The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-10
DIGGING OUT THIN DEAD.
The New York Building Collapse
Increases in Horror.
SIXTEEN MEN ARE PROBABLY DEAD

OF These the Bodies of Seven Have Already
Been Recovered, While n Gang Of Mon
Are Wording Night and Day to Recover
the Othors.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The body Of Au-
gustus Phillips, aged 48 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 workmsn 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 1t 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 men started at their work
in systematic way, beginning al the
hugo 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 1t flowed. Blood was found
to be scattered everywhere, showing the
mon supposed to be buried beneath the
pile OF ruins must have been dead before
they reached the cellar In their fall The
work was slow, for every inch Of the great
pile had to be turned over.
When the body of Charles Peterson WINS
taken out Thursday night one foot the
right one, was discovered to have been
torn from the body and the other was
bare. Tho 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 il
had been torn and not cut from the leg.
1t is supposed that whom the man fell he
was struck on the leg by tho twisted piece
Of iron, which bore his foot off in the
descent.
The workmen kept steadily al work,
but nothing else was found of interest
until nearly 7 o'clock Then a gang Of
Che workmen came upon the logs of q
man which were sticking out from under
pile Of bricks. The work was concon-
trated on this spot, and after half hours
work the body was lifted to tho surface
and taken to the street. 1t was horribly
mnngled and every bone broken. The
face was so out and swollen that 1t 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
pody 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 'he list of missing probably lost their
lives, especially as only one OF them has
been accounted for. The contractor, T. 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.
1yn; Michael Flynn, laborer, New York;
Michael Hara, laborer, Brooklyn; Au-
gustus Phillips, driver, New York.
Missing - Patrick Cashin, laborcr,
BrooklynI Patrick Conlin plnsterer,
Brooklyn; James Crosse, Now York;
Edward Hanley, plasterer, Brooklyn;
John Murphy, laborer, Brooklyn, Chris
topher O'Rourke, Brooklyn; Augustus
Phillips, New York; George Smith, iron
worker, New York; William Hayes,
Brooklyn.