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OF paper. scrap iron. bricks. and charred wood
with pickaxes and crowbara Tho Italians
wero expected to clear away the rubbish rs
fast as tho workers on top loosened It. They
did not do II. No Italian In the gang could DO
induced TO handle more than one brick at q
time and eight Of them wore engaged at one
time In handl nG q theatrical poster that eulo-
gized the Rlories OF FL Dorado on the Hudson.
At last tho tlremen and police cleared away
the rubbish and began digging into tho pile
that blocked the passage from the ground
floor to the entranceway.
Suddenly they ceased digging Four men
knelt down to look. and then rose again to
continue the work with redoubled energy.
Swiftly tho whisper ran around the great
throng watching tho work by tho glare OF two
gasoline lamps borrowed from tho subway:
They've found one!"
Inspector Williams held up o finger and four
policemen carried rough Pine box to the
roadway at the foot Of the heap to receive the
body Of tho ninth victim OF the disaster. 1t
was that Of q boy about IA years old. every.
body said. but the poor face was cha.red be-
yond recognition aud the hands wore burned
of at tho wrists. There were TO clothes ON the
dlsiGured remains. and nothing but coarse
shoe OF German manufacture on the right foot
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30 long since the accident that II is not likely
that many OF those reported missing will turn
up alive. On this basis OF figuring 1t seems
certain that tho death list when completed will
number moro than five score.
CAT GOT OUT ALIVE.
With legs crippled. tail broken, and hair all
singcd from its tody. q cat crept from the
ruins OF the collapsed buildings In Park plnce
Just before midnight Of Saturday. 1t had
found refuge in n Dool OF water that had
tricklei from the streams played BY tho fire.
men on tho burning wreck and formed In tho
basement under tie entranceway OF 10. 1t
was n forlorn. miser disappearing cat. and
suffering terribly but 1t was alive, aud that
anything could hnvo lived after that rain OF
timber. bricks. and iron work. and tempest OF
flame. aroused hope In tho breasts Of many
who dared not believe what their better judy
ment told them must be true-that those they
sought werc surely dead
The en- carefully carr ed out OF the way OF
falling bricks and laid on coat In the door
way OF 80 Park place the gallant nremen re.
turned to their work with renewed yigor. They
wero efrcctually aided BY twenty volunteers
from tho police reserves while sixty Italians
hired by Police INSPECTOR Williams smoked
pines all tho time and carried hrck from the
ruins to tho opposite side OF tho street whom
over they thought tho foroman's eye WIS upon
them. II anything, in the face OF the terrible
disaster that had como SO unexrec, edly and 20
recently. could lie humorous the work done
BY the Italians might fairly 10 40 considered.
They were placed in lines from the runs
on tho south aldo OF tho street to the heap
OF debris In the centre Of tho oadway. The
iliemen and police laborinG like Urolans on
top OF the ruins broke out tho congested heaps
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"HEnE's LEMONADE, CLEAN, SWEET"

HERE'S LEMONADE, CLEAN. SWEET.
failing ssf a1dsEp s9ssns
ii: scattering bricks that fell practically clean
Of mostsT, Atl.sss dozen persons in the
They meant that they had asserted that the
building was Buddsnsiek atlsr' q mere shell
on moor where The IRE nresse ess Were III. sec.
ond attack of the flremen was more sucoessful;
A piece 1--WE feet square OF the top Of the wall
crowd. and made the people think moro vivid
" Nt the scsns Of Saturday Wien the
%na rushed Gors With he
moment i was isa.sd { would ia!l back oyer
mon to take little nieees at a tine. and thus
The wall was battered down, Some 81 the
presses and one or two Of the machines were
smashed.
REsuMINo THE SEARCH FOR BODIES.
