New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-27

\INiNG BODIES TAKEN PROM iiih
IDS OF TIIEMISSING EMPLOYEES Pas
photo by I,nscn & Cunningham
moved and labcllcd With the number 81
rho body. on the body Cf woman
who was supposed To Ice Mrs. \. f""'h
,s. detectives found $50 and pay on
+ ,c!oFe with So moro in it,
SATURDAY was pay night for most OF
the onployos in the burned building. and
nearly every body had money on il. II
4 VAS estimated that 5000 IN money was
/ taken from the bodies on the pier.
/ INSPECTOR smiling Dick Walsh "as
/ in command nj nigh. and i'm the dry time
! cantair Jack" O'Connor. OF the East
/ 51st street station. that veteran ir hand
J ling great crowds AZ disasters was M
/ charge Of the police. assisted by Captain
Frcdcrick W Martin. Of the SSth street
| station. and Captain John /. thinner
man. Of the West i0oth street station.
Coroner Holtzhauscr and Coroners' Ply
/ gicians OIIaulon ard Weston had no
sleep since the fire broke out Captain
D. OConncr took his .nu men with him To
handle the crowds on the pier
Or. Bacon. OF the metropolitan Hos
pitaI on Blackwelrs Island and six ply
siciane steamed over on board Tho Bronx
Yesterday morning for hospital work.
DR. Fleming, deputy superintendent Oh
Bellevue. had strctchcrs brought from
the hospital for the accommodation of
( the women who tainted. and those who
had serious hystcria were removed t"
+ PelIryi!e. Tho temporary hospital on the
ricr was supervised by Or. w. r. Smith.
Of Bellevue. and Louis ~. Schultz,
former coroner now general Inspector u
the Charities Department. Before half
the day was over City women who had
broken down from shock and fright were
cared FOR
The Nurses Kent Busy
4 nurse walking near one Of ;he big
cren pier doors saw man standing
there. his lips moving and his eyes
streaming with tears. Hc looked long
rrgIv into the river. She motlonr1 70
policeman who led the man away To- the
litlc hospital. All during the day tired
and carcworn policemen received aid
there.
The nurses were legion iH them
selves. ia II scene of such horror and
terror men were glad To- have those quiet
gentle hammered women around. They
soothcd thc terrified young girls, and
took tie arms Of the poor. creeping, pa
ticut old mothers.
one Of them stood. her arm flung about
the shoulder of a littc Jewish girl, who
mad brought photograph of her missing
sister i'm an effort 10 Identify her.
aren't YOU friehtencd?' she asked
the nurse. as she shuddcrcd and buried
Der face in tho clean white linen apron.
"Friehtoned?" asked the clear eyed.
strong Young nurse in return. NO. Why
should | bo frightened; Poor things
they can't harm any one
Another said. II wish. oh. I wish !
could do something more. but what Is
there to do?"
Identified Bodies Removed.
IS last as the idcnuGcatious We're
made the lids were placed on the collins.
Tho cards on them were simple but
pathetic in the extreme. Anna Cohen.
EoX 80. 81: celia Eisenborg, Box No.
&c: Julia Abcrstcir BOX No. - '-
that Was all ON the LID OF one of these
red collins was written with chalk in
mans strong hand. Becky Kcsslcr. call
FOR io-morrow.'
VI midnight tho pier was cleared ana
all the bodies were taken to the regular
morguc. he identified separated from
the unknown. Many of tho relatives Of
the dead girls cam" for the bodies. and
d Huc of black hcarscs with the names
Of Italian undcrtakers written IN gold
along their sides rolled mp and took
wicker baskets away. The Hebrew
Burial Association will care Tor many
Of the unidentified bodies.
when two men identified the same
body during tho morning it puzzled the
authorities. until ii Nas found that one
had called her Tina Frank and the
other "Concettina Franko' The adj
dress wds tho same in both cases, No.
3i2 East 18th street and it was seen
that the name had simply been con
tractod in the first instance.
The identification of Bertha kuhlor
WIS made by her friend. Yetta litter,
solely by means OF a sisnet ring with
the initials II X" The body was
burned almost to a crisp, and the ring
chung to the finger 10y mere shred oi
flesh II was said that this girl WAS 10
have been married soon to a man named
Paul Adler. whose address is not known.
!. Dominick Leone lost three sisters
and two uicccs in Tho IRE ~" found
them an down "u tho pier hut ono. and
fcIt tpto,ine mp and down, bis nat
,iut,hod TO- iis bosom. boo the hoIc 81
idcntu! ms another corpse.