The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1876, Page 3

APTER THE HOLOCAUST Gathering In the Dead of the Brooklyn Disaster. AMONG THE RUINS YESTERDAY. The Agonizing Scenes at the Two Morgues Continued. PITEOUS RECOGNITIONS. ————_-——. The Fire Marshal’s Investigation— Important Evidence. A THRILLING JUMP FOR LIFE. A Water Hydraut on the Stage—Empty Buekets in the Flies. A GREAT GRAVE IN GREENWOOD, The Herald’s Inquiry Into the Safety of Our Theatres. Hints from the Public on Theatre Panics and Fires, RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS. Hour by hour theawlul disaster atthe Brooklyn Theatre takes on proportions more appalling, The busy searchers for the dead unearth new victims, and exbibit in all its-horror tho feartul tragedy which bas brought mourning to so many homes and spread a deep gloom around the hearths of the community, In every household of the land there will be shed abundant tears fur the bereaved ones whose homes in the merry Christmas time lave been turned to houses of sorrow, where amid wailing ana ‘unavailing tears the mourners are gathered about the ‘charred and blackened biors of the d Aud, alas! there are those who must weep ovora memory; for loved friends who in the fulnoss of life went forth and Bever returned, and Ieft no trace bebind—victims whom the savage flames killed and then devoured, ‘What words can picture the grief of those afflicted ones from whom envious death snatched even the re- mains of its victims! DISCONSOLATE SKAROHERS, Yesterday these unfortunate wanderod, with tear- filled cyes and tacos haggard with sorrow, through tho soul-appalling scenes of the Brooklyn Market and Morgue, eagerly scanning the fire-scorched ana black- ened forms that seemed to defy even the eyes of love to recognize. Woe-stricken women, wives “and moth- ers, passed jn sad array through cones of horror that make tho blood curdie in the ef men accustomed to witness human misery in all {ts dread forms, and, failing to find any trace of those they sought, left more gricf-stricken than when they tered. At intervals a piercing, heart-riving sbriek told that some svarcher had discovered a husband or a brother in a blackened mass that had once been human—and then the searchers, startled for a mo- ment, went on again absorbed in their own sorrow. There were ghoul like beings, 100, who came to glut their morbid curiosity, and some, alas! were women. ABOUT THE RUINS. Trowds of sightscors filled the streets in tho neigh- Porhood of the ruin. Patiently they stood hour by bour watching the passage ot the undertakers’ wagons, and speculating on the probable extent of the disaster or discussing its cause. Within the ruin there is very ttle change; the biackened walls rise up threateningly from the edges ot the yawning pit where so many vic- ‘time found a grave. The diggers nave gone below the last layer of the first discovered mass of dead, and now are pushing their examination forward, throwing back the earth and ddébris into the first pit so as to open up the remainder of the ground under the vertibule, where it '@ fecred other bodies buried. In an excava- tion made on the Flood’s alley side of tho vestibule four bodies were discovered, and it is thought that &cross the whole space betweon Washington street and Fiood’s alley aro scattered bodies of the dead. THE INVESTIGATION, From the evidence adduced betore Fire Marshal Keady there is reason to belicye that over four hun- dred persons perisnet, Blinded vy smoke, and panic stricken, the people in the gallery so blocked the exits that almost all porished. Witnesses who excaped estimate that not over twenty or thirty occu. pants of the upper gallery made their way to the street, and the box office returns show that there were in this part of the houso over four hunared persons. It is probable that the exact loss of ite will never be accurately koown, for many of the victims must have been reduced to ashes in the terri- bie furnace heat when the flames had gained complete mastery. Somevf the mystery that ensbrouded the catastrophe from tbe first will continue to cling around it forever, filling the measure of its horror, CAUSE OF THE DISASTER, How the fire spread so rapidly through the theatre as to cut off all escape in a few minutes bas been ono of the questions most frequently asked by the public. That question has beeu answered witb terrible veins clearnces in tho investigation by the Fire Marshal There was no provision on the stage or in the theatre fer the occurrence of fire. Not a drop of water in the flies, not a hose on | the stage, not a precaution taken to combat a daager that is always imminent on the stage—the outbreak of fire. And to this negligence unquestionabiy is due the terriblo calamity that has fallen on so many bomes There js the more diame attaching to those Tesponsible tor this negligenco because, according to the festimony of tho architect, provision for a water supply was made in the erection of the building, but M4 seems to have beeu forgotten in the lapse of time. How fatal the wantof water proved may be judged from the testimony of the chief machinist, who posi- Uvely asserts that had there been water at ban! the Gre could eastiy bi beeu extinguished when first it was perceived. A DENIAL, Mr. Shook, who, it seems, was the lessee of the thoatre, makes tho important statement that there was water inthe bydraut, procurable bad there been sufficient coolness on the part of those whose Uuiy it was to use it, fle says also that there were buckets, which could have been filled at this bycrant in a moment, But the public will nut tail to ask, “Why were theso buckets not kept filled apd ready fur insiaot use?’ This would bave been ouly @ reasonable precaution; for even one minute 18 tow iMug to luse in deaiing with so terrible au enemy as fire among the infammabie materials that make up the buik of stage property. Une moment's delay in custhy Water On an incipient fre makes the differenco between an alarting incident and an awlal calamity that will jive sa the awimory of generations, Some ove viundered, and the ollicial inver doubt, place the responsibility om the proper shoul- ders—and a terrible load it will be tor the man or men Who must bear it IMPORTANT TESTIMONY, Both tue architect and Mr, Shook bear witness to tion will, no | \ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. the existence of a hydrant, and tt now remains to ve shown how it came to pass that no effort wus made to uso this agent of safety, That no effort was made is certain, Yet the evidence shows that the employés of the theatre acted with coolness and courage under very trying circumstances. One of the property men swears that “He saw Mr. Werner trying to put, out the fire with a long pole,” and it 1s reasopable to believe that if Mr. Werner knew there was at hand a more effective agent he would have used it. Here are discrepancies of statement that require explanation. The evidence shows that enough attention was aout paid in the original construction of the theatre to providing sufficient means of egress from the galiery—a fault that the Brooklyn Thaatre shared with nearly all others. Inthe construction no provision was mado for the escape of the occupants in case of fire, and yet