The search for the bodies was begun again
at oci9ek this lime n the centre Of the Pass ass
victims would be found. Al quarter before
o'clock q fireman said he saw two bodies under
out. Tho crowd which was then the largest
there had been ct a9y time during the DAY
Tes S
On the opposite side Of the street. Finally
caP Sevin said the nigh. stand on hs Pie
mon were down in the ruins ony few min
ntes whom they came up with q backened OBJ
jecs that only In general way resembed q
man.
Tho face was burned nearly of. The cloth
Ing was nearly all gone. and It was Impossible
TO get any sort of q description OF the body
itself. Men from the black wagon had brought
front OF the hole. The body was lifted into
one. and the firemen went back after the other.
Horrible as had been the condition OF the first.
something OF the kind had run clear through il.
1t was necessary Tor six men To ! III 1t. IL was
Coroner Donlin said it was the body Of q man
about IS years old and ) feet inches tall II
was dressed in nike gray clothing with while
tied with strings about the waist. These two
bodies were taken 10 tho MorGue in the same
wagon.
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IN HE hpNtpEs
the GbeGt desired TIE Toss n stoGd h.5e
thus holding il together. Then, the policemen
got down, and helped to carry the load TO the
THf e. BODY R'nS ysss: cs
tennis shirt, graz striped trousers' black stock
Tho body was taken away TO the Morgue
and a dozen trrmen went back to their work
WILLIAM 7. MACDoSALp's COAT AND wAIsTcoAr
FOUND.
They Ind worked but a few minutes when
the man who had discovered the body came
across coat and watstcoat He passed them
out tea policeman and they were taken across
gold watch and chain. recent book, and a
bank book Tearing the name William 7. Mac.
p""naid NJ. MaeLnnald was "f the tIrm o.
hhsSMeDonas TIE said he
wall when the building col apsei. he Judge
80 from tho place IN which he found thou.
ANOTHER COAT AND wAIsICoAr
Five minutes later another wa.stcont was
dug un 1t was burned So that il tore with its
own w:EhL t, All .hn, was fo.Gd II the rocRes
there had been MONOGRAM on u IL had been
corksrrew Prince Albert coat. In the inside
ISss Ssns sns Fl the
wee found II MAS snrmissd that tho owner
OF the coat had been a Shipping, clerv for
some OF the firms In the collapsed building
taresling 10 The crowd. and the neope pushed
their way up around The, pol cenian and
hemmsd him in % tightly that he could not
make notes Of what he had iounL. Three Of
put aside any doubt that mi oh! .exisy Abou. tho
They Identified tic wslstcoat as that DO wore
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least thirty employees Of L!ebler 4 Maass
who went down in the crash. Eight
from the South Publishing Company were
caught Six persons were killed in the street.
In Rosenfelds bronze powder factory wero
Ave girls and four other persons. The best in
formation obi ain BILE about Ellis AMacponald's
place is thnt from ten TO twenty persons were
lost. Both tho members Of the firm are among
the missing. and no bsolute Information can
DO had as to the number OF their employees.
it Is learned that there were fourteen em-
ployees in P-tersea's restaurant. Three Of
them arc Believed TO have escaped.
There the uncertain element comes
In. The restaurant has a seating capacity Of
about Nifty. 1t is sGil that it WAS full. and
that men wers waitin. for seats. lut II il
were but half fun there would be in all a
hundred lives lost. So tha, tho best estimate
which can now be made with am accuracy Is
that more than n hundred persons met their
deaths by the fal! OF the TAYLOR building. II
Pstersen's restaurant was fall probably the
total loss @! he viii nos fall short Of l@j.
