, 1877-05-14
The Search for Crushed Corpses
Continued Yesterday.
Partial Extrication Of the Remains of
Hollenbeck and Fred Haug.
Description Of the TrcacIlerous picr.ptl.
lar.and.Gfrder Combination.
8oVero Blow to tho Architectural idea Of
Eriat Domo.8uspension.
Certainty that Other Poop1e Must
Share Gays Cu1pability.
Workmon and Builders Who Worked
In Constant Fear Of Death.

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In Constant Fear of Death.
ROCKFORD. ID.
rEsTEnpAr,
spertd! 14pafcA to tie Tribune
RocKEonp. ILL.,, May II. -Thc;u asc thouaand
anu one statements current In regard tu the cause
of. and n'o In regard 10 lo.c persons wio arc re-.
Fponsb!c for, the terrib1c accident here lsrt Fri
tn5. TIE TntnrSE report Of the disaster IL ac-
knowtcdgcd al hands 10 haro leon the best on,t
most reliable one. Your reporter. being On the
fccne at tho moment tho building fell aud having
to.day gonc orcr tho entire ruins from basement
to Top. Ia TINS enabled to giro detailed account
OF Whist ID now accepted by tho beat architects and
builders TO hare 1'ccn tho cause Of tho accident,
and also IN tltciofc to TnE TntnuxE readers ths
wtakncsa and dctcctlvencsa Of the structure.
before going Into these details It will tc necce.
easY to giYe tho facts In relation to tho dndiuc of
tho bodies of A. II. l1olenbcek and Frederick
Hau2 thla morning. Tho work of exearattng has
been continued night and day since Friday.
TIE SEARCH ron THE uop1E.
was especially directed to wards tho room west of
tho domc. and at precisely IL o'clock ia.t ataht
1ne Of tho men discovered hunan hair, and In
l'n1cnt nflcrwards It was found 10 bo portion Of
11ollcnbcck'A scalp. a huge corntco etonc
Weighing several Tons lay upon the body.
There wa" no mrans Of moving The stone, 70 drills
wcrc pFocosed and The entire corner If tho rock
was drilled and split on. 1t was then found that
part OF the arm Was still beneath the stone, and.
an more Of tho stone could not Be drilled Of. tho
mhnrlcd body WIS cut OF FINN the arm. nrsjps
ana scalp were entirely gone. by bis side lly at
that remained Of Frederick 1fang,
'nia rnED,"
az he was famtllasly known tn spr,pRdeid. hts
honc This latter body vas too horribly manctcd
to describe. II look the large gang Of men over
four honrs to recover tho two bodies a5tcr tIcv
were di'coscrcd. The remains were taken to tho
oil CouFt-tiousc. and at 0::,0 tho Coeoncr'e lurr
pnsaed upon the ]ast two bodies. It ID still hoped
that Harris and Ltnholm nay recover. The rein
tires Of John Peck. who died last night, arc hero
from Rochester Mlnn. lie was inferred this after.
noon.
TIE ConoNEn's 1cnr
haH now paesed upon eight men who wcrc killed.
outright. There arc, besides tho numerous broken
limbs aud s'tghtsy Injured, eleven men who arc
mingled In eleven raryEng shades Of Rhastlincss.
\ PEN tkETcn or TIE SCENE or THE plsAB-
TER.
THE Tn1nuxx representative has alscaoy given
description Of the exterior OF tho building, jts
rfJlo OF architecture, etc. Those who haze heard
or The accident nFc anxtona 10 obtain reliable de-
eef'pt1oa OF tho present appearance Of the wreck,
A BrEc1AL TRAIN
from Rochelle brought largo numbers Of perton,
to Tho city this morning who wanted to vlcw the
onl!dins. NO ono. however, WAS allowed to 70
near, and spcctntforce OF police, aided by fopcs
kept the vast crowd back. TIE Tn,nuss reporter
obtained special permit to examine tho rulas,
mud, After tho usual caut!ons, started on hts or.
rand. Frank Let!it'& tIttkiy ha. had several dit.
tcrent vt1ws taken Of the accident, and will prc-
pare from thcn wood.cut of the fallen Court.
House. Tho whole Of tho back and side wallis Of
tho partition upon which tho dome was
10 hare rested ure gone. Tho two
main columns which suprostcd thc barl. a, thn
onrii,or .rc 1,ot. an-, ~ ..s.,.n III :" :.e
schr. nnn.,hi,d ~ ~ 49," '.;tas ou'.ea )" tac
porch and deep recess arch has also sallcn, but
moro Of this. Including Tho massive pedimcns upou
u luz ca1la'ne. ono OF tto immense columns
Fhked deep ragged channel on the north side Of
Ihc s,e Of the 1,er rntc,'n "u -. y, rn' sh s uosn
sdc of ,hc hufdrr ,hc r.nor,sr .,e, ~ 'as non
sas u 'a' oo'a'ns '"0 reporter s'ood IN tho room
MOTT or TIE DEAD DopiEs WE'RE FOUND.
little to the west IL what remaIna Of thc ,,.,
which sta rea arst and mon whish ,,..s .s
sou tlwest quarter Of the doms. Hero ia mi,ee,.
|ancons mass Of stonc. brick, Iron noors, nine,
upon fopes at.d what remains standinr ] e of III
drrrlcks. mems coata. rests, and even h,ot.. "a
T.. r rsndcss 9, tho tragic I'D of those wo lsy
SDnJpH
smother entrance VIA Effected b. cltmbu. oynr @
rsst piles nf debris; and one e4ands ncarly in thc
centre OF tho vast Structure To The north loa1ns
MP tho back Of the ontes wall OF the pavilion whch
was
JUST CoMpLEyEp,
tcndy for the suposatFat t1lrc Of lho dome. Ahnnt
f1rtT feet from {hu ton thn inner sfde NJ
lrctl hulgcl nut, Tho hks!yc lepn rtr1rr tfiYtv.
hrcc feet In length the Iron columns Iron cell.
ngs and In faet tho who!c centre Ut lilo stfucts,
ay In ono miscellaneous hcar shocking and end. |
liza wreck 10 eazo nrtn. VI traced ouf waY into
a subtstsaneoa. =! yaul. Of the building, and feala
ho gallery Of tas court. room hsd %'3AA@ ''''"
LIKE Tna nAMnop Or 4 GUN,
arcsi ihosscscs Into The ca1ti At the So1tom a ~
ho building. Tho weak part OF thc buiidine' A.
'tAtcd In SATURDAYS report, was tic Inner "a1 OF
he pavilion. which WIS Il Inv" mn,'n+tcI ~ ~ ~
lone. ionr rcp,,lter made a careful e1stninstion
n tho ruins. Tho piers upon which Tho iron |
columns re8tcd wnro at uniform eIzo frIn thn
;rounl noor upward. They wcfo built Of stonc in
in sub.eeltar. Upon tho atouo commenced thc ]
rick work, which crumb!ca awsy and cAused thc
all Of Tho building.