it is one of those accidents to which theatres, more than any other class of buildings, are liable, There was but one stairway trom the gal- Jery and no fire escapes were provided, though threo windows opened on Flood’s alley. MORE OUTLETS NEEDED One of the ticket-takers, who seems to have dis- Played great presence ef mind, gives it as his opinion Ubat bad there been another stairway many more per- sons would have escaped from the gallery. He states that not more than Gifteen people in ail escaped trom the’ gallery. It 1s clear from the evidence of the architect that while great attention was paid in the construction of the theatre to providing means of escape for the actors and employés, Very little care was taken of the gallery, where the audi- ence is usually most numerous, and where thero ts greatest need of moans of rapid exit in case of sudden panic, Had more attention been paid to this subject the community would not have had to mourn the Brooklyn holocaust, SYMPATHY WITH THR VICTINS. The public heart has been moved to its inmost core, and from all sides como expressions of nympathy and offers of aid. Generous contributions are offered by individuals and the members of ihe dramatic Profession hi come sobly to the front, The managers of the New Park and Hooley’s theatres bave announced that the whole proceeds of next week will be banded over to the reliet fund, and Apromise was made at the meeting of managers on be- balfof Mr. Ford that benetits would be given for the saiue object in Washington and Baltimore. Many of the New York manag@¥s have promised also to give benefits for the fandjtitd no doubt all of them wil! contribate to the good work. GRAVES FOR THE DEAD. The Common Council of Brooklyn bas resolved to bury the aurecognized victims at the expense of the city in one common grave. Offers of an allotment ot ground for the purpose was gencrously made by the directors of the Greenwood and Cypress Hills cemo- teries, and aftor some consideration it was decided to accept the offer®of a plot of ground on Battle Hill, made by the Greenwood directors. Arrangements huve also been made for the holding of religious services on next Sunday at the Academy of Music, One clergyman from each denom- ination will be invited to participate in tho religious exercises, Some 110 of the victims have been recog- bized by their friends, and the Coroner has issued per- mits for their removal and burial, which will provably take place on Sunday next, ‘THE INQUEST, The Coroner’s jury having viewed the bodies ad- Journed until Saturday, when evidence will be taken which wilitell all that ts likely ever to be known of the causes which led to the dire calamity which caused @ loss of life so appalling. PRACAUTIONS IN THEATRES, After the story of tho disaster will be found the an- swers of the various managers to a series of pertinent questions as to the precautions adopted in their houses against the occurrence of fire and the facilities offered for the escape ef the audience in case acod should arise, ‘TUR SCEXE OF THE DISASTER. All that remains of what was threo days ago the Brooklyn Theatre is the broken, shattered and fallen walls and the débris from which the bodies of the victims havé‘beeh extricated. A sadder scene it is impossible to conceive. In every direction are the evidenees of disasterand death. The tront entrance in Washington street remains, but it retains scarcely the semblance of what it once was. The walls arc uphatmed and the blackened doorway, through which happy mult: pte ris wont to go and come, isthe only ‘advent of. dreadfal conflagration which took place within,. The lintels are begrimed by smoke and flame, but they stand in their places sup- porting the walls of the dwelling house above. Tho floors of tho main entrance also remain as far as the box office, and from this unsteady parapet muititudes looked upon the charred remains in the débri under what was the vestibule of the theatre The outimes of the office are still plainly visi- ble, but a few si beyond the platform ceases and from there the lobby exists only in the imagina- tion of the spectator. From this standpoint the whole scene is revealed, To the sides are the broken wails. Vart of the partition which divided the lobby from th auditorium is standing, and beyond it is a vast open ace, Which was the area of both the auditorium and the stage. Below is the débris from which the bodies were extricated, Away in the distance beneath the 6 18 the spot whore the remains of Murdoch and Burroughs were found. Above is the open +ky, and on the Johnson sireet side at each corner ia a part of the edifice, the walis remaining to the coping, which, in an ordinary structure, would bave marked the first story. ‘The subterranean passages and tho underground dress- ing rooms are filled with débria, and even pow tnero may be some of the bodies beneath the fallen walls and crumbled ceilings. LOOKING aT THE RUINS. All day yesterday, as all day on Wednesda: Multitude filled the adjacent streets trying to catch a glimpse of the ruins. Fulton street was crowded with iadies and children going and coming trom the corner ofJobnson and Washington streets, which was evi- dently considered the vantage ground by the sight- seers, Craning their necks over those in front and seeing nothing to recompeuse them for the rade joss lings of the uneasy crowd most of them soon leit their unsatisiactory field of observation, A giance suMficed to tell them there was little to se On tho corner, in a niche of the theatre, was the Hotel Dieter, showing no evidences of the contlagration which had raged be, size and above it, In Washington strect, between Myrtle avenue and Jobnson strect, wero the black- ened dvorways which bad formed the main en- trance to the theatre, On Johnson street were the two pieces of broken wall anda dreary aud uncer- tain glimpse of roofand sky beyond Flood’s alley, This was all, and even this was unapproachable. A cordon of police was stretehed at right angles from the hotel across both streets, and into tia nich the muiti- tude packed itself to see what was to be seen, It was @ patient multitude, as American crowds always ure. Occasionally the cordun of police was encroached upon, but the Brook!yn pviicemun always cries “Keep back” in # tone that Indicates that ho m it, andat each warning from a man with the club of authority 19 his hands, ove-balf of tho multitude slunk away like wuilty things abashod at their temerity in earuing the reproot of an M. P. Their places wore immediately filled, howevor, by others equally anzious to sce and equally ready 0 stand abashed before the C, 0. A., aud su they kept coming all the day long, determined upon looking at tho ruins, woich in the end they could vot soe. TUE MYSTIC CIRCLE. Within the mystic circle tormed by the cordons ot Police, but on the strects on Voth sidcs of the burned theatre, was # motley collecuon of men going and coming a8 if on errands of the greatest importance. They not workmen ongaged in removing the dévris and exhuming the dead. They were pot assist- ing im removing the vodr and they were even greater in number than on the day provious They Were not friends of the victims, for their laces were too animated for the heartren ding search in whieh