In tho list OF missing which ThE SrS prints
this morning there are m re than a hundred
manner. The list has been prepared with the
greatest care. and is res onat Is free from In
Sccuracies. Sixteen bodies had been taken
GQm the ruins up 10 last midnight II Is now
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Il wa, ip,. eclosk when tho frsmen at
ssy saohss
TSs SS ' s.DsS Sn III?
and in defiance Of the Hoods OF water .noured
ihe down tho smoke. an, through the tangled
ws:E: fastened 10 70 the beams. and they were
sedy ws si 00i ,ss q
undsr.hir DARK trousers use T Sse apron VAN" ani
Raitsrs. The features we're not much dislig;
but .n h' b sSiy hss lain nx IL G1aEsa
drawn over tho breast. tho right arm hung by
sS sdi H. 20 were
East los.h street ide9,iisd ~ body e that Of
tic hair. whish was red. fhs polies ala mot not
seem Inclined to credit this iasnihcation. and
the body wSs put In the dead wagon to 10 car
xh ~, VA ;Ss f.. s:s bod ;soSsa
M i. %sSs dsu .9S io4 Is
s hal Is nSy ST. 'Ss sanw E. Il.
NokIns in ths cornS, az part Of n.
oeeied in Ge!Ilng out two or three big beam.
and q safe They had removed 40 much OF the
de'ris that 1t began to appear dangerous to 60
any further unless the presses were 1rst re-
All the big presses fell toward the centre of
the wreck. There was 50 much other stun
under hem that they are held I'M several feet
above The street Level. md there is danger that
In working under them they will DO dis
lodged ana add to the horror OF the first dis
aster ~ Killing some o. else In their second
to knock on diEsiac u ir%nt Of Tho pres s
had been poked down on top OF the presses.
When that was done 1t was said thai this
morning derricks would be obtained and the
big presses would 10 lifted ont. Alter that the
recovery Of the deaf bodies will 10 CON para
ti,ely easy and ought 10 be- quickly accom-
At 7:aO o'clock last night another gang
q Italians went to work on the ruins.
They were ordered W on the tor OF
the rims ,ha h, Shcrs they began 70 throw
worked for half an hour. and ,hsn the heavy Sy
two hours: At 10 o'clock they went 10 work
again. and cleaned I'M q little more. until an.
other downpour came a. II O'clock. when they
inocka! OIL again. Tho rain. which came
down in sheets drove the crowds away from
Sc, ted lock.
Inspector Byrnes. who had como on the scene
at g. o'clock. stayed around Tor an hour, look
Ing over the field and giving personal direc-
lions to the force OF ItaliAns. At midnight ihs
great heap OF ruins did not seem to DO appro'
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Smith Thinks
MS HATS PROrCR vAIJC.
121 AN u l21 FULTON 81. CP ATAIRs
16A nnd $50 EnSt l25th At

ODoNSELI, Miss. IS years Old.
O'DMEN. JEREMIAH. rs years Old, l2t Bsht
street. BROOKLYN.
O'CoNNoH. Katie. Brooklyn.
PEARSON. WILLIAM NJ. Buffalo.
QUINN, MAGGIE. IS years old pa CIsr,
street.
EosESrELD. LOUIS. 80 years Old, 1903 East
Elghty-hrs street.
REIcH. GEORGE. 10 years DID, Co Miller ave.
nue. brooklyn.
NEpDIS. MARY. % years old, los Cermou,
avenue. brooklyn.
ROSE. GEonGE. IS years old. Blythebouvn.
LII.
ROCHE. -, 357 West Fiftieth street.
STEISKE. JOHN. ~ years old, 2U3 Nelson
avenue. Jersey City Heights.
SMITH. CONRAD. 81 years Old. l2j East Josh
street.
SULLIVAN. GEORGE. II years old. 2lG Monro,
street.
scHELL, WILLIAM. 80 years old. 81 Montsou.
cry street
STATLEN. WILLIAM H., 40 years old, ln
RldRswood avenue. Newark.
SHADDoCK ERNEST H.. Is years old 81 Moor,
street. Brooklyn.
SHELBY. WILLIAM. 81 Macdougal street.
STAuKE. MAX. stone grinder OF Liebler
Mas.
FULLY. ANNIE. II years old. 81 Maiisa
street.
TREVOR. DANIEL. 40 years old. 224 Ww
Seventeenth street.
UPPER. GEORGE W.. II years old. ZIG Mon
roe street.
Triple. F. W.. Is years old. 1873 West sev.rst
first street.
