The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-07

lievod, and not held, but was warned not to re-
turn to tie building. HIS me was not tahen.
There were many articles Of this description
brought Into the station house, which may be
useful in determining the tato Of como whose
remains are indlstinRuishabe.
About 10 O'Clock Cant Smith received two
baskets OF books, watches, papers, scraps Of
clothing, and other articles taken rom bodies,
and each properly numbered and tlcketed to
correspond with the body from which II was
taken. TO day these viii be exposed for identi;;
ncation at the station house, SO that those still
In suspense may know the worst.
the father OF Claude Burroughs one ~ the
actors buried In the ruins, called at the police
station last evening, and Chief Campbell allowed
him to Ice taken into the ruins where the work
men were delvng for remains. The old gentle
man was deeply affected, aud seemed utterly
boy.
The Aldermanlc Sub. Committee appointed TO
procure cemetery lot flr the burial Of uniuen-
tined remains, conferred with President Pierre
p'nt OF the Greenwood Cemetery Company,
and Mr. A. VI. White, the Chairman II the Elk
ecutive Committee, last evening. On behalf Of
ne cont any these gentlemen placed lot for
thls purpose az tho disposal OF the city. The
ouer ~ To be reported to the committee this
morning.
Sever / awnings along MYRTLE avenue caught
IRE from the falling sparks ami bits of lighted
wood The house at % Johnson street. occu-
pied by Miss Baldwin. aud owh'd bv John Tay-
z, Johneon street, owned and occupied by DIR.
Price, WIS insured In the rhmnix and
extent q about. .icI No. 81 Johnson
street was owned aud occupied by John
HduDa. aud was insured for fyUD In the
Il gle Fire Insurance COMPANY. Only the front
uart was damaged, and that merely to tue ex-
tent ct sAV No, ~ Johnson street suffered
bv the hcirs Of DR.. Rtpelye. IL h n three
story bri dwelling. The rear walls Of
inc Theatre Tell against IL, and crushed
In the roof and the tbifd aud second sto-
RES. The house had only been occupied
about month The people la the BUILDING
were saved, but none OF the furniture was re-
moved. Tue damage will amount to about
$1,000 1t was not until nearly 1915 that flames
Ft lfta - NJ. lsl
~ Nyrte avenue. 1his place Ia occupied 10y
aouUle story and ATTIC frame building, whion
Insured for 5000. No. 80 was occupied by Mr..
munder himself as q dwelling. | he basement
ers the FIRST floor by Robinson, a barber and
the seconi floor by Mr.. White as a dwelling.
he mage to the building VIII not amount to
rne police ~ the First Precinct under COM
mand % sergeants Cam and Baston, deserve
honorable men ion, every one working ike
heroes to We the lives Of the helpless, crushed,
ana half sun Ocated audience.
he loss Of hessrs. SbJo Palmer II about
tb.VDi anu they have no insurance their
property, which consisted for the most part OF
portable property. 4. IL. Thorpe, the stage
IN mayer, VINO lived In the theatre, loses hls
personal prOperty.
Mr.. 4. N. Palmer on visiting brooklyn yester-
day called all his employees together, and, after
rigidly questioning them to ascertain II ali were
a. ssd shs'r post nhd sa,snf himself that they
all those who were injured, or In any
distress because OF the hre, ana report their
cases to MIN for relief. lie told Mr.. Kingsley
IN tnytninl mat his money or time could 90
In connec 'on with tho disaster he stood ready
to have uone.
One miu on the point If surocation In the
gallery Is said to have committed suicide by
shooting hims' II through the head.
Detc tive E1wnrd Looney found MA brothers
BODY IN the marx I, istnrted. charred frag-
ment OF BODY. He Identified him by a garnet
nns found IN his pocket. lhe Ing Was worn by
MS wife. woo died six weeks ago, and since
IN Il une no has TAI hfully carried II. The de.
tec'ive wrunS MS hands IN srief over hts broth
err rpse, and shaking witt tears 4 I'd " How
en- oIei h tins 10 IN, cor, poor mothef."
An old man passed about the room IN the
Ostrander. as~d 81, OF slt NAVY street. and his
son-ih law, William BRYANT, were among the
dead. MS ooy had been III on VIII ding WOW
axe aud lad returned only few days $50. He
h ped TO Identity him through a carved rug
from whale ivory which the boy wore.
One man, the sane, II Is thought who was
Sc hanging out OF window doad. was seen to
Chamber out the window above Floods alley,
md hang for come time on me ledge ~ nis
hands. ~ II afraid u let go. Air. j. H. Petty
and Others, who were IN the alley below, begged
Of MIN To drop, but he did not answer. The
nfe, turning tue window cords. let the window
drop ON Ills hands, and there he W held a. In a
wee until the IRE released MIN. Hts corpse ien
To he Hey way, bl ickeued BODY.
Tue house at 70 Johnson street, occupied hy
Miss Bald in, and owned by John Taylor. was
son street, occupied and owned by DIR. Price,
500. iosured; that at 81 johnson street. occu-
that Al "A john.on street. owned y the heirs oi
Or ipclye, 81 .ooO. and that at 20 and Is Myrtle
y.
Mr.. Harry Bfam. " 10 present at the Ver-
tortnuncc. rnv- IL / iinu edId' ely uDon the fail
ihR OF "A woman ON the st.irs. others following
we're pfecipta.ed upon her Ia every conceive
aulc position. The result that In less than
miuu c the people were Frustrated upon tho
stfifs four ar i've deep, and behind then was
Ranged a mass of humanity anxious to get out,
Out sill ndble to bulge an inch even.
Mrs. Ia rem ~ rs quite III vest ruay.
Miss uds IL arson was 0tting Ia her dress.
my room waiting for tho " call" She lost all
her stfeet costume, ana escaped 10y "A miracle
Kerosene OIL Inspector Ihos. Nhnford, an
nld ur az n, was - the t,eatre with las vile,
anO when he found that the hui oing was on
hre, he took ms vile out into the Ncsubule, anu
tuen went back ana rendered what little ass ST.
ance he could IA getting out Their women. The
"nuie.Os LeneiGly were then yelling aud
sh iskinl. Tut Whcn he left on seeing
tn hu'ring short distance from where
he stnod RivinR way, he made MS way to the
street without difficulty. ne = W positively
va re seemed very few To come after Dtn.
lie was BADLY smoked himself. ana he he trd no
crics, or W no crowd. The IN OF people
who lost their lives must have bee. II jtnneu up
IN the stars At least two landing- from the
vesiioule. There were mono 10 sigh from where
stood.
10 To midnight 2Si bodies have been ken
from the ruius. There arc 1911 hodIes la the
Adams street Market, and % in tire horgue.