The evening world., 1893-12-28
THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBEK IS, 1893.
SEEKING M|lNER's BODY.
Large Gang Of Men at Work at
the Pearl Street Ruins.
The Brave Fire Patrol Man Lost His
Life in Performing His Duty.

The body of brave Gus Miner, the
member OF Insurance Patrol No. /, who
lost his life while performing his duty
at the fire in August NahIen's picture
frame factory. 436 Pearl street. late last
night. was not recovered up to noon to-
day.
I. p. Galliyan, contractor. OF b%S East
Seventeenth street, has thirty-five men
at work taking out the debris. They
have cleared away fifty feet of rubbish.
bet the body lies buried thirty-iive feet
further back, on the ground floor,
which was used as "A salesroom.
Miner was Il great favorite with his
comrades. lie leaves a widow and three
children. one Of whom Is only two weeks
old. He had recently bought a lot in
Flatbush. l.. L., and had built a house
upon 1t on the instalment plan. He lived
there with his family very happily. He
was allowed one day off In every ten.
Milne: had been ordered into the burn
ing building, together with Albert Dono-
van. George W. Waddv ana James Bur
nett, by Sergeant Jonnson, who was IN
paulins over the stock to save 1t from
damage by water.
Miner held one end of a tarpaulin, the
other being handled by Donovan. Each
sheet Of tarpaulin Is eighteen feet square.
Suddenly the ceiling came down. com
pleteiy buryinB Miner and partially COW
tTlnR tnt OlntTs, phTllCIibIly DUnoN III.
These latter were soon rescued by their
comrades, but Miner could not be
reached. He must have been killed in
stantly.
Early this morning Capt j. n. Sand
ford. OF Patrol No. |, who had had a day
on yesterday and was summoned from
his home. 157 West Eighty-third street.
when Miner was killed, took charge Of
the work Of clearing ava the rubbish.
He spoke very feelingly OF the dead
man. and said that he had frequently
He sent a messenger to Flatbusn to
break the sad news to the stricken
family. "
Chairman George T. Patterson. OF Fire
OF Underwriters, held a conference with
Supt. Hull. which resulted in their send
ing for Undertaken Charles A. Benedict.
OF GO Carmlne street. to take charge of
Miners remains as soon as found,
No. 4A Pearl street, which Is next
to the burning building, is a fve-story
double-deCker enement-house 1t was
almost deserted this morning, nearly all
the inmates having fed.
Mrs. Nellie C%onnor., who lives on the
top floor, rear said tina, during the fire
last night a big blaze shot by her win
dow through a hole broken through the
wall OF the burning building.
The origin, of the fire which broke out
on one of the upper floors Of Nahlen's
factory had not yet been ascertained
this morning.
None OF the firm or anybody repre-.
Sentlng the owners or the building was
seen by the policemen or fremen at the
scene of disaster this morning.
Chief T.. +. Croker, of the Second
Battalion, was In charge of the firemen.
He said that when the explosion oc-
cured. which caused the fall of the cell
ing under which Miner was buried, he
was himself thrown from his post on the
second floor to the foot Of the stairs on
the fioor below. He was not, however.
seriously injured. and remounted the
stairs shortly, after.
Donovan, who was badly hurt by the
falling debris. Is now in the Chambers
Street Hospital.
At noon the ~workingmen had cleared
the wreckage away up to a line about
sixty feet away from the front door.
There they came to an abrupt pause.
The noor at that point had been cut
clean through in a straight line from
side to side Of the building. as II done
by a saw.
1t was the work of the falling ceiling
under which Miner had persisted. How
wide the gulf is beyond this line could
not be seen. as the place is filled with
a dense smoke.
Shortly before noon the fire, which
had been smouldering. broke out anew,
A stream OF water had been playing
upon the wrecked building from the
time the fire was supposed to have beer
gotten under control at ll,5O o'clock las
night. When the new blaze fiared w
three additional streams were poured in
to the structure and the flames were
again subdued.