TscHuTY. THEODORE. 50 years old. 54s Eaa
106th street
WILLIS. PETER. 16 years old. S94 vandertl,
avenue. brooklyn.
WILLIS. LOUIS. &c years old. 1O6 Willow
street. Brooklyn.
WILLIAMS. THOMAS. SO years old. 1876 yar!ci
street
WILLIAMS. MARY. 1G years old. 443 Chem
street.
WHITE. THERON.
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OF the corpse remains to prove to some loving
mother that her boy Is dead. The body was
found at 80 A. NJ yesterday, and was taken
to the MorGue In The CITY wagon.
During tho temporary cessation OF work
while tho coffin was being carried to the
wagon Frank HeaHney. tho janitor Of 81 Park
place whose two littio daughters were over
whelmed By tho falling brick. from which ono
was sxtrios,ed alive while tho other lay dead
beside her. ran from his house to the ruins
across the way In search. he declared, OF his
watch and chain. Grief and shock had driven
him insane.
Toa policeman who intercepted him Heag-
ney said he was oil right: he'd only lost ono
child. and he'd got two left As room as he
could I'm his purse he would play the police
man euchrs for drinks.
Little annie Hes!ney. who was crushed to
death. was her fathers pot. an It WAS only by
tho aid OF her brother.in-la law that Mrs. Heag-
nsy. herself In deepest grief had been able 70
take tho dead child from his embrace. A sur
Geon from the New York Hospital ambulance
attended Mr.. Heagney.
AThe appearance OF the body Just recovered
banished forever the hopes raised by the pre-.
serva'ion OF the cat. Only an animal small
enough TO have crep, through tho fallen tim
bers and ovor the heaps OF broken hr ok to
tNho III IHui'o oI wa OF cOu.l nave
sscapel the scorchisg flame from the broken
gas Jets.
ONE GAS JET BURNING IN THE RUINS.
One Jet burned ylvidly al! night and yester-
day. 1t WAS far under the heap OF ruins. but
showed plainly from the street. and the IRE.
men were afraid to extInguish 1t lest the fumes
OF the escaping gas shou d hinder the work OF
clearing the ruins. The gas company could
not reach the house ma n to cut 1t OIL. and TO
cut 1t OF AZ The cad OF the bio X would have
left the street in darkness. so they let /: burn
The charred remains OF tho uCfortuna boy
took Nil enthusiasm from the WORKERS. but
they labored as only New York fremen and
policemen can WORK when these is duty to be
done, AMI Their chles are with them. In
spector Williams worke a. harl as any OF his
men. Sonie,im IS he eu' his weight on rope
to DRAG some ohstraciiaG piece OF iron on, Of
the way or helped lift some awkward tim
Der that covered an ominous-looklng heap.
Then again he climbed over 10 the hillocks OF
Wet and slippery posters to examine some
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whom lie left homo Oh Saturday morning. None
II the crowd recognized tho other coat or

~ the crowd recognized tho other coat or
waistcont
ANpRrw rxrrrsEx's BODY nrcovEREn.
The nremon worked on In silence for, an
hour. Inspector Williams. who hal stayed on
the scene until early morning and gone only
way ssf Ss'S %srx to aSi
at ssr s WSSd b be op SS
persons who had no business inside the line ~
For tie men On WI Who were Al
sticking up ont OF Inc, bricks. ne called for
he!p and another body was unecyered' "A "A
esSss ss ss sss to
sr GSa ons sS ss ,hn S0
Mhieh, was IN the ground floor Of the building.
They Identified y by tho outlines OF ne lace ace.
iess s w as' ecy e rcuns iSTesS eS
identined him By the outline Of his figure:
BODY 10 va. me hat tsSy sd tina" am sha
left hand. To get the body out Il was frat
IN TWO and then on" to pun e out one.hsI Of the
feam., 1t took an hour to do this. Then ropes
were lowered from the second.story window
%ss ioaSd; Ths irisndH.Y ~ tq9k charge q ihs
iaking. place In Sixth avenue. Work was aus.
s sna %e %ason Ds ssy q . nh Win
top rubbish and they disclosed to plain Wow
then what rossihly caused the collapse - o
row OF heavy printing presses.