so many Were anxious to engage. And y there they were within the magic circle turmed by the imp: bie barrier of police, coming and going as if in bot haste; but im spite of all their energy apparently doing nothing at all, How the multiude mast bave envied thesu favored beings who were allowed to como and go almost at their pleasure, and even so clam- ber over the broken walis aud pevetrate iuto the ruins themsvives. The ent multitude could not Giscera that these were (he Dewspaper reportera. Every met- ropolitan journal bas almost a regiment of them, AMONG THE RUINS. Clambering over the débris of the stage wall on Johnson sirect and entering Flood’s alley beneath the shauow of the gutted building adjuining the stage of the ill-fated theatre, the visitor looked down upon a scene of desolation too terrible almost for belie! Here but three nights ago had been a gay temple of the muses, with its comfortable seats, carpeted aisles, Well appointed stage, carefully selected company, ab- sorbing play and enthusiastic audience, A few Minutes sufficed to turn it into a blackened, smoking mass of charred timbers and unrecognizabic bodies. Beneath were heaps of brek and mortar, where human bodies had lain battered and burned beyond recognition and roasting among the smoking embers. There were tossed and torn :a the search siter the vic- tims and yet there wero still painfu! tudications that other bodied, black and crisp and disfigured, might be hidden beneath, The scen@even afier the hideous and mangled forms had veea removed was too Suggestive of the day and night before to allow the eye to dwell long upon the horrible picture. Looking upward still other signs of desolation were seen and only the peacetul sky above was placid and serene. ‘The tracery of the fatel balconica was visible in the Wall nearest to Wusbington strect, where the joists and supports were torn away. Gaspipes twisted into every conceivable shape and coiled round the blackened em- bers of the burnt rafters im the most fantastic fashions, eenyy eager oie f one could catch her, insensibie, ney lay, side by side, the dead sou, the living mother, All during the day sucn scenes oceurred, and the story of those terrible hours can never bo written. ‘The keeper of the Morguc, Patrick McGuire, was at- tentive and kind and afforded every facility possible \o the weeping searchers for the dead. Many bodies were removed and ats late hour last night but a tew ‘undentitied corpses were lying side by side in their ghastly black ness, AT THR MAKERT. After midnight on Wednesday aight the market was still Crowded by men and women in quest of their lost fread, There was no cimimation in the numbers of the gad seekers; indeed, notwithstanding the rumor that had got abroad to the effect that all efforts at identivication were to be suspended unul daylight yes- terday inoraing, men, women and even children kept coming to the docrs of the old building applying lor permission to search for some departed relative Whom they lad been uuable to discover at the Morgue. The police im charge hat not the heart to refuse such of them as bad the necessary permit from the Coroner, so that the place was pretty well crowded in the mudd: of tho bight by sorrow-stricken groups. They waiked cuuttousiy between the rows of corpses now lying upon bard boards in ail their hideous deformity, pausing at cuch to scrutinize it rigidly in ‘the hope of tinding some token or shred of vesture whereon to lang a chance of recognitien. The Place was dimly lighted with of! lamps, the dull glim- mering of Which vut served to beighten the ghostiy gave the impression of a den of serpents, which might sbasneven the daring Elsie Venner, ef Dr. Holmes» imagination. On Wednesday, all day long, & flaming light on the line between the stage abd the auditorium blazed. The thousand tes of flame which bad iliuminated the brilliant audi- torium and the mimio world of the theatre were concentrated at one point, and the gas main olazed like @ buge torch. Thursday's sights within the con- fines of the building were only less terrible than those of Wednesday. Yesterday was the dread reminder of the dreadful day and night which had gone before. Under the spot where had been the manager’s box, in the proscenium, were found the bodies of the two ac- tors, Murdock and Burroughs, lost in the vain effort to escape. Under the box office was a ghastly heap of the dead. Undor the vestibule was a mass of bodies packed closely together to a depth of nearly twelve feet, Everywhere were traces of the flames, of the Struggle with death and of the final but sulien sur- render to the grim and portentous monster which Jeapod and laughed over all THK MEMORIES OF PAST GLORIES. Never was a disaster more complete—a catastrophy so overwhelming. The fire was no bungier, In us flery rage it leit behind it not a trace of the glories of the mimic world of the stage. The magnificeuce of the Roman forum which had been displayed in “Ju- lius Caesar” and the less expensive interiors of “Con- science,’? were swept away by the same breath of flume which consumed the boatman’s hut when tho flasuof fire darted outof the flies, Everything went together, ana with it ali the associations of the houso and the momentoes of the triumphs of the pask But there shall rise irom the debris and live over again in the hearts of the actors who havo walked the boards of tho Brooklyn Theatre, who have threaded its nar- row passages and dressed themselves in all the cos- tumes which the world has known in its subt dressing rooms. All the marks of these pa: apartments have disappeared with tho stuge and iis gay proscenium, the auditorium and its overhanging galleries, and the dome with its frescoes and iliumi- nating jets of fire. What remains bas shrunk almost to nothingness, and those who are go anxious to look upon the ruins will look only upon the memories of past glories. TAKING OUT THE DEAD, The work of exbuming the bodies was continued un- til late into the morning by the aid of a calcium light. Shortly after three o’clock the workmen came upon the bodies of two women and a child immediately un- der the dress circie. They were lying near together aod were so much charred that their sex was only dis- tinguisbable by the wire of their skirts, which sll clung to them. These were the last bodies that wore dis- covered, Others may still be found, however, and it will not be sale to say tbat all have been exhumed un- til the whole mass of débris has been removed. Itis feared that a careful search may disclose tho remains of someof the ‘‘supers”’ under the ruins of the stage. About noon the firemen found a few iragmonts of bodies just inside the party wall of the vestibule, It i not known whether these are tne charred remains of bodies newly discovered or fragments of the bodies removed yesterday. On this point rests the question as to the number of bodies actually recovered. The Coroner’s list foots up 292 Yesterday it had already reached 283 and the three bodies aiscovered in the morning made it 236 Whether the higher number ia the true one it is ditfl- cult to determine. From present appearances tno number of bodies actually recovered cannot be ascer- tained, which will leave the number of those lost in the fire uncertain. It