectators,
pouring from every street and avenue
and from every transit line that passed
hear the scene Of the great holocaust and
from the private carriages assembled.
packed the surrounding thoroughfares all
day pressing as close to the ruins as the
Restraining police lines would permit and
straining their eyes In the hope OF cntchlng
sight OF some CHASTITY part OF the spectacle
One hundred policemen held back the
crowd.
At intervals the lifting smoke hid the
fire engines putting almost solemniy aud
their silent attendants at their side Be-
yond. where all eyes sahght 10 reach. rose
standing * the hotel
warren II. Leih4lI. 49, p.@p. .etor OF the
windsor. has somewhat recovered today,
but was still In a feeble condition He IN
as yet unable to account for the origin Of
the fire.
1t was learned today that Albridge r.
Gerry had the building and the furniture
that belonged to the hotel fully insured.
and even the annual rental. for which he
Undermined himself with policies aggre-
eating $4,000. MIR Gerry carried policies
aggresating S505.00O on the building ana
had insurance Tor $4,000 on the furnlsh-
ings. In addition to this Mr.. Leland had
relicies asgregatirg 100000 on his own
furniture in the hotel. Most of the poli-
cies that covered the hotel we're written
with corporations that have their main
Offices IN other States than New York.
Mrs. Nancy Kirk. who lost her life, and
hen, daughter. Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins,
lost family jewels valued al more than
100000 There were scores OF other fam
lilies who lived In the hotel and who lost
Jewels worth thousands OF dollars.
Following is list of the dead from the
Windsor hotel corrected TO o'clock to-
Night;
Connolly. John, employee OF hotel.
Flanagan. Kate. chambermaid
Gibson, Mrs. Addie, Cincinnati.
Goodman, Eleanor Louise daughter Of
Samuel Goodman of this city
Grandy, Mise Lazelles. of Elizabeth City,
n. c.
Henry Mrs. MehitabIe. widow of DR..
Morris p. Henry.
Kirk. Nancy Ann. widow of James s.
Kirk. soap manufacturer Chicago.
Leland, Mrs. Warren, wife OF proprietor
OF hotel.
Leland, Miss Helen. daughter Of the pro-
prietor OF the hotel
Paddock. Amelia. Irvington N. Y.
sullivan Mary.
window.
Unknown pan, jumped from the roof;
body not recovered.
Unknown child. thrown from window b,
its mother.
Unknown woman. mother OF the child
Jumped from a hotel window; body not
recovered.
Unknown woman. Jumped from window
fonowing 10 a corrected list OF guests
missing.
Aneiin, Mrs. Mary. wife OF T. A. AnglIr
Of this city.
Adams. Miss f. s.
Bruit. Jane.
Bradley, Miss. Piainneld. N.
Royce, Flossie. daughter OF w. S. Boyce
Brush. Mrs. NJ. O..
Boyd. Mrs. and daughter
Clair, Mary. chambermaid.
Damrosch. Mrs
Dressier. Eva. chambermaid
Eagan. Miss
Fnrd
Fuller, Miss Margaret. daughter ~ A
". Fuller OF Philadelphia and sister Of Mrs
Thomas Carnegie Of Pittsburg
Guyon. Warren, elevator boy
lehman. Miss DORIS. Baltimore.
Jose. Miss servant.
Johnson. Mrs, D. w.
,oans.o1; Asxander B.. and wife New
Kelly. A,ice. sarvanf