New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-25

meath the pile and against the back part of the
building Each time that press has been re-
moved from its position in the ruins bodies have
been found
After the huge machines had been raised and
pulled into an upright position much caution
had 10 be exercised by the men who were work.
ing. Invariably the topping over of the press
would disodge large quantities of bricks, and
in one instance long piece Of shaftng nearly
struck an Italian who had ventnred further than
his comrades Another time several long pieces
OF timber gave way and fell with crash right
on the spot where fireman had been removing
a large quantity Of paper which covered a partly
exposed body.
COMING UPON BODIES.
This body, which was eventually recovered,
proved to be that of woman. Three other
women, a man and boy were taken out OF the
same place. They had apparently been suifocated
and were not burned much the thick mass OF
paper which covered them protecting them The
girls were identified as those who worked Tor LOUIS
RoSenfeld & Co. They had evidently reured
20 the small vault or dressingroom in the BASE
ment of No. 6s, preparatory to stopping WORK at
D. M. when the building collapsed
All dav the frcmen worked energetically'
There were three reliefs furnished by truck
Companies Nos 3, 3, 6, Q, II. 10 and reserves OF
four men from each OF the twelve hattalions. ms
gave Assistant Chief Riley working force OF
seventy-two men. There were great many po-
Icemen on duty Chief Inspector Byrnes yester-
day morning gave orders to increase the force
of policemen in the Second Precinct temporarily
by detailing men from other precincts to special
dutv in Park Place Sixty of the policemen were
kent on duty in the street during the day and
were under the command Of Captain Slevin, OF the
Second Precinct and Captain Eakins of the Grand
Central Station squad At night there were thirty
policemen there under the command of captain
Alaire. of the City Hall squad Inspector Williams
WAS directed TO visit the ruins at intervals ana 10
make sure that any possible help which the police
could give in the work of recovering the bodies
Of tie victims was given promptly.
AN ITALIAN GHoUL
One of the incidents of the day which betrays
the sorIlid mercenary nature Of the Italians az
work on the ruins took place. About ~ O'CLOCK
q. M. Joseph Losan, who was working III uiie
corner near No. &C. was detected In rlhlng tne
pockets of a coat and waistceat lie was arrested
and taken to the Church-st. police staton' upon
his person were found small silver watch and
brass chain, key and foot rule lie was taken
10 the Tombs Police Court and held for trial The
INDIGNATION of the crowd was intense when 1T was
learned that the Italian had evinced at such q
time the evil side of his nature.
Az abont 80 o'clock in the afternoon as a
body was being removed from the ruins white
bearse and three carriages formed funeral pro-
cession in College and Park Places. Soon after
tbe little coffin bearing Annie Heagney was rev.
erently borne to the hearse, followed by the sor-
rowing family The attention of the crowd was
for the time being divided, and as the mass OF
people opened to let the little procession pass
through. the loolsers-on would first glance at
them and then toward the dead wagon ana tne
box holding the victim last discovered
Another incident which reflected credit upon the
benevolent and humane spirit of at least one man
deserves prominent place. A gentleman, sup
posed to be Henry L. Fanshawe, of No. 12o
broadway made arrangements TO supply the IRE
men and lengshoremen, as well as the ltallans
with coffee and sandwiches. The WORK OF olggins
was from time TO time interrupted by the severe
rainstorm. At those times the men would enter
the Rochester lamp Store, refresh themselves, ana
go back to their work oo az v Ie en e1ceOt
possibly the Italians. The gentleman refused 70
give his name He tod Assistant Chief Riley
that he would contribute 500 to ,65urE .pe oI un,
to secure additional laborers. This offer had TO be
rejected by the officials. - -
Many representatives of various insurance com
panies visited the place. A. =. Moillebert, OF
No l45 Broadway, an inspector Of Dw1ghts Under
writer's Association, said that some time ago be
inspected the building. In the drug store were
two barrels of rubber cement on tap Mghly
explosive huid In his opinion the vibration Of the
presses, which were running night and day, must
have weakened the flooring In addition 70 that
there was large quantity OF paper IN s'oc i, III
the lithOgraphing establishment. II the rnoper
cement exploded IT would have caused the down
fan of the building. He called attention to the
fact that the part of the building which still stands
has line Of even bricks from top to bottom. AT
the iuncture of each floor there is jagged mass
of bricks which still protrude 1t is apparent that
the building which fell was built apart from the
other
structed at time when the worst buildings IN
the city were put up. There were poor brick and
mortar used then and cheap labor employed
AN OMNIBUS BUILDING.
The structure was what is called an omnibus
building, because it contained all kinds of stores
and tenants When building collapses as this
one did the fire risk ceases at once. But in this
particular case, when fire followed nice ques-
ton in insurance is involved.
The work of removing the heavy beams, brick
and machinery never ceased as night drew on.
The men who had been at work all day re-
lieyed shortly after O'Clock by thirty or forty
Italian laborers.
The men working near the east wall reported
soon after o'clock that they had discovered an
ether body, making thirty-fve in all. They only
ward. The dug the rubbish away as much
as possible ind disclosed the head and shoulders
had short, dark hair, and red ribbon tied about
her head.
THE BODY FIRMLY wEDGED IN.
The men worked fully two hours trying to
extricate this body. Then long rope was at
tached TO O press and every man available
grabbed hold of it, They tugged and pulled with
might and main, but the heavy mass stood firm
as the rock of Gibraltar. Not far from the body
of the woman foot cut of just above the ankle
was found After the unsuccessful attempt t.
remove the body of the woman, the men turned
their attention to removing the large mass Of
timbers near the west wall After working hard
nearly two hours they had taken out number
of heavy pieces of wood and some machinery, bu
the hole which they made scarcely per
ceptible
neatly dressed, pleasant faced little woman
came forward eagerly to see if either of tw