is likely, however, that tho list is above rather than below 300, many of those found being 80 nearly destroyed as to suggest the possibility that some wero consumed altogether. AT THE MORGUE. The scenes at the Morgue yesterday were excced- ingly affecting and varied but little from the day be- fore. More bodies were identified, however, and tho expressions of beartfelt grief were more often beard by the sympathising people that crowded the galleries of the charnel house. Many bodies were icentiticd and removed by friends and relatives, and the wagons of the undertakers were constantly rumbling betore the building. The bodies were laid in long rows on the floor and sorrowing friends passed siowly along the lanes looking {or dead loved ones. THR SCENK OUTSIDE The scene around the building was a singular one, ‘The streets in front and sides were thronged with an anxious, struggling mass of men, women and children, These crowded around the building, and prossed so hard at times that it was feared that those in front would be crushed to death against the iron railings and brick walls, Men struggled and even fought to gain positions near the door, and, as cach wagon drove up and a pas: was cleared for the undortaker’s men, s frantic crowd would rush forward and battle with the police for an cutrance, Men, women and children, of all sha: and condi. tions of life, joatied each other on the sidewalk, and beside the poor woman in calico, who, with clasped hands, stood bewailing the tate of somo relative or friend, stood the lady in silk daintily lifting her skirts as she peered anxiously into the passing boxes of charrea humanity. Men would torce thoir way almost to the door and, when an opening was made, would dash forward aud sometimes effect an entrance, un- mindful of the shower of police clubs that fell about their ears, Women woald press forward through tho donse crowd and piteously, with tears streaming down their faces, ask admittance, As the day advanced and darkness fell upon the streets, the crowd, if anything, increased, and pushed and straggzied still more earnestly for a sight of the muftied bodies of the dea. The light of tho strect lamps cass only shadows upon the upturned faces gaziug steadily at the dark and gloomy walls of the Morgue. AGONIZING SCENES, Aa the eolativesof the dead ones passed in silent | }; Pprocessiom inrough the building, the scene was terri bly solemu. The positions of the dead in many cases showed the terrible torture of the iast moment of ile. One man was found upon bis kness with hands clasped and raised to beaven, as if supplicating that his terri- ble fate should be turned from him. So he died, and with his bands still upraised to the Almighty he was lying last evening iv the solemn gloom of the deadhouse, Down ail the long lines were bending nen and women, weeping for the irionds they were never to greot again in this life, At times a shrick, followed by convuisive sobbing, indicated some brother or father or son found, Tears were falling from eyes that eldom wept, aud strong meu shuddered us they stood and gazed upon the awiul sceno, Old women peered fearfully among the bodies while the tears coursed down their chi young women, with the shadow of their first great grief clouding their faces, stood with clasped is over some brother and sadly moaned out their sorrow, T was Jemma silence about tho place, broken uly at wiervals by the departure of suine recognized ‘loved oue of the low, sad wail of agony went Up Ly some broken heart, During the afternoon an anxious, tearful woman entered ond passed hurtedly dowa the long jiues, Sho Was accompanied bY a young girl, Who clung cou- Vuisivery to ter aud tried in Vain’ to turn her eyes trom (the bortid sight around her, Some m examining a piece of cloth, and before stopped. Ax of tue two bod the woman » pe God! my hasband, my 4 in the sullness of death were watuer aud son, and be- Jore them rocking aud moaning Was the wile and mother. Ob! it was a terrible scene, and many were the tears that silently tell for that widow. A mother tound ber son, She knew him vy a ring, A ring @:¥ou bim on bis last birthuay by the motber that now stood aud looked at hi! her demeanor atiracted xt Clusping ber ber head, with & moan sbe sauk effect of the wax candles burning in rough wooden sockets upon cach of the blackened bodies. From the doorway the picture was weird aud awful, There were upward of 150 dead laid on their backs in five rowa upon the floor, Candles rested on their breasts, flickering aud sputtering in the draughts from the broken Windows and cracks in the roof, and casting shadows of uvearthiy character on the boards and wails around them. Some of the departed scemed as if reclining on the ground catching @ short nap afier » hard day's work, with one hand thrown carolessly behind the head and the other across the eyes us il desirous to shut out the candio's glare; others were half turned upon their sides, with their legs crossed and their taces buried in the hollows of their arms, just as though they sought Tepose, Hut there were dozens, too, who resembled nothing 80 wach as burnt logs of green wood, whose bark bad been consumed and whose inner rind was tuened to a dark brown color Ali, all of them were of this tell-tale hue, sowing unmistakably the cause of death, Closer inspection revealed the shocking the fire upon their persone, LUOKING FOR FRIENDS. In the midale of the uight Sergeant Weeks, of the Second previnct, presided over this scene, aiding, with ‘bis men, the unhappy souls who, filled with avonized * Jove,, sought religiousiy for somo token of their mn deur ones, Women with disordered raunept and buggard faces knelt beside the deud, whose every lineament they scanved and whose every garment they examiped, while their husbands, brothers or lovera stood beside (hem, ready to receive the sinking form the! effects of of her who shouid identify her treasure. In various rigot the cold oid market might be seon some lonely creature searching for one who had been her sole support in lite and the prop of her widowhood. There were gray-headed men, too, seeking their boys, on whose success they vu lt so much, and lads in their teens in quest of their parents, without whom the future look; Diank indeed, There was a paintul silence beneath th giguntic shadow of death, which was unbroken all the night jong, save when some breaking h gave vent to M8 anguish in a convulsive sob or the half uttered shriek of recognition rent from the breast of a female whose eye had discovered amid tho charred fragments of clothing that clung to acorpse a mark or initials which none butshe could understand, This sad labor of Jove continued until the lights had burned jow and faded before tho ‘awning day, Then they were put out, and the scene became gloomy und the living und the dead were bidden alinost trom view, OUTSIDE THE MARKET, It was now tho time when artisans and working peo- ple lott their homes on their way to their daily voca- tions Hundreds of them came round by the market to catch a gliinpse of the mammoth charnel house, into which they likewise hoped toget a peep. But in this they were disappointed, as Sergeant Bunch, trom tho Fifth precinct, with eleven men, arrived to prevent anybody who