Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-24

All Night tho Search Continued

Nrw YoKK, Aug. 23. - An all-niRht
search for the bodies Of the uafortunates
buried beneath ,ne ruins Of the ili-fated
building At Park ace. which collapsed
Yesterday, broughtto light four more bodies
At this morning the body Of man, ap-
parently about 80 years old, was found In
the ruins near where the body Of boy wac
taken out 20 miautes before. At 10
auo'her body Of = man, about feet
inches tall. wss taken out. ln the pockets
Of his troussr, were found two
cents. At S25 the body Of a young
man, apparently about 10, was found.
diligently all this afternoon, but have made
poor progress owing to heavy machinery
being in the ruins. II will probably be
necessary for men to use derricks 10 get
the machinery and heavy iron girders out Of
the way. John Low, Brooklyn, called st
Morgue this morning, aud after carefully
examining the bodies, identified one - his
son G gorge, Is years old. Two other
bodies were identified later on ~ Gustav
Zickler, $40 Washington street, Hobokep,
and Leonard X. Cole, Bedford Avenue,
Brooklyn.
Several bodies were recognized dufinE
the day. Among them were Otto Walsef,
bkch ~ ytNrbt lUo hsst cth 'thrpst NbNss'
Breitner, l5 years; Frank Hatch, SO years,
l2l Fret street.
AIS O'Clock tonight . heavy thunder
storm. with n steady dowppour Of rain,
stopped the work Of removing the bodice
from the ruins, the men being forced to
quit work and seek shelter in adjoining
buildings. The ruined structure with its
tItteripg walls presented dismal
picture, and all through the pouring
r,in the anxious watchers stood outside the
fte-iines patiently waiting TO hear some
news that would give them = clue 70 the
missing friends and relatives. Hundreds
Of people called at the Church st. police
station to enquire for missing friends, and
reported there late tonight that the number
missing would reach so
The total number of bodies taken from
the ruins up to the time the men stopped
work tom ghI were II. The identified are IA
A number of identified bodies ars At the
morgue Several FIRE engines were kept
busy at different times during the day
throwing streams Of water on the flames
that broke out at irregular intervnls at
various places in the ruins. Chief Reilly
said probable the FIRE would con-
tiuue to break out as the debris
was removed. Fifty italian lsbjrers
worked all day clearing away the debris
Great care had to be taken in clearing away
the pie of bricks, stones, the frame and
iron work all jumbled together in . con-
fused mass, for fear of mangling the re-
mains buried beneath. 1t will be several
days and probably week before the m ass
of ruins are removed. Greatest excite
meDt still contiuues throughout the city
andjoothing else 10 talked about.
Coroner Han!ey, who will hold the in
quests on the bodies Of the victims re-
covered from the wreckaae, says it may be
several weeks before the investig .tion will
be held. lie will tmpansl . jury to in.
cude number of expert builders. and
every effort will be made to discover the
true cause Of the collapse Of the bulldog.
Although q storm ragged At IL O'Clock
tonight and rain fell fast, there still re-
msined q crowd about the ruins. The
opinions prevails tonight that less than
half the bodies have been recovered from
the wreck, and it IL thought that not less
than so were. killed in the disaster.