New-York tribune., 1891-08-26
SAD SCENES At THE MORGUE.
THE LIST OF DEAD GROWS LONGER.
propLE WAITING IN SILENT GRIEF TO CLAIM
THEIR OWN,

THEIR OWN'
Tar into the early hours OF yesterday mornlns'
mourpers stayed near the Morgue waiting anu "''o
inc When the first sreaos of daylight appeared noe
"a moro began 10 gather. Tired out yet sleePics9,
With drawn faces they waited and walteo' W NS'ue
oImlessly about Along Twenty -sHths1 mp 10 rno
ace stood sad groups, afraid 10 enter INC o"'i"e
which hid the poor remnants OF what "ero n'ne n,
friends and relatives Saturday. Thc uncoh'ron"o'o
outbursts OF grief which were common on Mohdsy "o0
80 yesterday nut the scenes which replaced them
! ,re harder stl TO witness unmoved. Men ara "o'"o
vould walk wearlly and hOpelcssiy INTO INC uih -
and II they found they were looking 1or' uic9 -,
| remained outside, mutely looking at the grou ~
| hours one man, who had found MS son. o'' HaS ~
bench Before the door, and for long whiie '"ine-
| the BIT OF cloth by which he had identhed hin ''
and over in his trembling hands.
! Two old feeble men sat with their arms arouhu w
| another's necks. They had not known e~o" -.
| before but each looking for a son. AH'' wv .u
sneak nor weep, but sat there, mouohicSS % ,,,u,r,
for hours The old whte-haired father OF VIM. ~
Rarry sat still and detected in front Oh ,io N1 ,
waiting FOR his son, who was printer Ill 'o rirty
| ~ the South Publishing Company. lie was U''
! Eve wears old and lived In No. Grano-st'' "n.V
| moor frail little woman is waiting III ucep e no
the body OF her dead husband. 1t was uSt Sval St
ON Monday that they were married. IL wac 80, tIIs
that the body had been luchtheu '''
was incorrect a., ,o.e all
Frank Dodd,s brother stayed around the place on
dav Yesterday waiting TO identify his DfoVlrcr'
leaves wife but no children. lie WIS an, 4t,s,0s 0st
| years old and lived at No Ala west fnts " nS
| lie worked as a 'longshoreman on Picr NO -0 w No.
his wages in his pocket when he was toiu ~ e'' w
| nor before the other men went. He was III ue io'
! taurant when the building fell 1t was s.D'n"io
| ee the number Of people who foeked TO the hos
| an Monday and Yesterday, impeled by ho'hns '''
! idle morbid curiosity They were mostly "o
rd the sbamefulness of the thing angered eVeh "io
Morgue attendants, so that they orderea 'neni ou'
mt they came again and again, till az hst a o Ni,''
who had lost his rose and drove 'ne, %"! ~, &c..
nroved though they were, they were awed Dy HIS M ,
| and dispersed Three young women came IN d h''io
Itor and made all sorts of excuses TO get In Al S
an attendant admitted them, and took tHcih e"'s"'
TO the most terrible Of the bodies. Ihey h.u I" w
| lcd ont and became violently hystercai' bFo" u
| men who are compelled to remain near tic Pi"0 ~
| looking at the dead when they pass A..
vld+e the Moreue-keeper. said yesterday 'haV 'lo
r,,ndentlfed dead must be buried tomorrow Us IL
| would impenI the health Of the neiGhporhooN W my
| them longer As idontihcadons are maoe eio' ~ ~
| are becoming more diffcult with each houi' ~ ' ~
| now that many will have 70 be buried Ill ro'Vel ~
Field unless some arrangements are mace anu moNoS
"a nrovided for buryng them all in some ceineVery.