did not bold a Coroner’s permit from en- tering the building or even passing in front of it. The olficers were drawn up in two lines at each ond of the house, across the street, along which no one was al- lowed’ to walk, after 7A. M. Additional reinforcements were sent from other precmets shortly afterward, and acordon of oflicers was drawn around ihe market, whith was thus protected irom the thousanus who Were 80 anxious to get into it But ot polloi were not to be so easily deposed of, for hearing that a permit from the Coroner would insure access to this dead bouse, huadreds went to the Coroner, it is sad to reiate, and actually averred that th wanted to go in to hunt for m trienas, The Coroner could not deny all of these ap- plivations; hence by nine A. M. there were so many persons of the gentler as wel the sterner sex within the orazy oid place thatthe flooring began to setile and Inspector Waddy was obliged to order it to be cleared, and instruct the officers nut to allow moro than a certain number to enter at atime. This must have seemed very severe aud heartiess to those who stood on the outskirts of the crowd in the streets, and really were in search ol relatives whom, having failed to flad at the Morgue, they believed were within 1 market, But there was no help for the Inspector's ac- tion, becuuse public saiety absolutely demanded it, Later in tho day the good results of the order were ap- arent in the Dumber of identitications waich could not ave been made had every thing gone on as it had in the morning. THE YIRST BODIES REMOVED, Although many bodies had been identified during the night and morning none were removed until ten a hem’ six Were taken outin umjertakers’ shells to their friends, Tuey wero the remains of Robert Boyle, Nichoias Kieley, John Dooner, Hugh Dovoner, Peter Cuncannon and John Woods, From this 1 forth during the day and evening the cotfins and shell: were continually pasying in and out followed b: lace was occupied only by the dea their friends, undertakers, police anu reporters. No bodies were brought in from the ruins during the day, although it was understood that some had been found; but there were 138 of those who bad been brought to the market on the provious evening remaining there at noon. IDENTIFYING FRIENDS. Tho scene op witich the noonday sun shone through the windows of the market was heartrending, Lagie and peopiein humble stations, beat over the ‘iistigired copses in attitudes of d ‘and anxiety, their whit: hands besmirched with the borria composite and slime that covered the dead. Each of the stooping ligures was engaged in tho closest investigation of every urticle attached to the dreadful rewains. Some of these it was impossible to imagine could ever have been human beings, others were quite recognizable. Ail were ticketed aud numbered from 1 to 186. They were known to the officials only by their numbers, The they lay in regulur rotation, some nude and distorted. Such of thenras had had anything upon their person: at the time of recovery still retained thom, each articie being displayed conspicuously. For example, No. 1 had a@ jack knife, tmitation um- ethy: sleeve = buttons, bution hook, two cents, a ticket to F. W. Lundor’s Theatre, « brierwood pipe, the stem being of black rabber, and the initials J. E. 8, were on bis shirt fromt, No, 2, a lady, Mre, Joseph Rogers, ot East New York, had a patent key ring on Wuich were her name and piace of business. No. 3 was a man in whoso pockets w found an Eleventh ward republican ticket and two cents; hiv name was stamped on the trons of bis rt, but only the word “ductor’’ was vit No. 4 bud on & blue flannel shirt, some screws and nuts were ia his pantaloons pocket. Nu. 6 bad a toot rule, some matehes, @ pocket knife and a buuch of keys in his pockets, No. 44 vad an ivory handiea pen- knife, some nickels, a watch key and a caru of *“Horsel & Ludeke, Diamond Brokers, 38 John street, New York.” No, 41 had a key, a plain gold ring and twelve cents. In like manner there were mauy others who ad eevee! little articies. by which they were identi- te REMARKABLE INSTANCES, There were remarkable features in this scene which ore than @ passing mention. Persons from all parts of Brookiyn, east aud souty, bad come to seuk missiug relatives, They did not know exactly where their friends had gone; but they had not been home ght of the fire. These poor people came in ombling, lest they slonid find the absentees in one or other of the morgues. One young lady, @ Migs Kavanagh, sought her brother Morti- met bo had not been home since Tues night She did not know whother be went to the ¢ not, nor did she know of anything oa his person whereby she could identify him, except the thumb of his left hand, trom which he bad lost one joint. Her aunt accompanied her; but just as they got juside the building § the horrible = sight and smells overcame her and she sainted, With somo hire meg J sho was resuscitated and borne home without having learned anything of ber browber, | Another young girl, Miss Cassidy, seeking her brother ward, Was so terrified by the uwfal in the | mast of whieh she stood that khe went into hysterk | aud bad to be & n Lome by ber futher, Mrs, Booth, | of No. 158 Colyer sirect, Greenpoint, came to look for hor brother, Alfred Grey, who liad gone to the theatro | on Tuesday night, She and her busband wandered up aud down the rows of bodies for moro tuan an hour, autil they came to the clarred and Almost Undistingudbable corpse, drs, Booth knelt down beside it wud unlike the persoun who accompa- nied, did not attempt to identify him vv serauatang Lis pour face or timbs, Ste put her hund inside the | fithy bosom of tis shirt and felt sround his patrityimg ody tor an t. Sue drew oval piece of stull pecuiurly worked uvoat the edges but Diack as it could be, She paused fur au instant, passea one hand across Ler eyes, then stooped over the tragment she clutched in the other, There was dead silence im the groups about ber which stood electrified Uy the shriek that esea; ber lips as she atterod the words Tis hel fs be! On, my vrother, my darling brother! What shall [du without your” Her husband asked her how she recognized bim. “L know him by this chest protector. 