The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-05

tsntC Captain also very active We also observed
Captains Wiley and williams doing good service
| The Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department., Mr.
Carson, was using bis utmost efforts; aud, above
all and before all, zophar Mills the praise of
whom was on every tongue. He was am where and
every where where any thing to be done.
TIE Recorder (Mr. Talmsdge) was on the ground at
an early hour, and when It was sscertsipsd that the
ropes which used In removing the used
up, he on his account ordered coil Of Manila rope
for that purpose. In fact he unrsmtting in his
endesvor to release the unfortunate creatures who
| was expected were under the ruins.
As to Mr. Massl he at the scene Of the disaster
without interruption from the time Of the explosion
until the last. Were II not for the sxsrtons Of these
two gentlemen, have doubt that the loss Of life
would have been much greater than it is The entire
tremey servceabs In the promotion of order and aid
ing in removing the rubbish from the ruins IL Is need
less to partculsrze whom all seemed sctuatsd BY the
came generous end determined spirit
As the bedies were recovered whether dead or alive,
they conveyed to the Fourth Ward Station House,
in Oak street around which nle Of police stood TO
keep of the thousands who throngsd around TO ret
sight Of their friends, either killed saved, Who
we're attracted from curiosity to the mengsd and
charred remains Of the slain Some killed In the
beginning by the falling building; were killed
from exhaustion, or smothered, or drowned and some
were pcaded and some burned to cinder, presenting
the appearance of burned logs Some brought
to the City Hospital and some who only slightly
nen. 60 .ns'r homes: Those sasen ,, e. the
O'DoHnel r. w. Mcdonnell Underhill and j. Hilton
Or Trsphgen ef Pearl street In the early part OF the
paid every attention to the sufferers Brought
his drug store. Among them the two Smiths, Of
Frankfort street Every thing Ia his house the
service o the and his lady brought down the
At eleven o'clock there were some twenty got out Of
There we're .tir, at IL O'Clock, q number Of voices
heard under the ruins Their cries all the forenoon
were most piteoue.
xh. tb
either crushed TO death, or drowned, from the
immense quantity Of water poured In. At quar-
radet OF about forty years of age residing 1t
Brooklyn, badly bruised, belonging to the hat shop:
e 10 OF
street. Brooklyn, taken out by VIM. Story. Of Ne 4
Niagsr. En- CINE not much hurt A Eldr,dss Of the
but not IL Is hoped, dangerously These poor fellows
dripping with vet, and shivering f-srfully rhe
little boy stated there we're others alive behind hun
Towards two O'Clock, the multitude became very
great and in fact, all the day. though the cold was
The most tremendous excitement prevailed around
the tragic ecene-women tearing their hair and wiring
ing their hands, the dead, dragged from out the
ruins proved to be their friends relatives; while
others were In an agony Of suspense almost bad
One taken out of the ruins ct the rear after
almost super human exertions the part Of the re-
bssm.' and severed with piIs Of baeRs The beams
had to be sawed and the poor fellow kept waving his
hand which he had thrust through the aperture, In
token that he still survived. More than the fire.
had to stop and play upon the flames which rapid.
ly snerescbed upon the locality where the poor fellow
Jut as they we're accom- pshipg his nnA release the
ere behind and around him ragged nercsly, and the
be played upon it "oh stop TIL get him out-just
q minute we can stand 1.-THE maD's alive, the hre
men replied: And they did stand it, and saved the
man, though themselves mnch scorched and nearly
sutocated
Ne,t to this man, wedsed In an apgis between two
h. h. h..
forts Of the fremep, ultima at-iy rescued.
One Of these cried out, after eleven O'Clock that
he much hurt. but that they freezing him
with water Indeed, We wonder how the could
handle the brcks and work IA well they did for the
water froze most 40 soon ~ it fell
curious incident occurred In relation TO Gsradst
An cid about 65 years Of With his grsy hairs
streaming in the wind. and the tears runIing sosn
HE withered cheeks: said be sawa coat hanging =
burning beam that he thought his sons IL turned
ont TO be So and he thought he had surely p.rihed
AZ this very time the poor follow was In the station
house among the wounded.
