New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-05
NINTH VICTIM OF THE FIRE.
KATE KoFRNER DIES IN THE HOSPITAL.
CONDITION OF TOE INJURED PERsoNs-THE COR
oNER's INVESTIGATION.

CONDITION OF TGE INJURED PERsoSs-THE COB
oNER's INVESTIGATION
Kate Koerner, the ninth victim OF the
First-ave teneinenthOusc fire. died early yesteru"'
morning at Bellevue Hospital, and her body was re-
moved to ali undertakers shop In the BoWery "here "
WA laid beside that Of her mother aud her sster
Pauline II was rumored that sophia Koerner had ded
AZ the oyteran Hospital but the superintendent t'
n Tntnusg reporter that she rapidly recovering.
The bodies OF Humphrey aud his child were removed
from the MOrgue In the morning by tho heore" froo
Burial Society, and buried In the Bay side Cemetery
The employees Of the cigar factory IN Whch MIS-
Retainer worked have subscribed cents each for tue
buual to-day Of herself AMI her son Richard, whose
bodies still lay upon the marble slabs IN the Morue yes
terdny afternoon The body 81 Mary. Humphreys COOK
had been placed a collin which stood on emf IN the AREA
OF the Morgue. where the features had been photo-
yrapbed for the purpose OF future Identification. OF
those stin In Bellevue Hospital Mrs. Eliza Hurley anu
Martha Kretzmer in ward NOT In care OF Dr. h"el
ton The former Il suffering from asphyXation only ana
IA doing we'll Martha Kretzmer I'm low condition.
She u suffering from aryngts and pneumonia brought
on by tile inhalation OF smoke Alfred kretLner anu
Lizzie Hurley are in ward No. l6 OF which Dr. Hough
has charge. They both I'm critical condition. Inc
Latter has deiOu, since she was admitted 10 ths
ho.ttal with the exception Of short period Of con
sciousness on Sunday morning 10 which she was able "a
tell her nano only Young Krsumers condition Is the
most serious as there Is danger OF 1deTa got DIS.
Late Yesterday afternoon there consult ton OF
surgeons TO determine the adyisabhty Of Eeiforn
Ing tsaoheotomy. DIR. lIoyt said;
All these ca.es where patients suffering from
sunocatoir arc peculiar that tho asphyxltion II &C
compAuied with pronounced poisoning. None Of those
VINO were brought here In that oondition aro out OF
danger In Eenry ALL la-yngs and bronchitis have set
In special nurse Is assigned to each OF them aud
everything that Is possible ~ being done for them
William Flanagan who IN ward No. %. Ia charge or
will he ahio Ia
the hospital Ia n few days lie Is also badly burned
about both SHOULDERS. Roehrioh her Fritz
were also under Dr. Crtudaifs care. They were dis
cuArgBd Yesterday morning.
In corner OF ward no 20 Mrs. Kate Linbacher was
sitting up IN bed trying 10 hush tue cries OF ncr haJy
girl who has fracture OF the lower part OF Its ngh oS
The mother, who ~ falling stu.k hn ron iu III
con, hlere out of danger George Hurley has several
fractured rbs, but his condition - tlYotaDlo hoalo
ing from disocation OF the kneH Fever VIII probably
oscur. She Is not considered IN any dan ger Dr
stokes in whose ward said that the report that
she had charged the lire 10 the gful art Of her husband
absurd Albert koerner Il c"n-idrrrl or Oh Ant
Coroner Martin empaucllcd Juf. IN Tue l"chtl -ul7'
@ ~, 80 H." t,,, otb .de. OF the streets there was
"A crowd OF people, the greater part being women anu
cirrn who looked up at tue open Window which gave
mo- sig of the terrinie SCENES hVi enacted
StlIa Tue wire barrier whrn was stretched before
the whole OF the house GU sunday, was ONLY before
To The beer suop OF Ms 5. J. Burse who did Thriving
trade all day Tue Coroner led hSJuty into tho r~sli-
rant kitchen aud thence upstairs 10 tn thifd noOr, ask
Ing thom notice particularly tue uie-e,caPcs Ihey
did b. any further. and went down INTO ihr
back yard where tuey discussed the impOs-ibily OF
using the lire escapes The house inside presented
dismal scene Ino always we're hlod with Welding
mass Of set plaster ana charcoal aud the haf-Dnfned
balustrades shook the slightest touch. Great holes
burned In the door. leading into the rooms both IN
front aud rear aud within could be seen chairs, tables
and pictures piled together Ia tue greatest oonfusnn In
| the north Kitchen o LhrI door three bird
cages In "A dead canary lay npon ta back In dish
filled with In another, whlch was fastened 10
the wal near the window. mOckug-hird roasted
u It's feathers aud beneath II another canary with
its head Ia the corner OF the cage as II II had thought
thus 10 hide from death.
The jury upon leaving the house. went TO Bellevue
Uospital, Shere after viewing tho bodies OF Mrs.
Krezner her son Richard aud IIumphreJ's servant
girl they were dismissed by Coroner Martin until 10 a.
IN Thursday when they are 10 meet at the Coroner
Office and continue the Inquest