1 know nim by this—this—ihis!?? Aud woile sue spoke sue held Up the fragment which still was pondant trom bis neck. Auother ludy of this party and a friend 91 the deceased recogmized him likewise by a pecuilar kind of sock which had miraculously escaped the eilects of the fire, ‘THK SOLOMON PAMOLY. It will be remembercd how the Solomon family, five to nuimber, bad been killed at tue theaire, They were identilied yestorday and were taken away in the afters noon, OTHER SCENES AND INCIDENTS, A mere truvk was found with nothing omit bat a Piece of a yest, iruth the pocket of which was taken a bait burned lettor, On tue envelope was the one word “Armstrong.” The legible portion of the jettor itself Was about as follows:— Come to the Louse, Mother will be at home any evening after five o'ciock, Take the Bleecker street car. it will pass vur door, st the corner of Charios and Fourth streets. We live over the liquor store, This body hau not been identiiied; but there is little doubt that this will lead to bis recognition. There were many other equally distressing and interesting scenes. In fact, they (vo numerous to detail. Al Avo o'clock there were 128 bodies in the markot, 60 had been taken out. At six o'clock there wero 110, and, as on the previous night, candies were placed upon them, But gas supplied the place of the misor- able lainps of the previous nignt, to the time of closing the market, 78 bodies bad been tdentified and removed according to tally. The auidentided were leit in the care of the officers and those who yet sought missing friends, The crowd without dispersed, aud the curtain of night fell on this woful scene of the terrible tragedy, RELIEF VOR THE POLICE The constant work of the police force during the Past twodaysand nights of terrible excitement so wearied the lorce that the officers could hardly stand at their po: regiment, N. Their offer ct evening the novel sight of blue coats sianding guard atthe scenes of excitement was presented. tachments last evening were commanded by C: Dean and Lieutenants Gear and Deetrick, AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE, All through the afternoon a long line of people Stretched from the office of the Coroner to the Court House porch. Relatives of the dead came in scores to seck permission to remove them, and as many more came in quest of some clew by which they might Ox the identity of their missing friends, and urged upon the Coroner impossible investigations aad asked, as always is done in such cases, privileges difficult to ac- cord. It was a painful sight to see old mon who had lost their children clinging to tho official's desk and urging that thero must be some token found by which the dead could be recognized. Women, too, wero there who wavered when making application for the removal of a body, and seemed foath to admit that the blackened mass they left in the dead house ‘was all that now was left of iost ones, and even as they received the permits, to struggle against conviction, as if they could not force upon themselves the realization of tho dreadful truth, But perbaps there was no inci- dent more gricvous to coutempiate, por one which was 80 often repeated, as that of two parties claiming one body as a missing son or brother. Soveral times ap- plication was mado for some corpse on which a piece of raiment or a little trinket seemed familiar, only to find that a permit had been fled giving the removal of those very remains to some one else, Of course action was taken by the Coroner immediately when such a case occurred and @ conference of both claim- ants arranged. NOTHING BY WHICH TO IDENTIFY. Other people came to the Coroner to ask fora sight of thearticiles found upon the different bodies, that they might facilitate identification, This it seems had at first boen forbidden, Whatever jewelry or valuables were takea from the dead bodies were shut up in en- velopes and numbered, The applicant had first to dis- cover some mark up9n the corpse or some picco of apparel which was recognized before being shown the envelope which held the articles numbered as the body was, Of course this system deprived some people of apy chance whatever of identitying their friends, and one old man who had sought vainly tor bis boy, pro- sented himself before the Coroner yesterday, and with tears In his eyes asked to be shown tho articles found upon the dead. “I would willingly oblige you, sir,’? said Coroner Simms; ‘what set of articles do you want to see? how are they numbered?” As this seemed to puzzie the agea applicant the Coroner asked, “What is tne number of the body you believe to be yourson? Tell me that and you shall seo at Once the articles corre- sponding to it,’” “What is the number of the body,” tho old man re- peated; ‘how can I tell? My God, sir, do you think that I can trace the features of my boy in the black cumders that lie upon the dead house floor? I have looked at them all, but wnat is there left in them to Jet me know which 18 he?” This rather staggered the Coroner and he turned to explain to the bereaved father, whom he treated with kindness, what had necessitated this system. “You may deem it strange,” said he—indeed 1t| seems too horrible to believe, but it is true all the same—that if a valuable trinket were exposed to the public sight as belonging to some dead body, in an hour that ghastly corpse would have a dozen claim- ants. Some of the incidents of yesterday have ied us to be as stringent as possible iv our rules and to bo- lieve human abasemeut deeper than it ever seemed betore,”? THR NEW ARRANGEMENT. Police Commissioner Pyburn, who was present, then consulted with the Coroner, who, himself, was ‘ready to udmit the difficulties by which he bad been con- strained by circumstances to impede the identification of the dead, and it was resolved to fix the articles found upon the dead on a canvass sheet, appropriately numbered. This was to be shown to people searching for friends on application, and it was to be intrusted to a police captain who ts to be heid responsible tor the proper allotment of the articles to their owners, All through the afternoon the Coroner was u sesuing permits of removal, and bis work did not ull fur into the evening. ‘THE CORONER’S INQUEST. Early yesterday morning the Coroner's office was besieged by a crowd of applicants ior admission to the Morgue aud the old market. Weak women, with pale faces and eyes red with weopiog, struggled with anx- tous and excited men fora place near the door, and the importanities of these people were as painiul to hsten to as their futile efforts to secure an immediate hearing was grievous to witnoss. A largo police torce ‘was stationed tn the hallway of tho Court House, but additional rolays had to be detailed to effectually suc- ceed in maintaining order, Coroner Nolan took in hand the distribution of passes to these applicants, Coroner Simms ompanelied the jury in his otlice, wi Wy latter had reached the Court House a little after nine o’clock, Well known citizens of Brooklyn wero they, representative men in the community, and vy each of them the sad nature Qt the service they were called upon to perform seemed duly appreciated. Alter some moments spent in conversation about the dreadtul calamity and a conference to determine their immediate course of procedure an informal roll was calied, 14 all the pauel were found to be preseat. THE JURYMEN. consists of the following gentlemen :— iey Ropes, ‘J. J. Drake, uel McLean, J. J, Studweil, iliam Richardson, N. B. Homer, nkiin Woodruff, Joseph D. Willis, D. M. Chauncey, Rovert W. Anderson, Enoch George, John T. Martin. At about ten o’clock the Coroner passed out of tho and, followed by the jury walking two Pi eded through Willoughby street to the gue. The crowd, which even then had gatuerod in the neighborhood of the ruins, caught sight of the pro- cession and at once a long line of followers stretched out beliind the Coroner’s party and attended them to the very door of the Morgue. Here jor awhile it was almost impossible to gain an entrance, A dense mass of inen, women and children surrounded the building, and those who were nearest it clung to the railings aod craned their necks to catch a glance through tne window of the dreadful spectacle within, At pluces on the outskirts of the throng