The New York herald., 1876-12-16

kngine No l. the corner Of Perrepont and Fulton
b. their ssspss,iss sngiassrs Truck 30 assisted u
house and Posi Once The fire wa. at this time ~si
under CONTROL when word brought that there
snssr smith vit orders send Tor Engines Nos IL and
Cannnsham and Engines nos aud TO- the Ore had been
SroasS to sn alarm had been a, The
tor nd
hose tender and proceed that station and also ordered
ss .rsss a s
Myrtle and brought TO me- b, Mr.
Edward Kollmyer the secretary OF the Department. wso
one 4 NJ Dis,cs Enrinssr Cunningham returned and in
sn b erveo, Of the rs moi earsd ~
the rs At the theatre was we'll under control then set
about dismssng such OF the engine companies whose
vices were no longer required
Al about three A. en,srsd shs front entrance Of the
theatre on Washington and found the body of
0. tho theatre the legs through partially burn!
% S a. once apa
IN the ruins. and upon cansn,aton with iommissoner
views from the insecure fAtc Of the walls
feared should my sspcons be eonaamsd thu, the rush
would be that tho operations Of force
Ss%d Or that %sSs Sy the aHRss
of portion OF the walls. The body Of the foun
the Morsue and search suspended for the
The various engine companies were then dismissed as
their services were not required aad our lines q water
Kept on the an as rae ronac wn on
duty District Engineers Cunningham, Farley and
at daylight, with detail Of men from each COMPANY IN
made thorough inspection OF the walls to satisfy myself OF
s allowing 70 spsr . the rna n nese
dams upon entering the front snsrsnes and penetrating
few feet beyond ,e point wsrs the boay Of the woman
r,'E noRnrfisG DISCOVERY.
discovered what appeared to be Of rubbish, with
here aud there leg an arm partially burned protecting
) duty proceeded the But
SLOW made =. .hs bodies were much burned
memberea In order 70 acliiats matters directed ths
furnish to the cellar then sn.efsd tho cellar and
was Mortified TO lind that tho whole heap q wha. had
burned ana twisted into tho most distorted positions Tho
dcnsely packed with the remains Of .huss VINO, few
hours lad iu poss.,sp 2, life and ,iso,
bio canmi,y had fallen upcp the c.y OF sr Ssyn and
daylight Dssric. Engineer Farley reported with the
bodies from the rubbish snd the facilities Tor removing
n se cellar ia
and Cunningham with their respective comands arrived.
ana At nine NJ over iry bodies had been taken out and
and the becoming known retarded in
sy not sSnS the 3" The
ward and placed and boxes ut disposal From
s the e onins in The WORK also Bell kns
s1a Smith 2a. n.d e a. ten s nsp.: .o
from each company in that district ana relieved the
in Of Striking on the city n
tower being ont q order ana no means existing Of giving
tre Engineer Dale 10 remain at hcadquarters take
irc Engineer reported bringing another detail from
Ss Rs e. ssnH ' the
the day the Commissioners remained at the ruins aiding
His Honor Mayor Schroeder and Alderman French also
70 s % 10 s dark pn. % % mads sods s
recovered great many u which were .. badly burned that
i
fore decided to continue the search during the night
Three calcium lights ordered to light up tho ruins
cleared out and $50 hadies recovered Al twenty
minutes pas, eis an alarm Of ase was given Tor -.
near Columbia.
Upon returning to the ruins found the work suspended
9s q s %h IS % nd % s re-
81 e f9sa ae d II " O,asr :" III
where the remains were supposed TO be- Atcr great
small portions OF human body, which, from the place they
supposed S DC a" ns. was s Of the body
mains Of claude Burroughs which were identified vithou.
and reconacd the body BY the teeth The remains Of
'S s time he s.s ana Ss further
dcnce existing that bodies in the ruins tho
borers employed dig The rnin. order
0ss. M @ oss, 70 erys s tho h.
cope with IL number OF employed placed
night The s ws. nG dismissed na the here % lett ,nn n
charge OF Foreman Iahey OF Engine No g. who reported
the finding of three bodies eight o'clock Tlurs
During Thursday ming became evident
that IL the weather should change and II became cold
enough TO freeze much trouble would bc had in
removing the debus In order to be that
more bodies remained Upon consultation with tho
Commissioners decided Co empioy Mr. Martin, the house
the rubbish aud ascertain without doubt
that bodies beneath the ruins that
time gangs hRye been employed by him
turned all articles OF value hremen detailed
cevc them who in tnrn, have turned them the po
lice
Accompanying this report please nnd showing
the buildings partially destroyed and the position of each
tc n q md
cepts articles turned Police Department. In
concuson it gives the utmost pleasure 10 say that
every member Of the department. officers and privates
alike seemed TO vie each with the other In doing their
mitigate horrors OF the calamity by
ng the bodies OF the killed and placing them in charge
Of their friends Prvatcs engineers worked side by
side in tue solemn o their duties
credit should be given another 10: the
performed in recovering the remains All should share
alike for this creditalc but unpleasant dufx For tho
efficient aid rendered by tue Police Department. in
debcd The officers and men OF that department rendered
exemplary service considering the tact that tho
station hous. of that precinct time during the
1fe out OF danger
Respectfully submitted.