The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-20
But the Ruins Do Not
Give Up the Dead.
WINDSOR'S VICTIMS
Still Buried Beneath the
Fallen Walls.

| New York, March 19-In a drizzlint
rain, more than two hundred men con
tinued to work today among the de
bris and smouldering ruins of tn
Windsor Hotel. searching for the bod
les of persons who persisted IN the
flames, and to recover any valuabeE
! that might have escaped the ravages
of the fire.
Tie efforts of the searchers were fu
tile, however, as the ruins were too no
for the men to make much progress
and the smoke arising from the burn
ing material was rendered more dense
by the dampness of the atmosphere.
AT intervals during the night, flames
burst forth from the burning embers
and drove back the workmen. The
work Of demolishing the fragmentary
portions of walls on the east and nortl
sides of the burned building was begun
this morning, and later the work OF
removing the rubbish was pushed as
vigorously as was practicable.
The fire lines are more rigidly kept
today than ever before, and all per
sons without a special permit were
kept outside. During the day work
men We're engaged in picking to pieces
the siX-story wall that is standing on
the %5th street side of the hotel site. in
order to make the search III the ruins
safe.
The second eighty-hve foot chimney
was dynamited shortly after O'Clock
this afternoon, The explosion wrecked
number Of plate glass windows and
doors in nearby residences.
A large force Of men were at work
during this afternoon, on what was
the main entrance to the hotel. 1t
was expected that bodies would first
be found there. A large number Of
small articles, principally personal
property of guests, was found, such as
silver back mirror, with the initials
j. H. p, and silver back hair
brush with the same initials.
Daniel Sweeny, the emergency wreck
er Of the building department, and
three men, had q narrow escape from
injury and possibly death about J
o'clock. The four men were on top
Of the six-stoTy wall, which was stlll
standing on the 47th street rear cor
ner of the hotel, tearing it down. A
stiff north wind blew UP rather sud
denly and Sweeny felt the wall tremb-
ling beneath him.
SWeeny cried out a warning, and the
men hurried from their dangerous
perch. They were just outside the
danger line when q great section of
the wall, 30 feet or more square, and
including that portion where they had
been working. went down with a roar
A portion of it fell on the roof of the
house back of the hotel, wrecking the
roof. The house had been emptied by
order of the building department, and
nobody was injured.
The funerals of Mrs. Warren F. lie
land and Miss Helen NJ. Leland. wife
and daughter of the proprietor Of The
Windsor Hotel. who died from injuries
received at the fire, were held today
at the Church Of the Heavenly Rest
Rev. d. Parker Morgan officiating Mi
and Mrs Abner Mckinley, w. S.
Hawk, and G. Wetherbee and a Few
other friends of the family were pres
ent AT o'clock the bodies We're taken
to the Grand Central station and sent
to Chicago
There were two large baskets Of
Easter lilies near the caskets, the gifts
of President and Mrs. Mckinley. Mr.
Leland and his son. Charles w. Lee
land accompanied the remains to Chi
cago. The interment will take place
there Tuesday