The New York herald., 1876-12-08

All during the day sucn scenes occurred, and the
story of those terrible hours never be written.
The keeper OF the Morguc, Patrick Mcclure, was at
tenlve and kind and Afforded every facility possible
10 the weeping searcLers for tho dead Many bodies
were removed and ata late hour last night but lew
unidentified corpses lying side by side IN their
gnastly blackness
AT rHs NAKKxr
After midnight Wednesday night the market was
still crowded by men and women in quest OF their lost
friends. There was no diminutioD In the numbers oil
tpe sad seekers indeed, notwithstanding the rumor
that had got abroad to the effect that all efforts at
identification were to DO suspended until daylight yes
tcrday morning, men, women and even children kept
coming 10 the doors OF the old building applying ior
permission to search Tor departed relative whom
they had been unable TO discover at tho Morguc Tho
police IN charge had not tho heart TO refuse such Of
them as had the necessary permit from the Coroner
SO that the place pretty well crowded IN the middle
OF tho night by sorrowstricken groups They walked
cautiously between corpses lying upon
al each TO scrutnizc II rlsi1y In the hope
OF hnding some token or shred OF vesturc
whereon 10 hang Chance OF recognition. Tho
place was dimy lighted with oil lamps. the dun glim-
mering OF which Uut served to heishten the ghosty
effect OF the wax candles burning In rough wooden
sockets upon each o the backened bodies. From tho
doorway the picture weird aud awful There were
upward OF 100 dead laid ON their backs in hve
upon Inc noor Candles rested on their breasts.
nicKcring aud sputtering In the draughts from the
broken windows and cracks in the ROOF, and casting
shadows OF unearthy character on tho boards aud
walls around them. Some OF tho departed
scemsd as II reclining on tho ground catching
q short nap after hard days work, with
othcr across tho eyes II desirous 10 shut out the
candc's glare. others were half turned upon their
Sides with their legs crossed and their faces buried
the hollows Of their just though they sought
repose. But there wero dozens, too who rcssmbled
nothing SO much as burnt logs OF green wood, whose
bark had been consumed and whose inner rind
turned TO dark brown color Ali, all OF them were OF
.h,s .eils1s hue showing unm,ssasaDy tho cause Of
effects OF the fire upon Ihcir persons.
LOOKING roR FRIENDS
In the middle OF the night Sergeant Weeks, OF tho
his mcn, the unhappy souls Who filled with aaonzcd
love-, sought rcligousy for somc token OF their
haggard knelt beside the dead whose every
lneaent they scanned and whose every garment they
examined while their husbands, brothers or lovers
Of her should identify her treasure In various
parts OF the cold old market might be seen some
lonely creature searching for one Who had been her
sole support lie and the prop OF her
widowhood There were gray headed mon,
too, seeking their boys, on whose success
quest oil their parents, without whom tho luturc looks
blank indeed. There painful silence beneath this
gigantic shadow Of DEATH which was unbroken all the
night long. when some breaking heart gave vent
It's anguish IN convulsvc sob or tho half uttered
shrek OF recognition rent from the breast OF female
eye discovered amid tho charred fragments
of clothing that chung to corpse mark or initials
which but she could understand. THIS sad labor
OF continued until tho lights had burned low and
faded before the 'awning day. Then they were put
out and the scene became gloomy and tho living and
tho dead were hidden almost from view.
1t now tho time when artisans and working peo-
pie loft their homes their way to their daily voca-
lions Hundreds OF them carne round by the market
to catch glimpse OF the mammoth charnel house. into
which they likewise hoped TO get peep But In this
they were disappointed, as Sergeant Bunch, from tho
Fifth precinct with eleven men, arrived TO prevent
any body who did not hold Coroner's permit nom en-
tcring the building or even passing III front o IT, The
officers were drawn up In two lines at each cnd OF tho
house, the street, along which one was al.
