New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-07

| the ruins. 1t was in the midst of the food and
fire, and yet it was passed by. The curtains are
| on the windows and the meal stands on the
table, but the former occupants among the
dead. They attempted TO escape and were caught
| in the Of flame. On the east side the great
| est damage is along the street.
SEARCHING FOR TIE VICTIMS.
The searching for the dead was stopped at mid
| night but wts resumed at daybrcak At : a. m
to-day sixty-thrce bodies had been found, Of which
+, thirty had been identified They are lying IN
| the City Hall and a temporary morgue in the
south side The scene is almost too much Tor
endurance Burned out of all sembance to human
beings in positions showing the terrible agony
before death came, are few of the victims.
Tonight all along the burned section can be
seen groups Of persons still hunting for their
loved ones. They do not seem 10 weary OF
fdesrair, but dig into the accumulated filth and
| rubbish with bare and bleeding hands. Many Of
| them have not ceased for moment in the search
for the dead. For many of them the work will
be without result, it is now certain that many
of the bodies have either been burned to cinders
! or swept into the food and away.
| At late hour tonight siXty-seven bodies had
been taken from the ruins. and this practically
| ends the work Of the searchers until tomorrow
| The section where the loss Of life was greatest
was largely occupied by foreigners employed III
| the tube works. No one knows their names, and
1t will be impossible ever to learn just how many
| are missing. In this section also were vast
number of children or all the bodies recovered
| only ten children, and the great question
| is what has become Of the rest Of the Children
| From various estimates, it is safe to say the
loss in this city alone will reach 200 Many
have been swept away. and Will never be found.
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bodies At one point alone. ten are known to
have succumbed 10 the burning food. None Of
them las been found.
THE PROBABLE F1NANCIAL Loss
| The financial loss TO this place Is hard to esti-
mate at present. but it will tc over 81 100000
Most OF the houses destroyed were owned by the
occupants, and worth from 81 900 70 $4,000.
There were between $50 and 900 houses destroyed
| besides the various hotels works and manufacto
ries The building occupied by "The Derrick
was abandoned, brtthc paper came out this
morning.
Over 8oo homeless people are being taken care
Of, and the Presby terian Church is being used as
| q Temporary house IIeartTending and ptiful
sights meet one everywhere and tales Of heroism
and desperate fights with the Misunderstanding
elements are heard
| Daylight showed ,he scene in all its horrors,
and many man turned away sick at heart, as
body after body was found even with the water
at It's present height, ant dreading the awful tale
that will he told when the food subsidies.
| Few Of the spectators. who were watching the
| flood when the explosion occurred and escaped
can give a good idea Of what happened. All
agree that there a terrific explosion. and that
the air was filled with flames. This Was quickly
\ followed by two other explosions. Men thought
/ Th~oA
! line tanks had exploded almost at the same time
The oil on the creek blazed up. The gas in the
air burst into roaring fame. The water, land
and air were all literally ablazc.
| Men, women and children were knocked pros
| trate by the shock, and many never arose. some
of those who did found themselves in lake Of
flames The multitude fed with screams Of
anguish for the higher ground.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN TRAMPLED ON.
| In the rush many of the weak were trampled
| upon and badly injured. Some were hurt by
horres: others ran and leaped into the water
and were drowned The flames in the air quickly
burned out but they left huge volumes Of black
smoke across the face Of the heavens beneath
which roared the fierce flames Of the burning
oil upon the water
The many submerged houses and shops along
the creek bottom soon in flames and the ST.
| lent fire of blazing gas was succeeded by the
cracking flames of burning houses. In many OF
these houses the people were confined They could
not escape Within the sight of thousands. who
| heard their piteous screams they burned 10 death
or leaped into the river, and there perished by
both food and fire. 1t Is marvellous thtt from this
valley OF death any were saved alive, and that
out OF this commingng OF fire and food any
houses were spared
The story told by Harry McVcagh a member OF
| q rescuing party which saved a dozen lives, snr
passes in horror many Of those related by persons
who worked only in bringing corpSes ont of ruins,
! and his words indicate that he believes many Of
those saved alive would lie better with the dead,
they are so horribly wounded and burned. lie
with Wade IIulings, William Couch and Albert
Smith. toured the creek In q skih after the fire
bad all died of its surface, and at the footbrdge
| crossing. at the head of Seneca-st., they found
eleven persons cnging.
"Ther condition was horrible,' said Mcvcagh.
"I wish that could close my eyes and ihut out
tbe sight Their clothing was burned of their
bodies their hair was singed. and the eyes even
of some of them were burned out, yet some Of
| Them | believe, will live.
They clung piteonsly to us as we took them
| from the bridge into our boat and the cries they
sent up were the most pitiful that ever reached
NV ears There were seven men and four women,
and tie appearance OF the latter was pnrtcn-
larly distracting We have cared for them the
hest we can, but God pity them
HERO WHO GAVE Up Irrs LIFE.
One of the heroes, who gave his life for that OF
| others was William L. Stewart. Of Siveryvillc,
n small village about mile up Oil Creek. When
the disaster occurred, Stewart ran 70 his home IN
Sivcrlyvillc and dragged n boat TO the waters
| edoe He braved the death that novel on the
waters, and was one of those who helped 10 sa'e
the West Side victims. For an hour he ne'~i
% DRAG people ont Of houses on the banks OF