New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-25
RECOVERING THE CoRpsEs
THIRTY-FIVE NOW TAKEN ONT
MANY OTHER MISSING PERSONS STILL. TN.
ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE SAD WORK OF IDENTIFYING THE MAYGLEr
DEAD--BETTER PROGRESS IN THE WORK OF
CLEARING AWAY THE RUINs-LIsTs OF
THE DEAD AND OF THOSE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM
Ihirty-ive bodies have been recovered frort
the ruins in Park Place. and the worst is yet t.
come. Six were found huddled together in
room in the basement of No. 69 The othe
bodies recovered were found at intervals in tn,
course of the day and in different parts OF tn /,
ruins. The part of the building in which th
restaurant was situated remains to be searched
1t is feared the loss of life Is greater than
first estimated Many are still reported to b.
missing.
The interest surrounding the fate Of the man.;
people buried in the ruins of the building in Parl:
Place does not decrease. IL has grown with thi
passing of every hour. Thousands have visitel
the place and have tried 10 get glimpse Of tbs
ruins and the bodies recovered. The small bloc:
between College Place and Greenwlch-st. in Pari:
Place alone is within the fire lines. There is n,
possibility of seeing anything from either end o,
the block other than the piles Of rubbish whicl.
have grown since the work of hunting for th,
bodies began.
Across each end Of the street a solid line o.
people has stood from Saturday until the presen
time. There seems TO be nothing too nauseatin
too horrible for their morbid curiosity Fo.
hours at time people have stood tensciousy holo.
ing TO their coign of vantage, under the hot SUI
and in the dreuching rain. On the tops and Il.
the windows of the buildings near the ill-fate
structure. men, women and children have rename
all day. Whenever poor unfortunate victin
was discovered, the people in the streets, on thu
md
gaze upon the revolving spectacle as If impelleti
by some horrible fascination.
WAITING TO SEE BODIES TAKEN OUT.
At times the rain would come down in tor.
rents which would in part disperse the crowd
But as soon as the rain ceased and the worlsmei
gave the signal that work was TO begin. thu
lookers-0n would rush back to their former places
there to wait and to watch for the next burned
and charred corpse to be taken out.
This phase in human nature is not peculia:'
to the people of New-York. It runs through
the whole gamut of mankind, and was manifesto,
in the French Revolution, when the streets o!
Paris ran with blood and the morbidly excited
people gloated over the sight of the victims be
headed by the guillotine
Sometimes the curiosity of the crowd wovk
abate, but the discovery of another body woult
instantly put the whole mass into seethinl
showed that the news had been quickly circu.
lated. Those outside of the lines would try T.
. crowd to the front Those inside would eagerl,
watch the process of removing the dead. Man,
of the looiers-on were not disinterested. A larg
number were looking for friends or relatives
others were there in the pursuit Of their duty
But large number of people who were per
mitted to enter the lines had right there, what
ever. At times the police would make effort
to exclude some of these persons, but it wa
noticeable that the ward politicians and friend
Of the policemen were sacredly guarded.
PLACING THE BODIES IN coFFINs.
The bodies which were dug ont were put II
rough pine cofiins at the place where they wen
found, and were then carried along the Sidewalk
in front of No. Ga, where they were exposed
Each time nauseating stencil was emitted from
the corpse. This odor was in O measure neutral
lied by disinfectant which was sprinllled owe
the bodies and the pavement. AS each body wa;
brought out, the people who were looking 70,
their friends would come forward and gaze will
reluctance, fear and horror upon the charred piecs
of humanity. The Coroner would give descrip
ton Of the body, its height, sex and probable age
the clothing upon it and any Distinguishing feat
ures which might possibly lead to its identification
OF all those inside the Ines not even the friendi
policemen.
The work went on much more rapidly yesterday
than it did on Sunday or Sunday night. Tht
dcsultory labor of the Italians had accomplished
little except to build up two piles of brick stont
and small pieces of chared timber The ener
getic words of Inspector Byrnes on Sunday nigh
did stir up the Italians hut after his departure
they again relapSed into their old manner o.
working
LoNGsHoREMEN SET TO WORK.
1t was matter of great satisfaction yesterday
morning TO those who had been in constant at
tendance the scene to see a gang Of thirty
lohpshoremen at work. under the direction o;
Foreman German. They were employed bv direc
tion of Second Assistant Chief Riley Of the First
Battalion, to remove the presses, safes and othei
heavy distractions They worked in three gangs
end tackle of block AMI fall was used by eacf
division In that part Of tho ruins next to No
76 about thirty Italians continued their arduous
labor of removing, one article at time, the brick
etones and paper accumulated there. The paper
was tenderly passed along and carefully laid on the
piles. and so were the brick The hthographi1
stones. costing anywhere from to so cents
pound, were ruthlessly thrown on the piles o.
brick and iron Most of them had not been dam
aged by the fire, but they were broken anc
cracked In handling.
The ,longshoremen at once began work. The.
tackle which they used was furnished BY tm
Marvin Safe Company. heavy truck pulled BY
two powerful horses stood all day in space cleared
in front of the ruins. The agents Of the company
make it their business TO remove from buildings
destroyed by fire or explosion all safes Oh then
manufacture So far they have extricated only
one safe that belonging 10 Liebler u Mass.
aCi n
rho ,lonqshoremen The presses in falling from the
fourth fnnr tuned completely over, and timber