The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25
WASITFAULTY CONSTRUCTION?
This Believed 10 Have Been the Real Cause
Of EtE YOrk'S Disaster.
MANY OTHER DEAD BODIES DISCOVERED.
A Meeting Of tho Board Of Underwriters 70
bo Called to Ascertain ~ ANY Insur-
ance is Due on tho Huildiue

NV YoUx, August PA gang Of Italians
worked under She light II electricity an night
o. the scene Of the disaster in Park Place
Their progress was slow owing TO the im-
nense amount Of debris which overturned
tho rear wall
The FIRST discovery was made al 53) this
morning, that of the body of man burned
beyond recognition
At7ietLe body Of another man was brought
out and "a few minutes later, that Of "a boy.
The latter was terribly burned about the face
and arms Tho man had boon fosr.gllr
crushed, bis iutfstines protruIiug III "a way
thot was sickening t. see.
As $50 the bodr Of a man with hs legs
burned of was found
Al O'Clock another mans body war dis
covered and recognized as that of John
Steink0. of JeIhet City.
At $50 young mans body was found
making tire twenty-fourth victim discovered
A tew minutes later uystanjer saw an ltol-
iaa workman pick up IA vest and iako watch
and cham cut OF II. a policeman was called
aud the Italian arrested, with tho watch ami
chain IN his possession he said ho intended
g give them 81 his foreman. Hc was hold in
800 BAL 90 answer
40 ioGr another body. that ofamon. greatly
datguCi md burned. was taken ont.
lv noon tue ooor OF the burned bodies be-
osn PAINFULLY offensive and two physicians
o. tlc health board We're sent 10 disintoct the
runs. and also the bodies rs they were taken
ut
FAULTY CONSTRUCTION.
A thorough investigation Of the causes of
tie accident was then Degun by SupeInten-
dent Brady aud a force Of deputies. 1t was
learned that there WAS positively no boiler in
the building, and that the heavy lthogapblc
presses were not working when the
accident occurred. The theory that
the disaster was directly caused Dy
faulty construction Is being borne
out by the facts which are slowly coming in.
Up 10 noon to-day tie list Of bodies recovered
numbered twenty five. of which ten remain
unidentified. OF those identified was that Of
John Stenke aged forty OF Jersey Cty The
work of removing the debris was greatly SC
celerated this evening. The Italian laborers
had been notO-iously inefficient. and IN their
places stslwart 'lonCshOremen were substi-
tuted. They pulled mammoth press from
the riiins, and another body Of "a man Was dis
covered beneath u.
At o'clock the bodies Of three women
we're found. A few minutes later three more
bodies we're found two women and one msn.
Three Of the women were identified as Mag
gle Quinn. eighteen years Of age; Mrs. Lotte
Hem. twenty-siK years. and Mamie Williams.
sixteen years.
No INST hhNth it r
District-Attorney Nicoll is already consider
ing the question Of indictng the person or
persons responsible for the Park Place disas-
ter After long consultation with bis chief
assistant, eX-Judge Bedford he placed the
case Ia the hands Of Ass ssstant-Dlstrict-AttOr
ney Townsend.
Secretary William Randall, Of tho Board OF
Fire Underwriters issued q call for q meeting
Of the board to-day TO consider whether any
OF the fire Insurance companies are liable Or
not for any damages either t. the Taylor
himsy structure. clause of the regular
policy which provides for this particular case
reads that if O building falls except rs re-
suit Of fire the insurance shall be void
THlRTr-FoUR BoDEs BEcovrHED.
Ata3O O'Clock tonight two more bodies had
been taken from the ruins, making thirty-fOur
in all thus far recovered. Two more of the
bodies were identified TONIGHT. They are
Mary Deien aged sixteen, Of No 40 east
Ninth street. and Conrad Scmdt. Of No 1875
east One-hundredth-and-Ei Eighth street.
Late this evening the workmen in renoy-
ing sOmo timbers revealed the arm. head and
breast Of woman. She lay on her back and
large press crushed her down with ITS
weight and rendered the removal Of the body
impossible without the use Of q derrick. II
will be allowed 10 remain whore found until
tomorrow.
OSE HUNDRED AND YwRNTY pYOPIK PERISH.
AZ 1890 A. NJ the sum total of the bodies
recovered from the ruins was thirty-touI
The number positively identified is twenty,
and the number reported missing eighty
eight.
This would indicate that one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE persons lost their lives by the
collapse of the building