New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

called. He identified the body while the
beams still pinned 1t down and the race
could not be seen by the gray ruooer
coat. which only fire chiefs wear. Cor
oner Winterbottom was summoned ana
brought with him DR.. L. ID. Lehane'
coroner's physician. They viewed the
body and issued a burial permit An
other detail was the summoning OF >.
Bernard Brophy, undertaken, OF NO. oolo
New Utrecht avenue. Brooklyn.
DR.. Leblanc said the chiefs joints were
frozen rigid in their bent condition ana
that almost every bone had been broken
Death. he thought, must have peeu
practically instantaneous.
The actual extrication Of the body ana
its removal were attended by gooo ued'
Of ceremony. Chief Kenlon had said Oh
the first day that when Walsh's podS
was found no one but a fireman should
touch him. So, after Fogarty had oareu
the left arm. Battalion Chief Joe Mar
Tin and fifty f1remen climbed up TO the
scene. and thereafter, though the wreck
ers helped. IL was the f1remen who re-
leased their comrade, who lifted the RATA
beams.
Chief Kenlon. Fire Commissioner john
son and Robert Adamson, secretary to
the Mayor, arrived early in the AFTER
MON. They barred their heads ana
looked upon the face Of the man VINO mao
lost his life so bravely and then turned
away. completing the identification. Inc
body was placed in the undertaken
wicker hamper, which was covered with
brown canvas. Eight firemen lifted the
sacred burden to their shoulders. havinG
first placed three helmets upon IT, ana
preceded in order by Captain Mitchell
and Chief Kenlon and followed by Dep
uty Chief Binns they bore 1t slowly
down the hazardous stairs and out the
Pine street entrance to the undertaken
wagon. The gasolene torches fiarlnS on
either wall Of the dark hall leading TO
the Pine street door splashed the strange
procession with wild rays of illumlna-
tion, suggesting a solemn exit from
cave in some bygone era.
The public, though allowed to over
run the VAST SlOCNulh Va Ii No'N'NA" ~
posite the Equitable Building, was
rigidly excluded from the little block in
Pine street stretching from Broadway
TO Nassau street. Even photographers
with fire badges had to leave Pine street
but one Of them entered the building at
No. 100 Broadway, and as the palloear-
ers emerged with the long sought body
set off a flash from a window, which
startled every one and considerably an
sered Chief Kenlon. 1t is needless TO
say that every one permitted to remain
including the policemen themselves, un-
covered at the command Hats on!
which preceded the little procession.
Undertaken Avoids Crowd.
The undertaken drove off in the direc-
ton Of Nassau street to avoid the
banked sightseers in Broadway, who
had waited four hours to see the body
removed from the building. He Will re-
move II later to the chiefs home.
To-day, according to Supervising In
spector O'Connor, of the Bureau OF
Buildings, force of men will be set tc
work removing the flfteen-foot wall OF
solid ice which has sealed UP the body
of John Campion. night watchman, II
an outer room leading to the vaults oi
| the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
To reach Campion it will be necessary
to saw through the steel bars Of the
outer door to which his hands are
frozen, and duplicate to that extent the
rescue Of William Giblin, president o
the safe deposit company, the morning
of the fire.
The fund which Father Vincent d.
Paul Mclean, chaplain of the Fire De
partment, and Robert II. Manner, o.
Hallgarten & Co, are soliciting in Wal
Street to lift the mortgage from the
Walsh home had received contribution!
yesterday amounting in all to S2,976
Among the largest contributors were
William A. Read & Co., $1,000; Laden
burg, Thalmann & Co.. $3.50; ]. and w
selgman & Co., $3.50, and Jacob Rup'
pert. 5000. j. P. Morgan G. Co. have
started a separate fund with a contribu'
tion of 5000, the purpose of which il
set forth in the following statement:
With the approval Of Fire Commissioner
Johnson and Police Commissioner Waldo
committee has been formed to collec
subscriptions from institutions, firms anC
individuals directly affected by the fire, tC
be used for the benefit of the families OF
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