The evening world., 1892-02-08
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.

sEARCHlNU fOk TIL DEAD.
Naturally the first Impulse was to make for
the elevator and stairways- Some, no doubt,
| In this way rushed to their doom In their
frenzy to escape duriag the first panic.
1t was only those cool-headed ones who
made their way at once TO tie windows who
escaped death.
THE DEATiI-RoLL MAY NUHBER SIXTY.
| No one Of the police authorities at this time
places the loss OF life at less than twenty-five,
anu It Is possible that the d atheist may
reach iifty or sixty.
| 1t Is believed that the bodies Of the victims
| are buried In the centre Of the ruins and near
| the foot OF the tall brick wall which Is still
standing on tho Fortieth street side.
This Is where the rlevntor shaft was
located, and all the Railways converged At
this point.
After dusk last ever 'ng and up to O'Clock
this morning nothing vas done towards re-
covering the bodies OF the victims
At O'clock last night, when the laborers
knocked OFT work, only small portion OF the
sidewalk on Sixth avenue had been cleared.
REsCusss CouipS'r WORK IN The DARK.
Work was stopped, Superintendent Brady,
OF tho Bureau OF Buildings. says, for
want OF light. No electric light tower
could he put up because the light
ing companies had all their plants
IL operation, and II could not be interrupted
to give time to erect wires and poles over the
ruins.
Capt. Reilly, OF the Nineteenth Precinct,
and Chief Glcquel, OF the Fire Department,
remained on duty all night long at the scene
OF the fire.
There were forty policemen on hand TO
keep the fire lines and streams OF water con-
tinued to play upon the still smoulderlng
ruins.
They were steaming this morning at day
break, and the vapor which rose from the
ghastly pit mingled with the thick fog Of the
early morning.
| Big CROWD At The sCBSR.
The crowd OF sight-seers who blocked the
streets In the neigh borhood all day yesterday
began to gather again. At . o'clock there was q
dense throng IN Sixth avenue and in Fcrtietn
street, ana the long line extended through
the centre Of Bryant fark
"Have any bodies been recovered" was
! the hrst question that every newcomer
asked, and when nc learned that no work had
been done during the night, he remained tc
watch the ruins from distance.
| HARD WORK 70 EEEP THE CROWDS BACE.
/ Scrgt. Lane, OF the Nineteenth Precinct
and sergI. Suite, OF the Seventeenth Pre-.
cincI, had hard work TO keep the CROW DIS from
/ pressing forward, and Gordon OF nifty police
/ men was guarding the are lines at O'Clock
About quarter OF an hour before this Con-
, tractor +. l.. Galligan, VINO started TO dig oul
the ruins yesterday afternoon, arrived on III;
scene with n gang OF seyenty-nre laborera
lie put them to work NJ once.
Some OF them tackled the big pile Of debris
eth street front, while another squad went
work ON the sixth avenue side, which h.t
been partially cleared.
CLEANING OUT THE DEATn-rIT.
Work was begun in earnest, and Il 500
began To tell. The mass Of bricks and lnOrta
and pieces Of charred timber and furnitur,
which was piled up just within the line o
tie wall where the main entrance had beer
began to disappear rapidly.
soon hole was made In the cellar, which
seemed t. lie chOked mp with trunks ant
pieces OF water-soaEed carpet and clothing.
ClITuuNs MAa3ED IN. A w."
In a hali-burned trunk, which vas one o
the Glrst things the la5orers dug cut OF III,
ruins, were found the remnants Of some m,
undertaking. Part OF II belonged 10
woman and was marked with the initial,
"M. \. De-" while some shirts and whit,
vest that had belonged TO d man were market
&C. \. H."
Pink and blue silk woman's underwear
and line embroidered skirts half burned ant
nl 81 n hp ,niillk silp Il nll
by the laborcrs and were rescued by I'll,
police for purposes OF Identification.
These were found under the rubbish riGh
at the corner at sixth avenue and Forfeit
street. Then one or two leather trunks,
partially burned hand satchel containing
some papers, apparently legal documents
aud battered SILK hat were brought cut.
GREAT MASS TO BE DuG AWAY.
Bed springs. mattresses, pieces OF carpet
picture frames, ends OF Oric-a-orac and rem
nants Of furniture were all Jumbled up 10
gethcr In the debris, which was packed dowI
into a solid compact mass.
IL seemed as II II would be hours before tn
d,rgcrs would reach the heart OF the ruins
where most OF the bodies are supposed TO b
buried
Among those who We're admitted within tn
fire lines early this morning were numbe
OF friends or relatives Of those who are mis-
Ing and are believed TO have perished In III
disaster.
one OF these was Harvey IVAN Norden, tn
manager OF the Roya Worcester Corset Com
pany, OF Philadelphia. who mad been watch
Ing all night long at The ruias.
SURE HIS WIFE IS AMONG THE pRAp.
lie is convinced that his wife is among tn
victims, and he Is nearly crazed with the suS
peuse lie cannot keep away from the spot.
ave had been living at lhe Hotel Royal 10
, four weeks he said to reporter for IN
, EyENISG WoELp this morning, land wen
away last week to Philadelphia on business.
, saturday l sent my vile $500, anu OK
pected TO see her again next week. l re