The evening world., 1912-01-10

marble stair way. covered by ons ~
stone 70 rubbish. so II viii take three
or four days to get at IT,
Fire Chlef kcnion Immediately called
upon the Building Department, to hsvs
a detachment % workmen sent 10 the
Equitable Building to begin = search for
wslsh's body. He asked that several
hundred men be put to work In relays,
night and day. 10 rem,ve the debris
They will work by searchilshts and no
time will he lost.
The falling IN Of the noors and roof
did not tous h the h--cic statue o, Henry
II. Hyde. fouDier OF tho - Htabls,
which stood In the red notified r,t unds.
n eeafus. nj lightly IN
Voc. stands u~nbicrashcd in the middle
OF the dcsolste wind swept floor.
Groups OF shivcriDs nrcmsn. DRAGGING
hose Dozxiss over the ~glacier-like con.
fusion. lifted weary faces when they
passed tho image and forgetting their
sIeepless fatigue for q moinsn auxhed
Up at the benevolent features Of tho
man who spent tis.oo.co on g structure
which is owners to-day are actually
concentrating themselves has been
razed for them 30 they csn replace II.
ICE ADDS TO DANCER THAT
WALLS MAY FALL.
The water that In converted into Ice
a. II falls on the walls and debris IL
gradually adding to the wSisht Of the
frail shell. and the police lines hs w
been moved back In fear that part Of
tho walls may fail.
Tho broadway side IL regarded No par
tieulsrly dangerous, although Chi,s
kenion believes the walls will hold un.
III there In a thnw. Though u adds %
Its tremendous weight. the Ice on the
other hand cements the masonry and
helps hold tho ruins together. Tho
chief II certain the cupoia top will
fall the minute the Ice weskens.
One OF the Ehastiy features OF the
are the shost-iIks hands
frozen within view OF persons on the
sldewaik at one Of the outer doors OF
the Mercantile safe Deposit Company.
They are Of william canpion. watch
for the company.
Tho hands are frossn 10 the stes,
bars at which he died whcn crushed
by the noor above. Firem.n have
poured tons OF water into tho building
over him. but the hands remain nrmiy
eiinsins TO the bar.
This morning a force Of men EN-.
ployed by tire Metropolitan Street Car
was trying to chop out Broad
way. In places the leo was 10 inches
thiok. IL as also mssscd In Pine and
Cedar streets. ana In Nassau there were
whore II was more than 10 inches
thick. There II little hope OF opening up
for trnf,c until the nre 10
out and no more water 10
necessary. az II freezes as soon at Il
Wall street to-day 10 more intimate
with the police than II has had occA-
sion 10 be Tor some years. Commits
'lonsr Waldo had on duty all night 100
men 10 patrol tho burned block ana
securities In tho Equitable
n forty plain clothes men
",rfc scattered In the financial district.
One hundred and twenty-five police.
men under command Of inspector No
clusky kept the streets clear OF mers
curiosity seekers In the neishborhood
of the burned building to-day. Inspec-
tor Hughes aud twenty-five Central
office men stood guard with the. private
and Detectives over the
buried millions.
Notice was sent out through the Wall
strsct ncws bureaus that any nrm or
desiring 20 move valuable
securities or currency In the
nrc sonc would he furnished with an
escort or detectives or uniformed police
men on application 10 tho Wall street