The state herald., 1891-09-04
THE NEW YORK HORROR.
Terrible Scenes at the Site of the
Fallen Building.

Fallen Building.
A New York dispatch dated the
eth gives details OF the work of recover.
ing bodies from tho ruins Of the building
that tell last Saturday
| Up TO l0:l5 o'clock three Of the twelve
printing presses had been removed. The
foreman decided that it was impossible tc
got the great iron machinery out entire
so ho SGT his men to work to break them
up with sledge hammers. This change In
the plan will probably result in much
quicker work in removing the debris.
Still 1t will probably take forty eight
hours to reach the cellars and
sub-celiars, where it is supposed most OF
the dead are.
| AT about 1880 o'clock the workmen re
moved timbers which disclosed two more
bodies, one on tho site OF No 10 Park
Place, the other at No. "A. The former
was believed to be that Of woman.
These could not be taken out on account
Of the pressure Of heavy machinery with
out doing violence to the bodies so that
l
Ing the remainder OF the morning to the
task of hauling away the heavy obstruc
tions.
AT lO:45 o'clock derby hat was pulled
| out from network Of beams. Beneath
1t two or three bodies were seen. They
iron work is removed.
Clerk Bandelbaum of the coroner
| oflice, who has made careful investiga
tion, at II o'clock said there were not less
than twenty persons under Peterson !
restaurant.
grows more threatening. The hremeu
fear that when the iron work is remove
the wall may fall in. II was in Almost q
tottcring condition at noon aud the work
wen were kcepinga sharp lookout.
Superintendent Brady oi the depart /
ment OF buildings stated that lie visi,eu
the scene OF the ParA PILcs disaster, AIT
from what he could learu he was 0i tat
opinion that the catastrophe was caus d
by an explosion OF nalhtha or some othei
explosive matter. He was satisfied thai
,he upper floors vi the buildings wert
that effect.
The thirteen Insurance. companies inter
ested in the Park Place disaster Acsd d
day in the Office OF the board Oi hrc un
derwriters and appointed Il cOn.la.ttee u
make an exhaustive inquiry into Tue cause
OF the calamity.
The committee is instructed not to adni
any liability.
AT s:iO another bruised form was found
As the coroner stepped up to view II Us a
was being raised by the iircmen, the head
dropped of aud disappeared in the bach
depths below. The body was tnut oi :
young girl about Ii years Old. At thi'
time three mangied forms we're IN sight
These three, and also another, weru taken
out by 10 O'CLOCK, making forty eight vic
tins recovered. The last four bodies ro
covered were those Of mon.
Two more bodies were taken from til,
ruins at / O'Clock, bringing the total mum
Der recovered up 10 fifty. Anothsr OF tbs
lta:ian laborers was detected TO night
searching coat wuicl he found In the
ruins. lie was hustled Oh TO Jail at dOabl'
quick speed.
At / 80 this morning two more bodies
were brought 10 view, but the workmci
will not be able 10 remove them Tor sew
eral hours, as they are wedgcd with tim
bcrs. This makes iity two bodies thu
bodies were at the morguc at : u. M. six
teen OF which were unidentified.
Rossi Savarino, The Italian laboror
caught robbing tho Park Place body yes
tcrday, was sent 10 the penitcntiary TO,
six months at Special Sessions Court to
day,