The sun., 1894-01-14
SEARCHING GNEWTOWNCREEK
TWo BODIES FOUND AND BIGHTBRN
PSRSONS MISSING.


and = auesrs County Factory suprriutsud-
snt Add. Eieven--The BsukS IPstroIied.
Since dawn yesterday dredgers have been at
work graphing for the bodies OF the missing
men who were precipitated into the muddy
waters OF Newtown Creek opposite the foot
OF Meeker avenue, Wllliamsbursh. on Fri
day night by the breaking down Of
q part OF temporary foot bridge.
Early yesterday afternoon the body OF
Patrick Brady. aged 30 OF 1l5 Meeker avenue.
was recovered. and twenty minutes later that
OF Michael Concannon. aged 30. OF 1OS Newell
street. was found. Both bodies we're pulled
out from under raft OF logs and within loo
feet Of the broken bridge.
Seven men who are still missing. according
to the police OF the Herbert street station in
williamsburgh are also believed to have been
drowned They are;
Btus AUers7. married. aged a. OF 100 Hewes street
BoILH. BERSARp single aged 20. OF 90 Herbert street
Coos. JoHS. married. aged 3S. OF AT Indis street
KERwiS JoBS single aged 20. Of 5I4 Lorimsr street
MAaStY liUGu. married. aged ~. OF Van Pslt. near
heeker avenue
MiRris, wILLiAu, single. aged a. Of 1o7 North Eighth
street
MIeRupEH cHIRtE, B., vidowsr. aged 30. Of lst
Leonard street
Soon after daylight yesterday people began
to gather ON the banks OF the creek. The men
employed In Queens county factories went
from their homes in WilliamsburRh to their
work over the Blissville bridge or were rowed
across for q nickel apiece at Meeker avenue.
Upon the arrival OF the employees at the
Laurel Hill chemical works Superintendent
John Minichs checked of their names He
furnishes the following list OF men who did not
report for work. and OF whom nothing could be
learned In the shop: M. Barry. W. CaseJ. T.
Cassells. @. Connety. T. Dun. j. Dowd A.
Ehrlln. j. Graham. l. Kane. W. Kestner. and
4. Lahey.
To a Sun reporter Mr.. Minichs said last
evening that these men were all new hands,
and their addresses were not known, but that
all lived on the Kings county side. All were
on the bridge at tho time OF the collapse. al
though In the opinion OF Mr.. Minichs they
may have remained away from the factory
until they recovered from the effect Of their
imm ersion In the icy water.
At the Queens County Oil Works all the en-
ployaes were accounted for. Several men from
the works started out in boats soon after
o'clock yesterday morning and uegan to search
for bodies.
The men we're Thomas McGinty. NJ J. Quirk.
Thomas McEntee. Patrick Cruilly. and John ].
Larkin. Bridge Keeper Hickey and John @
Kennedy. John Morton and John Flaherty
bridge tenders. also started out In boats. Tho
bedTCn was mhiulJ COuhuou " tho hclsuuOE-
hood OF the accident
Larkin grappled under the raft OF logs and
shortly after o'clock in the afternoon brought
up the body OF Briody. 1t was carried to the
Queens county side. whore Briody's brother
identified II.
body f was
the search with the aid Of lsI lanterns, but It
gan to patrol the beach with lanterns.
boats in the creek near where It flows into the
thought might rise to the surface and aoat
4 brother and sister OF Bernard Boyle re-
body would be found. They were still there
Last night brother OF BrIody obtained per-
mission to have the body removed to "a Jay
street, Brooklyn. from where the funeral will
Mrs Emma Cooke. the wife OF John Cooke.
s,rsst % station last evening and % asked sergeant
Corwin II he had heard anything OF her hus-
He used to work in the Queens County. oil
Wednesday, The next day he got a place in
Thursday night he timed his walk from there.
and told me that it took him only fifteen min
i od mS to sss sS'GG5 ~ sa
he w0ph surely be hG%s at twenty mnu,e. e.
him. but he didn't come; Not until noon to-
day did hear Of this Ssdsn Sna fear he
children, and Is in destitute circumstances.
Patrick Kelly. Of l51 Meeker avenue, who
is alive and we'll: 4 Sun reporter saw him last
evening. He said thathe merely got good
While District Attorney, Fleming OF Queens
county was In ofice he called the attention OF