The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-07
vertisng agent were there yesterday, and dni-
gent search failed to ind either Of them.


gent search failed to and either OF them.
The Scene Last Evening.
Tn the evening the work was continued
br the aid OF calcium lights. 1t was thought
hest to discontinue the removal OF the bodies
from the rear through Theatre alley to Myrtle
avenue. sixty-seven In all had been taken out
that way. The main entrance. with the 0hsstly
burdens still regularly coming out OF 1t. was
thrown into bold relief The burner and Ian
tern had been knocked on the street
lamp over the way, and great fame OF gas
blazed and hsred into tho air, lighting up the
scorohed and splintered doorway and the up
turned faces faces OF tne thron9. calcium light on
dor to the point whore the foor had broken. and
there another was hxed whose rays shone d.
recty into the deep pit 10 which the earlier
search had discovered the horrible mass OF
cnarred human bodies.
This pit was the cellar Of the main corridor,
and its ruins were separated from the debris In
the auditorium by the strong foundation wall
that had borne the gallery columns. II was not
wide, and running through TO the foundation
wall on the alley side. was cleared. over one
hundred and nfty bodies had been removed
from IL.
Toward the rear fewer were found. and these
were evidently not from the gallery, as fra9-
uents Of kid gloves could be seen on the fingers
OF the blackened hands, some Of which still
cutohed opera glasses. These bodies were
found. and not infrequentlv the fremen we're
able to put two or three into ono box.
After dark, the orders against admitting out
siiers to the ins were more strictly enforced.
Among those admitted was the foreman OF the
,,ns, Grand Jury, w. w.. w: Sh1mwsy, calcium s,n1
Of the auditorium, and here the Hremen began
work shortly after o'clock. In additonuo the
lime light, oil lamps with rehsctors and lanterns
were used.
In this ftful glare the nremen their faces
pallid from fatigue and hunger, toied on with
out word. The frat body found in the audto-
rum was on the Theatre alley side. Its position
indicates that the victim had reached window
when he was struck down.
Some friends OF Mr.. Murdock were very
anxious that an early effort should be made to
recover his body. His mother was expected to
arrive In the city during the evening. he having
sent for her few DAYS ago. About nine O'Clock
a stream Of water was put upon tho ruins In the
bricks under which the body Ia thought to lie.
Toe nremen were gre tly impeded b.. the
clouds OF steam. They made their way from
the southern end toward the stage. The broken
wall lay In great lumps OF brick and mortar.
less human desh was found crush55s ,s.
tween two huge masses wh,"tn, mad protected
II from the hames that had consumed all the
could be suiclently cooled to admit the re-
moval Of tbis fragment 1t Ia feared ali OF the
bodies In this part OF the ruins have been simi.
larry or more thoroughly consumed. owing te
the intense heat from the lnhammabe stage
fixtures.
The Might scene In the Adams street Market.
The interior of the Adams Street Market
presented at night a welrdly, horrible sight.
Disuse had made the place grimy. ! he sas nx
lures had been removed, and candle light had
to be used. The bodies were in rows that
reached the entire length OF the long apartment.
On the breast Of each was lighted candle hold
In a small block OF wood. Candles were also
stuck on the hooks that had once been used TO
hang m eat on, and lanterns helped to Illuminate
the spacious place but the combined light was
not sufficient to rid the corners Of dark shadows
death had stopped them In a writhtng struggle
Their arms were raised to their faces IN most
instances, the gesture suggesting sufocation OF
warding on heat The chsrrna made them sp-
| palling to look at. AT an old counter ofieers
| added to lists the names of the few
| Articles taken from the bodies we're in a ba- k.
ct, envsloped and numbered, and correspond
ing numbers were written on slips OF paper md
pinned to tho that still clung to the corpses
| Men and women passed from body to body seek
clothing, holding the candiss close to the black
| ened faces. and looking for scars or other mar k
that might make reoosnition possible. Ihe'
| were wonderfully composed In manner, the
only Quit treaks OF feeling being when a searci
was successful, and that was verv rare. The
| were In the main Of he Door class, suct oocu
| py the galleries OF theatres. 1hsy were persis
tent in their sad task. going along the OF III
| promised Identification. In several Instance.
| lmpoftunate appeals we're made for permission I,
| remove recognized remains, but the Coroners .
cded not to grant that privilege until TO day. IN,
| place was not crowded. for admtttance was onll
| given 10 holders OF passes. and the cuTioslt,
| shown by the examiners was vlsiby that o
| the Rriefstrioken that the spectacle was moi
| marred by an exhibition Of Idle Sightseeing
| The only reprehensible thing affecting the sac
| decorum was the noise made by those OF tn,
multitude In the street who climbed up To the
| hign windows, and clatteTed against the .asne
| In their efforts to get n view OF the interior. A
the candles burned out fresh ones were placed
tnat duty employing party OF boys whose or
dinarty rude mapners were softened by the oc
casion. Most OF the mourning visitors, afte
nnishing fruitless search retired as quickly NJ
| possible but there were exceptions, notably al
| old woman who had lost n son. She eagerly ex
| amined every body as II was added to the ghast
| ly lines, for the dead wagons came otter
| With bodies. EasoTness to nnd what va,
sought for seemed TO serve as a con
troll Of grief; or, perhaps, the awfulness OF tn,
sight Dumbsd the senses Certainly. there
were no such narrowing SHOWS OF grief as nigh
have been expected There was not much talk
ing. and low tones were used by those who
spoke at all The searchers VINO had compan
ions, discussed real or fancied iden flying sign
In whispers many mistakes were made and dis
covered hopes were RAISED or crushed III ah
be seen IN the varying expressions Of faces bu
In the main all tests of recognition failed. In,
coming and going was constant. Outside. tn,
street WAS packed 30 densely that the dea I
wagon. were imusded vet there was notnlnl
for the multitude to see or hear ana they coulS
only have been kept there by the morbid esir,
To at least be near tho horrible collection Of hu
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