women who bad come in quest of sume lost one stood weeping and vainly endeavoring to plead their ay through that inexorable multitude, which morbid curiosity seemed to bave deprived of reason, With difficulty the police made an opening for the jurors, and as tho Coroner passed through dozens ot poor people wedged in the crowd cried to him, beseeching admittance to the presence of their deau.. At last the party were insido the rail and tho gate was closed on the clamoring crowd without, IN THR MORGUR ‘Then from room to room the Coroner led the jurors, stopping before each calcined and distorted mass of flesh and bone, 80 a8 to admitof any notes beim taken, and when the survey of the entire series of! apartments bad been made thé jurors repuired to the old market, whero sight more dreadJ- ful than that they had J witnessed awaited them, Hero stdod mourners singly and in groups, with streaining eyes fusteucd upon the masses of ciu- ders that nad once worn forms and jeatures dear to them, and these people could not be torced away even to allow the law to observe its cold formalities anim. nd peded, There they stood, parents, children Irienus, While the circuit of the dreary piace made by the jury, Who were by no means to the grief they witnessed, and not a few seemed at times aveply affected. Near the entrance of the old market the jury formed s circle about the Coroner, who informed them that the remains of Murdoch and Burroughs, the two actors, were lying in the station house, whither bo invited them 48 well aa to survey the ruins of tue theatre, Thituer they next took their way, and after inspecting the charred muss of timbers, ivered Walls and the spot where the search tor dead was being prosecuted, they passed into un ner aparuinent the improvised station hou: beside the theatre. Here the remains of Claude Bur- roughs lay, the only distinguishing mark about him vemg the shoulder-knots which bung from the cos- tume of the valet Preard, and beside bim was all that had been collected of pour Murdoch's ashes. In another room the jury then met sor deliberation, CONFERENCE OF THR CORONER'S JURY, “Now, gontiemen,” savd Coroner Simms, when he entered the little room, “it rests with you, after hav- ing seen the remains and all the evidences obtained, to Ux uporra time aud place for your meeting tu begin the investigation.”’ At this point a juror remarked :— ‘Phere was a suggertion made just betore you entered, Mr. Coroner, to the effect that sir. Ripiey Ropes act foreman of the jury.” Tho latter gentieman rove und asked to bo excused. A motion was finally put and carried that Mr. Ropes should act as foreman aud Mr. Mclean as bis alternate. Mr. Richardson moved that the inquest should begin oo Suturday evening, instead of Monuay evening, a8 bad Leen suggested. Public feeling, ne said, demanded prompt wetion in tho matier, and, while all the witnesses could not be sumn- mor by that time, @ suificient number could be brought togethor to begin the work eubstuntially, It was thereupon decided that the jury should meet at room No. 6, in the Court House, at half-past seven o'clock On Saturday evening. The Coroner staved that it was not at ail likely the inquest would 10 held in that piace, but in the chamber of the City Court, for the ase of which he was going to apply. A juror suid it bad been discussed vy several of bis fel lows whethor is would not be weilto bavoa post- mortem examination Loe some of tho bodies in 1 to ascertain whether y bad been asphyxiated burned to death, or tramped out of existence in the mad rush of thecrowd, Coroner Simms repiiod that IIE EE 3 he would hold such an examination upon two or three Of the bodies least injured, The Coroner then stated that he had been semt for by the Common Council, wuich was then im session aud Waiting for him, me was, however, overrun witk some 200 oF 800 alleged remuves of missing being then waiting 0 line by his office 10 permits to visit tue Morgue. Under these cir cumstances he would ask Mr. Ropes in bis capacity of foreman to fee tho Common Couneil in his stead and tell tbat body just what had been done. Mr, Ropes consented, alter having bis office fn the matter dev fine TWO HUNDRED AND XINETY-TWO HoDIns, A juror then asked if the Coroner could officially state the number of bodies which hud becu removed from the ruin Coroner Siasti8—We have removed up to this mora. to pain Savtn—I posted ofticers at the entrances with orders to note every one taken oul, and they re port 239 as she total, excepting remains taken out io two coffins, Coxoner—Wo bi you must be wron ticketed more than that, sir; so Mr. McLeax—Have you, Mr. Coroner, separated ever; body so that you can positively state that to bo the number? 1 ask the que: ause, there being such @ disparity vetw 292, thero may be people tn this city wicked enough to say here alter, it the maiter is not fixed, that you made the number appear greater in order to increase your tees, Conoxer—To avoid auything of that kind each of those bodies will be placed in a separate coffin aud tiekete It then agreed that each juror should invite to bo present at the meeting on Saturday night ali those witnesses he mig! w, the jury separated, Mr. Ropes going to the Common Council chamber, w the joint committee of Aldermen and Supervis appointed on the previous day to take action in v Miatter of tho terrible calamity, were waiting tor the Coroner, ACTION OF THK CITY AUTHORITIED. ‘There were present Mayor Schrocder and the follow- ing members of the committee:—Aldermen French (Vresident of the Board), Gaturie, Arnott, Martha, Rowley, Black, Burnet, Acker and Donovan, and Sue ervisors Strong, Sexton, Curran, Brown, Byrne, yderand Harman, Alverman Fisher, chairman 0! the Aldermanic committ nd Superviser Strong, chairman of the Supervisors’ committee. ‘There were al-o present Colonel Sivn, of the New Park The- atre;R. M, Hooley, of Hooley’s Theatre; Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, Edmund Driggs; Supervisors Hobn, Gubner, Moran and Van Cott; William E. Robiasop and others. THE GREAT GRAVE IN GREENWOOD, Just before Mr. Ropes entered, the Aldermanic sab- Committee on Interments had presented a report, to u fect that they bad waited go Mr. A. M. Wa member of the Executive Comfiitice of the Board of Directors of Greenwood Cemetery, who kindly assared thom that the directors would cheerlully accede to thei¢ request foran aliotment of a suitable place im the cemetery for the interment of the unfortunates. Mr. White bad also accompanied them to the re: dence of Mr. Henry E. Pierrepont, President of the Board of Directors ot the cemetery, who confirmed the assurances they had already received, and wished to know the space required that they might select the had thought that if the city contemptated w plot the county would not incur any expense in the matter; it would not be necessary to do so, He under- stood, however, that other arrangements nad been made, He thought that the calamity was such thas some unusual measures should be taken, and the Su- pervisors were ready to act with the Aldermen, Alderman Burnet suggested that the Supervisors should be invited to act with them and take part with them on the verious sub-committees, Ho made a mo- tion to that effect, which was