THE DANGEROUS BACK WALL PULLED DOWN.
The big back wall all this time had been
swaving in dangerous manner. and the Chief
OF tho First Fire Battalion. who was in charge.
said II wonld have to como down. Work was
suspended again. and ton men with thirty
foot ladder from Hook and Lndi Truck 10
went W on the roo, Of the building In ;he rear.
The crowd was pushed back ont oi danger and
then tho signal was given to batter away. Tho
men on the ioof backed off with tho ladder and
rushed ahead With II as o battering ram. A
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thing that hal attracted his eve. Foreman
Sullivan was In charge Of the flremen and he
worked nobly.
Slowly but surely the mass OF rubbish was
growing less and lcss. At $40 A. NJ. ~ Fore.
man Sullivan stopped to pick up what looked
like piece OF blackened timber sticking up
from the debris. the mon near by stopped work.
and again q frightened whisper They've
found another" was carried to either end OF
the block and far beyond the nrc lines. Again
1t WAS boz that was placed In tho pine box.
and after halt under the glare OF a gasoline
lamp carried TO the dead wagon for transpor-
tation to the morcue. For o short time the
strlctnoss OF the fire lines was relaxed. and
hundreds seeking q lost friend pressed for
ward for n look into the coffin. only 10 rush
back again, Mortified with the sight that
greeted them. The hond face was burned out
OF all semblance Of humanity. Tho arms.
raised upward above the head as II In suprli.
cation. ended at the wrists. Deputy Coroner
Donlin said tho body was that Of o boy ap-
pnrently about II years old.
Tho coffin carried away work was resumed
with ferceness that told better than words
tho feelings OF tho workers. Another half
dozen shoyelsful o. earth thrown away. great
niece OF iron lifted. q few bricks thrown one
side. and another body lay exposed. A mnn.
DR.. Donin said, a big and strong man with
muscular thighs projected from the flame BY
tho iron and brick that had covered them. The
face. rs on all the other cnses was black. and
burned beyond RECOGNITION. The hands we're
hurned away. but the thighs wero covered with
the remains OF n pnir OF trousers OF
dark Erayish brown with black stripes.
The identity OF the man may be learned
Ivy tho remnant OF tho trousers. and
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At TUE CHURCH STREET STATION
Pitiful Inquiries for Missiag Friends
Hopeless. Answers,

inquiries Tor MiOSluE ErlenCO-
Hopeless Answers.
At6 O'Clock yesterday morning the big Ser,
Geant behind the desk at the Church street
station went of duty. For twelve long houa
he had given hopeless answers to hopcng
questions. Men. women. even little chIlLrs.,
came to ask for the missing. The only rsMY
could be Go to the MorGue" or Don't know
Tho father Of Albert L. Middle OF ia
Fourth avenue. Brooklyn. was the first ca.sr
after the change OF watch. Nothing cou.Ih
told him beyond what had been said eight
hours before. There was no room for hops.
young man wanted information OF John
Faith OF 25G Stage street. Brooklyn. m on.
ployee OF Llebler X Mass. Then came JsNb
Eichwald OF % Columbia street. New loti
Fichwala keeps stand a. Bowery Lay Resch
and had sent his wife. pau!ina, - years
old. to this city In order TO buy rcanu,a
Eichwald did not know exactly where his wife
was accustomed to buy their supplies, but 10
know 1t was In the neishborhood OF tho burned
building. She should have been home at
o'clock In the afternoon. and lie feared size had
concluded to take dinner In tho Inflated res.
taurant.
