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Show THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER. Th.y Now Number 8-ventr-Four Tli. Accident Cu.ari by the Heavy Preaaea. New Yokk, Aug. 21. The work of delving for tho dead in the ruins on Park place was continued throughout tiie ingot, iluiing which live oodiei were oi.ad, n.ti;bg a total of sevnniy-f.ior sevnniy-f.ior v'.ctiiiij of theawfi.1 ex eli sion. The body of Krnft II Shad.l'cK of Broi k!yn hns been found. An I'ulinn working in the ruins was seen to take something from the body of the victim. A silver watch was fouud upon him, which he admitted taking. The police took him to the station, and on the way he narrowly escaped lynching, lie was held for trial. At the morgue there is a constant stream of people looking for their relatives rela-tives or friends among the dead. A sickening odor from the burned bodies pervades the atmosphere. It is now thought the faulty construction of the building caused the accident. By noon two more bodies were found, So far only the edge of the ruins has been searched. It is firmly believed that at least fifty bodies are still under the debris, it is thought that by tomorrow noon all the bodies will have been recovered. Six more bodies were found in the ruins at ,'i o'lock, live of which were the bodies of women or girls and one that of a boy. Three were identified by friends. IMstrict, Attv. Nichols is considering the rjiiestion of indicting the person or persons responsible for the disaster. After a long consultation with his chief assistant, ex Judge Belford, he placed the case in the hands of District Attorney Attor-ney Towusend. Inspector Williams, who has been at the scene of the disaster almost from tho first moment, said in regard to the probable cause: "There was no explosion explo-sion in that building, because there was nothing to explode. The accident was the result ol the weak structure and the incessant vibration of the heavy presses." Many of tha witnesses who saw the crash ssiy" the building slowly bulged out in the middle until it had formed a noticeable curve from the roof to the ground, and then fell. Taylor's building was erected about twpnty-two years ago. It was five stories high and built of brick, with wooden supports. There were no partition par-tition walls. Facll floor was supported by fourteeri-inch beams, running from the wall facing the street to the tire wall, separating the Taylor building from the rear of the building on Barclay Bar-clay street. Stripped of the. flooring, the building was an immense shell, crisscrossed wilh wooden supports. sup-ports. The rear wall, which still stauds uninjured. is three bricks thick. What remains of tho, front wall is what is known as an eigh-teen-inch wall. The stairway was an open one, and the elevator was closed wilh a hand-trap. It was lighted by gas and kerosene. Altogether the premises arc undesirable, and in sev-erel sev-erel instances insurance was refused. It was considered by the insurance firm who furnished this description as an omnibus risk, not to be touched at a less rate than 5 or 6 per cent. On first class buildings the rate is from one-fifth one-fifth to one-half percent. The iron tire escape stretches from the roof on the Greenwich street side down to within about twelve feet of the rrround. It crosses the windows of A. W. Lindsay's establishment on the fourth and fifth lloors, and the windows of Liebbier & Maas' office and stock rooms on the second and third floors. Many escaped that way. When the alarm cairn, all made a rush for the windows, and it is not thought that any who were iu that section of the building build-ing have perished. t But little gallantry was shown by the frightened men and the girls had to battle for themselves. According to one of the firemen about fifty persons, a third of the number of women, were taken off the escapes. The girls, without with-out any regard to appearance, and with but one object escape in view, tumbled down the ladders iu all conditions condi-tions of dishabille. |