The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-08

DETROIT, Nov. THE work Of re-
covering the bodies of the victims OIL
the Journal boiler explosion continued
all day to-day. By tomorrow moflllhS
all the debris will have been explored
and the last of the bodies recovered
J|p to 6 O'Clock this morning eighteen
bodies had been taken out of the RUNS
nearly all of them badly burned. AS
the workers got into that portion OF the
debris into which fire had not crept the
condition of the corpses recovered
was found to be better Death had
come to the victims of the disaster 50
suddenly that many of them were
found in the very attitude in Whlch
they were at the moment of the eXplo-
sion.
Fourteen corpses were taken out OF
4he r11ins between 6 O clock this morning
and , o'clock this evening. They We're:
Jennie Noubouer, Catherine Hitler, beI-
tha Weidbusch. Katie Leonard, Johh
Koeber Rosa Morgan, John Bfelteh-
becher. Ernest Parkins, Emma LhcIteh-
bere Weidbusch, Rose BfetZ,
THO I1retZ John Francis Derby and
Joseph Bradley.
TJp to ) o'clock this afternoon every
bodv taken from the ruins had been
identified by friends and relatives. one
body recovered from the ruins to-udy
was that of a young woman sitting polI
upright in a chair, as she had peeh
when the explosion took place She
had been suffocated.
At2 o'clock the first body of the after
roon'S find was taken out OF the runs
friends of the missing formed a circle
about the scorched figure of q girl from
which one foot was missing, but tnere
was no one to speak her name. a silver
watch was secured with gold chaln
and charm, also a dress pin with SaIliel
setting. A few moments later q gentle
man entered and identified the articles
as those of his daughter, Emma LecEt-
enberg.
A few minutes before 3 o'clock the
rhastliest find of the day was made-
II was the trunk OF a woman. me
body was bloody and the arms and leet
burned off The head was SEEN at some
little distance from the trunk, com
7lAtelv severed by a falling timber. II
was hard work getting out these aWlul
remains for they were pinned down by
1imbers. and the men had to saw away
the wood bit by bit. Fred WeldpIscn
looked only at the red underskirt and
corset and declared it was one Of his
two daughters, Annie or Llzzle, ne
could not tell which one, as they dressed
alike when the other one IS found l
will know them by measuring their
skirts" he said, as he returned TO the
scene of horror to look for the pody OF
his other dead child, the third OF the
trio of Weidbusch girls. two sisters and
2 cousin. who met their death there
About o'clock three bodies We're
found together under the debris IN the
auev in the rear of the Journal build
ing. There were two men and a girl in
the group. The girl lay Wedged De
tween the other two corpSes- She was
Iue Fritz. an apprentice IN the ma
chine shop Of the Rogers Typograph
Supplv Company In her hand she still
held the small bit of machinery with
which she was working. On either side
Of her were Bradley and Derby, the car
renters who We're caught while max
ing some alterations to the buildings
About O'Clock the body OF George
Hitler. who operated the book-bindery'
was taken out.
At this point. the work of recovery
had 10 be stopped TO permit Of the
sheering of the walls that threatened
the safety Of the workers. Thirty
three Of thirty-nine missing had been
recovered.
Euished himself yesterday by fighting
for q corpse again gained unpleasant
1otoriety to-day. The fight for bodies
did not cease at the scene Of the ruins.
The human fiends hOvered over the
city waiting for the last spark of life
to leave the unfortunate sufferers, and
ready to grasp the man&led remains
The undertaken who started yester-
days fight was at Emergency Hos
7ital when Lizzie Tapley breathed her
lastand with vulturouS greed assumed
charge The idea Of his having charge
was too terrible for the friends Of the
young lady, and they protested, yet the
undertaken refused TO give up the re-
mains The family protested TO Cor
oner Butler and he at once made the
undertaken turn the body over to the
family undertaken.
Following is revised list OF the dead
recovered: George G. Hitler, married,
Two children; John Francis Derby, car
penter. married. two children; Joseph
Fradley. carpenter, married. two chill
dren: Louis G. Reicher, machinist Dun
lap & Co. Rosa BretZ, remains fright
fnlIv burned and mutilated, identified
nv q buckle on her belt; Emma Lich-
4enberg. mutilated remains identified
by friends. employed at Killers: Anna
Weidbusch, employed at Killers; Katie
Leonard. employed by John Davis 81
&c. sole support Of widowed mother;
Rosa Morgan. y. died from suffocation;
John Breitenbecher, employed at Hill
er's. married. John Kerber IL, en-
pIOved in bindery, mutilated remains
identified by father; Ernest Parkins,
mail clerk Journal: Jennie Naubauer,
is, employed at Hiller's- body ideni-
fed by parents; Bertha Weidbusch en-
ployed at Killers: James Ross, Stereo-
fyper Journal: Henry Larievere mailer
Journal; John BONNER, l6, employed
by Kohl. Brand & Co; Walter Z.
SaXby. machinist. employed by Dunlap
& Co: Lizzie Tapley. employed by
Davis & Co; Henry c. Walsh, l6. en-
ployed by Kohl. Brand e CO.; John J.
Reuter-, employed by Dunlap q Co;
George II Soule. engraver; George
Shaw, mailer Journal; Willie Hawes,
mailer Journal Carrie ". Bower. book
keeper in Killers bindery; Michael
Ward, stereotyper Journal; Minnie
Liese. -. worked in book bindery;
William W. Dunlap. machinist of Dun
lap & Co; Adolph Schneider. JT., book
binder in Killers bindery; John Cor
don. electrotyper; Catherine Hitler,
forewoman in Killers bindery; Lou
Fretz, aged 10 employed by Dunlap &
Co
The missing: Anna UIicl1. presswonan
in Killers bindery: Carles Lind. aged
90. bookbinder in Killers bindery: Jas
+. Thomas, machinist at Dunlap & Co.
Lizzie Wiedbusch. employed at Hill
ier's; Anna Parlin, sister of Ernest Par
kin
Nelson Lacroix, Journal pressman
counted among the missing. turns out to
have been home sick in bed at the time
cf the disaster. and Lizzie Taylor was