The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

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TEE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE

REGENT'S-PARK.

LATEST PARTICULARS-RECOVERY OF

MORE BODIES—THIS DAY.
The dragging for the recovery of all the bodies
of those who perished by the breaking of the
ice on Tuesday was resumed this morning, but stir(
under the greatest difficulty. The sharp frost
during the night had re frozen the water, which
had been to a certain extent cleared off yesterday,
so that it bad again to be broken this morning
before the drags could be got into efficient opera-
tion. To facilitate the labours of the men of the
Royal Humane Society and the park keepers, NO-
.0
were the principal parties engaged in the different
boats, permission was given to every person who ap_
plied for it to remove the ice from the parks and
between 20 to 30 persons soon appeared wi'..tt their
horses and carts, which they quickly filled with
large pieces, and drove off, and as quia_ty returned
for more. The sight of so many earls laden with
IC3 was the signal for every person who had a means
of conveyance at hand, and who felt so disposed, at,
once to engage in the pursuit, and at noon a vast
number of street hawkers brought their vehicles to
the water's edge and loaded them with ice, which
was retailed to the tradesmen in the neighbourhood
at about 35. per load. Costermongers attended
with their barrows, which they also filled ; and al-
together the scene, although associated with such
melancholy recollections, was one of much bustle
and activity. As the ice could only be taken from.
the edges of the water, it was very peculiar to witness
the different modes adopted by the industrious crowd
to (detach portions from the large sheets floating
about, far beyond the reach of the poles they were
using for landing purposes. In many instances a
141 b. weight, attached to a strong rope, was the
most successful mode, as when it was thrown high,
in the air and descended suddenly on the ice it nit
only broke off very large pieces, but the rope falling
across the piece broken off, a ready means wad at
once found of bringing the frozen mass to land..
After the drags had been at work for about an
hour this morning the bodies of two young ',nen were
brought to the surface of the water, ani.l.t conveyed
to St. Marylebone Workhouse, followed by a very
large crowd of persons. Neither had been identified
at the time our reporter left. The scene during the
removal of the bodies of those who have been
identified from the dead-house of the workhouse is
heartrending.
Thousands of persons still remain round the dif-,
ferent entrances of the workhouse, but for whet
purpose no person seems able to explain.
The attendance of spectators in the park is by 'no
means as great as yesterday, but very few persons
now occupy the rising ground to the north-east of
the scene of the accident, and which yesterday was
covered with human beings. A bitter ;cold biting
wind sweeps through the park, and few persons
seem to have the courage to incur the penalty inac-
tivity is sure to inflict.

The police are now in attendance in great force,
and appear, by their over-zeal now, to make up for
their tardiness when the accident first occurred, and
when some cool judgment was required.

The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester-
day eveniiNZ:--

Dr. Lankester, the Coroner, commenced his in-
vestigation into the circumstances connected with
this terrible accident in the Board-room of the
Marylebone Workhouse this evening at 5 o'clock.
The jury having been sworn, the Coroner called
upon the officer of the court to read the list of the
names of the persons whose bodies were now lying
in the dead-house, which was as follows :

Mr. Macintyre, 48, Highbury-crescent, Islington,
Mr. Wm. Smith, 6, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square.

Thomas Harvey, jun, 38, Springfield-place, Leeds
—residing with friends at 56, Torrington-square.
_ .

Charles Jukes, 8, Dorset-buildings, New-street-
mews, Dorset-square.
11. Wodehouse, Esq., Bedford House, Tav istock-
square.

Mr. James Crawley, 28, Sherborne-street, Bland.
ford-square.
E. C. Luckman, Esq., 2, Mount-pleasant, Clerk-
en well.

Born, 12k years, "Lord Palmerston," Hamp-
stead-road.

James Griffin, 20, Lincoln-court, Drury-lane,
orange vendor.

W. Parkinson, 10, Phoenix-place, Somers-town.
J. Bryant, 9, Church-lane, St. Giles's.
J. Woods, 73, Chiswell-street, Finsbury.
R. Haarwick, 5, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
John Whately, 25, Gower-place, Euston-square.
Edward Thinley, butler, 17, Hanover-terrace.
Henry Hardiman, 16, Maisdon-street, Phillip's-
road, Somers-town.

Thomas Harris, 156, Camden-road-villas.
Henry Gambell, 32, Layton-road, Kentish-town.
Lieut. E. C. Scott, Haverstock-hill.
Mr. Stevens, 91, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
Mr. Wake, No. 4, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-
road.

W. Waite, 5, Mecklenburg-street.
James Mitchell, 25, Munster-square.
Charles Smith, Cumberland-mews.
John Edw. Claridge, 47, Union-street
John Vincent, residing with Mr. Burrows, 2,
Richmond-road, Barnsbury.
George Rhodes, Charlotte-street, Portland-
town. •

Edward Pullman, 58, Buckingham-road, Kings-
land.

H. Chadwick, Maldon-road.
J. Justice, Unsworth-mews.
John Broadbridge, 10, Little Exeter-street.
William Davis, 70, Moraington-road
The two latter being those of the unfortunate
persons conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital. There
have been up to the present hour 34 bodies reco-
vered, viz., 10 last evening and 24 to-day, but the
above are those only who have been identified, and
who are included in the coroner's inquiry.
The Coroner said he proposed on that occasion
merely to open the inquiry, in order that the friends
of the deceased might remove the bodies and bury
them. He should require the attendance of the
jury on Monday, to which day be should adjourn
the inquest, after the identification.
It was suggested by one of the jurors that Satur-
day would be the better day, 'as there might be
a great many more bodies brought in before that
day.
The Coroner thought under all the circumstances
Monday would be the best day, and the inquiry
would of necessity last a considerable time.

Another juror urged that Saturday might be
fixed, because, unfortunately, the number of bodies
recovered to-day held out no well-grounded hope
that the same number or more would not be re-
covered to-morrow.

The Coroner hoped it would be so, and thought
it would be for the ultimate convenience of every
person that the inquiry should be resumed on Mon-
day.

The jury then proceeded to the dead-house
to view the bodies, and a more melancholy
spectacle cannot be conceived. The grief of the
scene was heightened by the number of sorrowing
relatives who now attended as witnesses to identify
the bodies.

On the return of the Coroner and the jury to the
board-room a number of xsitnesses were called who
spoke to the identification of the boles, after
which the inquiry was adjourned.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

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(This Day.)
Market rather firmer. Sales, probably 10,000 or
12,000 bales.

The Earl of Coventry has left Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, for Ashdown Park.
Viscount and Viscountess Powerseourt have
arrived in town from Ho'khan' Hall, Norfolk.
The Countess of Leicester and Ladies Cok.3 have
arrived at Farranee's Hotel from Holkharn Hall, Norfolk.
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. St. George Foley,
tti
General Hagart, and Sir Henry Edwardes have joined the
circle assembled at Deene, 04 a visit to the Earl a k
Countess of Cardigan,