The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-10
DIGGING OTT THE DEAN.
The New York Building Collapse
Increases in Horror.
SIXTEEN MEN ARE PROBABLY DEAD

OF These the Bodies OF Seven Have Already
Been Recovered, While "A Gang of Men
Are Working Night and Day to Recover
the Others.
New YORK, Aug 1O.-The body of Au-
gustus Phillips, aged As years, driver,
was recovered last night from the col
lapsed building on Broadway, swelling
the list of victims to seven. Soon after
10 O'Clock one of the workmen of the gang
employed in removing the wreckage un-
covered bent knee. The body was held
down by heavy iron girders and it was
midnight before it was removed from the
ruins
The work of clearing away the debris is
proceeding day and night without inter
ruption. Ton after ton Of the debris was
removed. The mon started at their work
in systematic way, beginning at the
huge pile on the front Of the building fac
ing West Third street May times they
came upon clots of blood, and then they
renewed their efforts to reach the body
from which it flowed Blood was found
to be scattered everywhere, showing the
men supposed to be buried beneath the
pile of ruins must have been dead before
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work was slow, for every inch of the great
pile had to be turned over.
When the body of Charles Peterson was
taken out Thursday night one foot, the
right one, was discovered to have been
torn from the body and the other was
bare. The foot found yesterday was the
one torn from the leg of Peterson, the
electrician, and the shoe was torn from
the other foot. The foot looked as if it
had been torn and not cut from the leg.
1t is supposed that when the man fell he
was struck on the leg by the twisted piece
of iron, which bore his foot off in the
descent
The workmen kept steadily at work,
but nothing else was found of interest
until nearly o'clock, Then a gang of
the workmen came upon the legs of a
man which were sticking out from under
a pile of bricks. The work was concen-
trated on this spot, and after a half hour S
/ work the body was lifted to the surface
and taken to the street. 1t was horribly
mangled and every bone broken. The
face was so cut and swollen that it was
almost beyond recognition. Although
several persons who claimed to have miss
ing relatives under the wreck looked at 1T,
none of them recognized the man as any
body belonging to them. The man was
evidently plasterer. The body was
taken to the morgue, where it was iden-
titled as that of Michael Savage.
1t is now evident that the men named
in the list of missing probably lost their
lives especially as only one of them has
been accounted for. The contractor, Il. P.
Galligan, said that, Judging from the pres
ent aspect of things, it would be at least
several days before the debris was turned
over.
The revised list of the dead and missing
thus far is as follows
Dead-John Burke, plasterer, Brook
lyn; Claus Peterson, electrician, New
York; Charles Smith, electrician, New
York; Michael Savage, plasterer, Brook
lyn; Michael Flynn, laborer New York;
Michael o Hara, laborer, Brooklyn; Au
gustus Phillips, driver, New York
Missing - Patrick Cashin, laborer
Brooklyn; Patrick Conlin, plasterer
Brooklyn; James Crosse, New York
Edward Hanley, plasterer, Brooklyn
John Murphy, laborer, Brooklyn, Chris
topher O'Rourke, Brooklyn; Augustus
Phillips, New York; George Smith, iror
worker, New York; William Hayes
Brooklyn.