Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-12
SEARCHFOR THEDEAD.
THB SEARCH at PITTSBURG ALMOST CON-
PLBTBD.
Half Dozen More CoTsss Taken Out Of the
Ruils-NO One 10 Blame for the Accident
The Mortar All Right-The
Reading Dead

PITrsBURG, January 11.-After the
finding Of the remains of Samuel Brown,
Jr., in the ruins Of the Wiley building,
no additional discoveries of victims were
made until evening, the body of young
Goet.man being exhumed from the wreck
Of Humans leather stcrs about 9 O'Clock
and removed to the Morgue. Shortly
after midnight the remains of Charles
MeKeown were found in the basement of
Weldin's store, and about two o'clock the
remains Of two carpenters were found in
the cellar Of the Wiley building. They
were terribly mangled and disfgured, but
were subsequently, identified as Leonard
Schiffhauer and George Bsnnirger.
Shortly before Z o'clock this morning
ths body Of the venerable DR.. Re6d was
discovered aud exhumed, and this, it is
believed and hoped, completes the list Of
victims buried under the debris.
NEARING THE END.
The cellar of the Wiley building he's
been completely gone over evrey piece of
timber and brick removed, but no more
bodies have bee3 found since 2 o'clock this
morning. The uncertainty regarding seve
raj unknown in this building, who are re
ported as missing, hss thus been settled,
50 far as their being in the ruins is con-
eernej. The cellar CT the leather store
adjoining has alec been thoroughly gone
over and no more bodies are i'll it.
From the condition Of the body of youog
GOettman, and the position of the body, it
is believed that be never was conscious
after the terrible crash came His body
was fesrfUlly msngled and death must
have been almost instantaneous.
TIE thorough search in the Thoma and
Wiley buildings being completed, the
Oaly spot remaining where there is any un
certainty is the resr Of Weldin's building.
The part Of this eiore, nearest Diamond
street, had been almost cleared out at -
o'clock and no more bodies fou2d. II was
in this part that DR.. Reeds body was d.
covered and in which wcs the elevator.
TIE elevator il completely wrecaei. The
rear part OF the store where tha safe is has
not ye. been cleared away. This Is tue
Part in which Weldin Mason and Mr.
Pstlicord weIe found, close 10 the safe.
It is evident that the safe WIS the means
of saving the lives of both. The safe
caught aud upheld the mass of timbsrs
aud brick from the secord floor that came
crashing down on them
CONTRACTORS VIEWS.
The coaseusus Of opinion now is that
no ore IL 10 blame for the accident gs il
was one of those calamiues that could not
be- foreseen.
Mr. William Finn, the contractor, when
asked, this morning whet be thought Of
the mortar usfd in the cons 'ruciion OF the
building, ssid: "Inmy op.rion tho NOR
tar was al right I examined it, and found
that it was made Of sharp sand and lime,
which makes excellent material for a
buudl0g. I do not thick it mat cred much
Whist kind Of mstefisl was used, for / be
liave the buildingwOuld have blown down
anyway I DO not think that large build
ings like that should be erected during the
winter from TIE fact that the mortar IS not
given q chance 10 dry, and will not be
thoroughly dry until the next summer"
James Mcknight, contractor, said: Tine
mortar was al right
A prominent builder, in conversation
with Controlle, Morrow, this morning,
gave a seemingly good reason for the com
plete wreck Of the Wiley building He
said there was rog Of iron pillars through
the center OF the building, supporting a
beam upon which two rows Of j0is.s were
laid. one from each wall. These joists
were -ot fastened together on the center
beam, but were laid on il with very little
catch, AID when the blow clme it detached
them with ease. Had they besa securely
fastened or clamped together, he thought
the building would not have fallen.
Tue work Of clearing The ruins was not
completed tonight as expected, but by
morning it is thought the debris will al
be removed. Late this afternoon the
body of Richard Carroll WAS dis
covered in the cellar Of the
Weldin building, and no bodies have besn
found since. The police are hopslul that
there are 20 more in the wreck. The two
bodies taken cut this morning
we're identified as the remains
of George Blendinger and Leonard
Shifaur, two of the missing bricklayers.
The Coroner's investigation wss begun
Yesterday, hut after short session an ad-
iournment was taken until Monday. All
the injured are doing we'll and all bat two