carried, Mr. Eamund Driggs, on benalt of the Cypress Hill Cometery corporation, offered to set upart a sufficient plot of ground in that cemetery 11 the commuttee de- sired it, Mayor Schroeder said that Mr. Perry and Mr. Cyrus P. Smith had calied upon him and tendered the city a plot at Greenwood, They would take a circle of ground and dig a trench for the burial of 100 bodies. The Mayor suggested that they should take action at once, av the digging of the trench wouid consume some time, Supervisor Strong praised the action of the Green- wood and Cypress Hills authorities, and suid that whi he was in fuvor of accepting the offer of the tormer thought that the committee might visit Cypress Hille before taking final action, Mr. Driggs also suggested that the committee should visit Cypress Hills. He thought ten or twelve hours would be sufficient time to prepare a trench for the reception 0: 100 bodies, Alderman Arnott did not see the necessity of visite ing tho cemetery. Mayor Schroeder remarked that ‘In examinmg the list of the missing, he found that the vast majority had lived in the Western District, and on it accoun’ he thought the burial plot would be better in Green- wood. Supervisor Strong said he did not wish to institute comparisons, but when a soldiers’ plot was selected ior those who fell in the war, the plot was selected in Cypress Hills Cemetery. THK NUMUER OF THR DrAD. Alderman Burnet, chairman of the sub-committee appointed to ascertain the numbor of victimsof the catastrophe, presented the following report:— The committee upon the burial of the dead wh perished in the late calamity, report that they bave made inquiry atthe Morgue anu at the market build- ing in Adams street, and learn that thore are now (11 ‘A. M.) 188 at the market and 96 at the Morgue; that of these it 1s impossible to recognize 30 bodies, but that they are now unable to determine the number of per- sons who will be unrecognized Your commitice recommend for adoption the following, and woult suggest that it be published in the evening paners: “The bodies of all who perished in the late disaster at the Brooklyn Theatre will be buried in a plot to- gether, by the city, if it 18 so desired Those who are aurecognized wiil be taken caro of by the city at once, and those identified, if 1t be so re- quested by ihe relatives and friends of the deceased, wiil also be provided for. Allapptications mm reference thereto may be mac to the joint committee of the Board of Supervisoy and of the Common Council, between the hours nine A. M. and five P. M. daily. TUX FUNERAL SERVICRS, Alderman Rowilcy, of the sub-Committee on a Pi: for Public Funeral Services, reported that they Lal founa the Rink undergoing alterations and it could not therefore be ovtained. The Tabernacle bad been offered, but the commitiee thought it would bo best te hold the service ina building other than a church, The directors of the Academy of Music bad offered that building for Sunday alternoon, Mr, Rowley further stated that the committee had prepared a list of one clergyman of each religious denomination to ba invited to participate in the services, or to name one or two clergymen of their respective denominations for that purpose It was at this point that Mr. Ropes entered the room and statod that he bad been sent to represent Coroner Simms, told the committee what had been done by that official and when the inquest would be held, Me was unable to inform them, howeter, when the ded would be prepared for burial, The committee thea proceeded with its business, On motion of Aldermau french it was decided to print in pamphlet form ull the public proceedings in the sud matier, tneludt g the Mayor's message and tho funeral sermons, Mayut Schroeder was appointed custodian of all funds for re- het, burial of the dead and for a inonament to their momory. Tho uodertakers who rendered gratuito service in removing the dead were thanked, anda committee of three, consisting of Supervisors Harmon. and Byrne and Aldermen Guthrie, Acker and Arnot was appointed to employ undertakers for the fin ceremonier. A tinal report was then made in the matter of the selection of a plot, aud rt was decided to accept $1: oller of the Greenwood Cemetery authorities. Lew from Mesére. Sinn and Hooley, offering the service of their respective theatres, in case the Academy of Music could not accommodate all who would atter the funeral services on Sunday, and the commitivo adjourned until four o'clock to-day. Tho interments will provably be made at two o’clock to-morrow. There Will be services at the grave, and probably a procession composed of two heads of the city and county departments, relatives and friends of the deceased and other persons who may desire .o participate. THR POST-MORTEM FXAMINATION, At the request of several of the jurors, as detailed above, an autopsy was held last even:ng at the Morgua upon the unidentified body of one of the vietims, No. 20, Tho examination made by Dr. Shepp County Physician, assist by Dr. Segur, and in the presence of Edward B. Catley, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, several physicians and the representative of the Heratp, The object of the autopsy was to dis- cover, if possible, whether the victims of tie tire ‘were burned to death or were auf cated one upon the other in th terrib’ fall 1rom tho galleries. The examination of the boay was thorough and complete, The surtuce of the body was thoroughly baked, bard and free from blood, The ual organs were much congested. It was con- dered that, from the nppearance of the lungs apd air tubes, death was caused by asphyxia, This caso may be considered that of the large majority ot the victims. THE FIRE MARSHAL’S INVESTIGATION. Fire Marshal Keady continued his earnest investiga. tion into the cause and cfiect of the conflagration yes» terday at bis office, his chief purpose now being to dis- cover how the aniortunate people im the gpliery, whose remains have been found in the ruins, came te their death—whether through insuilicient modos of egress or from a panic caused by their own lack of tranquillity in their efforts to liberate thomseives from ‘the fearfal element by which so many perished. From ‘tho testimony given by some of the aitachdés of the theatre, some of those who were present as auditore on the eventful night, and the architect of the building, 1t would appear that one of the borders, an inflammable pices of scenery pendant from the top of the stage, caught fro from a contiguous light and thos set the mischief afloat; that there was no fre extinguishing apparatus at hand; that there were n® extra fire escapes by which the occupants of the galleries could have reacbed tho sidewalk, and thats great many lives were jost through « barrier of beings which was formed at the foot of the second flight of stairs from the parquet. This was the result of the falling of a lady whose foot became entangled betweem, two banisters, Over prostrate form the excite® crowd, which rushed down the stairs atter her, fell im @ pile irom whieh only a fow could be extricated before thay were smothered. The following is the evidence 4 BRAVE POLICRMAN’S BPPICIENCY. G, A Wessman, av olfliver attached to the mounte® squad, Tenth precinct, testided as followss—l was um