The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-02
THE MORGUE YESTERDAY.

THE MORGUE YESTERDAY.
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Its DesoIafe Appearance and Solitary Ten.
ant-The Sightseers Ceasing to Attend-Thc
Hospital ana the SuMerers-Sympatby
Among the misunderstanding to Routine
Scenes mt Some Of the Victims Homes.
The weeping and mourning which filed the heavy
air in and around the Morgue on Sunday and Mon
day were not TO be heard yesterday. A crowd Of
some hundred persons might be seen yesterday az
ternoon at the intersection Of Third avenue and
Twenty-sixth street. but they were mere idle sight.
seers or people passing along the avenue on BUSH
ness, who stopped moment to look down at
THE HOUSE OF DEATH.
Only an odd visitor to the Morgue troubled the
officers duty with questions about some missing
friend or relative. Around the house itself every
thing was quiet. Within only one slab was occupied
and this corpse one Of the Westded victims.
All OF these had been removed at an early hour in
the forenoon The contrast was striking between
the sad scenes OF Sunday night and Monday, when
the
MOST SOLEMN GRIEF
known to mortals was here publicly exposed to OBJ
servation. 1t like the returning OF ordinary
routine after the extraordinary excitement OF the
previous days, that the gloomy room seemed moro
unearthly in its loneliness than even when ten
though weeping eyes, But those who had seen the
mournfu sights and heard the outpOuring OF grief
stricken men and women over the cead could not
help recalling the scenes they had witnessed, and
following In thought to other places those whose
mourning was but beginning. No eye could have
seen the
RECOGNITIoNs OF THE DEAD VICTIMS
by relatives ana friends and still lack outpourng
sympathy both for the dead and for the living. But
in this busy life. when people hurry onward ever
and seize only for the moment each passing event,
no matter how appalling 1t may be- they remember
when the wonder ceases only that it was terrible
occurrence and seldom think of those who have
been widowed, orphaned or deprived Of relatives
and friends. Few who visited the Morgue during
the two days Of investigation likely to forget its
dismal surroundings or to connect its name with
other than recollection OF horrible scene.
REPLETE WITH NAKED aHAsTLINEss
and prompting to an acknowledgment OF how poor
humanity is. There was sympathy enough mani
tested on all sides for those who were suffering
either themselves or for others; but this passes
away, and even yesterday there was not want Of
evidence to show that people considered the sad
sensation at an end. Persons who had never seen
the Aorgue before entered 1t to see the place where
THE DEAD HAD LAIN.
and viewed its bare walls and slabs and the protect
ing glass partition with morbid awe which was
not concealed. The co1lns which are In the outer
house, encasing the bodies for which permits Of
burial have not yet been received, also formed Oh
jects OF curiosity, but decomposition has set in
rapidly, and the vicinity OF these was enveloped in
f9td atmosphere. visitors soon hurried away,
HON HORRIBLE WAS THIS DISASTER.
For ne e. prs 81 sn Inc e ane
being the only object OF especial curiosity TO those
whose friends were stu IN Bellevue Hospital and
vChO had felt "
had had the dread OF the Morgue from the begin
ning the desolate place still seemed to them as #
yawning for more tenants. A few OF the friends OF
those who were coilned there appeared about the
place at times on business; but the sight OF the
the bare stone floor and the dripping water on
THE SOLITARY CORPSE
with melancholy feeling depicted in their faces
Towards evening there was scarce soul to be seen
moving around, except those on duty, and the fee
deathliKe Stiffness and the pattering of the water
were IN full accord with the death purposes or the
the recent disaster It Is satisfactory to know that
the OF the Morgue, in connection with the West
field victims is nearly over Tor 1t is hoped that ex-
cept few very bad cases all those now In Bellevue
"N' ''-'' THE WARDS IN BELLEVUE,
in which the Westfeld patents are located, shows
that here, too the worst Is over and that antcipa-
tons now may take the hopeful side and not as
heretofore oe confined to counting up the number
poor fellows still suffering great pain, though Inn.
proving rapidly the serious ,, nature OF
bedside, and evidences Of means whereby pain
might be allcuated were seen on every side. But
there still two who Will die and there
OTHERS WHO MUST SUFFER LONG
before recovery There is no complaining among
them, each one bravely bearing his fortunes as best
he cam thankful that ne she has not met with the
worst late Of all. Yesterday few more left the
hospital for their homes and probably others Will also
to those who were called by duty among them, and
the Of y as A%ons me ,ss
sufferers who still live there Is
and they have afieved screy as eacn corpse was
taken away. In the hospital, In tile Morgue or in
is m ~ pss " Is the a%s more sSt q @
. SS,n ne sna' @ s'%s PSSs
ny naw sights s
al9 the Morgue have furnished much PROOF Of
this and from what has been seen
IN SOME OF THE RESIDENCES
OF those who have been taken home, where grief is
not so much checked as In public places the sights
most painful to witness. The stories collated OF
occurrence give some idea OF what agony OF aiflc-
ton has entered lnlo the homes OF nearly TWO nun.
dred families. The breaking OF life ties the loss Of
children, the sudden snatcning away OF ali most
dear can easily be imagnedto bring mp
TIE MOST ExuAUsTLEsS SORROW.
But though these scenes may be imagined they
Ordinary deaths call forth no such emotion as has
this sudden wholesale slaughter, and we, who have
to see them again. Yet the public pulse is beginning
already To beat more evenly, the hospital Is only
known as the place where the victims lie suffering,
and the MorRue Is
THE DEsOLArE. DREAMY BIER
upon which the bodies rested Tor time. The nor.
rbe scenes OF the disaster were almost TOO numer-
tcu!ar victlins case that the calamity can be mea
sured and It's memory properly retained
TIE BOILER QUESTION.