The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-23

III "'o SHOWS that II person
were killed and possibly Is, witho,
attempting to speculate on the bodi,
IN the ruins. Forty persons missin,
flity-two names are in the list OF /,
)ured whose whereabouts are lnovvr
O Three fire engines and a bundro
pohcemen remained all night ahou
the burning building. Those eneinc
poured SIX large streams of water q,
the bames, which would start up at in
'erVais in spite Of the firemen. LittI
| explosions occurred every once in ;
"hiie from escaping gas, the pine
naving been smashed all over the lowe,
part OF the building, the only pari thai
was left. Citizens were kept a block
away from the ruins. as pieces of wal
were falling every now and then and
there was danger that the portion of
wall at the back of the building and
that on the 10th street side might fall
at any time. The bit of wall on tho
soth street side tapered IN
""" sIlII neld two
chimneys in place. 1t was pulled
down during the day. The wall on
the rear side, seven stories high. was
still standing, but it looked as though
II might fall with the first stiff breeze
Ihe wall on the 47th street side was
ABOUT two stories high, and that in
'front.' on Fifth avenue about the same
height. The walls had breaks in tbo,n
and had jagged tops, adding to the
hldeous appearance of the ruins behind
them, which smoked and steamed and
emitted bad stencil.
Fifth avenue and 10th and 47th
streets were impossible. They were
covered with debris from the walls Of
the hotel and in many instances Aag-
stones were broken by the great crash
OF stone and brick.
The home of Helen Gould. on the
northeast corner of 47th street, was
surrounded by Gordon of police all
night and morning, while detectives
guarded the interior. A policeman ac-
companled every person who entered
the house. Beyond few windows b. {
ing broken, the house was scarcely {
managed at all, except very slightly on {
'op where the fire caught Friday. The I
Interior was in great confusion. All t
bodies and all the injured had been t
aken away. Miss Gould and her f
'rother Frank slept in the house all t
light. O
The surviving daughter of Warren j,
'eland, Fanny, remains at the resi- Il
ence of ex-Gov. Flower. She is pros fl
rated by the calamity that has fallen il
n the family. Warren G. Leland, ir.. P
lated emphatically Saturday morning e
lat though his father is prostrated w
18th grief, he is not at all insane as IL
al been reported. "He is grief I'll
ricken, but sane as he ever was" said Sc
'ung Leland. NJ
lie added that he thought the books tn
the hotel, including the register. in
uld be gotten at some time Satur- su
y; also, the safe, in which there was Gil
nsiderable money and valuables of tn
ose staying at the hotel. The regis me
Will be invaluable in clearing up tn,
list of dead, missing and in niured eve
A. Minis, of this city, said he W
mt to the hotel Friday afternoon ar. JU
ing at o'clock. He went up in the
vator to go TO the rooms of Mr.. and -
S. Henry Wichelmann, who are
Ssing. AT the third floor he and the
er persons in the elevator heard the &
'uts OF fire, and the elevator stopped flo,
he third floor. He got out and ran the
the front of the house to fire es- in I
c. AS he passed the end room he hea
a man, a stranger, and one who bur
not appear to be guest of the Mr.,
sc, grabbing up valuables in the TIL,
N, like miser. He said he was ed
'upded at the sight. dav
caught the man. SAID Mr.. Minis" said
said: "Why don't you try to save New
c lives instead of robbing dead peo- the
The man turned his face to me goin
gave me look that seemed to II Moo
irderers. Then he dashed out He field
about 29years old and dark. Pm to NJ
he was not a guest of the hotel" recei
hn Mcclure, of this city, was look not
for his niece, Mary Clair, who is 23 unde
S old, and was employed as a cham abou
laid on the sixth floor of the hotel. alive
had seen nothing of her since the La
says:
REVISED LIST OF DEAD. Sund
IN Connolly, employe of hotel, Hote
at Flower hospital; Mrs. Addie Altar
IN, 35, Cincinnati. o., shock, died T.
lrray Hill hotel; Eleanor Louise U,,
nan, II, daughterof Samuel Good torra
of this city, died at Bellevue hos of n
Miss Laselles Grandy, of Eliza d;d .
''y' Az vs. "eIe ou s"oPP'he and f;
burned to death; Mrs Maurice p. bove
: u '"is 'i'y' ""' oie" a' Hoose' in the
los pital at % o'clock Saturday ,,ossoe
ng from burns and injuries; ,ors n
Ann Kirk, widow of James S. train