Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-26
HALF A HUNDRED DEAD
More Than That Number OF
Bodies Rescued.
TWO ITALIAN eHouLs PUNISHED

@ns was Sent Up for Six months for
@~oblng the Dead at New York and
@msener Has Been Arrestsd-Reliei
Ger the Destitute Families
MKw YORK, Aug. e6.--At $50 a. m. to.
lay nfty-nve bodies had been recovered
aOm tbs Park place ruins. About forty
AK persons are still missing The fifty
&fkh body was awfully mutilated Both
bands we're gone. It was identified as
&haA OF Morris C. Haring, by Charles Har-
mg. bis brother. Charles nearly tainted
NJ ths sight.
NRw York, Aug. 25.-The city has taken
bold Of she work Of recovering the dead at
Ahs Park place horror, and by this evening
ahs worst will be known. At a. m. to
Ray the workers had penetrated the cellar
a Peeerson's restaurant, and bodies were
being rapidly brought to view. At that
Aour ffty-fonr had been recovered.
CHASTITY CHASTITY beyond the powers Of
. zola TO describe--were the days disclos-
snrss The gallant wreckors had got be-
@eath that awful line Of photographic
presses which shook the building to pieces
and then dropped down in an avalanche
Of ateel on men and lads and lasses.
No Respector Of Persons.
They tore them limb from limb; they
crushed and mangled inconceivably, and
shen they pinned them down while roar
ing flames roasted them 20 something less
Shan cinder Here they had lain for sew
snty.two August hours. and the unspeak-
able results were brought to light.
Trippe, the honored, wealthy; Ellis, the
prosperous; Hills, the breadwinner The
rich and the poor, employer aud employe,
pressman, printers devil, gold leaf work
ers, all on a common level, all to be hurried
into the kindly earth.
italian Ghouis Punished.
Rossi Savarini, the Italian who picked
she pocket Of waistcoat which he found
kn the ruins Of the Park Place fire, was to-
aAy sentenced to the penitentiary for six
months Another OF the Italian laborers
WAS detected searching a coat which he
found in the ruins. lie was hustled off to
Jail at double quick speed.
Crowds at the Scene.
A hundred men working day and night
since Saturday have succeeded In clearing
away less than one-half the ruins There
arc tons and tons Of debris there, and il
may hide scores OF bodies The list OF ia
Aalitles will not be known until all Of that
rs gone The crowds OF people with morbid
curiosity continue in the streets adjacent
10 the scene of the disaster. They fight
and push and maui each other for places
@ear the police line, where they may see
1t least the boxes that contain the mangled
and burned bodies OF the victims as they
arr lifted out They can see nothing else,
yet they stand and fight for hours.
The Democracy Of Death.
Six bodies blaekened by the burning,
bruised and torn by the awful fall, and
crushed by the tons Of iron and brick were
taken out before noon. Two were identi-
fled, these not by their features, for they
were beyond recognition, but by iewelry
and trinkets that were found ia the
pockets of the remnants OF clothing they
wore They were the bodies Of Mr.. IT, w.
Trippe. the druggist, who had been in
business here a score Of years, and w. III.
Kills, OF the firm Of Ellis " Macdonald.
They had found the reality OF the de.
mocracy OF death, the leveler, these UNI
happy gentleman. They had slept in the
same bed OF torture and CHASTITY mutila-
zion AS the humblest Office boy or printers
devil But strangers were able TO mark
r. w. Trippe and William II. Ellis on their
collins, for on the former was the tattered
folds OF white vest, and in the pocket
was gold watch marked #. w. L." and
eighty-fonr dollars in bills, while the sam,
amitials were found upon his linen. Hi
diamond ring was still intact upon th,
6nger Of his left hand. The remains werl
taken away by his son.
Mr.. Trippe was no ordinary druggist
but man Of good birth and substantial
reputation He was the son Of Joseph 4
Trippe, who for over forty years was
wholesale druggist and had stores in Cana
street and Newark, n. j.. and the nepheV
Of the late William Wright, United State
senator for New Jersey.
The waiting Women wept.
The other four bodies were those Z
uorkingmen AS these bodies had bee
unearthed others had been seen near whei
they were lying. AS soon as the tireme
began to work TO take them out MOI
debris fell and covered them completed
up again The fact was told to the line
waiting relatives Of missing persons Sc
eral of the women broke down and crie
though they did now whether or not Il
bodies were those they were waiting for
TO Relieve the Destitute.
Mayor Grant did not hear Of the disast
until yesterday. Then he telegraphed
his secretary TO visit the heads Of the v
rious departments and confer with the
SO to what best could be done. He al
instructed him at once TO open subscri
ton for the benefit Of the destitute fan
lies Of the men who were killed III
Herald already has 5000 for the destitu
relatives
Russell Harrison at the Ruins.
Among the people who went to look
the ruins was Russell b. Harrison.
stood under the entrance to the buildi
on the west side, among a crowd Of poll
men. and watched the Italians carryi
cut the rubbish in handfuls.
At the AIorgue.
Many curious women visited the morg
lifted up the covers, and, in many
stances, actually examined the clothing
the eorpses. Three Young women, all "
dressed spent at least half an hour in {
way last evening.
The mother Of Adam Dohrer, fourts
years old who had worked for Liebler
Mass, nearly went wild when shown
body Of her son at the morgue, and If
had not been for the efforts Of her dau
ter Minnie and policeman she wo
have thrown herself on the body.
All of the bodies not identified by Thu
day will be buried in Potter's Field,
less interested parties wish TO give thel
private burial
Looks Like Fuller aud spicer.
WATERTowE, n. Y. Aug. 28.-The
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