New-York tribune., 1896-02-07
FINDING THE BODIES.


After fh. ambulance hae iakeo Mulcahey away
Tho. police and hrcnen went t. the Twenty ninth
~ side - tho ruins aud started the search for
the bodies II Qulgl'y and Seaman. few mln-
u,es before The ambulan.e returned from the
hospital the mutilated body - Quigley was found
TIN. doctors yho made a hasty examination. said
that ,hc skull had been fractured and that death
had been instantaneous In the crowd which
helped In the search FOR the body # seaman was
Florence T. Donovan ex-State Commissioner OF
Arbitration and Mediation at Albany. When
Seaman was found the Coroner gave permission
for both bodies = be removed. Seaman was the
only one Of the quartet employed I'm the cooperage
who was unmarried. The second one ~ the four
men leaves a widow and several children.
Mcchan beyond a few scratches about the
hands and face was unlnjured. lie said he was
standing only a few feet from the door when he
heard a loud noise in the middle - the building
Fortunately for himself. he did not wait TO find
ont what the trouble was but rushed ont just In
time 10 see the whole building apparently sway
I'm th. storm. and again he heard the noise which
sounded Ike a distant rumblIng. This had not
died away when there came terrible crash.
The side walls fell in a manner which seems To
indicate that the disaster was not entirely due
10 the force II the wind The third noor Of the
structure was stored with heavy lard barrels,
and when the walls gave way these crushed
through the second door
CONiMTNICATION INTERRUPTED.
Reports from every part Of the city. the an
nexed district included received at Police Head
quarters prove that the storm had caused much
damage. The telephone and telegraph wires. as
well rs the trolley wires. were affected by the
wind anl rair. business men experienced din
culiy in getting to their places of business IN
Ncw-York and Brooklyn and the school children
were in hundreds Of Instances. obliged to remain
al home Hundreds Of umbrellas were ruined by
;ne wind. the glass in store windows was demol-
ished and overshoes were lost in the mud-cov-
cred streets in the rural district.
As the morning advanced the storm increased
in violence The hurricane Instrumental in
completely scvering railway and tecgraphic con-
rcction between Coney Island and Brooklyn
proper Large strips ~ the beach were washed
away. and at Brighton Beach the waves threat
encl momentary to carry away the bu1heads In
front Of the well-known hotels.
WRECKAGE IN THE SUBURBS.
In Tlatbush and New-Utrecht the storm also
left It's marks. In the latter place large tree
was blown down in Nincty-hfth-st. The tree fell
across the trolley wires of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company, causing a delay on the Third
ave. line Of nearly an hour new building in
the course Of construction and owned by Michael
| O'Ifara was raZel t. he ground by the wind.
The building was In Slxteenth-ave. Bath Beach.
| Throughout the entire suburban district. partcu-
larly in Bay Ridge Blythcbourne Leiferts Park
and Fort Hamilton. many trees were uprooted
ana telegraph poles carried away.
In Twenty-ninth-st. South Brooklyn. the roofs
OF two hous at Nos. LAG and las were torn OFF
by the wind. Luckily no one was Injured The
tenants of the house began Immediately TO re-
move their property and sought shelter with
neghbOrs.
Among the sidewalks reported caved in was
section Of the pavement in front of No. llS1 Ful-
tOn-st. A dozen more dangerous holes now
exist in various parts Of Brooklyn. the result OF
the storm.
REPORTS OF MINOR ACCIDENTS.
a chimney at Myrtle-ave. and Cumberland-st.
blown down early in the afternoon.
AT 1880 o'clock large plate glass window in
the Columbia Theatre Building. in Adams-st.,
near Tlllary. and valued $3.50. blown In.
Windows were also blown In at James Kerri-
gan's store at No. l12 Rocka vay-ave., and John
Monohan's store. nt No. 96 Rockaway-ave.