The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-17
GETTING OUT THE DEAD.
A CORPSE UNCOVERED LAST NIGHT
IN THE FULTON STREET RUINS.
One or the Adcimnnn.. Doubtiess-The
sSenrch Kept Up All NiEht-An Ex-

One OF the Adclmanu-. Doubtiess-The
'senrch Kept up All NiGht-An Ex-
plnnation offered of the Lack OF Water.
At davbreak Yesterday large gang of labor.
ers began to dig into the ruins OF the Com
merridi Idrertiser building. Fulton and Nassau
streets. In search OF tho bodies OF John Adcl-
mann and his son. Frederick William. who
had q workshop on the fourth floor. and wero
missing. Chief Bonner had made arrange
ments during tho night with Il. p. GilliGan "
Son, contractors. TO set those men at work as
soon as there was light enough. Tho
men were mostly Italians. and the
lanGuid way in which they flung the
bricks into the street reminded one forcibly
OF the first few days OF the Park place disaster.
The bricks and the mortar instead OK sticking
toge her had all fallen apart. A crowd watched
the mon at their work until night time. Louis
Adelmann another son OF John Adelmann.
was there. pale and anxious leaning over the
rubbish in tho street 10 peer into the ruins.
Tho occupants of 50 Nassau street and 1876
Fulton street. which were only partially de-
stroyed sent men TO take their safes ont Ono
lot OF workmen tore down fragment o! wall
In ordor to get u. q safe which stood In plain
view o! the street. Chief Bonner then gave
orders that none but the mon who wore search
ing for the dead should be allowed In any OF
the buildings. and so put q stop to the danger
Gus rescune OF property. At nightiall he Ar
ranged with an electric light company to set
two lights over the ruins, 50 that the laborers
could go on with their work. The contractors
raised derrick on the street to facilitate the
removal OF the heavier debris
At 8 O'Clock in tho evening boiler was at
tAched to the steam derrick. but 1t took three
hours to get it to work. Alter that tho heavy
beams were lifted out OF the ruins very
rapidly and tho lnborers were bet
ter able to dig down into tho col
lar Just before midnight one Of the
rubbish at $50 Fulton street close to 1872, Mt
tered n cry. The others gathered around him
and saw charred human leg sticking upright
The Captain ni tho fire company who was in
charge ordered the engineer to stop The en- en-;
been lifting the rubbish out hung motionless
BY the aid Of lanterns the iatorers discovered
that a part OF the body was pinned fast bv
small iron safe. They cleared away the lose
more and more OF the BODY was exposed. The
foreman OF the mon cried out " Don't use your
ii was 1915 before the last weight was
removed from the corpse. and then tho fire.
man who WAS bending over It called to his
Captain, It's ali Tree now. What shall we do
The Captain ordered him to fetch tnrpau-
rhe sns In recnne pos
ton. with its back against n heap OF bricks.
II was beyond recognition. 1t was irnil.
slender figure. but whet her 1t was John Adel-
mann s body or his sons could not he told.
Acting Commissioner Holahan OF the De.
partment of Public Works has made m official
inquiry into the scarcity Of water at the fire.
He sent letter TO Chief, Engineer Birdsal of
n scarcity Of suprly and low pressure Of
water Ia the mains unusual at the hour
ind Wa! p1sS s css fnsneer aD hd hx
replied that tho water in the mains was. very
low when the fire broke out owing 10 the largo
quantity that was being used by private con-
Gems. Between the hours OF q. AMI 9'i
o'clock every morning all the downtown
manufactures have their pumps going. filling
their huge tanks upon the roofs with suffi-
Gent quantity OF water to run during the day
drawing water from the, mains the sup
moment the iiremen discovered that there
was DO water. the Chief Engineer snys.
Third Assistant Engineer Stevens and n fire.
man went to the conner of Chambers and
Duane streets and turned on the water from
the emergency main. which Ia there Tor Just
that purposea Tho Fire Department had n ado
no complaint about the scarcity OF water be-
Formerly there was no specific time for pump
ing water from the mains for use in big built
ings and then the supply WAS short and tho
pressure low all tho time. 1t was to ohvinte
this difficulty that specific hours for pumping
were set.
battalion Chief eastman said YESTERDAY: Il
nm able to swear that It was ut least Hnlt an
hour before we could Get any water and am
quite sure it was really longer than that"