New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-23

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o,,n,s rHOUGHTFULNEss - IN
o,-,p1r,s AFTER MISSING PER
sovs-Er.EvATOR SHAFT
NOT YET REACHED.
..,ed fragments Of what are 'nout"' ~ ue
O4' s,s,es we're found in the RUNS OF the
.,,,,a.or Hotel last night
WIZ ,o.,s o'clock the workmen near r1rth-aVe'
A. r.-,v-sixth-st became much excited ana
sno 80 quickly spread that body had been
iOe THE notice at once took charge ana II
N'"s ,,,rd that the workmen had uncovered the
.,sred parts OF oous
en r.as nothing left except small basket
oha--ed bones. They were found aoout
" "a, ,ror, the corner and ten feet from the
sr A portion Of heavy silk skirt and
sou'D ,Auork found with the bones gave the
SOME - that the body was that Of woman.
my .ror,r,en picked the fragments up care
INV .he, were deposited in a box and taken
i"', .o,tractors shanty. 10 await removal to
the horsns 49,, A,,-,,oa o,,4 b~oke, nor
:. ana and possibly two. human skeletons
'.- .o,,rd near the elevator shaft
VIZ rss nothing 70 identify the last discov-
~. ,o,,ce were not sure in the absence
s' -,s whether there We're portions Of one
o. w Aod,ss in that spot. At first they thought
o. ..rs the bones Of an adult and boy. and
W. ave rise 70 the opinion that the bones OF
VIE -. us-e those OF Warren Guyon. the ele-
ystor boy -
oh, experts will have little difficulty In tell
.s ,nev will readily recognize duplicate
- ~ Ch
IONS ,o+a
T. the morning a number ~ bones "e'e
...., ron, the neiCh bOrhood 81 the F1th-ave'
'-..,,ce near the spot where body NO. was
'..r.-ed on the previous day. But these rag
Is ~ human bodies. while in themselves
..ssros ~ he fearful consequences Of the IRE,
LII m, he said - onstitute BODY. Whether
....s hines belonged 10 the dismembered bodies
.t..s5v dis ovAred or whether they were parts
=. otbs-s v4- 70 Re found. II Is Impossible 10
say
rba nhvsioians representing the Board ~
u..l,h stated that they could form no precise
a. en- cha--ed and fame-eaten were the bones
-. - What mart 81 the human frame they came
a., The homes were heaped together. placed
10 ,o47- and conveyed 10 the Morgue.
r,,le after o'clock last night a piece Of burned
aesh was dug NJ a short distance away from
,he-e The homes were removed. While rev
a., av.av we're found several articles 81 un-
ssrvear and metal flask. all marked with
the initials @ NJ c." together with a bank
.ook m me Niagara Bank. no locality named
barring the name G. VI. Colburn. This name
ioes rot appear on the hotel register nor IN the
ls, of missing or known dead
Because NJ the belief that several bodies Will
b found beneath the mass Of wreckase sur
rounding he elevator shaft. the main efforts or
inc sAs~cbers were centred Yesterday on this
mar, NJ the site II is asserted ny some Of the
EMPLOYEES that in consequence Of the Overlooking
of the elevator. which operated by Warren
Guvon the safety clutches caught before the
,round floor was reached. and that most, II not
NJ ~ The Messengers VINO were thus penned in
oerished
The fact that Guyon. the elevator boy is miss
nr vouls seem N give some credence TO this re-
port. II Is thought also that many people whose
approach % the windows was cut of by the
-arid spreading ~ the flames Jumped down the
.e, ator shaft in their frenzy. But. although the
-ty officials have directed that this spot shall
- excavated without delay. a couple Of days
re likely % elapse before q complete clearance
s Effected The work is being done for the most
,art ny hand in order that there shall be no I'M
iecessary mutilation or destruction OF means OF
Identification Of the bodies which lie beneath
he mass Of bricks and blackened woodwork.
RAIN INTERPRETERS WITH WORK
Because Of the rain and cold wind many la
lorers who were insuffcienty clothed were
lhlged % give up their task In the early hours
. yesterday morning. with the result that until
ne o'clock shift in the afternoon there we're
lot more than one hundred and nifty men at
work The contractors employed by the city 20
clear away the ruins estimated when they en-
tered on The job that they could perform il in a
week They put on about twelve hundred men.
working IN night and day shifts OF eight hours
zach bu, at the rate Of advance so far II will
take fully three weeks 10 overhaul the wreck
age This is due 10 the perfunctory way in
which the men, who were employed in almost
every case on recommendation from a political
district eader. go about their work. Numbers
q them are so infrm 10 be unable TO handle
shovel or pick with any effectiveness, while,
again q great many are mere youths
The cost ~ the work. II is said will total up
Al least $4,000 Primarily this is paid by the
1p. but ultimately the bill will have TO be borne
BY Elor1dge T Gerry. the owner Of the prop
srty. and unless it is paid the city is empowered
to enforce its claim by placing a lien on the
ground
The repeated efforts TO pull down the stand
mg PAT ~ the wall OF the northeast angle OF
ne hote were finally successful last night on
q .oothod that cat would almost have baked
a. workmen climbed by means Of ladders TO the
top o. the weakened wall. Apparently with
much less apprehension than those who watched
hem below. these men successfully performed
he perious labor Of passing cables over the
'al and through holes made some yards lower
The cables were attached to pulley ropes ana
'nslly al s O'Clock last night a combined
'uength OF two hundred men dragged the up
per part Of the wall over on 10 the ruins
MISS GOT'LD's THOUGHTFULNESs
Miss Helen NJ. GouIds generous thoughtful
hess 1or the men or duty at the fire was again
Practically manifested yesterday and through