Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-20
THE FEAST oFnEArH.

Walls Pulled Down-Funeral of the Victims.
 HARTFORD, Feb 19-The search for bodies
 in the ruins of tae Park Central Hotel was resumed early this morning, work. being . especially active in the dangerous spots at
 tke base of the loose walls yet standing. The : workmen were in imminent danger and Q every now and then bricks were blown from \ the top by the high wind. At Il o'clock two
 more bodies were found. One was identified by MT. s. A. Galpin, of New Haven (his . nephew), as the Rev. Dr. Lavalette Perrin, of
 Torrington, of the Yale corporation. The other has been identified as that of Dr. proved to be that of William Boyle of this
 city, who had a room in the hotel.
 Workmen were busy all day upon the dis
 nal heap of rnins. At noon Mayor Root, Colonel Cone, Attorney Prentice and Gover-
 nor BulkeleY consulted as to pulling down
 the shell of the hotel which is left, and de-
 cided to have it done as soon as possible.
 Artists and photographers were buaily at
 work during the day about the tumbling ! building.
 The edge of fragments of the boiler found
 show that it was not defective-there were
 no old or weak lines. Near the valve was a
 slight crack or strain, but that might have
 been caused just before the final breaks,
 some of which were close to the riyets. AS l to the burning of the sheets, which would disclose whether the water was low, nothing
 can be determined conclusively. It was too
 near the top of the boiler. There would
 probably have been no water there if the
 boiler had been altogether properly man.
 aged.
 Most of the tubular part is over on the east
 side of the ruins, right across from where the
 boiler was located. The fragments of the ! crown sheet were in the northwest corner. ! These furnish the most important evidence. | The important fragment containing the safe- ty valve was left until il o'clock last night
 right on the street corner near the spot where
 it was taken. A citizen seeing it and realiz- ing it's importance, told Coroner Sperry, who immediately took it into custody and remov-
 ed it to Judd 6 Roots building. A guard was then put over it, for the office is sur- { rounded with ssntries. It is thought that this fragment fixes the causeiof the explosion. l ! The safety valve was fast; the steam pressure was very great for some reason; it sought ! \ egress first at the valve and burst out the ! section, but this means of egress was not | enough and the terrible explosion followed I The safety valve was thus defective and there 1 was no expansion. \ As to the building, those who know say l that there was not solid stone in it. The l | foundation of the south wall was dug in blue mud, and nothing but twenty inch brick l wall was put up to hold the entire weight of | ! the building. The south wall was sprung before the first story was put up by the ! weight of the clay pressing against it. The I ! owner of the building would not allow the l wall to be rebuilt, but sprung it back as well | I as it could be. The piers had no solid stone under them, but were laid upon the earth. The water trickling down between the south wall and the earth had tendency to weaken ' the cement so that It had no binding power. The brick that was put into the building was I for the most part soft and not salable ! Amos Risley, the assistant engineer, had not been found yesterday morning, when Alexander Thuer, the engineer, was arraigned for nanslaughter. He was soon after brought in and the two pleaded not guilty of the charge. The cases were adjourned a week. 1 Each was put under s1O,OOo bonds, which neither could get. Thuer was arrested five months ago for attempting to shoot a man ! whom he auarreled with in the hotel
 It was reported that MT. RUG. Pendleton, l the Democratic orator of Indianapolis, Ind, l was buried in the ruins. He was not, how ever, but was in New Haven stopping at the Tontine, as letter from him to Editor A. E. l Burr received to day attests. His letter is full of thankfulness at his escape, as he by l the merest chance spent Sunday night in l New Haven instead of at the Park Central, I at which he had room secured for the fatal night.
 ENGINEER RIsLEY.
 Engineer Risley says he was responsible for the boiler after five that morning. The ex. plosion occurred ten minutes before. He had not been called when it took place. "When left the boiler at 12, midnight" he says, "the water was all right as to quantity and l condition, and the guage showed the usual 1 low pressure for that time. The fire was properly banked before left. I think some- body, perhaps someone up stairs, must have felt chilly before morning and gone down to the furnace, opened the draft-and then went of and forgot all about 1t. It would not take very long, under such conditions, | to raise the heat above the danger point"
 WALLS PULLED DOWN.
 At 3p. m. the corner of the north wall with one of the chimneys was successfully pulled down, greatly lessening the danger to the working party, although it added some- what to the debris to be removed
 MIR. ILLowAY's BODY. II
 Body No. 12, the only one remaining un- known, has been partially identified as s. S. Illowsy of Cincinnati, at $40 D. m.
 MORE PULLED DOWN.
 The remaining portion of the hotel proper was pulled down, leaving only the four-story annex. This has filled the excavation already made with immense accumulation of l bricks, laths, plastering and timber, and at | the present time it is very doubtful whether any more bodies can be recovered for many ! hours, if any are buried in the rear part of the building. Mir. Pendleton having turned up alive: the bodies of the night clerk (Perry) and Mir. Whiting are the only ones believed | to still be in the ruins. It was thought that ! MT. Whiting's remains were recovered last evening, but there is no reliable identifca- ! ton. THE BODY OF MIR. STERLING OF BRIDGEPORT. |
 HARTFORD, Feb. 19.-Body No. F, marked unknowp, has been partially identified by MT. Hotchkiss and MT. Heublein of Bridge port as MT. Sterling of Sterling Bros, crock cry dealers of Bridgeport.
 Twenty one dead bodies have thus far been l taken from the ruins. The remains of the night clerk, Edward Perry, have not yet been found.
 FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS.
 HARTFORD, Feb. 19.-The funeral services over the remains of J. George Engler were l held in the Park Congregational church this afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Lester L. Potter officiated. The funeral appointments were under the supervision of St. Johns lodge, F. and A. M. Colts First regiment band, of which deceased was a member, escorted the n cortege from the lodge room to the church. MT. Engler was drug clerk for Warwick & Go. and was formerly employed in H. & J. D Brewers drug store in Springfield, Mass c He was in that city for several months and r made a number of friends. He went to Hartford to work for Josiah Howe, whose residence IS o4 sargent street Tn Spr1ngneid. ! IT MT. Howe ultimately became associated with ! Warwick & Co. ss partner, and Engler was s retained with the new firm. His home was in Norwich, Ct., where he still has friends. He was unmarried and generally esteemed by n both employers and customers. Mir. T. 0. e Trefry. the druggist on State street, New Ha- ven, corner of Edwards, was a classmate of J MT. Engler at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and they both graduated in the D same class, that of 1885. E
 General Charles P. Graham of Middletown, father of Mrs. Louis N Bronson, was in this E city to-day, and perfected arrangements for S the funerals of his son-in-law, daughter and grandchild. Services will be held tomorrow Wednesday, afternoon at o'clock in the z First Baptist church and will be conducted by s the Rev. MT. Dearborn and the Rev. Drs. l Taylor and Stone. The remains of the three will then be placed in the receiving vault at c Spring Grove cemetery.
 General Graham's daughter, Mrs Bronson,