The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-26
MORE BODIES FOUND.
Fifteen Taken from the Death
Pile Yesterday.
GILR0Y'S Men AT WORK.
The Ruins May be Cleared in Forty
eight Hours. ;.
AID FOR FAMILIES LEFT DESTITUTE

Fark race AuIAs-FIro Eoun4 Sm0uls
sersne Under = Fallen Fioor-The BODIES
of Druggist Trippo and william n. Ellie
Recovered - News or the Disaster
Reached Mayor Grant ON Hts Vacation
Yesterday-Ms TelegrspAs that He viii
Receive SubscriptIsns-I.ist or the
Kiiied-Revised List OF tho Missing-
Assistant District Attorney Tow.sesA
VIII Help Coroner Hauiy to Deter.
.ine the Responsibility for the Disaster.
The CHASTITY work Of taking tho dead out
from the huge death pile in Park place con-
tinues. The list OF dead recovered now mum.
bers so. How many moro bodies lie buried
time will tell. A hundred mon working day
and night since Saturday have succeeded In
CLEARING away less than one-half the ruins
There are tons and tons OF debris there. and
1t may hide scores OF bodies. The list OF fatal.
tics will not be known until all OF that is gone.
and. work hard a, they will with tho i'm.
proved methods that have been adopted, II
will take from thirty to forty-eieht hours
to clear 1t away The crowds Of people
with morbid curiosity continue In the streets
edjscent to tho scene OF the disaster. They
fight and push and maui each other for places
near the police line. where they may 500 ct
least the boxes that contain the manglsd and
burned bodies OF the victims as they arc lifted
out They can see nothing else. ret they
stand and fight for hours. The roofs. the IRE
escapes. the windows OF the adjoining build
ines are all crowded. and In those crowds are
are women. dozens. hundreds OF women, all
anxious to see burned human being. Said
one little woman yesterday afternoon in the
hearing of Sun reporter. when her escort.
sick with horror. tried to induce her to leavss
NO. no: now I must see Just one more
body then I'll CO." and she satisfied her NOR
bid passion before she won't
She had no business inside the police line.
nor had her escort. yet they were there -
were hundreds OF others. Can't Eakin. Capt.
slevin and their Ssrgssnts aud roundsmen
did their duty In trying to keen Thorn out
They got in as did the hundreds OF others By
the wilful disobedisnce Of orders BY tho patrol
men on duty.
Six bodies blacksned BIZ the burning.
bruised and torn by the awful fall. and
crushed BY the tons Of iron and brick were
taken out yesterdy before noon. Two were
identified those not by their features, for they
were beyond recognition but By ieweiry and
trinkets that were found In the pockets OF the
remnants Of clothing they wore. They were
the bodies Of Mr.. F. W. Trippe the druggist
who had been In business here Q score Of years.
and W. H. Ellis Of tho firm OF Ellis b MacDon.
AID. who had been in business nearly as long.
AS these bodies had been uneathed others
had been seen near whore they were lying.
but weighted down BY debris 50 that they
could not be got at. Reports do not agree
as to how many there were in sight Some
said three. some five. and others only one
As soon as tho fremen began to work to
take them out more debris fell and covered
them completely up again. The fact was
told to the limo OF waiting relatives OF miss.
ing persons that stood along the eteRs OF the
building next adjoining the ruin. 1t was
discouraginG news for them. worn out -
they were with waiting to claim their own.
Several o; the women broke down and cried.
though they did not know whether or not
the bodies were those they were waiting for.
This was tho NEST noteworthy scene of sor.
row OF the day.
Mayor Grant has been away on . vacation
for some time He did not hear OF the disaster
until yesterday. Then no tslegraphed to his
secretary TO visit tho heads Of tho various de-
rartments and confer with them as to what
best could be done. He also instructed him
at once to open o subscription for the
benefit OF tho destitute families OF the
mon who were killed. The latter order WAS
attended to FIRST, and Commissioner Edward
c. Sheshy OF the Department OF Charities and
headed the list with $5U. Mr.. SpseT.
the Mayors Secretary visited the scens Of the
disaster In the morning and met tho men In
charge OF tho Police and Fire Department
Thev told him the work was hindsred by the
pile OF debris that had been thrown Ia the
street. He went to Commissioner Gilroy who
said that though there was no money appro-
pristed for such work. and he had no authority
under the law to do 1t. he would send for carts
and men.
Ths Fire Department also asked for der
ricks. and Contractor John D. Crmmins and
Hess d Corrigon furnished two. Commits.
sonsr Gilroy himself went to the wrecked
building ana superintonded tho beginning OF
the work OF his men. The heavy derrick
which was to lift tho big presses from the
ruins could not bs put in place before night
With their aid the work can be done twice a.
rapidly as by hand.
What caused the building to COLLAPSE, Who
Ia to boar tho blame? Who is 70 nay tho awful
damage These are questions that arc now
asked perhaps more frequently than Is tho
question. " How many have they got out now?"
Tbe excitement attending tho horror has worn
OIL somewhat. and now the people want TO
know where the fault lies- 1t seems almost
certain that the collapse WAS not caused By an
OK plosion. In the first place. there was moth
Ing on the top floors Of the place to explode.
Printing presses don't explode. neither does
pspsr.
That was all there was up there. In the
cellar there was no boiler to explode. There
was explosive stun belonging 10 Druggist
Trlppe. but probably not enough TO have
Knocked down building. Then. too. II there