New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-12
Coroucr's fnQuest.


The inquest upon the eleventh victim Of the fire
was bel at the house Of Hiram Chester in Costes-
st below Sixth and the unfortunate sufferer
proved 20 be lad aged 10 years, named Jesse
Gillian Jr. The history Of the death OF this boy.
and the severe trial OF bis mother, during his
fathers absence at Trenton N. is, indeed,
heart rending. 10 the afternoon Mr.. Chester weat
down 10 the scene OF the conaagration, aud whie
beholding the sublime bat destructive view before
him, remembered that his bro,herin law, Mr. Cd
lam, resided in the immediate vicinity. In Sim
mons Court and was out OF the city. He in ne
olately went over and found the house already IL.
nlted by the flames, and at once advised Mrs Oh.
lam and her little son and daughter to go to his
house. They went and after eating their go ppers
retired to bed about 10 o'clock. In the meantime,
Mr. Chester had been again at the fire. and by ,he
time be returned, the whole OF the property With
all the household goods, were destroyed. Just be-
fore retiring himself with bis wife, Mrs. Chester
thought she would look out a. the fire. and as she
did 90, imagined she observed something lying on
the pavems ut below. She attracted the attention
of her husband, who went down stairs, aud there
found the little boy stretched out dead. He had
fallen from the third story chamber OF the house,
in which he had been put to bed along with his
cousin, Mr.. Chesters son-having evidently got
up for the purpose OF going into his mothers room
for a drink and missing his way, the house being
suangeFor else fell out while In somnamoulic
state. The Jury decided upon 4 verdict Ia this
case in accordance with the above.
The Green House was then proceeded toward.
and upon arriving at that spot IL was almost con-
pletely besieged with men, women aud children,
a. xious to get glimpse of the corpses removed
thther for recognition, thinking il quite likely soma
missing member of their family could be found. The
scene wss appalling, and such a. caused q thrill Of
bOrror 10 como over US, as we looked over the as
sembled mass, and heard their bitter lamentations
for the loss Of departed friends. The frst persoa
20 tha If tha inrv " IN tha BODY of 4
young female, aged - years, which was suose'
auently recognized by Mr. Lawrence Mckee,
samaher, who had lost bis all by the calamity.
having re sided at 1893 Front st. The daughter vas
named Ellen Teresa, and just before the explosion
was observed by him in front OF the door with her
little brother, Samuel, aged years, who IL also
missing. At the same exciting moment another
daughter Mary, also disappeared, and has not bsea
heard Of 1t 10 presumed that they, too, have falsu
a prey TO the ravages Of the devouring element
The body Of Ellen was SO awfully burned and mutt
lated that to render the features perceptble was
almost impossible However, Mr.. Mex claimed
the dece ssed offspring as his own, RON the Pecd-
liar shoes she had on, and q mark on her head. Ma
one can have the most distant idea OF tho feel
ipgs Of this heart rending picture, amid the rawlings
| of heart broken fsther. Mr.. Mckee informed az
that out of six children, which were all in good
| be ath and spirits at the dinner table yesterday,
one half of them has thus been torn from him, aud
| the ties which so firmly bound together that little
| family were burst asunder in 80 short period
| Another was recognized az d Irotby Hand, aged
about 25 years. Upon her shockingy lscerased body
were nine wounds, that would cause the reader to
| shudder II they had witnessed them; We pass
| over To the next, which was an unknown white
womap IS years of age The body OF this person
was not so badly burned, outwsrdy, bat il was
thought that her injuries were received princip lily
from fright and other causes, arising out Of the ex'
plosion.