Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-28
REMOVING THE DEAD
oomv WORK AT THE SCENE
'ne Tur NEW YORK DISASTER.
s.,.o,or Record Of the Past Twenty
nv ,,on,.-.vhe search stopped at
,..t--oi pod,es Recovered.

r..f.r binding continue"
'''' che night. The first body taken
i'''" ,,,8night was discovered at Ills
CD, ' =, r-as tina: Of a man about Eve feet
4 "' - ~ height, with tho arms and
|',' - ..-, II tho left leg burned OF.
t,lv vas burned and decomposed
t'' IGNITION. At las there was
l0'" -, The body Of man
fssor =. ~ wears old. Eve feet six
sfe' ., hscht. ard weighing about liO
H. head was separated from the
t.,r wcs burned beyond recogni.
i.'' IN. clothing had been burned
H. II woman about I'VE feet
l..i IL height and weicning ABOUT
ti .,l was found ~ l:S5 A: NJ The
... .srlal beyond recogniuon. Az
fi s., e.. w. was found the BODY Of a
si fvc feet nine inehvs IA hei IN
.rrloc about l.O p9uhus' me
o. r.. burned Of. The body If
q, raa abou' iwenty-three years
,,- found ~ 4. Nj.
t .1.ek the body Of Morris A..
r.. Jersey CITY, was taken ont. II
rf,i Nv hs brother. At $50 A..
81. .,.. recovered the body Of man
~. ',.ars Old. In the pockets were
o'.,c. with a brass chain. eleven
s'.''' ,.~., , pockei-book containing
.f, oi,fehaualo3 knife with two
80 l.Sg II young man about
.,-s .li was found nj $50 A. NJ.
III. ,rt, bodies recovered between
'..,Ffe1 A. NJ. bringing the total
l..its recovered up 10 that
.rtuvr ABOUT THE SLOW WORK.
..-.,fi,n Is felt and freely ex-
- ...s CITY az the hardness and
....i,l manner in which the au-
i-' .re working 20 eXhume the
p tte unfortunate victims OF the
,....ar that occurred on Park
..ss.rriqv. Cp 10 : O'Clock this
.,l.fc af,y-sevcn bodies had been
nh although many others are
,.t.. rixel No with the Debris.
... x are powcrlcss 20 remove
scr lut - the want of proper
N.uv Il the bodies are held
t. O., lalvy presses wh!eh Il VIII
.sf.t, remove without the requi-
t.rv. These appliances are pro-
.. y.et to-day. when II Is hoped
t. n-s : yhumng the bodies
o.. -a rarillv. The bodies that
-.-l row ere simply such a
mass 4 clarred putrid hesh-ln
fences moving mass of mag
49,, . ,- impossible 20 recognize
r. ,- features. the identity in
....-..s I'D, made by the clothes OF
-.- watch " something in the
stencil II the decaying
..t..r .ht was 50 horrible that II
....-. ,r.r. s.ible 20 breathe within
e, -. '.,.. without some cO1nteracting
l......
S.arfrrNT OFFICIALS.
f..f. = thc various city depart
49,. s.,u e. have been more anxious
gil. .t.ense attending the work
o.. G.. clrred O. their particular
-.ar % 2 the bodies Of the dead
recovered before all chance Of
... w.~ gone. Ever since Sat
O.. ,.t-,-'l work ~ clearing out the
IS bon greatly delayed 10y tie
,-....-..f ID tu-. mound Of II bris block
90. .. 81. street 3D. front and having no
80. s.- SO tle wr"ckage taken out.
...--r.-n.t tn last night that any
.r..f yen OWN: the blockade was
.-l .-.r then because CITY con
&c.. ....,. in and offered TO pay for
.-s ..r-..ff the city officials could
v..l department. should pay
iI. I.. pie 4 wreckage in the
,.- ...,.D RAPIDLY disappearing, and by
I...v.. ta gone. Int no city official is TO
s.-. a.. lock 10 body of another man
v--.t.-t- Pc the ruins. The body WAS
.fr .-l.i All decomposed. Fifteen
rrrt.- ,...- u the same spot was found
=, ~ .ar.t1.r man. The body wss
l.-... .-i i,c.lposed.
t-.r- ( was found the body of man
q, .r.r yrar- old. At 1880 o'clock
-.g.- t.ke1 ut the body of young
, a,l4r l-ly tWenty-six OF twenty
s... s,.f- o. age. Unlike the greater
-' .- .. 0'0- r bodies taken out, It was
.. --1-l. ari though the face is dis
&c. aLl badly tecJmposed, recognition
.,.~ possible. The hands were up
..i De- - She rad died while praying.
--v i.,or- II O'clock the search for
t 'hr CELLARS g. and 20 was aban-
&. ST ill., q -lshad not by any means
'... f--stl but Il was stated that what
sr. - bad been thoroughly tx
i...-. ll q up more bodies remained
Co. W.. was then concentrated ON the
c,- % ~ aL1 -.
-l-I-cSE IODIEs ERCOvEKED.
Ties record gives the number of
t-- taken from the Park Place
r.--rit ! dock t1i- Afternoon rs sixty
'.--t even bodies were identified
r a...T -f,er being discovered. and
So. .-s.- .r.ct 20 Uniertakers or their
Il- ff-y-four bodies taken to
--,. IT, 4 these thirty-three were
here remain twenty-one
.mrl rested from their labor
.'... j. -d ! o'clock. and then re-
,'.~s Il removing the noun
o. ;lat fills the centre of the
o. IT.. WgE will be continued to-
G,-f-a-Ioreman Blauvelt said be
'''-s . could be completed before
l.tlt.
T. .u.l s.y that the front and rear
-.- lar AT No. u, where Pc
-.-.4ufnut was situated, have
N .t.-.Y -Aamincd, and there now
t- .rs small space IN the centre
s,s when that has been searched
q 20 SD. Lave been completed.
NAYoL CEAST's VISIT.
'.. clock Mayor Grant, accom-
g., private secretary, for the
r. y-tel the ruins and remained
-.-e tlLe looking over the whole
.-t 4.Aln- number Of questions
90 .-e disaster and what has been
& IS Low dong TO recover the
--' ., Pc -,4d.
.-a sEAKcH CO3PLEIRD.
.,-1u,cel this afternoon that the
- &C. lark-plGce ruins was COM
.-i .lat 10 moro bodies remained
"0rs Wa az once stopped, aud the
..-.'- ',-.r and other laborers en-
..',- q clearing gu; the debris were dis
v-'.'i. lls Department of Public
t''. cllt'nue ITS work Of clearing
i-lM the street, but the task OF
0lt what dsbris remains in the
.' 3D. 90 iay.or building must DO done
'- e"-'f' ~ the property.
tr.E- EyTIRELY CONSUMED.
-.'ie ''.- remained about the spot seve-
..' women. whose dead had not
"a, a-l who refused TO believe
Do. 81 i.1 been cessation Of the
-. -earchers. Indeed II was q
9. I'll ih4t there was 50 large
i.s..ue who could not be &c
-.. J. Tie theory was advanced
.'. TIE teTceness ~ the flames,
nseI several hours. some OF the
were entirely consumed.
, fk bodies have been identified.
q; Tho mOrgue sin unknown.
=, gave p-f-ons are reported missing,
'la 'he fifteen unknown bodies,
~ tti g. De accounted for.