New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04
TIE ELM.STR.EET TRAGEDY.

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fft..ned q strange sDd ful,Uus aspect. Is, 0rder
VI deputy. SueeriDt' ndent Csrp-Dter, ropes we're
s,.tcbed aIost I'm tu Ct near Us iotsrsectt,n with
How a,d TT, et on the south and Grand the
pcrti. within which none bot policemen, G emen,
pete,s, and the laboTrs engaged ia excavsti1g tho
ruins, permitted :" enter.
An eager curious crowd, however, was eontinualy
sws,irg Outside OF tie ropes 10 spite of the cold
pess OF the day. snds Of the poorer cl'ssss stand
there for hours oseurrng the aud incidents of
tLet.iribe cis'rie' Whereby many Of their fellows
il Ioverty snd sofrring met II cruel iate.
The ruins Themselves were covered with force OF
l,bore en- lcy,d in The tack Of tearing up ana reno
ing The compactIy FROZEN a.hes plaster, bricks, aod
gene dLris The coDfagratop. 90 either tide the
Iai-gnited adjacent houres GLAZED wish pencent
iec cs which Jared dszziingy IN the sunlight.
The walks nno street hear by are a'so piled high
with ice, where the water from the engines froze the
,p.tsp it fsn. TIE mass of matter -fi the ste
the oestr,y cd tenemep hou-e is iWmebse, ard,
haze raid go d,ns., frozen that the ,ickS&es Of the
abce's made h,ile moie impressin On it than on 30
much een.ebi.
Iu the pre,ent condition Of things 1t impossibe TO
give with exBctDess the lumber Of persons injured.
Only portion OF them conveyed TO the Hospital.
A. those who were burned, maimed or almost suiIo-
cnled we've taken bud carried 10 Elm street, the
JesIdeDis OH each ride opened their doors ADD called
upon the bearers to bring them 10. Some taken
Tito the olug--t rs on o coroers OF Graud and Il
sud .ano sDd Crosby streets. Those VINO were oa'y
ehokeo h hnOke rom revived an1 We're not sent to
the Hoe p al. L. is ssd aso, that some WAC soe So
rious, iriuIec Ale st private house, i'll tne vicinity
OF NE fire.
mir. Carpenter has detailed men TO prepare full
staten ut of all that be discovered to who are
nIt sil g, wounded, destitute.
Dung The afternoon toree special squads Of work
ntn VeIe employ ed With srtat energy 10 dsgins up
Ibe debris with pcbs and -bOves, hopiog 10 mad aud
t.coguize tie mistiDg. There eorkmeu, 20 IA all,
were Oh the spot az the iDsrau OF Deputy supenn-
t.pdtnt CaJprpter bO considered tho circumstances
ss requiring the OF bis own responsibility
Their laboIs proved aboruve;; however, for long
tine and crow after crowd Of people came aud Went
Will out getting any SUBTRACTION until about O'clock
ybtn the hIm apparently 81 a woman, appeared
AMONG the asb.s auo miscellaneous ruins, being Nh ,
coser.o BY tie t squad Of abOer near 1t Elm street
A. msIy ~ could got srvnDd the epot, mud after
hathours more digging. two bodies we're exposed TO
vie ", and partially token ont. One appeared To be
that Of woman, judging from the see hoops which |
tncced ii and The other, being snaer, waseupposed
BE- OF her cbildIeo, from the fact that the two
bodits we've found together. Toe remains, however, |
scarce rrs, ubsd tbose Of human ben., and looked
much like tie DARK CO Crvd ashes and debris tsom
which ttey were being 'Xcavsted. Toe ltborers
ork.d csr.folIy with their shovels, and digging
srourdihe Mains, tie piece OF stataaIy represent
Ing limb and cross taken out IL Wa cleaued
aid reysItIily ilsc, With remains 10 a wooden box
as tie L. US spread OF the dcosery of some bodies
the crowd tuodrh]y INCREASED, and the police were
otht, Violently TO force buck tho people order
, i've tie " orb Capt. Williamson directed
be- reRalbs to be taken 10 the dead hoase OF Cy
Botti'al. Darkness after put end to ihe
search, and tie wo'k abandoned Tor The day.
A wooden box containing handbook aod some
snsn aItc es OF ewelry, the properly of man named
Gi, lore, u stone cutter oD Broadway. the oay
ttipg Of airy value picked up during the day.
The walls were what called tgels. -ihch vale,
snd .ppesr to have been sghtJ buir, il the pori m
now sfaboiDg Cob be raben criterion. One Of the
fire men prsheDt steu,d shocked al the appearance
oj he thel that be said the man who woald construct
.Lcb building Ynd then les il out 10 tenants, deseryed
har giDg great deal more than stephens did.
M,Dy the victims might have been saved, had the
la0de Of the compsDJts ben long enodgp 70 reach
h, M bpt be building was Elk -s high, beiog
IL, nj, winch 10 only 10 ct in length
During the ruhiug Of the Gre, the Gremen We're
snoet distracted perceive that they coud not make
even TN attempt 10 rescue the unfortunates WHO
ye,ishins before their eye. Que noble fellow, who
refused TO give bic name, but who badge no.
ISL is ssi have made the moot herculesn Efforts 70
save life; and, with the and Of insurance officer,
entered The building and handed out several children.
Never Lac the courageous, seleaeriteiug herosn OF
tie 6reneD Of New-Yoik City been oi-paye more
bobby thpn 10 their almost superbuman efforts at ths
conhag,atioD, and ut tue great fires preceding IT, which
have made the past few weeks trying ordeal for
The Department.
An'ye witness, Dir. Charles Etc, who lives at No.
KS Elm STREET iumt diaiely OPT osite the building dc
suoy,d ray that the FIRE originated in the back
OF the liquor store, on the fIft foor and in the
bakery, first supposed. This gentleman saved
Womb, who jun ed from the staircase, by catching
ler III his srus. h does not tnow her name Mr.
Etc iUrher says that the alarm was moi given until
fife MINUTES after the Gre was discovered.
LOSSES AND ASSURANCES.
Mr. Edmund Wsring il the Owner Of the tenement
h'uss. TIE building was srecn four years ago snd
ooei fh0 The only insurance. il Id 81 600 In the
RuieeIs Insurance Company. aost Of the oec lpants
lost hsir furniue. Their total l0ss, probably, is not
over s. GO. None are insured.
A twO-sOry frame boildiDR, No. IA Elm street, was
considerably dumsl cd, Mathew L. nrh corrupted tue
ppp,r part John Brow orcupied the 10 part
Tie sygieqate he's il about $An; Dot insurod. The
tuidiDg, owned by Mr Bro~D, WIS damaged about
S5Lc; usund. hI. Brown occupied frame bulldog