| rbs shond he done at once, If 1t Is done al ALL ~
scoroz hardly possible to delay burial longer thah W
| morrow ,,,o. ouo
Despite the many callers, only few bodies were
claimed yesterday. .,o, o .ho. n,
! r,rlv in the day body was identified as that OF
| vYrIom IT, Ellis He was thrty-elght years oiu'
snc1e born I'm New-York, and was the senior henioer
. the firm of Ellis Macdonald, who hal oookDinuorS
NJ No 76 Park Place. He had mother uepc'iuc". - o
him. Two sisters are married and one Is s"nse, ao %
mother OF the dead is overcome utterly anu siV'
| srortlv at home in a dazed and helpless cohdluo"
Little Adam DOhren's young sister ldohllneo o"e u
Tho mutilated dead as brother yesterday morhne
This IS particularly sad case even III tnis @o'iu"
where so many poor ana Wretcheu' III" ' Se
GIRL is only sixteen years Old yet IKE her orV'oi
bo vas fourteen years old she had TO work naru a'
an ace when other children are sn Ignorant OF u'o
% ,,1o, - utn Yesterday she had to do all the sad
ro,lI alone After Identifying the body she had 70
attend 10 the details in the Morgue ONCE ana .ei
make ALL the other arrangements Ior INC iu'0'o1 ~ ~
sclf as the old mother is almost demenou. luz luz
mothers little strength left her nogeIhcr "neu so
ouqht SIGHT of her boy, and she had to be oareu o'
- e. ,oco She sobbei and screamed and now sits
- homo in the dark basement OF a rear mouse al
No Aa6 East sixthst., brOodng over her WOO in'
do,d boy helped to support her by worklus aS ploeS
nov for Lieber & Mass. The mother hhe so @ II'uy
| of the bercaved, Is German. she helpcu " 9"Pf
fhe family by washing, and the sfah sunny ~ ~
hoy received meant great deal 10 th'ni' r..
rbo hodv that has been in the Mergue since eatur'
,, icbt was also identified yesterday. II was tia'
| ~ the man who found on the sluo"ain' ~ -
| recognized by F. SEMINARS by means Vi o'iiS 80 o,,
tho clothes 1t was the body Of man nsnleu ooiu., @
-, Who boarded with Mr.. SEMINARS at no. az
. p,usodeaye. Jersey City Heights. lie was 1S, pAS
-, GA and sold pocketbooks. lie has no 1riehuS
| Ino % far as known, but has son IN FRANCE Ao
| hd not been reported missing until nov" 49,
hodv that arrived during the day was par''ahy
,dnnt,0od by shoes and clothing Is tha' Vi Ie
snu,,ar nv his father and uncle. he was S'A,co, ,
years old and WORKED lor L'oo
| ~ No 216 MonrOc-st -
Another body was identified early In the morning 20
,at - Gustave Curry. lie wns recognized by ms m
| ~ Fdrund lie lived at Woodbridge N 1' WIZ"
hJs wife and two sons, and was employed as h'no-
rhe, for Liebler & Mass. lie was forty-hve years
s,aP T., France and came TO this country twenty
! | six years ago 49,, n ,,ims VOC.
,ordav II was thought several times thal his oou'
| rod heen found but this was not So lie was US
nigod in the evening. He had bnreiy en'ereu .''e
astourant when the building fell Thc callers ue
shod tbe plight In which his family has been lelt as
, Ing most pitlful. A crying wife and eleht IVVe
( ,lduor are left destitute by the sudden death Oh
,I,uIs who worked hard To earn Sl5 week. Inc
ost child is one of three months, and the eldest
s thirteen years old. lie worked as truck'drNer lo'
" II Ccary and lived at No. 20 Gouverheur-st'
vorc missing people arc being reported hourly al
tho Morcne 1t seems II the terrible list VIII never
4 49,, rou.inu Fow whose names were reported az
ot have turned up and many names are being addeu
Among those reported yesterday at the Morgue was
George Zimmerman, Of NO 3lo Sou'h ElRhth-S' r'"i'
t ,Ibi. lie was a photographer and took an carly
rain from Philadelphia NcwYork on Saturday morn
ING 10 call on Llebler Il Mass lie was thirty-elgn'
,ro,s old. and like most Of the missing and dead
leaves family tn his case wife and two children
II. W. Maby, of Fort Lee, ~ J reported thao Harry
Hartley Is missing. -
, Ahert Gross of No. 773 Thrdave., is missing. lie
a ros bcug looked for by his mother, Pelot Cross o
= | No 773 Third-ave
= Iobn Madden stood sadly III front of the Morgue al
, dav lie was waiting to find his brother, James j
Madden. who was in tho real estate business at NO
4 "a Barclay st. He was accustomed 10 eat III u"'
b. ntaurant daily and he has not been seen since
e+rrdav II Is supposed that he was In the building
when ii fell. lie leaves wife and one child Ht
had inst buried one brother who died suddenly, and
| ihn min Of hanth from slCknoSS