New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-24
THE WORK ON THE RUINS.
ONE ROpY AND SEVERAL SCATTERED
BONES TAKEN OUT.
POLICE BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF NICIlNo
WILL NEVER BE ACCURATELY KNOWN
Amer MKINLEY RECEIVERS
VALUABLE PAPERS.

/ The workers on the runs or the Ni""7O'
! Hotel are steadily unearthng the dead that lie
! entonbed beneath the mass OF bricks an"
/ beams that still covers the greater part oil 'he
site Each day far has brought s"aS'''
| y,e,d NJ human remains burned and mangled
out OF all sembance One more booy' u nun
! ber Of homes and a part Of n skull can be called
/ n bodv was dsinterred yesterday. But lot '"e
location in which the fragments were found 1t
would be impossible to say whether they pe
! Ionsed to another victim or we're parts Of the
bodies now in the morgue. Yesterday mornihs
on the Forty side OF the ruins, where
heretofore there have been no remains discoV
| cred. the searchers came upon number Oh
| bonos which included a part of skull. several
vartahrp and a legbone. There were otnet
fragments sufficient in number altogether 10
warrant the belief that they were portions OF
| ono hodv but so charred were they that 1t was
impossible for the physicians Of the Board o.
Health to determine the sex OF the victim
This body brought the total so far discovered
in the ruins to nine. The utterly unrecoghza-
bic condition of the remains taken from inc
| ruins leads The officials to the belief that the
! exact number OF people who met their dea'h i'll
the fire will never be known. The WORKERS are
constantly uncovering bones in the course OF the
searcb but how many bodies they represent is
impossible even of conjecture.
AN INDICATION OF IDENTITY.
II is the opinion Of some Of the officials that
the body found in the morning was that OF
Miss McNulty or of Miss Catherine McCarthy'
who had an engagement to dress MISS McNu'-
tvs hair on the afternoon OF the hre' n ho'e-
hook evidently Miss McCarthy's, was found
living beside the bones. The pages are burned
and blurred but the police have been able 10
decipher several addresses. TWO of these ad-
dresses are No 3t3 West Eghtyseventh-st
and No. 25S West Ninety -third-st.
| The incessant rain which fell during Wednes-
day night considerably interfered with the prog
ress Of the work of clearing away the runs
/ During the night and yesterday morning the
number Of men at work was greatly diminished
The improved conditions in the afternoon how
ever, brought out force of about four nun
dred men for the o'clock shift. But, as hither-
TO- they worked with exasperating sioWness'
and while there only two days more iett oil
the week which Mr. Sweeney. the contractor,
said would be necessary to clear the site, not Il
fifth part has been excavated. Despite the COM
plants OF property holders. the contractors arc
still dilatory in removing the immense mounds
OF wreckage with which Fifth-ave. Forty-slXth
and Fortv-seventh-sts. are completely blocked.
Fifty carts arc said to be employed In cartinS
awav the dirt but that there are so many IS
doubtful in view OF the fact that the empahK-
rents OF debris are growing higher and stretcn-
ing further across the street every day.
There Is much dissatisfaction among the work
mon who assert that they not being prop
erlv Maid The contractors say that this is be-
| cause they do not get their timecards punched
when they stop work. and the men contend that
thcv are not fairly instructed about the time
cards 1t IS, sthe duty of the foreman OF each
gang to see to the punching of the tmecards
The fire lines are still strictly kept, and 1t was
| noticeable that the crowds kept back by inc
| notice Yesterday were much larger than on the
previous day. II is a matter or Wohueriiie"'
what attraction the throngs can ina stahu'hs
| hour after hour a couple Of blocks away from
the scene of the fire. They can see nothing.
| Tho mounds of bricks and wreckage around all
sides OF the site prevent any view OF 'he runs
from the level Of the street Abner Mckinney
was one OF the visitors admitted wlthh the
lines yesterday
WORKING NEAR THE SHAFT.
A large force of men were concentrated yes
,erdav upon the vicinity Of the elevator smart
where II is thought several bodies VIII DE Iouhu
~ neope who we're caught by falling walls
rbus attempting to escape by means of the ele-
vstor II is thought also that many people
ont off from, the windows by the rapid spreading
~ the flames threw themselves down the ele-
,...o. ebaft IN their frenzied fear 1t will prob
ably he a couple Of days before the spot Is thor
o,,b1v cleared The searchers working
roostIv nv hand in order that there may be no
unnecessary mutilation. thereby still further
,essening the chances Of Identification Of bodies
which NAV rest beneath the mass. grewsome
nortent of what may be unearthcd here was the
discovery last night at depth Of few feet,
OF human foot.
Steam pumps were brought into use yesterday
10 rid the subcears OF the water. which has ac-
cumulated to a depth Of three or four feet.
There were many callers throughout the day
at the intelligence bureau which has been es-
tablished under the superintendent OF Rounds
man Nugent. For the most part they were
women seeking articles which. they explain.
they would like to recover relics. Among the
miscellaneous collection Of articles found yes
| terday were the following
Several bankbooks. apparently Of servants in
the employ Of the house Two were numbered
76j. 022 and 35S l23 respectively. They were in
the name Of Margaret Quinn. and showed 500
deposits Another numbered 3S9ls0 OF the
| Emgrant Savings Bank was in the name OF
Kate Dunn. and showed so deposits. y marked
package OF letters and books bore the name Of
| Colonel w. c. Brown. and the address No. 80
Broad-st.: a marked letter contained the card Of
Or. H. r. Purdy Of No. l49 Lexington-ave. \
spoon was marked j. +. F." An album with
pictures contained memorandum with the
/ names OF VI. j. Cramer and Miss Kate Walsh
! bundle Of letters showed the address Of
! George Beckham. Spring Lake. y. Y. Other
/ discoveries pair OF opera glasses. a lady's
pocketbook containing cartridge pencil keys
numbered ) 100. a spoon marked ~. c. 7. W."
a metal box with the cover marked Il. D. H."
metal box. 10 by inches containing iewelled
/ trinkets a soup ladle marked Wilson" bot