The New York herald., 1871-08-01
gan 20 nag one OF the boatmen. named Robert
Peach and his comrade, Thomas Keatng,

OF a pretty little girl about eight years OF age. The
corpse was dressed In white, and had long eardrops
Of a grcenish color, tipped with gold. The body
was recovered about eight o'clockand when brought
ashore WAS AZ once recognized by the distracted
father Mr. Nelson OF BROOKLYN. who had been pa
tiently watching from early morning. II was PHI,
] ful scene when The unfortunate saw his child.
In spite OF his efforts TO restrain his sorrow nature
would assert herself, and found relief in abundant
! tears.
THE SAD STORY
OF the bercayed man was enough To melt the hard
est heart. On Sunday morning Mr. Nelson had lch
his home, at $50 Second street. Brooklyn, accompa-
MED by his wife and three children, to visit New
YORK; ard on MS way home he went on board the
! WeslHeld, and II a moment after was blown into
| the water. For some time he was IN ignorance OF
the fate OF his family but relieved from anxiety
on account OF his wife whc like himself, had escaped
without receiving any serious personal injury.
! NO TRACES OF THE CHILDREN
could he found until evening, when the dead bodies
of two OF them were recovered. Ihe SHOCK was
fearful and the poor mother was conveyed home IN
an almost nsensble coudltion; there was no longer
any hope FOR the safety OF the remaining child ana
| The father could only expect the melancholy salts
| faction OF laying his
| THREE CHILDREN TO REST ~ ONE GRAVE
In spite OF this preparation for the worst, when
| the boamen brought the body ashore the poor man
could scarcely contain his grief, aud 1t was some
time before he able to collect himself sunc!enty
| to leave
TUE SCENE OF SORROW.
Intense excitement was manifested by the people
as the poor little war snatched from the cruel
water, was being conveyed awav, and the greatest
sympathy was expressed for the father, whose sad
story had been bruited among the assembled crowd.
Fully an hour elapsed before tho stir caused by the
nndirg of the little child had quite ceased, and men
| were busy in every direction discussing the catns
! trophe while
| WAITING FOR A NEW SENSATION
Still the sturdy boatmen continued to cast their
| drags and row about in the same silent quiet way
| as had marked them IN the morning, not paying
any heed to the curious crowd that thrOnged every
pile and dock but working on in dogged, resolute
| manner The warm sun had now dispelled the
morning vapors and The face Of the water looked
ike sea Of gold, while the crowd OF animated
eager faces, piled on the dock contrasting with the
various of the spectators lent an increased
| interest to the scene Patiently that huge mass OF
humanity waited and waited with Kind Of morbid
| curiosity TO see
| THE DEAD DIAwN UP FROM THE DEEP,
and so great seemed to be the fascination that the
| more they were disappointed the stronger became
the desire to look upon the faces OF those no had
| BEEN Time few by and 1t appeared as II no more
success would attend the lab0rs OF the scarchers,
but neither the spectators nor the boatmen seemed
ever 10 weary. The latter, with persistence above
all praise, dragged the river IN all directions. and,
watching their opportunity, daried IN ana out of
THE WAKE OF THE FERRYBoArs
in the hope OF graphing any oode. that might oe
were these efforts without great danger RS the ferry
boats dashed and ut oil the slips, showing scant
Al last the conslancy Of the men was rewarded,
| toward eleven O'Clock A.. NJ ny recovering the
! body OF u young man about twenty years OF age,
| ustt vuQ
boatman who had recovered II. Tie crowd had ln-
creased as tue morning advanced, and the scene OF
| excitement outside the barge oince was intense
| Wien the ll.It wagon
| passed out OF the gates. From all sides the people
rushed and pushed about LII rather excited man
ner in tllcr erorts to catch glimpse Of the corpse;
was Impossible Tor The people to satisfy their
curiosity, ana the wagon proceeded on Its way with
| Irs SAD burden.
The deceased nan was about i've feet SIX inches
in neght and was dressed in black coat aud pants.
blue. Thc excitement caused by the fnning OF this
unknown man was s'lll at Its height when the ru.
nor circulated that another man mad been nshed
M round near the mouth OF the Hamilton ana South
ferries AMI immediately cvcrybody's attention was
turned In tins direction. John Craig ana John
Reardon, TWO OF lhe boatmen, considering that
some Oi the bodies must have been carried away
from the whitehall slip by
| resolved 10 drag near the mouth OF thc iiamiiton
@ aud soon after ,r,r u bringing up 5@e oCy
ccnlF dressed IN black coat and light pants, white
vest and gaIter boots. He Was da,S compeAioned.
and dscolorcd from having been so long in the wa
| ter ana there was extensive cut under the chin.
his breast ana inc whole picture showed that nc had
| STRUGGLED HAED FOR LIFE.
! NJ ana AT once conveyed 10 the New street police
sia,ion. rue two boatmen having deposited their
burden on the wharf, returned again 10 search, and
al twenty minutes past eleven succeeded in bring
ing another body 10 the surface. lie appeared to be
about inlrty-fve years OF aye, was dark m CON-
picxion and wore reddish mustaclc. He was
dressed in back coat, pants and vest. From the
.aSing d fsn Iasp one taken nm there can be no
doubt that ihey were brothers, q, irst The impress.
| sion was created that
but on closer examination tue lat er appeared to be
some years oacr. Tue bodies were found near Tue
same suot aud both had received severe injuries III
| the head. There no clue TO their identity, and
up 10 late hour last night they had not been re-
| Scariy two hours elapsed before any more bodies
were recovered. Various theories were put forward
10 account for the dispersion OF the dead. scarcely
one being found in the slip where the accident oc-
Cured Among the many theories advanced the
one which deserves most attention WAS advanced by
an old sailor who said 1t was due to the removal OF
the ferryboat after the explosion, because 1t Is NEST
DREW THE BODIES OUT INTO THE RIVER
in track ana they were carried away by the tide,
which was moving is nea rs susa,nea Sy ,s
were found about Hamilton Jerry, -whlthcr they
were carried by the dow OF the TILE In view OF TINS
rangement with the steamboat company so that The
docks may be searched, and TO this END II wiz oe
| necessary for the company 10 run all their boats
into one slip while the other Is being searched. Yes
terday T. X. Lowe
THE SUBMARINE DIVER
| who recovered the bodies OF DR.. Simmons and the
strange engineer at the New Hamburg disaster, went
down for about three hours to search Tor the bodies
OF the victims Of sundays explosion. Tic IS OF the
opinion that the bodies nave been carried mp by tnt
tidal now, and are probably cntangied In the pile,
! Of the South aud HaiAdtOn ferries The only result
OF his descent yesterday was The hndlng Q. .asl!yer
headed cane, marked NJ sherwood, presented by
JACOB Levy, and some
BLoOD-sTAINED CLOTHES:
bu; Mr.. Lowe Is confident That if the steamboat com
panics VIII make proper arrangements he Will I've
able 10 recover mapy bodies tina, the grapplers will
| not be able TO reach.
The next body recovered was that Of woman,
about thirty-eght years OF age, with light hair,
| braided IN the German manner. She wore black
alpaca dress and had a plain gold ring on the third
fnger Of her iet hand and had gold earrings. She
was found al half-past one y. M. by George Gray,
one or the whitehall bo1tmcn. Her features were
nIle xl eIyOlinn llIsnQlnrpd In In,