New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-11
Corsrer,B lnQuisition.

Notbirg. perhaps, connected with this most dis
sstrous calamity which has visited our city, has
pretented to our view sUch scenes as those wit
messed this morning before the Coroners in1rs
ton. 1t is painfully true, that almost every Incl
dent ected wllh the fire and its qaences
has been Of the most lanentabe and deplorsble
character, but yet when we think Of the detected
CouBteuauces and deep and mpurnul Watin3s OF
parents IN search of their lost osprng, wives their
husbands, husbands their wives, sisters their bro
there brothers their sisters, children their parents,
and friends their dearest all, the reader may ina
CINE the trying moments those which occur bat
seldom in the SOW journey TO the valley OF death
Last evening Coroner Hass was called IN thu
North.co,t S,atonh house for the purpose of inves
iigati1g the causes which terminated the lives Of
FIVE persons. OIe Of th1m was y Dung and IN
teresipg girl OF -, named Abigail Caroline Drake,
daughter Of John Drah e, merchant In Commerce.
~. She had been ct schooi in Ne~st. aud after
the fire broke out rushed out t. see it, aud bat a
short time subsequently, she was laid 4 corpse in
consequence Of the xplOsOn.
Al the same place, in1uests were held upon the
bodies Of an uohnOwn white woman, an unhno IN
white eir, and two unknown bOyS. The bodies OF
these latter were go horribly burned as ~ leave not
the slis htest trace Of their identification. They
were however, all taken 10 the Green House.
This morning lie continued at the same place,
with the jury empapneled last evening consulting
Of htssfs Edmund Lewis, John II Bryant, j. @.
| GaTGIer, Michael bmltD, tOdfey L Deeierj anu
| held inquetts upon three other bodies. One was
an unknown white boy, aged about years, whose
| neck was broken in consequence OF some falling
! timber the other two were only part OF the body
and 60 much burned that it was impossible to re-
coenize even the color OF sex
From this place, around which was assembled
| about one hundre d persons, the Coroner and Jury
proceeded TO the Penns lva nis Hospital where the
| inquest was held upon Marcus ARGUS. This per
son was between II and ls years of age, aud the
| sight presented was trny terrific. Scarcely fea
tUre could be recognized so awfully was he barned
| and cfisped.
The next case was David Milford, man aged
"a years, who retided at No. 81 New Markets.
| Be was at the tire Of his death working with a
| side stream from the Northern Liberty Hose, %
" bich company be WA IN active member, in Wa
ter st. directly opposite the saltpeter establishment
Of heisrs John Brock & Son. Aztec the exp losiol
he was carried to bis residence suffering the NOS
intense pains from bis burning wounds received Al
that melancholy moment. He died at o'clock IL
the evening, and has left q wife and two children
TO mourn the LOGS of hind husband and father, anC
| the community good citizen.
TIE last case, or the fifteenth was the body OF &
| white mar, about 40 years Of age, burned about
the face. He was dressed in dark casinett panta
looms, check shirts. and had on 4 pair Of shoes
| From the description we have bad Of MIR, Tboma,
Donohue, who formerly resided in 10 Cressons
alley, we should not be at all surprised if he wa
| the person.
The Coroner postponed the further investiga,ior
of cases until this afternoon. when he will boil ar
inquest upon the body Of David May in KenSing
| ton. U TO was also killed at the fire.