Yourg Tiemsn proved himself as s;sry stated every
inch man; he did not give way to unnecessary terror
and make much nore when thus confined In the terrible
The Or. was elo,e to hi, feet which we're nearly I'm
movable, being anmed In the fallen tmbers, when The
nremsp, Story, reached him aud parsing TO the boy
sufferer mis- cap told him to put IL his face while
around Sim, for the purpo.e Of quenehss he flames
Tsmsn ala s directed and patiently awaited the hour
| OF deliversncs.
Several hremen had been ct work some time before
Story tered the hole, which low down. the
engine. In the part Of the building and II was
| only by slmost supeIhumsn exertions that he WAS
tnsly rescued The voices OF several OF his comps-
pons could be heard In the vicinity, most Of them
giving way to the impulses OF despair which the little
| asemept In his power. "wbats the OF cryiDggn
sso he "1he hremen are hard at work they'll get us
IL becsm. bscsprary to saw away large timber be.
fore he could be oeratsd and this and other efforts
none evibced q more ubninebing determination than
Zopbsr Mills, Esq, who was early upon the spot sad
worked with real and courage beyond ell praise.
liberation of the others who we're st living aud sbost
Q o'clock william Merritt was reached, and hke~iss
| taken te the station house
There stiil remained several others who could be
heard occasionally and among them tso boys, BY the
names Of Samuel Tindsle aud Thos Vanderbilt who
we're soon approached near enough to converse ~ith
They were buriea slmost down to the bottom Of the
cellar the coal and In close contact with the
gine not great distance from the spot from where
1iemsn had been released. Over them and ell around
them the burning timbers and hissng bricks Of
the building and 10 became frequently necessary pus
Of queuchipg and cooling IL sufisiently to alo- the
hrsmen TO lsbor yandsrbt Is said TO be ~ years old
and Tindsls 15 The brother Of the latter among
the .sg.r and excited crowd who straining every
for the reease Of the sufferers and through him
yuns Iind:s sent several % his mo,nsr .ho
poor victim "that am iivirg-ten her hope to get
out coon. and sh- must not worry" &o. ~ am up to
my meek In water" he replied to soms who ques-
toned him in regard TO bis situation and you must
stop that water or ,hall drown-there stick scross
my iess and cannot stir, Then sgaiu o. the aanss
spprosched him, he eempsiped Of being soorched and
~ the hose pipe directed the ere around
bis narrow pri,on be begged them TO dssist Tor the
water tcalded him.
The only way by which his position could be sp-
preached through side door opening towards the
yard and the rubbish had been sufficiently
ed 10 permit bis being touched With the haad BY reach
Ing In at small aperture. Through this, food and
drDk were paseed TO him; and finally, blanket o. he
occasionally complained Of being chilly lie appssred
TO be In good sprits although bis situation truly
horrible since 10 vss soon apparent that, In conse
eusnce of hss being jammed against some portion Of
the machinery, IL not poesbls TO extriosts hi0 In
that direcfior. He himself told tAoss Who thus
herocaly and increasingly lAboring for his deveance
that they nua besip at the top, and york down n
they wished to get him and his companions cut I"
And the course OF procedure ct last ressrted
IL was hercvlean task but amid the ever bursting
flames, and the hhndinR stifiibs smoke steam ana
sas, bisvely and manfuiy the nremen went 70 work
Their rrosrese was nscesssry sov, and the shades
evening fell the nearly superhuman courage OF the
poor fellow seemed, sss, partially 20 give vay tie
frequently ssio he uss cold and when Questioned In
regard 10 the others wkose sro-ips faint
er aud spgusbsd voices cess,ng, one By osehe said
i h. supposed that most OF them v-rs dead! There
q deed cloee beside him and he only nov and
| then heard one of the rect ~