The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-29
DEAD AND MISSING
now NUMBER l,478
EAsHAIIND VICTIMS
Chicago Filled With Grief as
Bodies Are Identified.
HUNT MINUS FOOD OR DRINK
offeers HamPered In Work by. Hun
. dreds Of Curiosity Seekers Who
aconsest Temporary Morgue--
Relatives FIN Streets Wait
ing Opportunity to Enter.

Chicago, July 26.--Aeeording to thu
latest figures available Ss2 bodiel
have been recovered from the East
land. The bodies are accounted fol-
as follows: Bodies identified at arm
DRY I67; bodies unidentified at arm
DRY Al; total bodies at armory SO4;
dead identified at undertaking rooms
III; dead reported at coroner,s Office
and not accounted for elsewhere IL;
total bodies recovered 892. sas. . o..
The sorrowful work OF identification
goes slowly on. ,.,,, % 40 al. ,,l,4.....a. q,
=, One. by one the bodies in the rows
OF unidentified" on the floor of the
Second regiment armory at Washing.
ton boulevard and Curtis street are
given names and taken away by nm
dertakers. H.. .,s-- -...-..,s. o..
Every moment some searcher falls
down by body, the long quest ended,
and weeps Historically. ~, ~. .......,
There were some 200 persons in the
armory at a time. looking at the
bodies. BE-, D.. ..s.. ,-..a...
<, Undertakes Are Busy.
Undertakers and embaImers are at
work everywhere, The oder of EN-.
balming fluid and other drugs Ia heavy
and sickening. ...s,, rs.... ..,.
Face . after face is uncovered
strange eyes, glazed and fixed, look
up at one; this one is bruised, that
one distorted. and after one has looked
Of many victims he comes at length
on the, one he seeks, or else continues
walking among the rows of blanketed
figures. ~-,...... ., .,..,. $780,,
Some there are who have searched
all day. and all. of last night--without
food or drink or sleep or rest. -, sol
~. Streets, Are Thronged.
Outside the armory. there are long
lines of men and women. extending
for blocks in all directions. 49,. ..,...
. Chicago has seldom seen crowds
like these-crowds without any gay
ETY., without boisterousneRs, without
much, talkwcroWds with solemn, visit
full, staring, tear,stained faces. Chi
cago Is used to happy, crowds, These
people are desoiated. ...... -.
The police keep them back until
there is room for them inside the
building where rest the dead.
The police have worked all day,
and they are tired and harried and a
bit calloused with all the sorrew-
they have seen SO much Of it. The APP
peals of the emotional the sobs of
the grief of'relatiYes, do not
affect them. All must wait their turns
The lines must be kept in order.
Take your time; you'll get in when
there's room" is the only answer to
demands. entreaties. walls and threats.
B.. schuettIer Is In Charge. ...
First Deputy Schuettler is in charge
Of the policemen. He looks over the
crowd with critical, practiced eyes.
Probably one-fourth of these per-
sons are relatives or the dead" he
says to Captain Meagher. THE others
come here just as they would go to
see bull fight or a hanging. It was
this class that looked on at the Coli
scum when the Christians were torn
BY lions or killed by gladiators.''
He consults with Coroner Hoffman.
The coroner raises the police. officials
to his lips and turns It on
the crowds inside the armory. H. d. -.
"our work is being hindered by any
curiosity seekers" he says slowly.
All persons not relatives or friends
,f the dead will have to leave. The
aisles are bleckaded now. and there
are other people outside who must
come in"
Only a Few Remain.
There follows a, general crowding
n the direction. OF the exists. Only
l few remain. Some of these are on
heir knees, speaking words to dear
'nes who cannot answer; giving direc-
ions to undertakers, or tremblingly
fitting the blankets from the faces OF
he dead.
DR.. Louis Faulkner and his wife,
who i've at 5710 West Lake street,
,eekoh' TO an attendant. 4
This GIRL" says the doctor, rs
Miss Nellie Meyers. She was seven.
cen years old. and came from Berlin,
Wis She was employed In my Office.
n notify her brother, Chester Meyers.
He's on the way. here now. 10 there
my means by which he may be, ad-
nitted as soon as he comes?"
Hell have to walt his turn" Is
he answer. s
There are no regular lunch hours.
-Four policewomen act as impromptu
waters. They distribute coffee and
and pieces OF pie where
syer they are needed Attendants eat
without knowing they are eating, jndg-
ng from their preoccupied manners,
Ind the fact that they sdo not inter
'upt their work. $3.50 a1
Miss hapieraIsid Aids.
Miss Emily Napieraislu OF the Po-
ish Social Workers clnb, one Of the
delegates TO the woman's peace con-
erence at The Hague, is there with
many Of her below club women. They
ire aiding the seareherp. A.A 49,
There must be more than 400 20,