Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-22
the ruins, and the punlLer reported

missing.
At the temporary Morgue Tuesday
where the bodies of he victims rest
TIE scenes of erief IF Monday were e.
i,eated, many persons seeking u identi-
~ missing relatives from the charr"d
rcm2Ins which ar all.lrst all headles,
and n"ny o. which are lin.blcss.
The fingers % many Of the victims
are N:orn doNn t. tn" second joints a
silent Indication OF II" desperate but
unsucctssful efforts ii: the in1nrisoncd
employee: u release fctlertd limbs be-
fore the onward rush % flames reachel.
them.
TIL" todics Of tWo women found late
Monday night. We're believed to be TIL
remains of sisters WHp met death to-
ge;hcr. when tn. Star, hers reached
them. they found the wCmcn firmly
claspcd in each Others arms.
At the Brockton City hospital an
the kelief hospital rue sday il vas re-
ported that all of thu il.jU-'ed passed q
fairly comfortable night and We're DO
ing as we'll as could be expected Nora
II
Lightfpot at the City hospital and An
drew Lundell at the Relief hospital
were all reported as still on the danger
Gus list. but the recovery of all OF
them was expected
Claiming Howard, mead shipper Of
the f.: E. Grover Co.. said Tuesday that
Al aIGoi:t I.35 MondaE nnrrmg he vert
TO the boiler room of the factory and
borrowed from Rockwell. the engineer.
an oil can. He went to his department,
which. is located III the front part of the
building, used the oil can and returned
il to Mir. Rockwell.
M. Howard said:
when l first went into the boiler
room. Rockwell WAS working about his
fires. and the second time he WAS sit
ting in a chair talking with his friends.
| stopped few minutes and we talked
over the weather conditions of the past
few days. and then passed out. l had
been in my department for over five
minutes when the most horrible noise
| ever heard suddenly came to my ears.
The next thing knew | was out i'll the
street"
When asked regarding the condition
of Mir. Rockwell when he talked with
him in the engine room. Mr.. Howard
said that the engineer conVersed in his
usual manner and appeared perfectly
capable of attending to his duties.
Medical Examiner \. +. Paine. who
remained ut the ruins all day Monday
and until long after midnight, returned
to the scene Tuesday. in connection
with his duties as medical examine.
DR.. Paine said:
From what | have seen of the ruins,
am convinced that nothing but ashes
remain Of many of the operatives who
were caught III the factory and roasted
to death and whose bodies were incin-
Grated in the terrific heat. And un-
doubtedly many never will be account
ed for. since all physical evidence of
their fate will be obliterated.'
1t had been thought that it would
he Impossible to open the factory vault.
containing among other things a list of
the employees until Wednesday. but
Treasurer Emerson of the corporation
expressed the opinion that this might
he done duling Tuesday. the vault hav-
ing cooled considerable Until this
vault was opened. no accurate list of
those at work at the plant could be
held
A large force of men carried on. Tues
day, a systematic and thorough search of
the ruins. raking over every inch of
ground and putting away every iron beam
and every bit of machine wrcckage in
order not to pass over any possible
bodies. A Snow and rain storm which set
in during the forenoon hampered this
work to some extent. Occupants of
houses near the fire area reported to the
police instances of peculiar damage to
property. Mrs. Martin Curan of Denton
street. in the rear of the Grover plant
said that she had found a huge bolt of
iron embedded in the floor of the attic Of
her home. The bolt. which had been
blown from the factory. had pierced tn"
roof of the dwelling and then penetrated
the garrett floor.
Several bricks held together by cement
or mortar. flew several yards through the
air to the home of Herbert w. Leach
former business agent of the Trccrs
Union. This house is three distant from
that of Mrs. Curran's The bricks cut
through the roof as if ii were tissue pa
pcr and sank deep into the attic floor.
Shortly after II o'clock another body,
the 55th to be recovered. was discovered.
The body was that of woman. About
the same time one of the bodies at the
morsue was identified as that of Gran
vile Hartwell. 40 years of age. as opera
tive. who was prominent throughout the
city and leader in labor unions. He
was identified by his widow and children
bv means of a birthmark on his back.
Mayor Keith announced that the uni
Identified remains would he transferred To
the East Elm street theatre building ana
that the public would be permitted to view
these bodies. beginning at p. NJ rms
was so that all possible means OF ldent-
ificatlon would be exhausted.