The San Francisco call., 1910-10-03
Times WRECK
Holds BODIES
OF ) VICTIMS
Three Hundred Men Labor in
Debris With ShOveIs and
Derrick for SO Hours
Newspapers, Businessmen and
Labor Organizations Deter
mine TO Capture Criminals

tarv to Harry Chandler, is the only one
so far recovered that has been identi-
fed. Identity in his case was estab-
Mshed more by the situation in which
81 was found and its surroundings than
bv any indications or evidence upon the
body itself It was burned into frag-
rnents. and so were the four other
bodies taken out today.
The first was found shortly after 8
o'clock this morning and between that
tine and 1880 o'clock three more were
recovered, all burned beyond any hu-
man semblanoe-
one OF the bodies is supposed to be
that OF Howard Cordaway, a young
member Of the stereotypers' force, who
was caught with many OF the other
victims on the staircase near the front
OF the building. where the great wall
OF fame entrapped Chambers secre-
tary.
REMAINS BESIDE TYPEWRITER
ReaveS body was found lying beside
the warped frame OF q typewriter and
the remains Of his chiefs desk. down in
the cellar. under what once had been
Mrs Churchill Harvey Elder, wife Of
the night editor who died Of his burns
and injuries yesterday, arrived here
from San Francisco and shortly after
ward collapsed from the strain under
which she had labored since learning
OF the catastrophe. which brought
death TO her husband She is in hos
pital tonight in a serious condition.
John Howard Jr.. son Of one Of the
1fnotypers whose body is believed TO be
still in the ruins. also collapsed today
Since the morning Of the explosion
which took HIS fathers life he had been
watching the ruins and waiting for the
street department shovelmen to work
their way to the body. The strain of
grief and s1eep1essness grew too great
today, and he also was taken to a hos
pital.
POLICE FIND NO CLEWS
The inquest will be held Tuesday.
At that time the committee Of dy-
Mantle experts and engineers ap-
pointed by Chief OF Police Galloway
TO invest gate the wreckege IN an ef-
fort 70 learn the character Of the eX-
plosfve used will report their findings
II they have found anything.
Little in the way Of evidence that
might lead to the discovery or clews
20 the identity Of the perpetrators has
been found so far. however. Detect
ives have spent many hours Of inves-
tigation at the home Of F. J. Zeehan-
delaar, secretary Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association, where
an internal machine was found. but
nothing tangible has been discovered,
according TO the detective bureau Off
cials
SOME REMARKABLE ESCAPES
Among the remarkable escapes
chronicled since the explosion and fire
were those Of George W. Long and
crew Of engravers. These men were
on the sixth floor Of the building In
the few seconds intervening between
the explosion and development of the
building IN flames, all these men made
their way TO safety. while the linotype
men and the printers on the second
floor were trapped by fire and perished.
Besides Long. the engraving crew
consisted of Huber Bruce, Edward Ball,
Harry Anderson and Charles Seebold.
All went to work tonight at the tenn
poFary plant Of the Times. Only one Of
them, Ball, was in any way injured. He
had a few slight bruises on one hand.
HOW PRESSMEN GOT OUT
Similar remarkable escapes were
achieved by Mark Bentley. chief press
man Of the Times. and his assistants
Bentley and his men were making
ready to run of section of the Sunday
paper when the roar Of the explosion
sounded and the floors overhead broke
end splintered and fell to the floor The
pressroom Immediately was filed by
g sitting cloud Of smoke and dust
Walls OF fame blocked all the door
ways and ventilators. Bentley said to-
day II seemed as II he and his men
were doomed to die there In the ba Sc
ment, when one Of the men remembered
that q hole had been cut near the side
walk for some temporary purpose. The
pressmen made a rush for this means
OF egress. They found it, despite the
rolling waves of smoke which blinded
and almost sufTocated them, and one
by one they crawled to safety Less
than 10 feet away. in the hallway Of
the burning building, their less fortu-
nate comrades Of the linotype depart
ment were dying in the swirl Of flames.
Most Of those who escaped bv other
exits and by jumping from windows
were only slightly injured Several
appeared today at the ONCE of the
Times 10 receive the congratulations of
fellow members Of the stan. Two ar
three We're well enough to return TO
work
Charles Lovelace. suburban news
editor, who was one Of the few with
Harvey Elder, Harry Crane and r. l.
Sawyer in the editorial room at the
time of the explosion probably will he
confined 70 a bed for many months.
He was fearfully burned and while his
condition was reported today to be still