Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
tho second and third floor, With sorrowful

the second aud third floors With sorrowful
! faces.
I'VE have not enough blankets" they
cried 10 their comrades below. Bring no
anything You can get to wrap the bodies In"
BRINGING OUT rBE BODIES.
Sbawls. carpets, and blankets were quickly
secured, and with the different floors the
| tremen found work for them 10 do. There
were no bodies on the first or second
floors. a. the occupants on these two floors
managed to escape readily. But In tse third
floor the first object that net their gaze was
the inyslId woman knecling beside her bed.
She held in her arms her two dead children,
while her features exhibited the utmost
sgony. In lifting the group fourth BODY
was disc9yered-a prematurely-born male in-
! FAINT. The sutlerings OF the poor woman must
have been frghuul. Net far distant vas
found the body Of q man. Tie had proba-
bly, trie d 10 lend assistance to the unfoftu-
rate family and me, hs death.
The bodies were tenderly raised and
pllced into blankets and lowered by ropes
to the ground. on the fourth floor the fire.
men discovered five bodies. some OF them
with only the trunks leit and all so badly
burned az to be entirely unacceptable.
These bodies were also lowered IN similsr
manner.
There were none found on the 9TH noor
but on the sixth floor five bodies were dis
covered in q heap near the stairway leading
to the roof. Evidently these uniorlunates
tried to escape by using the scutile, but we're
oyerpowered by the oppressive smoke.
What was left Of these poor fellows was
placed In sacks and lowered 10 the yard As
each BODY left a window the suxious multi
tude on the reOi-tOps uttered cries Of sorrow.
Taking the dead from the charred beams
ended the work Of the iiremen. Then the
police stepped IN and guarded the remains
until the dead wagon with its cofiins put IN
an appearance.
The bodies had 10 be carried through a
narrow alley 10 the Bowery, and to prevent
curiosity seekers from gaping on the sorri-
bic sight Inspector steers formed line Of
tall policemen on the street through which
the dead were carried 10 the wagon IN walt
ing. Hall a dozen ambulsnees from The
downtown hospital were kept busy carrying
the injured away. A great many jumped
from the building when the fire breke out
and sustained painful injuries. As they
reached the ground they were taken 10 stores
on the Bowery while ambulance surgeons
dressed their wounds. Itwas not necessary
10 take them TO the hospits, 50 they went
home.
PICgPOOKErs AND TEIEYEs.
The police arrangements were little
faulty al first. Pickpockeis and thieves
mingled in the tbrOns and tried 10 reap a
harvest. Children aud the B0wery traveller
a. elbowed together, aud at one time tum-
bed pell-mell among the iremcn. thus l0l-
pediug their labors. A couple OF young iel-
lows were caught sneaking close 70 slmD-
sons pawnshop. bat Detective sergeant
McMarus happened along, aud he drove
them, together with the others, outside
aud Williams appeared, together with
the lines Presently Inspectors Steers
several OF Inspector Byrnes's detec-
tiycs. The Inspector sent at once for all
the reserves that could be spared. aud In
little while the crowd was driven back.
When the tire lines were well cleared The
ffemcn silently voted thanks. Captain a.
sidY. whose duty 1t was to supply Police
Headquarters with the particulars OF me
event, evidently found II a difficult task, Tor
he had to take most OF bis information from
Herald reporters.