New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
142 BODIES IN M0RGUE
INSPECTION Of Unidentified VIC
tins Began at O'clock.
DELAY FOR LACK OF C0FFlNS'
Supply Brought from Blackwells 9
Island Helps in Dispos'ng
of the Dead.

the bodies into three Grasses h'''''E '"0'
,o,6r,. recognizable those whose identih-
ca,icr was made hy means of the pay
envelores in their pockets and those recos-
n,zed hv outward appearance Many ~
tho men nad their pay envelopes unope"ep'
=, s,,re cases the envelopes we're charred
by fire Many Of the girls mad placed ihe''
envelopes in their stockings. others hao
theirs IN books
-rbir,v-three OF the one hundred oodies
hrouob, in IN to 10 o'clock could not nc
idontided The police were put to WORK
experimenting the removal OF money anu
articles of value from the bcdic" that were
not badly charred
MANY Of the girls wore iewelry Of some
sort and some of this was FOUND 10 oe
voiuahl. II va. impossible for sneak
thieves 10 get within reach Of the dead'
Abou, & coo In money was FOUND Oh 'n'
bodies.
Coroner Weston was in charge OF the
morcr,e and Inspector Walsh was in charge
uf the police. Early in the evening michael
y,rummond Commissioner of Charities, ten
6ered the use Of the charities pier. and
Coroner Weston opened his office there.
After midnight Police Commissioner Dris-
| coil announced that II was the intention 10
allow the people TO enter the pier In patches
cf twenty. starting about O'Clock. 'hlei
Inspector Schmi,tberger said last nish'
| that he did not want tho people ahnil'-
! ted as thev were during the identflca-
| .ion Of the victims of the Slocum disas-
ter. for at that time scores OF persons
| leaned from the pier after findnS that
those for whom they searched were not
I among those upon the pier. Inspector
Walsh. who had charge OF the police lines
about the Bellevue Hospital and the pier
and the distribution Of the police about me
rier inclosure. said that the collins had
been placed in order. and that the people
would be admitted In patches Of twenty az
! o'clock.
Not since the night Of the Slocum disaster
have such scenes been enacted al 'he
morguc. Scenes Of widest grief were noted
! I'm The department Of the identined deau'
Ueartrending were the emotions OF tHoS'
who were surging like waves against the
line of bluecoats. begging for permission 10
enter the pier and search for some missing
| loved one.
Then camo the sad procession through
the lines OF coffins. As soon as the ponce
admitted the first batch the crowd outsine
] ouieted down and waited soberiy Tor the
signal TO enter from the police. Five nun
dred were outside at I o'clock, but they
were so quiet that some policemen were
sent 10 the end of the pier 10 watch Tor
attempts at suicide. No sooner was q
victim identified than permission was given
for the removal OF the body.
Two members of the crowd who succeed
cd in gaining entrance TO the morgue were
| Mrs. Josephine Panno. of NO. % stanton
street. and her son-in-law, who went IN
, search Of her daughter, Mrs. Jane bucaio'
eighteen years old.
J When she found that her searcn was III
vain Mrs. Panno ran shrieliinS TOWARD her
son-n-law and began tearing ont her haiI.
! Bucalo stood as a man in trance Snd-
denly he reeled and fell 20 the hoor. lie
was assisted to his feet by the attendants
and fought with them IN an effort 10 tear
! hi, hair. He laughed demoniacally ana
examined more closely the faces ot the
dead. which in some instances we're b1rned
! beyond recognition.
Mrs ranno vas In the cutting room at
the time the fire was discovered. She ran
to the elevator shaft and rushed for the
car at the eighth floor. She said she had
seized her daughter by the skirt, and that
as she was being carried into tho elevator
b. the frantic mob that was surSing behind
her. her hold upon her daughters dreS,
was torn away and she remembered seeing
the frightened features of the girl as they
peered hopelcssly through tho screen ot tie
elevator cage as the car was started down
ward She shriekfd and called 30 her
| daughter aud thought she saw her reel
and fall 10 the floor as the car shot past
Mrs. Panno described tho rush ot the oc-
cupants Of the car when the elevator
reached the ground floor OF the building
! upcn IT'S last trip from the seethins fur
mace above She had dim recollection Of
Persons being trampled underfoot. ana she
! believed that many who We're tramped upon
| perished III the bottom Of tho elevator car.
! She also said that when the car left the
eighth noor a number Of thc girls made
| 2 vain attempt 10 leap upon the eleva tor
! aud that few of the employees being
| pushed forv ard by the mass behind them
fell down the shaft through the open door
way. aud were dashed TO their death upon
the roof Of the car.
| An attempt vas made hy relatives Of
! three girls who we're employed IN the shirt
waist factory 10 force thci. way into the
! morgue In order 70 identify tham They
are Bertha Cherry. twenty one. Of No ~
| 5th street Marie Gula, twentv-siT. Of No
ig7 East 18th street and Bessie viyno n
teen of 40 50 East 5ith street They arc
not IN the list Of dead taken by the police
| and the roroner's physicians. and the re-
ls,,ves fear that thev wer- caught upon
tho upper foor Of TIC building aud were
burned bevond identifcs'i-n They were
| told 10 return 10 the morgUo about noon
| to-day.
Ever since the Slocum disaster tho De-
psrtmeut of Charities has had a large
supply ~ rofinS on hand for emergency
| When tho ambulances Of the yaroue pre-
cincts began 10 bring bodies ~ hv the
score the limited supply Of cof'ins I'm use
ran out
Commissioner prummond. a. soon as ne
was told Of this. gave orders To- send the
department steamer. The Bronx. 20 BLACK
Wells Island for every coffin tho depart
rent could muster The BrouN brought
! back about nifty and the work Of handlin.
tho bodies was facilitated during the re
mainder of the night
! Commissioner Drummond aud Dr. Bacon
general superintendent of the medical Dc
partment Of the Department Of Charities,
were in charge or the work on tho chart
ties pier.
Coroner OHanion gave permission for
the removal OF all the bodies that have
A.. nd