The New York herald., 1877-12-24
BARCLAY STREET RUINS.
The Work of Excavation and the
Curious Crowds.
NO MORE BODIES FOUND.
Patients in the Hospitals and Nameless
Victim ut the MOrgue.

At seven O'Clock yesterday morning large force OF
laborers resumed tho work removing the debris Of
tho Barclay street dsastcr which had been suspended
since midnight, continued IL steadily III i've r.
| NJ, when Mr. Greenfield Jr, and Fire Commss sioner
King concluded that II would bc best not TO prolong
tho digging into the night. Tho Aremon enjoyed
welcome day Of rest after their ronen efforts
tho past week, and only fcw wore employed in
propping up great wooden stays against tho OF
tho wall OF the Grocers' Bank building which, II
feaved might tumble and endanger the lives OF tho
men at work upon the ruins. Chefs Rowe and Bates,
| OF tho Fire Department, wero upon the ground to
assist Fire Commissioner King IN supcrn tending tho
| excavations. During tho morning immense guam
| tity OF wool extricated from tho runs OF tho
building adjoining the confectionery and occupied by
| Mr. Rich, tho wool broker. Tho hose had been SO
diligently played upon tho heap OF debris that much
Of TINS wool In toierable condition. bopg but little
charrcd, and principally damaged by tho wet and
dirt Great streams OF water directed all day
upon the other portions Of tho ruins which still
smouldcrng from tho terrible heat OF last Thursdays
connagraton.
WAS UPRIGHT FLUE?
The work made rapid progress during the day. The
steam engine and portions of the horizontal iuo wero
laid bare To tho general surprise OF tho exports on
the ground the aue, tar 1t disclosed vicw
uppoaIcu 10 DO lntacL. Flrc commissioner King
view OF this discovery stated that IL the break which
was supposed TO have caused the explosion did not
occur in the horizontal portion Of he Iuc 1t have
taken place in tho upright part at the roar, which
would not BIO reached yet Tor Day two. Tho nue,
he said so far It had been disclosed seemed to be
strongly constructed, and yet he OF the opinion
that when tho dggngs nad been carried the
would bo found that It's vertical portion that
which was exploded by tho enormous quantity OF
| gases that had collected in IT.
| Some persons on the ground quoted tho Inspector
Of Buildings, Mr.. Adams who had visited the scone
during tho day, as having given his opinion that Mr..
Greenfield was not to blanc this accident and that
all the exits required by tho law had been carefully
provided IN the building Fro Commissioner King
was now squareIy questioned on this point
'Do you think Mr.. Greenfield was to blame =" he was
asked.
al do not" he replied. "You SEQ, the Grccnnclds
worked In tho building like everybody else. II tho
lives OF their workmen wero endangered by any act Of
commission omission their part so were their
own and is scarcely reasonable suppose that they
would recklessly risk their own lives"
"what as TO tho alleged statements Of the engineer
Horzberger, as related 10 his wife ?"
III cannot attach any credence to them In view OF
the facts thus far discovered. For all know thoy
may DO true to be sure. but havo no proof OF itn
The fro officials said that the walls OF tho ve story
building occupied by the Grocors Bank would not bo
taken down Tor the present Whenever this was done
Il must be accomplished by means Of scafTolds and
derrcks, for simply 70 batter In the walls might from
their enormous height, shake the cntiro neighbor-
hood. Portions of the wall OF the rnzod buildings
| No new bodies werc found There was quito a SON
sation when ono OF the workmen discovered in tho
womnns dpcss~apparcn,Iy poiona,sewSicp " was
generally supposed 70 belong TO Miss Sheppord.
com,nr anckls to the ground. examnes IL trsml emo
blingy. and declared that 1t belonged 20 the dress
which his missing sister had worn. Subsequently his
nvicton that point seemed shaken ana the gem
oral impression was that tho Identification by no
means satisfactorily established.
