Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-24
DElWNG FOR DEAD.
Gloomy Mornings Work on the Scene
of the Park Place Horror.
ON THE FRENCH AND GERMAN BORDER
France embodened by the FavoI
Of Russia.
SONS OF VETERANS IN CAMP.
THE PARK PLACE HORROR,

THE PARK PLACE HORROR.
Delving for the Dead Amid the Ruins of
the Fallen Buildings.
NEw York, August 24.-The work Of delying
for the dead in the ruins on Park place con-
tinued uninterrupted through the night except
at the times when the rain poured down in
such torrents as to render labor beneath it i'm
possible. Except at these times also the fire
lines at either end Of the block were lined with
waiting friends or relatives Of the missing
When they were driven from the street by the
rain they sought shelter in doorways or where
ever protection might be found, but as soon as
Il ceased their weary and mournful vigil was
Resumed.
pncovERINa BODIES.
At S:25 o'clock there was hustle Of excite
ment among the workmen that instantly COM
municated itself to the eager watchers at the
fire lines. Another body had been found. II
was that OF a man and lay beside the tangle Of
presses at No. 20. 1t was taken out and placed
in one Of the pine coffins on the sidewalk. Ii
was terribly burned and unrecoguizabie, unless
identity may be disclosed by the tattered frag-
ments OF clothing that but partly covered it,
Ihe work again went on unmarked by incl
dent until $40 o'clock this morning, when q
second body was found, also that of a man.
near the spot where the 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 coffins on the side
walk beside that containing the body found
at 3:25 O'Clock. Hardly had this been done
when the body OF another man was found, but
it lay beneath a heavy press and it will be i'm
possible to remove it until a derrick is OBJ
tanned to hoist the press from the ruins
Almost simultaneously the discovery Of fifth
body-making twenty-one in all-was made
an fba hxtrl rA - A IL
that OF large man, but although the face was
visible it was, like the others exhumed, un-
recognizable.
THE MORNING SCENES.
At 9o'clock the Italian laborers were still at
work removing the bricks that buried the body
and hindered its removal From daylight on
the crowd Of spectators at the fire lines grad
ually increased, and at 8 o'clock q densely
packed throng filed every spot that COM
manded the slightest view of the blackened
ruins At the Office of boiler inspection at
police headquarters today it was stated that
according to the 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 it was supplied from
outside sources.
A couple of minutes after O'Clock the body
Of the man found at No. IA was taken out. It
was that Of man about forty-ive years old,
OF stout build, with balbriggan shirt and Jean
drawers. In the pockets of his trousers were
wr;tten ~ orSer tpr i;tboa-aR paRs, a ~ va
a hro~n ,,onst.cha TYo - e r. - -. -.
crnsbeS y, and ths 60 ~ h,,-r.J hSronS
recognition.
EXAMINING THE BopIks-
The examination Of the body was made BY
Deputy Coroner Donlin, who arrived on the
scene Just as it was taken from the ruins DR..
Donlin also examined the three other bodies
One of tbem wv. that ns q ~ .hn,,. ss.o.-
or sixteen Years old The left Iec wss hnrnsd
OF at the ankle. The body vas Clad in xb;te
lean drawers. ribbed stockinps ontinr sbirt ana
white merino undershirt and lace sboos
Another was the body of a man whose face
was burned beyond recognition. It Is believed
to be that Of JOHN Steinke OF Hoboken, n. ].
IN us PocsAess were iouno purse containing
ficIets ON S.e;nles nooI roou, ;n IhnI te. pooi a
tbrea nav envaIones To- AN aanh ""N
The third body vas 20 hadiv hrrro5 .ns
crnshed that IL conId not ha rs,ou.,;.eJ NM NM
tho cIoth;na vss air.ns, ao,;.o,,, W Is niIeu; ano
A. In.In Soroe,' a. hoS. sy Su, "ea o On;
r,rnoS L.. hen.a.S 49, .ounu .aa as eioek
P.dn. g. ..ia..n - 800 p.ese was ,enoseu. IN
safss U.s. sacmred anS vas taa.:o, n nois.ihs is
ea.eS "as sso gu anu vac iasseheo 20 teie-
Srspn poio i ana 'nea 'st. ~ sae press Win u the
rpana"vsi Of ,he hoSx ~ ,..s ~ pefis .. .ne
mo-, ohon. a;ah,oa ,. .n"s =. young
about five feet seven inches in height. dressed
in black trousers. white outing shirt with blue
stripes wnite oncerwear lace shoes and light
e. 80. -, "a a haN ~ e"iev pms
shnn. ,a, ,a;-r,as M ia,ns thn h.s
vo,,,,, 49,, ~ hO,' 80 sa,..s y. s snotner
ouns,b tha s,ot fr',, ,rhoh almost aiiecuy
III - VIC .'''n uion tne ias' nen.loheo
tr"r.sra Uen HanI .a., nt; h.t Ju a. co5kscew
81 hnt,ou shooS IT, .hn eata oa 1" AZ W..
sers Vac q neapi1 HANDLED Ip;se Ius, as.a fyu tIo
how WAS nlaced in the coffin IL xas iSent;,;ad %
H.. VS." We 80, = SLahSuni1 ~ 90 xa as
"s p.Ni 1i Ein -. onauuoch VI 20 moore s,reet,
W1. r. WIZ WIG .;W. was emp,oseu oE neioier a
snUs: aas ne was siAseeu ' .eais piu' ine iaenu
nea,on .h Was niaoe W 'he ho'hef ana oro'ner OF
WIG oeso wy
RoBBrNa CORPSE.
Just before these two bodies were taken from
tho nina . crowd of ,aonla s..na;,, -, an.
a., Ill. .. p e ~" 'no
sePs oi 'h9 uuiIuis oppos'e.8 ~ .ne wreck saw
Que ot tne is'nahs worns IN tne ruins stoop
over .ne oouy ot one VI .ne victims anu Take
s1nie.hing out 1i tne YES, pocket Iney
snou.eu " lIs ponce, anu %! ran across tne
street anu toio fohceman Sweeny OF the ninth
po,,-aaS,sd ,n sha, rbot ha h.d -. III. S vas
and the first thing he pulIed ont WAS a silye,
watch which he admitted he had picked up"
He was taken to the second precinct station
mouse followed py g moo, many OF whom
snouseo' hyhcn MN iyncn MN!
DISTRESSING SCENES AT THE NoRour.
A. the uorona th.ra ,rora -.,,....a .,a.v A. =.
.s 'oA' 'no
scehes Witnessed 'nere yesteroay- FROM carly
morning there wasa constant stream OF mourn
ing friends and relatives, seeking among the