Evening journal., 1891-08-27
FROM THE PIT or DEATH
Sixty-one Bodies Recovered
4 and the Work Finished.
sEvEErEEE PERSONS ARE MISSING

~ IL Thought That Their Mangied RE-
mains May Have Been Consumed In
ehc Intense Heat that Followed the
Collapse of the Park Place Building.
NEw YoRK, Aug. 27.-At last the weary
search for bodies in the Park place ruins
Is over, but curious crowds still linger
sAbOut the spot gazing at the huge pile Of
debris in the street and at the black hole
from which sixty-one hlackened and bat
tered lifeless human beings were taken
aa II held at the scene by some horrible
fascination The sixty-frst body, that Of
woman, was the last in the awful pit Of
death. At O'Clock Acting Fire Chief
heiIly said that the search for the dead in
the ruins was completed and that no more
bodies remained there. Work was at once
stopped and the laborers employed in
clearing out the debris were discharged.
Seventeen sim Missing.
The verified list of the missing shows
thirty-five persons unaccounted for. The
number of unidentified dead taken from
che ruins is eighteen. Allowing that
eighteen OF the missing persons are repre-
scented by the unknown dead, IL will be
seen that there are still seventeen unac-
counted for. They are not In the ruins.
And If not, comes the natural query from
every side, Where are theyf The theory is
advanced that owing to the fierceness OF
the flames, which ragged several hours,
some Of the bodies were entirely consumed.
The list Of the dead identified up to the
present time is as follows;
The identified Dead.
Charles Breitner, Gustav Caury, Leonard r.
Cole. A Dershopki, Adam Dohten, Lizzie Dowd.
william H. Ellis John Faath. Jennie Flower,
John Gibbs, Frank Hach Annie Haegney,
jacob Heidenrich, Morris A. Herring, John M.
Hills. Lettie Helm John Hyland, Arthur Kit
tie George Loebe, Robert II. Marks, Sarah
McAlahon. Annie Muller Peter Miller. Albert
r.. Middleton, Andrew Peterson, Maggie Quinn.
Mary Reddin Guatave Reich, William Scher
49, 8chmalbach, Conrad Schmidt NJ II Shad
dock. John Steinke, Michael SlattNy, Gustave
Steiner. George Sullivan Ferdinand W. Trip
Annie Tuny, Otto Walser, Henry Williams
Mary Williams, Lizzie Wood, Gustave zickert
The Inquest
Coroner Hanley will empanel a jury TO-
day to hold an inquest in the case Of the
victims OF the collapsed building. He in
tends to select architects, builders, print
srs and At least one chemist as jurymen.
He intends TO hold the inquest next Tues
day. At noon the mayor appointed re-
lief committee 10 look after the sufferers
from the disaster. IL is composed Of the
following gentlemen: Elbridge r. Gerry
j. Edward Simmons, Watson B. Dicker-
man. Charles Stewart Smith, ID. Willis
james. John d. Crimmins, Henry Hilton,
Henry B. Hyde, Morris X. Jesup, Charles
O. Wilson, Evan Thomas, Theodore Moss,
David H. King, Samuel Gompers, George
H. Hepworth, John W. Cockerill, w L.
Davis, William M. Laffan, W. l.. Brown,
W. Bradford Merrill George 4. Spinney,
Arthur L Bowers and Oswald Offender.
fer. The subscriptions already reach
g. as6 Mrs ID. Jones Grain, owner OF the
collapsed building, subscribed 81, 900 Of this
amount
All Accounted for Here.
The Herald claims that forty-six bodies
have been identified, that fifteen remain
unknown, and that the remaining alleged
missing ones are alive or never did actu.
ally exist Some OF he names that have
appeared were found 70 be entirely myth.
ical and given by supposedly anxious in
quirers as subterfuge 10 obtain admis-
sion to the morgue for the gratigcation OF
personal curiosity
The Herald says several tenants moved
out Of the collapsed building years ago be.
cause they considered it unsafe The ex.
plosion theory Of the accident has been
itself exploded
Burying the Victims.
The funeral services over the victims Of
the Park place disaster went on through
out this city and Brooklyn yesterday and
today, and almost third Of the total
number Of poor scorched bodies so far re
covered are now resting in Gods acer.