low walk after A. n. Additional
were sent from other precincts shortly aterward, aud
a Gordon OF officers was drawn around The market,
winch was thus protected from the thousands who
ANXIOUS TO get into 1t But OF poiLoi not
to be easily disposed Of for hearing that permit
irum the Coroner would insure access to this dead
house, hundreds went to the Coroner. it is
sad 10 relate, and actually averred that they
The could not Seny ali Of .hess
plications; hence by nine A. NJ. there SO many
persons OF the gencr we'll the sterner within
the crazy old place that the flooring began settle
and Inspector Waddy was obliged 10 order It to bc
cleared, and instruct the officers not to allow moro
have seemed very severe ana heartiess those who
stood the outskirts OF the crowd IN the Streets
really In search OF relatives whom, having failed
TO find at the Morgue, they believed were within tho
market But there help Tor the Inspectors ac-
tion, because public sniety absolutely demanded It.
Later in tho day the good results the order ire
parent In the number Of idontcatons which could not
have been made had every thing gone on as 1t had in
the morning.
Although many bodies had been identified during
the night morning mono removed until ten
a.. when takcu ont unlertakcrs' shells
10 their friends. Tncy wero the remains Of Robert
Boyle, Nicholas Kelley, John Dooner, Hugh Dooner
Peter Cancannon and John Woods. From this Time
forth during the day and evening The cons and shells
were continually passing in and out followed by
mourncrs. The place occupied only by the dead
their friends, undcrtakers, police and reporters Nc
bodies brought In from the ruins during the day
although II was understood that some had been found
but there 13S OF those who had been brought
the market on tho previous evening remaining there
~ noon.
IDENTIFYING rRrxxpa
Tho which the MONDAY shone through
the windows ol tho market was heartrendinR. LADIES,
and people In humble stations bent over the dis ng red
copscs attitudes Of despair and anxiety, thcr
hands besnirched with the horriu com posito and
slime that covered the dead Each OF the stoonI .
figures engaged In the closest investigation of
every article attached to tho dreadful remains Some Of
these impossible TO imagine could have been
human beings, others were quite recognizable All
were tcketcd aud numbered from to lSd They were
known 10 the officials only by their numbers There
they lay in reaur rotation, some nude and distorted
such Of them had had anything upon their persons
time OF recovery still retained tho each article
being displayed conspicuously. For example,
cthyst sleeve buttons button hook, two
cents. ucket 10 H. w. Lundor,s Theatre a
brierwood pipe, the stem being OF black rubber and
the initiais j. Il. s. wcro on his shirt 'front.' No. 2,
lady, Mrs. Joseph Rogers, OF East New York, had a
patent key ring which were her and place OF
business. No. was man IN whose pockets were
found an Eleventh ward republican ticket and two
cents; his name was stamped on tho front OF his
SHIRT, but only the word doctor was visible. No. 4
had blue flannel shirt, s0me screws and nuts
we're la his pantaloons pocket No. had a foot
rule, some matches, pocket knife and bunch OF
keys In his pockets. No ~ had an ivory handled pen
knife some nicKes, watch key and caru Of Hcrsel
a. Ludoks, Diamond Brokers, 3s John street, New
York" No. Al had key, PLAIN gold ring and twelve
In like manner there were many others who
had several little articles by which they were identi-
fed.
RKmARKAnLE IxsrAycEs
There were remarkable features In this scene which
merit more than passing mention Persons from all
parts oil Brooklyn, east aud south, had como seek
missing relatives They did not know exacty where
their friends had gone; but they had not been homo
since tho night OF tho 1re. These poor people came
fear and trembling, lest they should lind The abscntccs
In other OF the morgucs. One young
lady, Miss KavAnagh, sought her brother Mort-
mcr who had not been home since Tuesday night
She did not know whcILcr he went to the theatre
not, nor did she know Of anything on his person
whereby she could identify him, except the thumb
OF his left hand, from which he had lost JOINT
Her aunt accompanied her; but Just as they got
inside the building the horrible sight aud
smells ovcrcamc her and she tainted. With
some difficulty she was resuscitatcd and borne
home without having learned thing OF her brother
Another young girl Mss Cassidy, seeking her brother
Edward Was Terrified by the awful spectacle in tho
must OF which she stood that she wcnt into hysters