The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
THE HOLOCAUST.
Recovering Bodies of the Inform
Theories as to the Cause of fl.
CatastrODle.

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Theories as to the Cause OF III.
Catastrophe.
New YORK, Aug. 24.-Up to 3 Cd
this afternoon twenty-seven bodies
been recovered from the ruins n
Park road disaster, and it was estim.
there were at least fifty bodies
among the debris. The odor from
decomposing flesh that arises from
ruins is SO terrible that the disinfect,]
hitherto used seem to have little an
AT 8 o'clock the next body was ton
beneath a press frame that had !
lifted out Of the debris a few minute
fore. 1t proved to be the body of a
The head and body were burned bey'
recognition, but the legs and feet ~
intact. At $50 o'clock the next III
was brought out from the pressroom
was the remains of a young man n
looked to be about 10 years old,
face was burned beyond %recogni,a
but most of his clothes were in fair a
dition. He was probably one of the
Ployes OF the pressroom. City Chami.l
lain Grain, whose mother owned
building, arrived at his Office toSI
When questioned as to the conditiorI
the building he said:
IL know nothing personally about
1t was built in 1872 and was acauiredS
my mother in 1880. The building I hal
always understood was well construct
and never was condemned. 1t was n
considered unsafe. 1t was always ua1
for the purposes for which it was nsI
at the time of the fire. As to the cIss|
that the stock of material and heal
presses on the upper floors caused NJ
building to collapse any one who lon1
at the facts dispassionately will adm
that such was not the case. My opipi1
from all | have been able to learn is nj
the cause Of the accident was the N
followed by the explosion, the same M
ory that the firemen have about Nj
matter. The explosion occurred n
one of the lower floors. What caused
or took place is not for me to saw. \
was insured for $4,000 anG was wort1
Just about that sum-. l never knew th1
it was considered hazardous"
The man who has been engaged "a,
thirty-five years in placing printing ma
chlnery in houses said the presses 4
Ellis IL Mcdonald and Leibler a. MAJ
were SO placed that vibrations ran wifi
the beams and r%afters, and that the rest
g was an insufficient support for n.
enormous weight that was on it. On tLl
third floor alone, he said, nearly fortr
TOMS Of machinery stood. =
An alarm was sent out from polio
headquarters today for Louis RosenfelL
proprietor of the paint store at No. %
Park place. He has been missing sine
the disaster and his brother thinks the
scenes he has witnessed after The
rash came unsettled his mind and thai.
ne is wandering aimlessly about this o.
other city.
Half an hour later another pine hr
vas carried out of the ruins and laid
side the previous two on the sideug
the city hearse. When the lidys
'emoved there was disclosed the fright.
ully charred remains of a young mal
The body was burned and mutilated be-.
'ond possible recognition. Both hand;
md one foot were missing, and nearly
very vestige of his clothing was
one, and what little Remained
vas of little or no use in
identification. The man was apparently
bout n years old. The three boxes
'erc then placed in the dead wagon AMI
to the morgue. The scenes at the
today were similar to those Of
esterday. Up to , o'clock tw~enty-onr
odies had been brought to the morgue
the scene of disaster. OF these
thirteen have been identified at the
by friends or relatives. The
odies of those identified as soon as they
ere dug out of the debris were not
AIKEN to the mOrgue but removed at
nee to undertakers' shops. Most of the
Notifications were made from articles
I clothing found on the charred re
lains. Another body was removed
ON the ruins at Lao o'clock,
was that of a large
nd muscular man about six feet in
and perhaps 1875 pounds il
eight. The remains were not nue.
urned, although somewhat blackened
here was ne mutilation on any part
ld the hair was not ever burned. None
those at the scene of disaster waiting
he recovery of relatives could identify
lese remains and they were sent to the
orgue. This was the thirty-tfth body
hich had been recovered up to this
)ur.