Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

went from morbid curiosity, while
others were there to see if any of the
bodies taken from the ruins were those
OF relatives or friends. Among the early
callers was Adolph Cistna, who was in
search Of the body of Otto Walser, "a
years old. Walser was employed by
Lieber d Mas. Cistina could not
recognize any of the bodies as that of
his friend, but he thought he recognized
the clothing of one ae the same as that
worn by him. Keeper White allowed
the young man to take portion of
the clothing to the home of
Mrs. Walser, the missing mans mother,
for the purpose of identification. The
woman recognized portion of the un-
dergarments as those she had made her
self for her son. The body was charred
beyond recognition. John Zickert identi-
fled the body of his brother, Gustave, 81
years old, who worked in the bindery of
Ellis q Mcdonald. John Low of Brook
lyn identified the body of his Is year-old
son, George, who had been at work in
the shop of Lieber & Mas. Another
body identified was that of Leonard
Cole, of Brooklyn. Cole had been in
the employ of Ferdinand Trip, the
druggist.
During the afternoon the crowd at
the morgue increased. Three more
bodies were identified by friends, John
Hatch of 1862 Hermon street, Brooklyn,
identified the body of his brother Fred
erick among the charred bodies. This
victim was 80 years old, and lived at
No. 1873 First street. He was employed
in the building.
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Gustav Steiner, printer, 26 years old,
who was employed in the shop of Lieber
& Mas. He lived at 2l1 East forth
street.
The body of Charles Breitner, 15 years
old, Of 345 East Fifty fourth street, was
identified by his mother He was en-
ployed in the same shop as Steiner.
Altogether 10 bodies had reached the
morgue tonight. Of these, eight were
identified When night came the
morgue remained open in order that
anxious relatives and friends might have
every opportunity for identifying any
bodies brought in from the ruins.
The scene at the ruins during the day,
from early morning until after dark,
was one never to be forgotten. Thou
sands of people from all parts of the city
and vicinity were there, and they stood
for hours at a time without being able
to see anything except the backs Of peo-
pie in front of them. They filled all APP
proaches to the wrecked buildings and
| Park Place for considerable space was
almost impossible. Street vendors
erected lemonade booths and apple and
and candy women did thriving trade.
All classes and conditions of people
were in the throng, and the police re-
serves had the hardest work to prevent
the fire lines from being broken into.
Police Inspector Williams was in charge
of the arrangements, and several fire
engines were kept busy, at different
times during the day, throwing streams
of water on the flames, that broke out
at irregular intervals at various places
in the ruins. Chief Reilly said that it
was probable that the fire would con-
tinue TO break out as the debris was re-
moved.
A gang of 80 Italian laborers worked
all day cleaning away the debris. Great
care had to be taken in clearing away
the pile of bricks, stones and frame and
iron work, all jumbled together in a
confused mass, for fear of mangling the
remains of the victims buried beneath.
Ii will be several days, and probably a
week, before the mass of ruins are re
moved.
Coroner Hanly, who will hold the in
quests on the bodies of the victims re-
covered from the wreckage, says that II
may be several weeks before the investi-
CATION will be held. fle will then i'm.
panel jury, which will include num-
Der of expert builders, and every effort
will be made to discover the true cause
of the collapse Of the building.
Early tonight storm came up, and
for several hours the rain fell in tor
rents. The men employed In removing
the debris ceased work, but they will bt
at it again early tomorrow morning.
COMPLETE LIST OF DEAD TO DATE.
The complete list of the dead up tx
late to night las far as possible) is a!
follows:
John Gibbs, 10 years old, 2s7 Green
witch street; Annie Heagney, years old
81 Park Place; Michael Slattery
subway laborer; Otto Walser, 2.
years old, 1888 East Eighth street
employed in the building; Johl
zickert, 27 years old, $40 Wash
ington street, printer; George Low, /!
years old, 392 Wallabout street, Brook
Ign, employed in the building; Leonard
Cole, 80 years old, Bedford street, Brook
lyn; Frederick Hatch, 80 years old, 12'
First street; Gustav Steiner, 26 year
old, printer, 2li East 10th street
/ Charles Breitner, 10 years old, of 34
East Fifty-fourth street; Andrew b
Peterson, % years old, son of restauran
keeper Ill building.
BODIES AWAITING IDENTIFICATION
There were still five bodies at tn
morgue tonight waiting to be identi
fled. They We're those of u body of
! man about 5 feet u inches, two cents il
, one OF his trousers pockets; body of
/, man burned beyond recognition; bod
of man, about so, dressed in work
} mems pants, check shirt; body of
, young man, horribly burned; body of
. young man, about 10, clad in darl
trousers, lawn tennis shirt.
9 Although thunder storm ragged at
5 O'Clock tonight, and the rain fell fas
there still remained crowd of peopl
about the ruins.
The opinion prevails tonight tina
less than half the bodies have so ia
. been recovered from the wreck, and
7 is thought that altogether not less tina
: so souls were buried by the disaster.
e Late tonight two more Identification
e were made, as follows: Abraham Del
: schopki, II years, of 141 Defiance
$ street. Gustav Steiner, 26 years, of 81
e East 107th street. This makes ID ident
fed out Of II bodies recovered. Fou
( bodies are still at the morgue unidcnt
o fed.
LOOKING OUT FOR BUSINESS.
!, Among the crowd looking at the ruin