New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-10
SCENES At THE MORGUE
FOUR MORE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED.
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AMONG THE UNKNOWN
MANY WHO WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED.

A
MANY WHO WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED
There was constant stream OF anxious inquiier'
AZ the Morgue yesterday. Some OF the callers "e"t
there TO crafty morbid curiosity, bnt they were no'
nermitted TO enter the where the chaTred oodeS
- the deod are laid ont in the rude wooden coiins.
only those who could satisfy Deputy Coroner Richard
who Is i'm charge now at the MorGue. that they hENU
be able to identify some Of the dead were pcIli'c'
to see the charred pieces OF flesh,
Only seven of the bodies Of the victims had bceh
identified up to a late hour last evening Ior "c''
recognized by their relatives and friends N'SV1u"S'
The identlncatons were complete and with the eA'
ontion of two or three of the other bodies they are
ahout the only corpses which can be positively
identified The bodies with few exceptions are s."
fnghtfuly burned that It will be almost next 10 ""
limos sbility for anybody absolutely to identity ''h
The officials at the Morgue regard it as strange mat
some one does not call to identify the beautiful woman
who is In the coffin marked No. =. HUNDREDS Of
pcope have looked at the body but no one has 40 Tar
recognized the attractive The features are not
d,srured I'm the least and her relatives and illends
will have no difficulty IN recognizing the victim II they
call to see her The woman was about twehty-Hsht
wears old and in her ears she had pair Of diamond
earrings and on her fingers two rings. one set WIN
diamonds and the other with emeTdds
The first body to be identified at the Morgue yes
terday was that OF the who was the sixth to he
,ol,on ont of the rims she was identified as sarah
Rlake an unmarried woman. fifty years old. lie
body was recognized by Miss Nellie Kendall. oil pam
VILE Mass Miss Kendall was cousin OF the victim
and she came to wYork for the purpose OF loohhg
| at the body. She said that sarah Blake lived In
sheldonville. Mass and that she was employed IN a
hat factory at Stamford Conn. Last Friday IL WIS
| learned she came 20 New.York to visit some friends
and Saturday night went TO the theatre with an ola
gentleman named Gassford. lie left her ut the ioeI
ROYAL at IL 80 O'Clock Saturday night. Her BODY
will be shipped to Sheldonvilc to-day or toihoIo"'
She identified by the rings when she "oe' Inv
body was horribly burned.
The next body to be identified yesterday was uh'
of Mrs j. Cohen, thirty-thre years Old. This body
was the first one taken 10 the Morgue she had an
attractive face black hair and brown eyes Inc BODY
was not badly bnrned. death having been caused by q
fracture Of the skull Her brother Archibald JACOBS OF
No l2l5 Broadway identified the body lie SAID thai
his sister wa. tho wife OF a prominent merchant a.
Toronto, Canada. He not aware That she was ~
the city until he the body yesterday. lie dld
not know why she should be at the Hotel Royal Her
husband h expected in the city tomorrow
The thId BODY 10 be identified yesterday was also
recognized by Archibald Jacobs. lie sad tat TIC
body IN the coffin marked No. was that Of LOWE
Levy, Of London, ontario. He said that Levy was
well acquainted with lis sister, but could not explain
why the couple were I'm The same hotel tho night o
the fire. Levy not badly burned. lie was or"
OF tin; victims who were killed by jumping from n
window Oh the fourth floor 1t was learned that TIE
couple had been living together
The first body u be taken 10 the M0rguc Yesterday
vas flat of woman. II was found In the ruins early
in the morning II was burned beyond all recognition
| the limbs and part Of the head having been almOs
| entirely burned away. II was thought that The
| victim was Katie Riley, one Of the chambermads, bu
the servants of the hotel who looked at the body
Yesterday failed TO identify her The second BODY e
| be taken TO the Morguc Yesterday that Of man
| 10, ,bo rr.frg GA fho
| burned beyond recognition. The right leg and righ
arm Of this victim had been burned away and Tie toI
| Of the head also burned of.
The BODY OF woman was the third corpse 10 reach
| the Morgue This victim was badly burned about the
and limbs, but the face and head were not Badly
| disfguIed.
II was placed in coffin No -, and at p. wa'
identified n Eliza Br4dy a chambernaid On the Hot
| ROYAL for the last five years. She sixty years
old and had come 10 this country when she was tel
wears old. Her daughter, Mary Donohoe, of No. 2i-
| East Forty -sixthst.. and several other relatives
recognized tho body by a broken tooth In the lcf
side of the upper Jaw. Application has been made Il
| Coroner MESSENGER for permit 70 remove the body
which will be taken away from the Morgue Thu
morning The plaid shawl which around he
| shoulders also aided the identification. ony IN
charred trunk Of the body remained, and there w"r
two teeth out Of the upper Jaw brS II was areuc
| that one Of these might have been knocked ont
| This Is the body on which scapular was found
The mkt body which carried out into tn
| Morgue was nothing but charrcd piece Of flesh
The arms were burned away at the elbows, and Their
Is nothing on the body that will assist any Of he
| friends in Identifying her
The next body that was laid alongside the othc
| victims was that Of a woman. IL was also fdghtfnll
| burned, aud there neither Icwclry clothing
On the corpse 1t will be impossible TO identify II. Boil
arms, one sg and part of the head burned away
10 was marked No. 10.
The body of A. A. Townsend was removed from tn