The New York herald., 1877-09-12
THE RECENT FIRE.

MORE HUMAN REMAINS yxcAvATED--INouEsr
no BE HELD ON THURspAY--G GREAT sUFFgR-
ING AMONG THOSE MADE HOMELESS By THE
FLAMES 9ae5'
Tho work OF exoavatng tho ruins fthe great fire in
Tenth avenue, between Thir;yi nth and Thirty-sixh
streets, was continued yesterday. tho search being
rewarded by tho discovery Of some more remnants OF
human beings Early IN tue forenoon some ef the
workmen who were engaged in digging among the
debris OF Hae's factory found human skull. This
was tho most perfect part oi tho victims discovered
the previous discoveries beng only small
fragments OF charred and backened human flesh.
soon after this discovery the workmep turned
up some bones but they were SO creniaed that u was
Impossible to tell 10 what part of the human body they
belonged Some teeth were also found and a mass of
bIackcncd matter which supposed to be tho ashes
OF oae OF the victims tho conliagraiion IL is now
believed that traces OF All tho lost in the fire have
been uucarthed and that all Of tho workmen in Hac's
factory escaped except those already reported mssin
This win end the search for the dead, The inquest
will be hold on Thursday morning by Coroner Volt
min and in the meantime the remains will he kept IN
the receiving house at tho Morsp.
THE suPFERERs TIL; PIRE
A large number OF families who were burned out by
tho fire are said 10 be In very destitute condition.
Tho sad loss Of lc by the burning of The piano factory
caused many 10 overlook tho less painful but moro
protractcd suffering among the poor people who lost
their all IN The conaagratlon few scattered con-
ributons have bcsn sent In. but general subscrip
tion has yet been started for their relief There
no appropriate committee to distribute what liitlo
money had boon received among those for whom II
was intended The matter was brought to the attcn.
ton OF Mr.. Henry King, chairman OF the West sklc
Relief Association, of No 403 West Twenty ninth
street, last Monday, aud he has agreed to
supcrintond tho distribution OF any funds
that may be collected for this sufferers. Va
rious small sums nave been collected by different
partcs and Is thought that confusion will DO pre-
vented by having somo pcrson Ia distribute the
whole amount Mr. King, who Is considered tle most
appropriate gentleman 10 mako the distribution, says
that he intends TO 10 II IN systematic manner he
should report 10 him their names and present dwell
ng paees together with some certificate or note from
thoir landlords stating tho circumstances OF the
This will ene them 10 pro rata amount OF the sum
collected. About one hundred families hayc already
mate application to Mr. King for help. and he wishes
to have complete list OF the losers as soon as pos
siDc Tho sufferers by the fire have generally lost all
they 1d n s wor a a'a a M was nng ar nuA no
amounts thus far received, when divided among sew.
eral hundred perzons, will yield but small allowance
tu each, anu this account Mr. KING suggests that
charitable citizens shoud direct their attention TO the
matter and seize the present opportunity Of doing
good. All contributions should be sont 10 the ofice of
the West Side Relief Association,
Tho subscriptions received at the HERALD oihce,
King and Inc following receipt gwen thereior:-
SEPTEMBER IL, 1877.
Receycd OF the cashier of the New YORK HERALD,
A16 amount of subscriptions received by him in aid
OF the sufferers by the late re and handed over 70 me
for distribution. HENRY KING.
The SUBSCRIPTIONS thus far reported for the relief OF
the sufferers are the following:-
lanes O,Br,en. ..................s $500
John Morrissey ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Received at HERALD Office. .................... ,16
Totnl.. .....$7t6
NEW YORK, Sept. Z, 1871
To THE EDIrOR OF TIE HERALD:-
Enclosed ind 81 for the sufferers by the last great
fire from. A. W.
Ths above ia pcluded in the amount roccpted for by
Mr. King