The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-09

drink u sssr and put . buffalo robe
over her then left her and vent back
TO the church. and helped To tho dead bodies
to the stable. In the church I found o young
woman who weak from fright that
she could not speak. Another young woman
who knew her told me her address, aud
took her homo 10 . coach to No le7 Fifth avenue.
There another girl from the same house. who got
home before sho had gone to bed. Don't know
whether she was much injured or not
JOSEPH o'coSxoR's STATEMENT.
Mr. Joseph O'Connor. one OF tho proprietors OF the
livery stable No So Sixteenth street. made the follow
ing statement OF what he saw Was in
my Office, and had just looked up at
the clock to time coach that had
come Ia, and saw that IL twenty-five minutes to
nine p. NJ just at that moment heard queer noise
outside In the street. though somebody was light
ing; ran out to the sidewalk and saw crowd
or people the church door, which only
few doors from my stable; running up
reached the vesbule that leads the gallery in the
The stairs winding ones, and they wero
crowded with people, SO that could not get up then
ran the main hail. vcstibue--thsre IL sort OF
space between the pcws and the vestbule wall As I
rot inside I a whole lot or women jammed
up together tins vcsDule--it was .
sort o: box, a. you might say-and the
poor women were unable to
get because they all piled up top Of each
other. II mado my heart jump TO see them struggling
and almost lost my mind, 80 droadiul was tho
scene and tho confusion. saw Just then
that Father White and Sexton Dowd
pulling the out OF the press rs fast as they
could, SO began helping them UGH as could. IL
fully aftecn minutes before got the jam broken.
When tho work grew little easer happened 10
got hold Of Mrs Dussan. my partners wife, and helped
her out Of the church and took her into our stable Of
fee. As came into the stable some carried In
dead man, then another came, and next boy. Mrs.
Duggan was trampled good deal and somewhat hurt
She all right now, being Of course good deal shook
In the nerves. remember that pulled out Jour
women before found Mrs. Duggan and could have
done a good deal more II the people round mo had
not caught hold Of and prevented my doing any
thing II a dreadful sight, and there would have
been many killed and hurt had not Father White
acted coolly ana courageousIy Us he did. The
people ran into stable by hundreds as tho dead
were brought in, and 1t took whole platoon
OF police to clear the premises In fact
the crowd dense IN the stable
that had TO tell one lift of the sky
lights to give them air Only for that We would all
have been smOthered.
BELLEVUE HospIrAL-TnR wARDEN's STORY.
At iorty-threo minutes past eight p. 81 tho ars
signal for an ambulance received at Bellevue Hos
pitaL Warden O'Rourke and DR.. Disbrow at
started for tho Of tho disaster In Ambulance No.
l. At five minutes past nine another call for an
buancc was received aud responded
by Dr. GREENE At nine minutes past nina
o'clock another call received. and Dr.
Cuddeback started with tho ambulance.
minute later n fourth call received, which was
responded to by Dr. Griswod. Thus, within the space
of twenty five minutes four ambulances were on their
way to the fatod church Tho rapid calls for ambu-
lanccs to the same place created considerable excite
ment the hospital, and preparations were ut oncc
made to receive tho Injured. AZ ten minutes
past ten O'Clock the Warden returned to the Hospital,
but before he could descend from tho ambulance
another call received for his presence at the
nor of Washington and Jay streets On bis return At
fifteen minutes past eleven he was inter-
viewed by a HERALD reporter, and in answer
TO inquiries aid:-"when the alarm from tho
Sixteenth Street Church disaster reached hero
bellevue Hosptal), started with Dr. Disbrow for
the scene When we reached the church there was
considerable excitement the street, fully 5000 per-
sons being congrogatcd IN tho vicinity. When we came
! TO tho door found that our services were
| not necessary. excepting in two instances where
| there were slight wounds. The dead wero
beyond our assistance. Our ambulance surgeons
dcred all tho aid In their power, but there
surgical work assisted In tho removal OF the bodies
to tho Twenty ninth precinct station" President
| Brennan and Commissioner Cox were present, and q
thorough investigation failed to show any break Or
| damage TO the church.