The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-08-29
Removing the Ruins

New YORK, Aug. 24.-The work of
delying for the dead in the ruins at Park
Place was continued throughout the night
during which five more bodies were
found, making total of seventy-four
victims of the awful explosion. The
body of Ernest II Shaddock, of Brooklyn
was found. An italian working in the
ruins was seen to take something from
the body of victim. A silver watch
was found upon him, which he admitted
taking. The police took him to the sta
tion, and on the wa he narrowly escaped
lynching. He was held for trial. At
the morgue there was constant stream
of people looking for their friends or
relatives am5ng the dead. A sickeDing
udor from the burned bodies perYades
the atmosphere. 1t Is now thought that
the faulty construction of the building
was the cause of the accident. By noon
two more bodies were found. So far only
the edge of the ruins have been searched:
The firemen believe that at least fifty
bodies are under the d.brls. 1t is
thought by tomorrow afternoon all the
bodies may be recovered.
Six more bodies were found in the
ruins at O'Clock, five of which were
bodies of women or girls, and one of a
boy. Three were Unidentified bv friends.
District Attorney Nlcois Is considering
the question of indict1ng the person OF
persons responsible for the disaster.
After long consultation wi his chief
assistant, ex Judge Bedford, he placed
the case in the hands of Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Townsend.
By 6 O'Clock two more bodies were re.
covered. The odor of deoomposing flesh
that rises from the ruins is becoming
almost unbearable, and oisinfectauts
seem TO produce little effect. City Cham
berain Train, whose mother owned the
wrecked building, said to day regarding
its condition:
SIT was built in 1872 and acquired By
mother In 1887. l have always under
stood it was well constructed and never
condemned, nor was it considered unsafe.
Regarding the claim that stock of
| material and heavy presses on the upper
floors caused it to collapse, there is nothing
| in it, for 1t always has been used for the
same purpose it was used for that at the
time of the fire. From what have been
| able TO learn, l think the cause of the
accident was fire, followed by an ex;
plosIon."
A man who has Deen engaged for
thirty five years IN placing printing ma
chinery, said to-day that the presses of
Ellis and Mcdonald and Liebler and Mas,
were SO placed that the vibration ran
with beams and rafters, and that an eight
inch resting place was sufficient TO sup
port the enormous weight on 1t. On the
third floor alone, he SAID, stood nearly 40
tons OF machinery. LOUIS Rosefeld, pro-
prletor of the paint shop at 70 Park
Place, has been missing since shortly
after the disaster, and his relatives think
| the fearful scenes he witnessed after the
crash came unsettled bis mind, and he
strayed away. They lave reported the
matter to the police.
| Two more bodies were recovered at IL
o'clock, and but little progress was made
IN excavating tonight. At midnight a
total of thirty four bodies had been re-
covered. and of these twenty are identi-
fed. The total number reported missing
| is eighty eight The full list of ldenti
| fed bodies is as follows: Leonard Cole,
John Gibbs, Andrew P Peterson, George
Low, Gustav Zelker, Jacob Heidenrich,
Charles Brother, Otto Walsea, Frank
Hach, Abraham Derschopk,. Gustav
Steiner, John Steinke, Edward Shaddock,
Maggie Quinn, Lottie Helm, Mamie Will
Jams, Mary Duulein, Conrad Schmidt,
l Sarah Ann Hageney, Michael Slattery.