The San Francisco call., 1906-05-30

COLEMAN BONES
FOUND BY SON
Remains of the Third.
Street Pawnbroker
Are Recovered.
Nine Other Bodies Are
Taken From City's
Ruins.

When the temblor of that awful
Wednesday morning of last month rat
tied the town., Andrew Coleman. who
had been in. business as a pawnbroker
on Third street fors thirty years and
was known to half the South Side, was
sound asleep with his clerk, David
Cook, in gallery about the store he
then occupied at ia Third street His
store, filled with second hand clothing
and containing three safes in which
were SIS, 900 worth of pledged valua-
bles, was in an old two-story frame
building. The quake sent down finn
sy brick wall that stood behind it and
the old pawnbroker and his faithful
death. perhaps without realizing what
had happened.
John T. Coleman of 1865 Golden
Gate avenue, son of the pawnbroker.
hurried to the place Immediately after
the quake and saw that his father and
the clerk were beyond aid. The t1re
swept the scene and as soon thereafter
as he could reach it, the son went, hop
ing to begin the work of taking out
the bodies. Only within the last week
have he and the men he employed
been able to handle the bricks, SO hot
were they from the burned clothing.
some of which is still smoldering. Yes
terday they reached che remains. Only
some bones were left. Those of the
pawnbroker were recognized by an
indentation he had always had in his
forehead.
The three safes were looted soon
after the fire had passed. 1t is sup
posed that some of the jewelry in
them remained intact.
Nine other bodies. were. recovered
from the ruins in different localities
yesterday, bringing the death list UP
to 41S at the morgue. Five of the
bodies were taken. from the ruins OF
the Kingsbury House. The first four
were those of Louis Stambler. tailor,
"a years of age, his wife, Celia, their
daughter, Rosie, 10 years of age and
Stambler's niece, Miss Fannie Weiner
% years of age. The remains were
located and identified by Miss Sadie
Stambler, sister of the tailor, who
came from Los Angeles soon after the
fire The fifth body taken from this
i'll fated building is unidentified.
The remains of two Chinese were
taken from ruins in Chinatown. The
remains of Frank Prochaztia, formerly
waiter at 405 Washington street. were
found in lot near the old pOStofhce.
The body of a man supposed to be
Fred Kennel, a coffee peddler, was
found in the rear of 515 Third street
The Coroner's Office received pitt
full message yesterday from Mrs. D.
Mcdonald, whose two daughters, Mrs
May Irwin and Mrs. Maud Johnson
perished in the fire that destroyed the
Brunswick House at Sixth and Howard
streets. The mother begs to be per-
mitted to search the ruins in which the
bodies lie and she seeks information as
to what manner of death her offspring
suffered, whether they were spared the
torture of the flames or whether theil
lives went out-when the splintered tim
bers were reduced to ashes.
The story told in the missive is ex-
tremely. pathetic Both of the unfor-
tunate women had been deserted BY
their husbands and were Obliged tC
earn livings for themselves. and fol
two children. each four years of age
These orphans are now with Mrs. Nc
Donald.
Neither of the bodies has been re-
covered yet.