Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-22
Five Bodies Recovered from
Windsor House Ruins.
None Of Them Recognizable, Being
Nothing But Fragments.
Move 10 Nave All Fire Traps in the City
at Once Demolished.

first body discovered, today, was That
of a female of small stature. The arms
and legs We're missing. 1t was first
thought it was the body of Miss Dora
Hoffman of Baltimore. woman 60
years old, who is among the missing.
Tonight. however, two employees of the
Windsor hotel called at the morgue and
claimed to identify the remains as
those of Mrs. Margaret AuZe of New
York City The men are William Cur
ran. parlor man at the hotc!. ana
james Trainer Hoth were positive as
To the Identification.
There are now five bodies AT the NOR
que. each tagged with a number. which
with the 10 known dead brings the list
Ia Il. The list of missing is still very
large. The injured at the hospital are
all recovering.
The unknown bodies are as follows:
"Rody. No. L. recovered. Monday.
male. legs. arms and head missing.
Body. No. .. recovered. Monday. w"-
man supposed to lie young. unrecogniZ-
able, on one hand part of a kid glove
with pearl buttons: black cloth button
on dress marked Made w. and X. Co.
extra" Supposed TO be an employee Of
the hotel.
Body, No. 3. recovered, Tuesday, fe
male. supposed to be about 60. small
statute. arms and legs missing. identi-
fled as Mrs. Nj. Auze of New York.
Body. No. 4. recovered, Tuesday. frag-
.a,,. 30 ,,,ho, ,n,o,.,. 70 ha v.o-
mans body.
Body. No. s, wholly unrecOgniZable
rho ,aas ,ra cone. u;tt nc, ron,.irs ~
.,rr,e fn,dad o,,ar ,ha hraast poav
ch,rr,d ,rd sbr;yo,,aa n about half ire
Natural siya rho te1.,h AFRO in exce,-
,ant cord;t;on No, tooth n,;ss;pp
Move ,re fiIIad ,rbev ,ra charm noint.
ed and .nnara,,lv those of !. woman
,rhev arc tho onix. noss;h,c mark Of
identification
Tho racoyni,ior of Mrs Margaret
Auze made Nv tho en,nloves of the
bota, TONIGHT seemed tn no very nosi-
,;ve Roth racoarized tho headed dress
mart of which remained. Mrs. Auza had
haep . o,,est ar tho hotel for IL wears
and Trainer said he always waited on
her in the dining room. He Identified
her bv tine nrominent law bones and by
the teeth Curran also recognized these
features
Mrs. Auze and Miss Dora Hoffman OF
baltimore were seen. il is said. to go
to their rooms on the fifth floor. short
lv before the fire broke out and il is
thought almost a certainty that both
persisted. .
A,,ho,.h tho n.,l ne c,aor;ne away
,h, aah,;s t. nrooracs;n. ,s an;aIy .s
nossih,a II saen,ed tonisht when tho
shift of 400 mon vas made that hut
,,a,.oa A. a,yor, ,.as ,,oda "a mi,
down tho cao.;o, Of tho roar vau h,,
n,aon, ~ y VIC ,,bi. hut tho c,hJa
hroke and Tho wal, ;s sin standing
Iinas ~ no,ioou,on ,re drawn al
,ronrd tho r,i,,s and Tia h;g crowds
that Gin sather arc kent off q long dis
,onoo rho .traots .hou+ tho r,,;ns ara
;r,nas.oh,o ord tho debris ;s ni,ad IN
, hoiobt of X or % foo, an tho 5th ave-
,,,o sido On tho am street eide tho
milo az debris ;s even moro formidahle
rho workman have cleared away con-
s;dor,h,e ~ ,he Debris for q distance
~ ,hont % foot toward tho interior
-, tha ,,,.s, ana "a q distarco down
nd ove,, this territorv to the ceiling
80 tt,> oa,,ar ,rba,, st,,cE of intervals
,,.hat a,noarodtohe . nort;tion of walls
ona tba, ore dircinr around them TO-
w,rd tho nround
me- sorvartc of tho botol uoro for
18th street side. and the workmen
have unearthed in this vicinity many
charred articles of cheap clothing and
cheap jewelry which evidently belong
ed to the domestics.
~ bot ,.-;tl hn
with which the work is progressing
it will be at least a week before the pile
will have been gone over. All during
the day and evening articles of more
or less value were brought 10 the sur
face by the workmen's shovels and
turned over to the police or coroner's