New-York tribune., 1876-12-08

menced an investigation. Preparations Tor the
private interment of many bodies were begun
yesterday and the arrangements for the burial
of the unidentified, at public expense, will
probably be made to-day.
PROGRESS OF THE MOURNFUL WORK.
FEW ADDITIONAL BODIES FOUND IN THE RUINS
YEsTERDAY-THE nIDEoUs CONTENTS OF THE
AoRGUEs-THE sORRow-sTRICKES STRIVING TO
IDENTIFY RELATIVES AND FRIENDs-A COR
oSER's JURY IMPANELED.
The reports published yesterday Of the extent of
the appalling calamity in Brooklyn caused by the
burning of its principal theater were unhappily
little exaggerated. The actual number lost will
probably never be known; for in many instances
mains reduced by the fire TO single charred
bone, while in the process OF digging for the bodies
the limbs OF some separated and scattered until
there were means Of finding out where they be-
loBged. An entire coffin full of such fractions of
bodies was collected yesterday afternoon. The
police kept tally Of the number of boxes removed,
counting each box carried out on Wednesday as
o single body, and they thus recorded 2i0 as
the full number recovered. But twas subsequently
discovered that the workmen in the pit of the the
aterOr the charnelhOuse it has since come to be
called-oftep placed two, and sometimes three
bodies or remnants of bodies in single box; and
hence a discrepancy exists between the reports OF
the police and Of Coroner Simms. The statement
OF the latter as officially made to the jury i'm
pancled Yesterday gave the number of bodies re-
covered and deposited IN the Morgue in NlllOughby-
ST. and the improyised Morgue in Adams-st, at 2oy'
or eight below the estimate in The TRIBUNE yes
terday morning. To this number few may yet be
added but this is not probable; il Is ardenty hoped
and fimly believed that the aggregate will cyontu-
ally be reduced instead Of augmented.
The further examination Of the ruins was con-
timed Yesterday by relays OF laborcrs employed in
place Of the fircmcn and police. Both these forces
were almost exhausted by the continuous hard toll
Of two NIGHTS and nearly two days, and yesterday
afternoon the 18th Regiment state Guard renewed
the police on guard dnty, and hired workmen con-
tinued tho labor Of exploring the runs lor Other
bodies Besides the box of scattered limbs only lour
bodies were recovered yesterday subsequent to the
discovery Of the remains of the two actors. Claude
Burroughs and IT, $. Murdoch, who perishod in or
near their dressingroons.
The two Morgucs were crowded yesterday both
within and without The coroners wisely made it
incumbent on all persons wishing to view the re-
mains to apply at their Office for passes. The line or
gueue of applicants stretched for two blocks from
their Offices. and during the entire day was con-
stantly lengthening. Before noon il was composed
almost entirely of those having personal interest III
the sad task of looking upon the dsigured dead, for
the merely curious soon dropped out of the line, un
willing to wait patiently their turn TO obtain pass
only after close questioning by tile coroner Many
persons standing in this line were observed 10 Do
weeping silently, and the looks OF all were Oh
that saddoncd character which betokened Iear VI
loss of friends and relatives. Those VINO obtained
asses hurried to the nearest Morguc in Adams-st.'
and thence. when unsuccessful in their search,
FASTENED 10 the Morguc at Canton and Wlliough-
by-sts. Gordon Of police at each place kept Dack
the surging mass Of curious people OF all ages ana
sexes who filed every part OF the street "Hnin'
the scenes were Of the most painiul oeScrIP"o"'
CHASTITY arrays OF chared bodies in all Attitudes pe
tokcnina the agony in which they died; women
sobbng as if heart-brokcn-and men' too-o''r
remnants Of humanity utterly unecognzabc save
by jcwelry or keepsakes, or body marks iodhu upon
them; undertakers and their assistants crowdllg
and cramming distorted figures into boxes iii"
collins, and conveying them to rude hearSeS
and wagons outside; black robed priests
and Sisters Of Charity aiding here to conceal
repulsive dcforInities wrought by the ilameS ana
there TO console hearts more broken than the poor
bodies were; callous police keeping order where IL
seemed chaos must naturally come agaiil-thcso "h"
like incidents 0nd scenes were the hiarkeu chai".
teristics of the horrible hours within tDe chare,-
houses Many bodies were removed rom each
Morgue during the day, but enough remained las,
nj ght to make the spectacle at each trlghIii poyo"
endurance. There were no means Oh proNon'inS
early putrefacton of the bodies left lying there ana
at midnight last night the smell was almost uieh-
durable. Some disposition of these reinalhs-they
cannot be longer called bodies-wl have 10 DC h'''o
TODAY or tomorrow or dangerous results to health
may be the consequences
Coroner Simms yesterday impaneled jury "pu
they viewed the remains and the rrns ana oDIaiheu
some information concerning the Hlsa5ter' Dut IL
will be several days before they can arrive at any
conclusion IA to the cause of the calamity.
The search for the bodies has now ended practi-
calIv and for the future tho chief attention Will be
paid to the disposition OF the dead and the ieei oi
those made destitute. The latter good work was be-
gun yesterday at Col. Sims New farA ihea'oi pS
its manager and will be continued oy otherS III 'nS
city, as well as Brooklyn.
LIST OF THE BODIES IDENTIFIED.