The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-31
CIGARETTE BLAMED
FOR HOTEL FIRE IN
WHICH I3PERISHED
Hundreds View Bodies in Ho.
boken Morgue in Search
for Kin or Friends.
FOUR INQUIRIES BEGUN.
Seven Women and Six Men
Dead-Four Bodies linden
tiHedAMan Goes Insane.

The death to-day 81 Miss Blanche
Kahler. thrty-elEht years old, Of
No IS Madison Avenue. Jersey city
Increased 10 thirteen tho number Of
fatalities caused by 'hc fire early
yesterday in the Colonial Hotel. Nos
80 and Al Newark Street, Hoboken.
Miss Kahlcr had been found in
room 20 OF tho hotel after the fire
was practically out. She was taken
20 st. Mary's Hospital, where she
died without regaining consciousness.
Nine Of the persons killed in the fire
have now been identified The latest
was Irene Woertz twenty-five years
old, OF No 324 nth Avenue, Irving
| ton, N. J. Tho bodies Of two mon and
two women killed in the TIRE have not
yet been identified.
County Prosecutor Pierre =. Garvcn
declared to-day he would conduct a
thorough investigation into the man
ner in which the hotel was conducted.
n any violation OF the law was shown,
he said. the owners managers and all
responsible would be prosecuted. Mr..
Garven also is seeking TO learn
whether any policemen were involved
in possible violations of the law at the
hotel.
Mr.. Garven has three detectives
working on the case, led by William
J. Charlock head Of the Homicide
Squad In addition, Investigations
arc being conducted by the Coroner,
Director Of Public Safety and Fire
Chief SO far, 1t was said by FIRE
Chief Gildea. no violation OF the fire
laws had been disclosed. It is he
lieved the fire started from a cigar
cite dropped by man or woman
who loft room No. - shortly before
the fire. II was near an air huc,
which accounted for the rapid spread
Of the names
Mayor Griffin Of IIObokcn sLid to-
day that the Fire and Police Depart
ment Investigations had been pracu-
cally completed and that no violation
either OF the fire regulations or the
tenement house laws had been re-
veaIed. He declared, however, that
ne would call conference OF the
proper authorities at once to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY OF drafting strcter
regulations 10 prevent such a fire in
the future
Besides Miss Kahler and Miss
Woertz the identified dead are:
GREY, DAISY. twenty seven years
old. No. S21 Pacific Street, Jersey City,
divorced wife Of Charles May.
LINKE, HERMAN, forty-two, No.
SIG Grove Street Irvington, N. J.
LOGAN, FRANK. thirty six, truck
driver, single, No. 221 First Street,
Jersey City. occupant of room No. 20.
PETERSON, HESTER CON-
STANCE. twcnty-slx, No. $50 doth
street, Brooklyn.
RIKER, JOSEPH, twenty mine, No.
100 Oak street. Jersey City. He
served in France with New Jersey
regiment.
SCHUMACHER, MRS. MARY,
ond street, Jersey CITY.
SNYDER, ELMO c., twenty-eight,
No $50 SD Street, Brooklyn, b. r. T.
Inspector.
These are the descriptions OF the
Unidentified dead:
W. nan. about forty, 8 feet Z inches,
$50 pounds, ,wn or auburn hair,
goi1 capped teeth at right and lef. .
upper jaw, gold rims. set with white
81 ~o- on third finger Of l.rt hand
Man, feet inches, $50 pounds,
three gold teeth in upper jaw.
Man, about forty, feet 6 inches,
100 pounds, gray eyes, black hair,
partly bald, good teeth. gray union
underwear.
Woman. 8 feet s inches, $50 pounds,
gold bridgework in upper jaw con-
taining Ave teeth. one broken tooth
left Of lower jaw.