The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
CORNELL is IN GRIEF
Professors Scarcely Able to
Conduct Their Classes.
BODIES STILL IN THE RUINS
one of Those Injured I'm Frat House
Fire Net Expected to Recover, but
the Others Are Doing Nfcely-The
FIancee of Pope Is at His Bedside.
Parents Watch Search for Victims.

Ithaca. N. Y. Dec. S.-The day after
the catastrophe at the Chi Psi Lodge finds
the university and city community still
buried in the deepest gloom. All univer-
sity activities outside of the regular class
room work were suspended, and many
professors were so affected by the extent
of the calamity that they could hardly
carry on their classes.
/ At a late hour this afternoon the bodies
/ of Oliver L. Schmuck and James Nc
Cutcheon were carried from Sage Chapel,
where they had been resting, to the rail
road stations. and forwarded to their
homes Four hundred Cornell seniors
marched in the procession behind the
hearse carrying Schmucks body to the
station All Of the men wore badges Of
mourning.
a little earlier in the afternoon the en-
/ tire sophomore class had formed outside
Of the chapel and escorted Mrs. Nc
/ Cutcheon and the body of her son James
/ to the Lehlgh Valley Railroad station,
where it was transported, preliminary to
being sent to his former home in Pitts
burg.
Meanwhile a large force of men were
al work under the direction OF Attorney
/ Paul CIymer. searching the ruins for the
bodies of Nichols and Greele. The sup
posed charred trunk that was found late
Yesterday afternoon was declared by ply
sicians not to be the remains of human
form. All day long the work continued
Piles Of debris were removed and thrown
into the gorge. but up to a late hour this
afternoon no trace Of the bodies was
found.
Parents Watch the Search.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols arrived from Chi
eago, and the parents of young Greele
reached the scene early this morning All
day long the sorrowing parents watched
at the ruins. expecting every minute TO
find some trace Of the bodies of their
loved ones. but all in vain. Scores OF
/ students. members Of the faculty. and
alumni who had returned to help out.
aided the laborers in their work, but
nothing was found. Here and there a
Ipiece of jewelry. remnants OF a charred
book, shreds OF costly tapestry. beautiful
ihangings. and other relics Of the one-time
beautiful furnishings appeared, but not
a sign Of a body.
At an early hour this morning, dyna-
mite was resorted 10 10 demolish the
IsuH standing chimneys and to tear apart
the mass OF stone which was thought to
be covering the remains Of the young
men. In two huge blasts both chimneys
were thrown TO the ground, and the
debris was scattered all over the cam
pus. The men will work all night at the
task Of looking for the dead men.
In the city Hospital, Clarence J. Pope
is fighting for life.
The scene at his bedside is one Of great
pathos. His mother, father, and sister
with his fiancee. arrived late last night
and his brother this morning. Since reach.
> ing him. they have never left his bedside
His hancee. 4 beautiful young woman
! though nearly crazed by grief, hang,
over the bed hour after hour. eagerly
waiting for sign Of consciousness. Tn,
chances are against his recovery. how
ever.
Others Are Doing Nicely.
The others who were injured are i'm
proving rapidly. r. r. Powers is in IN,
City Hospital. suffering from slight burns
about the hands and face. w. ". Goetz
who jumped from the third floor. Is sUf
= fering from sprains but, considering IN,
jump. his escape is wonderful II. A
Uhle was badly burned about the bodl
, and face, but he is expected TO recover il
few days. He is in the City Hospital.
A piuful story is told about McCuthe0n
in the few moments which he lived, afte
he was carried to the inhrmaTy. he rareL
became conscious. But in one Of thos
minutes he was heard to exclaim:
Don't let me live. Don't let me live,
7 He realized the fearful condition of hi
( body as the result of the fire.
The cause Of the fire is still a mystery
f Expert engineers and architects were o
- the spot to-day making eXamina. lions
- but 50 far no satisfactory theory ha
been evolved
I defective flue is still thought by man
- to have been the cause, although it j
- maintained that all of the piping and fur
t mace work was new and had just bee
OveThauled
A memorial service for the dead will b
held in Sage Chapel tomorrow after
noon. Rev. Joseph F. Brodie. of Au
burndale Mass. che University preacher
will deliver "a short sermon. and the Corn