The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-25
STILL SEARCHING FOR BODIES.
Fhirty-fiye Recovered From the
Park Place Disaster.
Rain Interrupts the Senrcli-Frfends anil
Relatives of Missing People Surround
the Ruins -Some of the bodies Terribly
Hurned-The Search May Last for :.
week y" Clue us To the Origin of the
Fire.


Fire.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2i.-iSpeciall-T
work OF delving for the dead in the ruins
on Park Place continued uninterrupted
through the night, except at times when
rain poured down in such torrents as to
renoer labor beneath it impossible. Ex-
cept at these times also the fire lines at
either end OF the block were lined with
waiting friends and relatives of the
missing. When they were driven from
the street by rain they sought shelter in
dooFways or wherever protection might
be found; but as soon as it ceased their
weary and mournful vigil was resumed.
AT a:@5 o'clock there was hustle of
excitement among the workm that in
stantly communicated itself TO the eager
watchers at the fire lines. Another
body had been found. 1t was that of a
man. and lay beside tansle Of presses
at NO. 90 1t was taken out and placed
IN one OF the collins on the sidewalk
1t was terribly burned and unrecor-
nl@ahlc, unless the .cntity must he dis
closed by battered fragments Of clothes
that but partly covered it, Work again
went on unmarked by incident until
o'clock II. m, when the second BODY was
ioun1, also that of Il man, near the spot
where tho first was discovered. Five
minutes later third body OF a man was
found IN nearly the same place Both
were taken out and placed in collins on
the sidewalk beside that containing the
! body found at 3:25 O'Clock.
Hardly had this been done when tho
BODY of another was found. but it Law
beneath heavy press and it will be
Impossible TO remove it until derrick
was obtained. Almost simultaneously
the discovery OF a fifth body, making
twenty-one in all, among the bricks and
and paper IT No. II. 1t was that of \
large man. but although the face was
| visible II was like the others oXhumed.
unacceptable. At o'clock Italian
laoorers were still at work removing
bricks that buried the body and him
| dcrcd it's removal.
From daylight on the crowd of specta-
| tors ut the tire lines gradually increased,
and at o'clock dcnsely packed throng
nlled every spot that commanded q
slight view Of the blackencd ruins. A
| boiler inspector ut police Headquarters
today stated, according. TO records
there, the Taylor building had no steam
boilers OF any kind. nor had there been
any there for several years past The
steam power used in ii was supplied
| from outside sources
During the morning one Of the Ital-
ians working in the ruins stopped over
the body OF one OF the victims and took
silver watch from the vest pocket.
Tie was arrested and taken TO tho sta
A h,,.,
shouted Lynch him. Lynch him" UU
to noon the official account of the num-
her OF bodies taken from the ruins as
Kept by the police is %.
Between and 1 o'clock six bodies
were found close together. Five were
young girls, aged from IS TO %, and
three OF them were recognized rs press
feeders for I.icbler Il Moss; another
worked for Rosenfcld bronze leaf manu-
iacturcr. The fifth body was that OF a
boy They all bore the appearance OF
having died by sutfocation. The odor of
the accomplishing and burning flesh that
arises from the ruins is becoming hor-
riblc and disinfcctants hitherto used
seem to produce little effect.
~ general alarm has been sent out
for Louis Rosenield, proprietor of paint
store No. 20 Park Place. his brother
stating that since the disaster he has
been missing. Ii is supposed his mind
was affected by the horrible scene he
witnessed when the crash came il he is
not actually in the ruins. The district
attorney is already considering the
| question OF indcting persons RESPONSE
| Bile for the Park Place disaster. After
long consultation with his chief assist
ant, ex-Judge Cunning 5. bedford, he
placed the case in the hands OF Assist
ant District Attorney Townsend
p to : o'clock tonight thirty-flve
bodies had been recovered from the
Park Place ruins.