Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-25
SIX SCORE VICTIMS.
The Probable Number of Lost
at Park Place.
aRUBsoME DELVING IN THE RUINS.

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One by One the Bodies of the Unfor-
tunates Are Found Until the List
Foots Up Thirty-Four, of Which Twen-
ty Have Been Identified-Six of the
Recovered Corpses Those of Women
The Worst Part of the Task Yet to
Come-The Ruins of the Restaurant
Expected to Yield CHASTITY Reward
to the Toilers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-A gang of Ital-
ians worked under the light of electricity
all Sunday night at the scene of the disas
ter in Park place. Progress was slow,
owing to the immense amount of debris
which the overturned rear wall created.
The first discovery was made at $50 yes
terday morning, that of the body of man
burned beyond recognition. At 7:40 the
body of another man was brought out
and a few minutes later that of boy.
The latter was terribly burned about the
face and arms The man had been fear
fully crushed, his intestines protruding in
way that was sickening TO see. At $50
the body of man with his legs burned
off was found. At o'clock another mans
body was discovered and was recognized
as that of John Steinke of Jersey CITY.
At $50 a young mans body was found
making the twenty-fourth victim discov-
cred. At 1890 another body, that a man.
greatly disfgured and burned was taken
out
still Digging Out Corpses.
The Italian laborers having been found
slow and inefficient they were discharged
in hai Nil o.,
men We're substituted. They pulled
mammoth press from the ruins, and an.
other body, that of man, was discovered
beneath it. At O'Clock the bodies of
three women were found. A few minutes
later three more bodies were found, two
women and one man. The three women
were identified as Maggie Quinn. Is: Mrs
Lottie Helm, 20, and Mamie Williams, l6
Late in the evening the workmen, in re-
moving some timbers, revealed the arm,
head and breast Of woman
Thirty-Four Bodies Taken Out.
She lay on her back. and a large press
crushed her down with its weight and
rendered the removal OF the body impos-
siRle without the use of derrick. A can
vas was mercifully thrown over the face,
which showed no sign of suffering, she
probably having been providentially
stunned before the huge press crushed out
her life. Up to $50 last night two more
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
making thirty-four in all thus far recov-
cred. Two more of the bodies were identi
fed. They are: Mary Deinlein. aged Is,
of AS East Ninth street, and Conrad
Schmidt of 125 East One Hundred and
Eighth street
The Total List Probably Iea.
At 1870 a.. m. the sum total of the bodies
recovered from the ruins was thirty
four. The number positively identified
Is twenty, and the number reported miss
ing lightweight. This would indie.
that l22 persons lost their lives by the col
lapse of the building. The worst part of
the tragedy Is yet to come, as evidenced 10y
fearful and overwhelming stencil which
indicates unknown horrors and an almost
inestimable number of bodies buried n
derneath the rubbish and machinery
A Charmed House to Clear Away.
At midnight aterrible stencil came from
that part of the ruins occupied by the
restaurant. 1t is probable that this spot
will add a fearful tale even to the prest Mt
estimate of the horror. Early this moru-
ing small foot, ankle, and part of a leg,
probably girls or boys. was recovered
The member was badly burned and looked
as though it had been burned away from
the body.
Still Another Body Fnund.
The wOrkren are fast clearing away the
debris and it seems highly probable that a
great number of bodies will lie recovered
before daylight. At $50 another body
was found. 1t was discovered in the site
of the restaurant on the west side of the
ruins. 1t WIS that of q man about 30
years old. It was found in Il sitting post
ure with the right hand pressed to the
heart