The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-30
Remains of Storms Victims
Presented Horrible Spec
tacle When Taken
From Water.
SOME OF THEM WERE BRUISED,
,BLACkENED AND SWOLLEN
BEYOND RECOGNITION AND
HAD TO BE- BURIED AT ONCE.

The badly swollen and decomposed
bodies of six persons who logt their
lives in the hurricane, were recovered
yesterday. All presented terrible
spectacles, being badly swollen, bruis-
ed and blackened and almost beyond
recognition. Two are unknown, no
they were brought to the city. The
bodies recovered were:
MRS. LeBARON GONZALEZ.
MRS. j. F. MATHEWS.
NURSE COLLIER.
LEWIS, A LINEMAN.
s TWO UNKNOWN MEN.
The Days Work.
When workers, who had veen dig
ging the day previous in the deb
just west of Perdido wharf resumed
their work yesterday morning they
soon found the body of a man, which
was in a terrible state of decOmpOsi-
ton and decay and swollen almost be-
yond the point of recognition. 1t de-
veloped that the person was Nurse
Collier, one of the men in the hospital
AFT the quarantine station when it was
carried away. Collier was from
Chipley, where his family lives, and
the body is being neld awaiting ad-
vices.
The next body brought forth was
found near the first one. 1t too, had
been covered in the debris and was
in a bad state. No one could identify
the man. though many called ct Pou's
undertaking parlors, and he was bur-
led Yesterday afternoon, an unknown
x,;o%;,,, of Tho fi1rv
In the wreckage near Palafox
wharf searching parties saw the arm
of a man protruding. They set at
once to work removing the timber,
pieces of boats, ETC., and brought
forth the body of man who is said
to be Lineman -. -. Lewis, VINO
came here recently from Gulfport.
This identification, however, is not
clear. as the body was so badly swol,
len and mutilated that it was almost
impossible to recognize the features
Lewis is missing. however. and his
foreman believes the body to be his
The body of another man was next
brought from the ruins near Fala1ox
wharf. The name of the man is not
known. but it was first thought ne
was a sailor or soldier. None OF the
navy yard or fort people, however
could identify the remains, and al
that is known of him is that he has
been seen for several days around
Palafox wharf prior to the storm. l
is thought he had been sleeping some
where on the wharf.
Found Near Ferry Pass.
The remains of Mrs. ]. F. Mathews
wife of the keeper of Escambis
bridge, who with her two children
was drowned when their house was
washed away, were found yesterda>
afternoon by John Harper, near Fer
~ Pass. Mr.. Harper was out looklns
over some timber, when he found tn;
body. The hair of the lady hat
caught in the branch of a tree, ant
her head and portion OF the bod!
were swinging clear OF the water, tht
remains being underneath the SUI
face. AS were the other bodies, i
was in a bad state, and was brough
to the city to be prepared for burial
/. Mrs. LeBaron Gonzalez.
BY far the most shockingly decom
posed remains to be found during TIT
day were those Of Mrs. LeBaron Con
zalez. She was found at a poin
twenty-five yards from where her sol
was found the day previous. Searcn
ing parties had been engaged all DAY
and late in the afternoon were re