New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
TAXING OUT THE DEAD.
THIRTY-TWO BODIES RECOVERED FROM
THE WRECK IN DETROIT.
LOW WATER IN A BOILER FOUND TO HAVE BEEN
THE CAUSE OF THE DIsAsTER-A FUND FOR

LOW WATER IN A BOILER FOUND TO HAVE BEEN
THE CAUSE OF THE DIsAsTER-A FUND FOR
THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.
DetroIt. Mich. Nov 1.-THE work OF recovering the
bodies OF the victims Of The journal boiler ex-
plosion continued all day to-day. By tomorrow
morning all the ruins Will have been explored, ana
the last of the bodies recovered Up to O'Clock
this. morning eighteen bodies had been taken out OF
the ruins. nearly all of them frlghtfuy burned
As the workers got into that portion of the wreck
into which fire had not crept the condition of the
cornses recovered was found 10 be better. Death
had come to the victims OF the disaster so suddenly
that many Of them were found In the ATTITUDES vi
which they we're q the moment OF the explosion.
Fourteen bodies taken out of the ruins be-
tween 6 O'Clock this morning and o'clock this
evening making thirty-two so far found They
usra Jennie Noubauer, Catherine Hitler, Bertha
We,dbusch Katie Leonard. John Koeber, Rosa
Morgan. John Breitenbecher, Ernest Parkins, Emma
Iscbtenb.re - Wiedbush Rosa Bretz, Lou Fritz.
John Francis Derby and Joseph Bradley.
Up to 5 o'clock every body taken from the ruins
had been identified.
The work OF recovery had to be stopped to permit
y, the sbor,no of walls that threatened the safety
of the workers.
Nelson La Croix, a journal pressman, counted
among the missing turns out to have been SICK IN
bed at the time Of the disaster; and Lizzie Taylor
was COMPOUNDED with Lizzie Weidbusch.
The cause OF the fatality was developed to-day
when a piece Of one of the boilers was uncovered
nv the workers The boiler had been torn in two
IN the middle tubes riveis and plates parting as
ceanly as II they cut by a cold chise'. -
piece Of this boiler had evidently been driven III
each direction by the force of the explosion. Inc
norton found disclosed to the expert engineers VINO
examined IT at once that tire cause of the explosion
was low water The iron showed that it had been
superheated and the absence Of scale confirmed
the opinion This throws the responsibility upon
the engineer and the owners Of the building. the
former had been repeatedly warned that ne was TOO
careless by neighborng engineers. whiie ihe OWNERS
of the property had been told at east once, that
they were negligent. The owners CT me pr9,pcrN
are the heirs OF the late Congre:smar ~ wberry'
who was the business partner OF senate! NcAlh4d,i'
The engineer Thomas NJ. Thompson, to-day mage
his first statement of his view Of the disaster re
il the inventor Of burner for feeding fuel oil 70
furnaces and these burners were used on the
boilers Thompson has had charge oil the DoheIs
since 1889 and supervised their removal from an
other building four years ago. He was away Iroan
The engne-room at the time. but only few minutes
before he had looked at his gauges and found them
@ e wa po nng Brsare INTO another
In which fifteen pounds of steam was on, ana
everything seemed to be working smootniy. O 1nt
into the other through the feedp.pe because OF the
mneoual pressures After the coroner's inquest the
matter Of responsibility will probably be taken up
by the Grand Jury nov in session. session. ara n burblo
circumstances General r. A. Alger has headed a
movement 10 raise fund for their relief; some OF
the Victims being the sole support rS or aseu
Three OF the persons injured yesterday are III a
dangerous condition-Anne ODonoghue. Arthur D.
Lynch sereoyper ana AneT! h We9er phich sur
vived the explosion was to-day condemned by the
building inspectors.