New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
NO MORE BODIES FOUND
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account Of the danger from falling walls
which still remained two stories h1gh IN
some places the police cleared the ao-
Joining streets and estaollsleu poiiee
lines out of the zone OF posslDie oahsei'
Even then Chief Corbitt and his men
had a hard time controlling the croWos,
which persisted in forcing their way 10
as near the building as possible Win the
expectation OF seeing more bodies re-
| moved
Alfred M. Wolf secretary of the WON
Muslin Undergarment Company Wh1ch
occupied the fourth floor of the ou1ldlhg
where all the girls who lost their lives
were employed, failed to present the
payroll of the concern, containing the
names Of the eighty or more girls who
worked for him, to the Newark author
itles yesterday. 1t was, therefore,
difficult matter for the police to make up
an accurate list of the missing,
Many Scheme to View Bodies.
There We're a number of inquiries for
persons supposed to be missing at Null
lens Morgue yesterday, but in most
cases they We're found to be bogus
names and addresses, evidently given by
morbidly curious persons who desired to
be admitted in order to view the bodies.
Among those for whom inquiries were
made that still remained doubtful cases
because of the inability of the author
n fhn
Jane Lee, twenty-three years old, of
Roseville.
A woman who left her name as Mrs.
Morton, of this city. inquired for Miss
Lee, Eliza beth Miller. Ethel Brant, Mary
Bafagne, Frieda Ferrette, Minnie Reyn-
olds and Mary Tobin. Other girls were
sought by supposedly anxious relatives
or friends, who gave addresses which
later proved to be fictitious.
Detectives from Prosecutor Wilbur A.
Motifs office. members of the Essex
County Grand Jury and several city off
cials were busy in the neighborhood of
the ruins during the day collecting data
and taking measurements in preparation
for the official investigation to be made
in an effort to place the responsibility
for the disaster
Prosecutor Mott said last night that he
would begin an investigation this morning
He said he expected to confer with various
state and city officials to-day and receive
reports from his men and County Physi-
clan William H. Mckenzie, who were col
lccting evidence at the scene of the fire
yesterday. 1t is likely that an inquest be-
fore a coroner's jury will be ordered the
first to be held since the Clifton avenue
trolley accident in Newark, in February,
1903
The Coroner's office as an institution was
abolished in New Jersey twenty years ago,
and has been invoked only on the occasion
of an especially serious accident. DR..
Mckenzie will probably off1ciate as coroner
in this instance. The findings before the
ccroners jury will later be presented to the
Essex County grand jury If any criminal
negligence should be disclosed.
Prosecutor Motifs Statement.
Prosecutor Mott said last night;
This accident is appalling that it
must, of course, be investigated in as thor
ough and vigorous a manner as possible.
My tentative view is that the investigation
should be made IN the most public man
ner known to our law. With that in view
I am considering the propriety of holding
a coroner's inquest. I don't mean to say
that I now have evidence of criminal ncgli-
gence but the investigation will be to de-
ternnine that fact. DIR. William II. Nc
Kenzie the County Physician, and all the
men from my staff. have been investigating
the circumstances surrounding this fire, and
will make their reports TO me-
There seems to be a disposition on the
part of the city officials to place the blame
for the apparent lack OF fire escape facli-
ties On the state boards. The city appears
not to have jurisdiction over factories, ex-
cept when they are being built or remod-
eIed. Then the city can insist on compli-
ance with the ordinances
After a building is in use it comes under
the charge of the State Board of Factory
Inspectors The state law is said TO be less
drastic than the city ordinances with the
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