The New York herald., 1876-12-07

simply a misshapen cinder On tho person Of
another dead man found q hunting case silver
watch, No. 70,.4l, worn with gold chain, to which
was attached piece OF the Hell Gate telegraph wire.
young girl with shapeIy shoulders and clean cut
torso was found lying on her back Both her breasts
had been burned of. Her face and the front part OF
her head cinders but the back OF her head
was encircled by ridge Of rich brown hair. and
though all her clothes sone her back and shout
dcrs unconsumed
Whenever anything WAS foand corpse 1t was
merely examined and sent to Tho Morsuc with its
owner.
TnE PIT or DEATH.
BY two O'Clock 100 bodies had been recovered, and
II was found necessary increase the number Of tho
carts tor the transfer OF the dead 10 the Moguc. Both
doors and front, used The nremen were pull
ing out copses three ana four at tme and with these
numbers each conveyance made It's trip tho dead
house. As the afternoon wore on tho workmen got
at the bodies rapidly and collins Tiled just
as fast they could be handed down into the pit OF
death Il should 90 remembered that not one Of tho
bodies had been taken from any spot out
side OF an or forty feet The thrcairs
proper had not yet been disturbed, for no human
being could havc trod upon its still burning ruins
But bodies wcro visible near the walls In which had
been tho exits and entrances These poor people
had doubtless been killed while attempting
TO force their way through the crowds
then struggling themselves for liberty and life
Al avc O'Clock over 200 bodies had been recovered.
Sxyoight OF these had been taken out by the little
door opening into Flood lane; the rest were borne
through the Washington street doorway. Even at
this Iale hour only half the mound In the vestibuo
had been and relieved Of Its horrible treas
ures; the other halr had yot to give up It's bur.
den OF dead men and women who plainly visible.
II was useless. however, to attempt to these
unirthe work al the other section properly COM
pctcd, .or the aremcn had just much they could
DO to remove the remains within their reach. Tho
undertakers complained OF being tired and the police,
who had been duty for nearly twenty -four hours
were almost
CALCIUM LIGHT oS THE DEAD.
When the shadows OF night began TO deepen lam
handed down the bcgrincd searchcrs
tho pit But they had sufficient light until cd-
cum lights brought ana placed to show
everything in tho vast grave plainly
than It could DO in tho day
time The toilcrs looked like miners
IN a shaft, but tha. Tor which they dcivcd was
palpaby terrible The white light Of the calcium mndo
the picture moro CHASTITY than There were the
empty collins awaiting bodies corpscs ready for codlns
and those recovered being hostcd 10 tho street BY
dertakers men. Al six O'Clock tho men who kept tally
both announced, after comparing notes,
that
HUNDRED AND THIRTY BODIES
had been dug and away hundred moro
seemed to DO left behind, for every hand vsi-
BILE tho signs Of dead people, Portions Of garments
stuck up here. boot with foot In protruded there.
and a charred skull bghied tho vision esewh here. In
this II should be remarked that the bodcs
found in the lower tiers not so bady disagured
as those on the upper tiers. Many OF them pre-
sented the appearance OF having been crushed rathes
than burned 10 death. Somo OF them were slightly
snged, but most OF them were unrecognizable. They
not all Naked however, as were the greater part
OF rcst which may bo accounted for by their being
al the bottom OF the heap, which she drc had 70
sumo ore II reached them
All day and evening tho frcmen from johnson and
Washington streets continued TO play upon the centrs
building, wherein work hardly be commenced until
this morning.
SCENES OUTSIDE rHR rHKATRM
Never such crowd collected there as assem-
bcd in front OF tho Brooklyn Theatre yesterday after.
noon Tho waste from tho burned theatre
flooded tho street, and notwithstanding tho paving
two inches OF mud covered tie way. Through this
mire thousands passed all day long. For blocks In all
directions tho pavcments were smcarcd with the soil
from The ruined Temple OF Momus. The crowd
was in all respects different from that which
bcd in front OF the market and M0rguo. II COM
posed of crowd OF sgntsecrs and lew f any Of those
who had lost friends went thihcr. Evory car from
the Fulton ferry brought living freight 70 the
OF the disaster. None seemed TO realize tho
full extent OF tho horror and few seemed
to have any interest in tho wreck than IL
IL we're q thousand years old Tho rattle OF the
bells, the buzz aud hum OF tho crowd tho loud orders
10 .fall back" from Dlue-coated Irenarchs ana the
deafening shouts OF army Of urchins vending
evening papers with tho latest details Of tho accident
lent busy interest TO the foreign to the Vicinity
OF the dead houses The multitude here much more
mportunate than elsewhere, and the police found
great difficulty In preserving the ine In the front Of
tho building IL was impossible to preserve order for
tho storekeepers Fulton whose premises run
through from allowed people on
Fulton street and emoree Washington street.
ANNOYING THE POLICE.
Tho police wero kept busy all day long n
hustng thcsc invaders from the pavement
and keeping an open space a. tho cntrancs
to tho theatre, through which all the bodied
were brought Johnson street. running ~ shs
back Of the theatre, beina narrow, easily
guarded, and better order maintained ssnL
many sghtseers managed TO mako their way up 70 the
OF the burned building and bother the police. Il
varIously estimated that between 900 and 20 000
people viewed tho ruins between the hours Of ten
A. NJ and sunset
cLArxIS0 BODIES FOR THE sPoTLs.
One OF tho most horrible incidents connected with
tho foil catastrophe IL vouched for by Captain Louis
Worth, OF tho Sixth precinct police. Among Tho
many bodies recovered that Of Louis Hecht .
bright and promising youth, residing at No 4Sl
Pulaski Louis clad In good apparel and In
addition TO valuable gold watch and chain
other articles OF jcwelry which PLAIN
to the body lay with tho rest In the terrible
ranks OF mortality prepared for Identification. Mr.;
Jacobs Hccht tho parent Of tho dead boy, slowly
verscd the limo and a. last recognized the soughtfor
remains For time no was plunged into the deepest
gref finding his worst fears realized He rudeiy
pushed aside, however, by two who claimed also,
recognize the corpse that of . relative aud
dcavorcd get permission TO remove IL. Mr. Hecht
spoke them clearly showed that II tho body
oflis son. whcrcupon they moved on and presently