Albert vetter OF lGi East Third stree, was
looking for his brother-in-law Anthony Hem.
msrtch. 2S years old. living with his wife and
was q !lthoGrapher employed ~ l.'eb.cr
Mass. About3 o'clock two mid e-ared women
dressed In deep black camo Aly:.eIly IN aud
inauised for a man about 40 years old. with
black clothes and gray hair. TIE Sergeant
looked over the descriptions OF the Gead. but
tho only man with gray hair had on Ugh: trou'
sers. "lt's not he" said tho Two women 10.
Eetner. and they went away evidently g,eay
relieved. They refused 10 give their naIesI
that OF the missing man.
small boy with Dyes rcd from crying Ia
CURED for his sister. Maggie Quinn. Is years
old. OF 2fA Cherry street, Maggie Will bet
friends. Mamie Williams OF 243 Cherry street,
and Annie Tully OF 81 Madison street. were en-.
ployed In tho metal leaf factory ut ~ larS
place. Saturday morning they went to work
together. the Williams girl telling her no.hsr.
who has baby a month old. that she would
como homo early SO as to scrub the locrs 10
hope.
A handsome young woman called 70 INQUIRE
for John Hillars. her uncle. OF IS GoUverLsIr
street. Hillars was . truckman employed BY
William ii. Geary OF IS Park place. At abou.
IL O'Clock on Saturday hs left lis truck q; lis
stand aud went 10 dinner at the graveyard
restaurant Mrs. Hlllars is tho mother o! Q IAs
children. tho youngest months. the oldes. IA
years. They are entirely destitute. In tAi'
case. as In the others the Sergeant could !o!i
out NO hopes. In fact. nearly all the ca. eF'
had resigned themselves TO the worst Al.
hope abandon Sc who enter here" could lh'a
we'll been written over the door OF the WHO
building in Church street.
About ) o'clock shrinking little ma cane
In and asked for one missing person. then :
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ruins. back OF which lowered nm unsuprortod
wall. which could he seen to lean at every
strong gust OF wind. In font. in tho street.
were piles Of brick and stone eight feet deep.
and covered with Autographs and paper. Be-
tween those piles (which had been rearod BY
the workmen during the night with the mate
rial they had taken from the wreck and tho
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bremen thai il would be a full week before tho
ruins would BIZ cleared up; Early this morning
trucks around to the srot and windlass the big
pieces Of 10 AZ hinery out OF the way which now
hinder effective work.
o'clock and Cant: Allnte took charge OF the
police ns his ioliof
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lines was bad enough, but tho way they were
allowed to act when inside was worse. Hardly
ono OF them had any real business there. But
dozens OF them never failed to get In the way
OF men who had work to do when there WINS
work 10 be done. They kept crowdinR for.
ward continually. and when sort Of spasm
would attack the police tho crowd would be
ordered back to the railing. but there 1t ended.
Onco. indeed. Can't. Sle,in ordered all those
without badges out OF the line. As many MS
six mon went away. and they had e,n stand
ing around until they wore tlrod out.
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70 MIX Wagons. no Grocer., IA
Goods. 70 Laundry Wagons, :: s,,','
Tracks. Farniture Trucks. 2a heavy an.
LIGHT Express Wagons, 100 Hight D,u,.'
Wagons for country use, best goods. is,lI
est prices. Call and see us. Racine NJ.
and S'srrinae Company, 151.i53 SoutbsS
nv., New York. "'" sn
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UNEXCElLED.

Our line OF Phaetons, Buckhokrds, surr.y. .,,.,,.
and canopy tor phaetOnS wagouett-s IL. ,ot W,a,,s
koad CartH and Pleasure Traps OF al kirls tspSNSS
between Brooms and spring s;.. New YORK '""-
RusIN ESS wAGONS.-nu NV IA Sr-
ONp HAND DELIVERY WAGONS ALI srytp,
SAVE MONEY: WAioSs TAKEN - iNtIi,N,Tha
HUDSON WAGON co. ~! Ii, o>,SS,
STALLs TO LIZ or horse. boar!.l 4. Wa
- lathst W"