New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23

buried under the MASS vi piiNn o0'Nn
was almost miracle. The little eiris laoe ",'u
arms were bleeding from cuts and ourhS' ou' S"'
was able to talk ,,,
AZ soon as Mulligan raised her up she lifted her
o,,ee 70 a window on the upper floor of building
ocross the street and called in pteous tones :
TrLoro,s my mamma.o The mother upon seeing
hor child became so frantic with JOY that had 1t
not been for the combined efforts OF
four mon standing near by, she would have jumped
from the window When the little gIA was rescued
the crowd yelled and capped their hands ID Joy'
II was touching sight and one that will not soon
be forgotten. by those who saw 1T.
The girl, when found was ciasping the hanus
of her dead sister Jennie, and she beggea 'no
fremen TO take her sister ont OF the RUNS also.
The little girl was carefully placed in an amou-
,apce and taken 10 the Chambers Street HospiO"
The mother. whose name is Mrs. Mary Heagney,
rushed through the streets crying plteousiy' VII,
INV darling. my darling child, rescued, rescued
The little thing told the men as they were p'c'hs
her in the ambulance that her brother and SISTER
were both dead under the bricks IL seems Vu''
she was PLAYING in front Of the building al 'nc
time of the explosion. II was found al 'hc "O'
pital that she was badly bruised
MORE CoRPsEs FOUND.
Another body, burned fearfully. was TAKEN
from the ruins at AS p. m. few minutes Ia'er
the bodies of a little boy and girl were found
They were the children of Eugene +. heagheS'
the plumber. who lives at No. 81 Park Place.
The work of recovering the dead bodies went on
slo,ylv from 4 o'clock. More than forty hreneh
were engaged in the work. At about . ociocA
Mrs. John Shattuck came to look for her son.
Edwin II. ShattuclS, who only began work lor
LiebIer IL Mass on Friday. He could not NC
found. Mrs. Shattuck lives in WILLIAMSBURG She
was nearly crazed by the loss of her son, VINO was
her Only support Finally she was taken away
by several policemen
At 80 there was no order in the street AZ all
Men and women were rushing in, looking ior men
missing friends and relatives Finally as n9hC uie"
on the street became queter
From to O'Clock the fremen kept two streams
of water playing upon the mass OF DilcK anu 'i'"-
bers. There appeared to be fire in the smoulderlng
ruips. and every now and then the flames would
break out Occasionally the fire would make It's
appearance high up on the sides of the standing
wals but il was easily subjugated As 1t gre"
dark. the men decided that it was unnecessary TO
keen at work The bricks were too hot TO hanole
A detail Of men were left on duty to keep play
inc water on the ruins so that they would be
cool by daylight, when the firemen would go 10
work again. In the meantime the iiremen had
underworld TO get some of the bodies out oil the
place.
About o'clock they succeeded in efecting an
entrance through the mass of brick ana timoer'
The hole was only large enough for one man 10
enter at time and led into the cellar OF lflppes
drug store. There were fifteen carboys OF ammo
MIA stored under the sidewalk, some OF which
had been broken. The pungent odor was almost
snffocatinq The interior of the hole as well
"a the sub-celar was lighted up by the gas flowing
from broken gas-pipe Michael II. Sievln'
assistant foreman of No. Of the First Battalion
of the Fire Department, crawled through the en-
trance Upon his return he said that the celIar
was filed with at least five feet OF wafer lie
saw two bodies in the water, ootu OF tnem
wedged in by the timbers which had fallen upon
them. There seemed to be no way of eXtrlcatlng
them at that point.
Slevin tried to pull the timbers aside, but the
danger of being crushed, if one should
he dislodged, was too great.
ANOTHER ENTRANCE MADE,
Another entrance was made near the main en-
trance. at No, 70, and again he went In ms
time he succeeded in recovering one OF the oodles,
that OF a man about forty five years old, evidently
NJ German blood The victims hair and beard
had been burned, his face was the color Oh q
mulatto, although other portions of his body were
white, HIS face was crushed in and IN every
respect he presented no physical marks
which could lead to his Identification. Upon
his person fvedollar gold piece was found
and SO 80 in other currency. paper
which appeared to be receipt, gave
the names of Schwalbach in account with b. Doerrt
There were several cards bearing the name OF
Louis Doerr. No BIG Canalst., restaurant, also
found ipon his body. The dead man was taken
to the Morgue.
Fred Trippe, a son of F. w. Trippe the drug
gist. anxiously scrutinized the body. lie dld
NOT recognize it, however, as that Of his 1ather'
Youna Trippe has been tortured by fears and hopes
as to the fate of his father. He is the youngest
son. and has brother, Joseph Trippe, who is a
member of the firm of jay 81 Co, OF Newark,
manufacturers of rubber goods. 1t is learned
that Mr.. Trippe, the father, was at
one time wealthy He had large establishment
ON the East Side, but was unfortunate Ia business
matters His son Joseph established the place in
Park Place, and it proved to be a good Investment.
The father entered into partnership with his son,
and eventually took control of the business, His
trade was in the nature of retail traffic at whole
sale prices.
QUANTITIES OF BBNZINE THERE.
It has been stated authoritatively that he kept
a large quantity Of benzine on hands
When Assistant Chief eastman. of the First Bat
talon, in charge of the work. made known that
the Fire Department would not continue its efforts
all night to recover the bodies of the many vic
tins, the police at once took up the search In
spector Williams who is said TO be brother-in.
law of A. W. Lindsay, the typefounder and ma
chinist occupying No. rs, az once gave orders
to get fifty or sixty Italians, who could continue
the work abandoned by the fremen The In
sail Ihnt he 1uantel to do