GRIssicH OR hERzBERGER?
still greater surprise was caused by the appear
ance OF Mrs Grissich the wio OF Thomas Grissich,
who was employed in tho gum department. In a bla
taut voice and with much show OF defamation this
woman held forth 10 great crowd of people, declaring
that sho had identified tho body Of what was supposed
10 have been the engineer that OF her husband
She rccogn lzed the identity by the underclothng, and
particularly by certain patches in them which sho
herself had made. ana also by string which he had
worn around the waist Tho manner In which this
story was told was such that us truth was generally
denied by tho officials on the spot
At very early hour on sunday morning the watch
man at the Morguc aroused by the ringing OF tho
woman, with a companion tho Iorrncr announcing
ha, she was Mrs. Herzberger and EXPIRE ssing desire
to see the remains which nad been veyed thithcr
from Barclay street. Admission 10 tho gloomy
wooden shed ovcrhanging the river was hal and
the strange group gathered aboutthe pine box Above
the opening, IN CHASTITY relief against tho white
colin, ioomed up tho charred rigid. uplfted arm
and blackcncd trunk OF what was onco man. The
women shrunk back IN horror as tho night walchman
threw tho lurid CLEANS OF his lantern upon tho object
Tho snsed clothing that had chung 10 tho corpse was
finally examined by Mrs HcrzDeraer also the mans
head black and mummy-lko. and inay tho heart
broken wife dccded that the romans not those
OF hor husband and she and her friend went away
from the dismal spot. About haf-past thred o ociock
yesterday afternoon the body was examined by Mrs.
Grssich, and she claimed to recognizes as that OF hcr
husband
PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS
The men suffering from wounds aud burns 10 tho
ChanbersS Street Hospital wore yesterday dong well
the pnygicans could hope, win the single cxccp-
! ton OF Martin Conncrs, whose case had already been
reported IN the HERALD as very critical. Whom tho
reporter called at the institution he Informed by
the doctor IN charge tnat but little hope enter
famed OF tho mans life. HIS burns Principally
about the head face ana arms anu these covered
with vasaliDe, the new compound mado IRON petro-
cuui, and potent remedy ior burns and scalds.
Conncrs remains dclirious, and none but hs Immediate
friends were permitted To SEQ him. With tins single
exception the unfortunate patients were doing we'll
but OF them recovered sufficiently to leave the
hospital. German, linck, Mcistcr, kodecker and
Thompson the names oil those stii under treat
ment Dr. Kudlick slated tnnt tnero had bcen no
callers during day Tor missing people. and he
dcrstood that their friends mad given up searching
the hospitals and were now anxiously watching the
removal OF tho rubbish from tho ruins Barclay
street tor tidings OF the lost ones.
AT the Now York Hospital all was quiet, aud the
patients wcro generally resting well Dr. Kahn said
that all OF those mentioned IN tho HgEALD wsre de-
rIous during the night, but improved throughout tho
whose piteous story has bcen old III these columns,
visited his sons again ard was roJoccd 10 md that
George whose life had almost been dcspoirod OF on
Saturday, was slightly improved, and hopes are now
entertained Tor his recovery. None are In a con-
d.tion ~ leave the institution Tho list 81 Ill embraces
tho names OF Collins Glucklcr, Hausor, otto and
George Meb. Schcnncwald, Peter Stark, Scnitzlein
and Schneider.
Tho patients at bellevue WILL 1t Is thought, all re-
cover so Drs. Wig9ins ana Thompson informed tho
reporter Of course ihcre arc frequent reactions
from temporary Improvement In cacn of them, and
they require tho most careful attention. Mono but
the immediate relatives arc permitted TO see thom,
and only thcn undcr the most stringent regulations
TO conversation, or tho Introduction OF any topics
likely 10 excite The patients, sucn the cause OF tho
ire, now they are hurt &c. Tho list remaining sti
comprises Adams, Brady, hngcmiiier, Lindener.
Rdo and sunday.
MISSING AND DEAD
Leaving out the names OF Gussich and Hcrzborgor
from Tho lists oil both dead aud mssing tho latter list,
as corrected, stands thus:--Baeko, Droxler Dollen
Dupham, hayward. HcrxDcrgcr. Jones. Albert and
lnnrra krnmarY. Knchor. AuguStu Ilniner McCIa.