New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-07
THREE DAYS AFTER THE FIRE.

NO DIGGING YET FOR TIE DEAD-THE FIRE MAR
sHALs INVESTIGATION CONTINUED.
The sightseers found the ruins of the West
size connagraton stale and unproiADie yesterday The
police guarded the barriers. and immense amount Of
club was shaken at the curious small boys. Members Of
one OF the Hook and Ladder Companies were engaged III
pushing over dangerous standing walls. Tne walls,
the remen show that they poorly constructed by
the way they fall. The pulley-ropes seemed to cat
through them, and they came to the ground In
shower Of bricks and mortar instead Of in solid mass
1t was not difficult to demosh those walls towards
Thirty-sixtlst whose thickness was only that OF two
bricks laid enghwise.
Nodigging for bodies has been begun yet. MI Stone
Mr. Hacs partner, resents the insnuaon thai the firm
will not search for any who may he buried beneath the
ruins He saws the search will begin the debris
is cool enough The authorities OF the Fire Department
said that the ruins had cooled sufficiently to allow work
men 10 begin Two hydrant streams only were thrown
during the day tine fire engine having been removed al
an early hour No further information OF missing people
has been received al the police station one dead ana
SIX missing comprise the sad statistics
Fire Marshal George sheldon continued, Yesterday,
the investigation oi the causc OF the Ihiytht hfe
OF No 427 West FOretn-st tesilhei that ne WOIhc on
the fourth floor Of the main budlug ana hdd contract
to make sounding boards ana bridges. On ne morning
of the fire he was busy glueihR sounomg-D odIus'
TIE glue was heated on the stove outside the dry
ingroom a small fire had been made a short time
ton and looking into the drying-rOom he saw dense
racks near the chimney. He win others, pulled the
suuudug boards down, threw them outside the drying
room and treG eXtingush the lames by stamping on
them Finding this impossible he ran out as quickly as
possible No water could be drawn on the floor, and
there were no pals OF water for fire purp scs He
thought rly two years since water could be
drawn from the hydrant on his floor The hre reached
The top floor before engines arrived. The smoke was
so thick on ThirtyGfthst side that the mcl could
not get down the reescapes from the top oor on that
George and James McDaniels of No. 81 East Forty
egntsf Two brothers, employed porters on the hrst
floor testified that they work when the fire broke
ont James told by Mr.. stone to run upstairs ana
try To extnguish the ire. He helped throw water on
tbe fire but forced 10 run, with Mr. Van Busklrk
and two three others VINO were the last 10 leave the
fourth floor. -
Edward AlcCabe Of No SOB Teuthave said that on the
Friday Saturday previous the FIR ne saw several men
in the middle OF Tie turning OF the water IL was
smut entirely oil, that no water could be drawn Ii
two hours tine turned Oh again. but whereas
before water could be drawn on the fourth nOOr AFTER
mi. il dd not flow above the third fOOr, and the head
was not 50 strong the first the morning OF the IRE
inc pres,ure was very low several hours after the rc
broke ont he 81 Tenthaye., and supposed they
were turning the water ON at the MAN there has been
an abundance wafer since no nOilce was gwen
before tue water was turned Oh. - .
Edward McCabe, Jr., OF No Dos IenthaVe., cOiiODO-
taied the ey idruce of che last witness.