The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-24
MINING FOR THE DEAD.
The Park Place Horror Increasing
Twenty-six Bodies Found and
Ninety-three Missing.

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Place, New York. was continued all last
night By the aid of electsc lights Up to
noon twenty.six bodies had been taken
out. fourteen OF which had been I'M
identified
Soon after three O'Clock this morning
the squad of men who were digging near
the street line of the fallen bull ding at
No. "a Park place. came upon anotner
body. This was the seventeenth found.
1t was crushed in between mass o f
rubbish and charred timoers, and the
flames had burned it beyond recognition
1t was twisted into the most horrible con-
tortions. and the head and face were
crushed to a shapeless mass.
After two hours hard work the beams
and timbers which pinned the body in
the ruins were removed. and It was taken
out and placed in Box No. IL. No attempt
was made TO identify it.
Towards daybreak the efforts OF thef IRE
men and laborers were directed towards
the great heap of machinery which lies at
the north end Of the ruins.
THREE LYING TOGETHER
They managed TO clear out small
place in front OF the great mass OF wreck
age. and when they pulled down part Of
the fieoring, which was propped up
against the heavy machinery and
bodies, all frlghtfully charred and burneds
They lay close together and were liter
ally roasted through and through.
Broken beams and the weight Of the iron
WORK wedged them IN so tightly that 1t
seemed impossible TO remove the bodies
whole without first raising the constant
weight above them.
It was not until seven o'clock that they
were finally taken out
HORRIBLE SPECTACLE
One of the bodies was that OF boy
fourteen years old. He wore knee trous-
ers aad long, blue woollen stockings.
One foot was burned off completely. aud
the flesh of one arm is entirely gone:
The face was unrecognizable. and the
whole'head was simply a charred and
hlackened stump. A shoe Was found near
the body.
It contained the bleeding remnants of
a foot, and the fireman who took 1t out
placed IL upon the top of this box.
Another body was in a still more fright
full condition. One leg was missing from
the knee and the body was SO crushed
that the entrails protruded.
It was apparently that of a man. al
though his age could not be ascertained.
MISERABLE GHoUL.
Joseph Lussan. a miserable Italian,
who said that be lived at the Five
Points. was arrested this morning for rob-
bing the dead. He was one Of the Italians
employed 10 ciear away tno NhcCh auu
was caught going through the cloth
ing of one of the bodies.
He was locked up in the Tombs.
The odor of burned flesh which arises
from the ruins is sickening and the
health department has sent a corps
of its men to disinfect the place:
Ninety y-three persons were reported
missing up to noon. aud seventeen who
were heretofore reported as missing have
turned mp albright.
POOR MRS. HARING.
Nothing has vet been heard of Morris
Haring of No. n Erie street this city who
went to Peterson's restaurant for dinner
leaves an invalid wife and a babe only
seven weeks old. His friends are con-
vinced that he is dead. The fact that
he failed to return home at the
usual hour Immediately after his
plice of business had closed would have
been sufficient to alarm his wife and
friends, for he was an exemplary young
man, an active Christian and devoted hus-
band who spent every possible minute
with his family. He was employed in a
saddler's store and promptly at neon dined
at Peterson's restaurant His friends knew
this to be his habit and were anxious.
They called at his home. and when they
learned he had not arrived several OF
them visited New York to mako inquiry,
hoping that he might at least be among
the injured. They returned to Jersey
City discouraged and with the conviction
that Haring had perished.
BREAKING THE SAD NEWS.
AS gently as possible yesterday morn
ing the sad intelligence was broken to
the helpless widow by his brother. He
informed her of the calamity and the
fears of the relatives. She swooned
and was insensible for long time.
Her physician was summoned.
but had failed TO revive her at . late hour
last night She IS in a precarious condi-
tion, and il Is feared will not survive the
shock
Haring was a conspicuous member of
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
and Assistant Secretary of the
Sunday school. When the school
Assem- bled Yesterday afternoon the
announcement that he was undoubtedly
one of the victims of the disaster, and
delivered an appropriate eulogy. Haring
was mamber of the Order of Odd Eel
lows, the Royal Arcanum, American
Mechanics, and other fraternal societies
Mrs. Haring was more composed this
morning. but her friends fear that the
shock of the terrible blow. will have
serious effects upon her.
OTHER MISSING JERsETMES.
The BODY of Gustav Zickert of 80
Washington street, Hoboken, whose
name was in the list of the missing. was
recovered yesterday afternoon and re-
moved to Crimm's undertaking shop in
First street, Hoboken. ZickerI was un-
married and had no relatives in this city
except brother and sister-in-law.
John Steinke, another of those reported
missing, lived at 24S Griffith street. Jer-
sey City Heights, with his wife and
mother. As he has not been home since
he started for work on Saturday morning,
there Is no doubt about his fate. he was
employed by Liebler & Mass, litho-
graphers. as grinder. and was at work
on Saturday.