Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-30
FINDING THE BODIES.
The Work of Rescuing the Remains
of the Victims
OF THE BIG PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
The Remains Of One Woman Found With the
Arms Bursed Of Up to the Elbows and the
Legs Of TO The Knsss-Itsnhfed by
Scrap Of Lace-Awful Scenes

PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 2o.-Thee
search for the victims OF the Cehtra
Theatre fire began at O'Clock TINS
morning. Upon the belief that tue
bodies would be found close TO where
stairway ON the right le-ding up from
the roof Of the stage was located, work
was begup az that point. Inc rear
wall of the theatre aud the still higher
wall az the Times building being threat
eping over the wOr6men, great caution
was necessary In digging around the
base of the theatre. After TWO hours
and A half OF slow, labOriOuS work the
searcbers had the melancholy SauSiac-
tion ~ uncovering part Of body.
Half an hours more work Orous III
the body completely in view, OUT tue
charred and blac6ened mass OF 1eSn pore
50 little likeness 70 a human being, that
In copld not be told whether 10 was
man or woman. Little more than the
trunk Of the body was left. Inc hea0
was gone. both arms we're burned on
IN the elbows and both legs 10 above the
tnaes The BODY was taken 10
the establishment OF the Cor
opers Undertaken where 10 was
found 10 be that of woman. ClothlnS
found beneath il was Unidentified by the
wardrobe woman of the theatre as that
OF Mrs. Flora Lorella. As last as the
bodies are removed they Will De taken
i'm charge by the coroner, aud wheh all
the missing members OF the company
are found their friends will be given
their bodies for burial. George D
Thatcher. who was in the audience,
and who was reported as missing, re-
turned to his homo last night
John Mitchell, a brother or MIS-
Flora LoreUa. who lost her life In the
Central theatre visited the morgue
where the headleSs trunk recovered
from the ruins this morning was lying.
Mr.. Mitchell after his shudder OF hor-
ror, turned away his diSoellei convert
ed 70 the conviction that ne was not
looking on his sisters corpse.
At noon VIM. and Coleman LorelIa'
who we're the partners of Thomas Lor-
ella in their speciality act, came from
the ruins. and also declared their De
lief that the remains were not those OF
Elora T,orella. IL was suggested tnat
the rest authority on the subject was
williams wife, and word was sent 70
her 10 come TO the morgue.
Mrs Loreila entering, description
y-as Given her OF the lace which was
forcd ON the corpse. That Is It. she
rrisd 81 know that pattern; Flora and
had that lace SHRED on the undergar-
ments heavily because OF the character
OF the act we performed. Let me go TO
the morgue. Nobody but mySeH can
be sure OF seeing IT,"
Al a quarter before 1 O'Clock MIS-
T.orslla stood before the screen OF the
dead house trembling aud crying.
Superintendent Good CONSIDERABLY re-
fused 10 permit her to look at the
corD,e. and at the sight OF the bit OF
lace trimmed linen, spread out on tue
nrick floor she broke down completely
sobbipg. "yeS, that is the lace we wore
There can be no doubt now.
The Identification was positive and
NJ Cool noted down the official record
Of ~. "Flora LOrella, aged 2S years,
No. 1850 North Eleventh street Pnlla-
delphia, identified by Mrs. w. A. Lor-
ella"
Tile search for bodies was stopped at
noon because OF the danger that the
over-bapcing walls might fall on the
searcbers. These will be taken down
A. once and the search resumed.
Thomas Acheson. aged 81 years, who
was burned while making his escape
rom the buring theatre, died to-day
AZ the Pennsylvania hospital AcheSon
IL the first of those severely burned TO
die. although several others are 10
dangerous condition. Il IS believed
hey will all recover.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April SO.-At one
O'clock this morning the workmen uncoV-
cred the charrcd body Of a man lying upon
mis- FACE. with hair and clothing entirely
zone The man, who is supposed 10 oe
Thomas Lor5lla, was evidently under the
STAGE and nearer the opposite side from
maj on which Mrs. LOrella was touQd.
A few minutes after the mans body was
uncovered another was discovered Just De
Mind him. This was Identified as that OF
sarah Goldman, another member Of the
company.