The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-03
THE CENTRE STREET HORROR.
rAs wsrh Of Ess-rT lhsfu.ns Completed
md ftos. "a me Boy James
Re- An Kttcwrtd.
"A siclscning sight I'm the
station House.
Nothing Leit Of the Body but the Backbone
and Some Fragments Of Limbs.

and some IroSthouts VI LiMUbs
Sne work OF excavaung the cestre street RUNS
vas completed YESTERDAY aoraine, and the body
- the last victim Of Re irc, the boy James Bcv
hr. was recovered Business commenced promptly
% seven O'Clock under the direction OF Captain
Kennedy and sergeanss Loonie and Douglass. TIE
discovery Of the ave bodies ON Wednesday Left but
enc 20 be accounted for, aud strong hopes en-
tertsined that the painful duty othe pe'ce wosd be
brought 10 q speedy conclusion Thesuceess which |
lad attended, the work on ,he previous day a.
Wacted an unusually large crowd OF spectators |
yesterday, the opposite slde OF the street /
being Completely lined with people, who |
eagerly watched the progress OF the |
excavation. one conspicuous feature Of the search
wnlch was 10 be observed ON sunday snd the sue !
ceedma days was absent yesterday. The crowd OF |
relssivcs who had been present weile the bodies
Of the girls were buried An The ruins were mot
sherc. The weeping woman. whosc grief
and lamentations had lent such noarppnl
interest 70 the scene, ssd disappeared The re-
mains oi those loved ones were found and the
relatives were keeping the sad Vigil Of love ut their
homes and making prepsrstioss for the last tribute
Of duty and anecton 10 the deceased. The brother
81 young Bevins WAS the only one OF the many
ssiends oil
ras pRsp vscrms
Of Encouragement who was ON tho ground and fr
had not long 70 wsit before has patience met with
Ne seward.
The report received at tac statlon house late on
wednesday afternoon that two bodies we're
slssing---those of Elizabeth Hartford and Manuret
AcCarty--was suthoritstively oontrsd,cted yestcr-
1ay morning. Before the work lad proceea.d far
she police were informed that the two girk were
mot host in the hrc. was ssesrtsiued taat one OF
she girls who was reporting missing had been re-
sAing with her irlepds IN Philadelphia, she having
left the establishment some days previous 10 ne
Gre. Her place was supplied 0yoDc of the six girls
whose remains have been recovered. supposed to
DC Bridget McGrath. The other gui. Mccarty did
Aot work In the bookbindery, the foreman having
sscertaiDed that her name was not OF the bosss.
TAis intelligence relieved the police OF a gtst
a quantity oi extra work, a. the runs would have
had to DE completely gone overso make the search.
The TACT that NO account of tta missing girls had
been received until more than week after the
disaster occurred led the police TO oouhi the
that they had persisted In the IRE, anu the state
snents given yester day morning were satisfactory
enough to convince them that their doubts has been
correct.
THE woRKMEN COMMENCED OPERATIONS
near the vicinity OF the ruins where the bodies o.
s sh elrs mad l been found. and every portion Of
est trace of the remains OF human being could
DC disce rned; Paper. brick. stone and iron we're
removed until the space was completely CLEARED
when IL became evident that the search
for The he. remains ,.,,, Of the boy IN tn,s guar.
struggling OUTSIDE OF the building wtule the
confederation was at it's height, making DEEPER.
ate struggle Tor lie, IL Was supposed he might have
iallen INTO the ruins while passing throngh the
buildings ironfing on worth street. boz who
had been witness of the last enort for hfr In
formed sergeant Loonie OF the circumstance, say
Ing that IN al probability the BODY would be found
near the tower buried beneath the machinery
1he workmen In the meantime had commenced to
ccar the Constructions IN hont 81 No. NJ Centre
street, but Sergeant Loonic on receiving the Infor
NATION from the boy, directed a squad OF lem To
set to work near the.tower The task IN fhi. part
ei the ruins WAS peculiarly dangerous ono. The
tall tower was liable at any time 10 topIle over.
enc slightest agitation shaking u so that ~
Hembled TO the top The large tank was settling
down, and ifit once had fallen the masonry would
have gwen way with IL. and AL who worked be
Geath would have been buried abve.
THE MACHINERY was CoiLED
IN the brickwOrk and number ol tong beams
kere frozen In the front OF Lhe ruined edince.
dle Sergeant had hjs fears of the safety OF the
Sorkmen, but being afraid that the woTkmen
give expression 10 them he therefore kept silence
and being ANXIOUS TO have the business brought 10
speedy conclusion he assumed Ills inl snare OF
she danger, and the search WAS actively pre-
dressed with. The beams were cut away, TIE iron
bars were exuicated, and although the building
shook no part OF the masonry or bEckwork gave
way. The rubbish was then cleared rom the base
pi The tower, anu IA less than an hour 10 was neary
At half-past nine O'Clock the remains were found
anu terrible sight they presented. II was Thought
when tue bodies VI the girls were picked up thar II
would be inn possible Tor them to he more disngured
than they We're but the body OF the boy was In.
found directly at the base OF the tower, the face
lying downward. Part of "A backbone was first dts
covered by the horrified scarchegs The body lay
on heavy beam, TO which 1t had been fro1.n II
was 10 thicky imbedded In Ice aud s.apes that the
beam and It looked as II they were one suostahcr.
ACROSS the remains heavy twisted iron roo isy.
IL as supposed that when the boy fell
THE BEAN GAVE WAY
NJ Inc same time and when he reached me ground
the burning IRON tumbled upon him while yet
ising. The thought OF his agony is almost TOO
horrble to contemplate. The life slowly crushed
0di by the action OF the flames: his screams
drowned IN the hurried confusion around. power
less 70 move hand and limb, the Internal element
enveloped hun in ITS fiery embrace until the last
spark OF existence had been crushed out.
In ofder TO eXtrieate the body sergeant 1ocnie
was compelled to saw the beam away. Nearly ltalf
al hour was occupied in tnis work and then the
rtretcher to be conveyed TO The station house
portion OF the beam still chung to them, 80 artnv
crowd followed the strdtcher to The station sni NE
morbid curiosity OF the people was restrained and
they were driven back by the police. A. the work
found, Captain Kennedy determined 20 suspend
operations ana give the ruins into the hands o. The
lessees me workmen were consequently dis
missed and IN the afternoon they were paid on IN
the station They did their duty conscieniiousiy.
ana evidently rad higher object In view than %
earn their two dollars 3 day.
Before the work had concluded
AID AN ALARM OF FiRE,
gwen rom tenement house on Worth street
near the ruins, caused considerable excitement
their services were fortunately not required a.
the alarm was q groundless one. An Irishman
~shu hb pttter ublI Hau Defn .qNarfelnQ IN the
tenement house, and from words had come 20
blows. The vile threw pan OF burning meat az
her faithful spouse which hit him where about
ahe body. When he found ne Was burned he threw
app the window and shouted Fire AT the top %
ans voice. policeman gave the alarm and tho
arcmeD responded. They were greatly angercd
wien they found they had been called out on
huitless errand, and AZ the iYisIman had been
found he would have been cooled or by . couple OF
streams OF water.
When the body or the boy was bro.ght into the
station house II was taken 20 the aod stretched
upon me hO1rds where the other three had pre-