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vaitauaa an board ne hsf- sai terrible.
ta us hoid aad aii paria of ne ship were
flaad armt. legs and other portions q
he humaa fnme, thut ne lower hold
received some limbs through The hatch
uaya. Tho tug got od comparatively IN
hurt. bslng % much more below the
quay lIne than lll, The whole
q iu dssk : On land,
whsrs n. 80 been unloaded, a
hole had ben ur0Iuc from six 10 seven
feet deep. Ths Wh8I1 placo WAS streyn
With limbs, thredl Of dress, etc. ln4arge
rceking pools Of blood you might see
here an arm, there 4 calf, intestines, mu-
tilaied busts, etc. Amongst the most
horrible details Of this calamity Is the
fate Of the Elmer family who were see
ing of one Of their sons 10 California.
The father, mother, son and son-in-law
are dead, all four; the daughter-in-law
has had her ks5l and her child Its hand,
blown OF. The case which exploded
had been In the care Of theearrier Wester-
mann, Of Bremerhaven, and was accom-
panied on its way to the steamer BY a
Mr.. Tumforde, Of whom 1t is said all
trace has been lost. The cart has been
shattered into thousands Of splinters,
and the poor horse has had his four feet
blown of near the hoofs. The
authorship Of the terrible catastrophe Is
now traced to w. K. Thomas,a passenger
Of the Hossi. Thomas has acknowledged
that he was the owner Of the barrel which
exploded, and that he intended to take
this barrel on board the vessel for the
purpose Of sinking her. The motive Of
this diabolical Wiekedness appears to
have been the hope Of gaining large
sum by means Of exaggerated and icti-
tious assurances and the sum thus OBJ
tanned was to have been shared with
others. He Is perfectly conscious, and
answers all questions put to him. He Is
In the same room with many Of his VIC
tins. According to information at
present In the possession Of the police,
Thomas had prepared only one barrel
for the carrying out Of his horrid work,
although q report had spread in Bremen
haven that number Of machines had
been put on the kosel. This barrel was
made for Thomas BY the master-cooper
DclVcndahl II was made Of strong ma
torial, and was divided by means Of
strong partition In the middle, through
which there Is = hole. In the one di-
vision It Is assumed that be had placed
the igniting apparatus and the other was
filled with dynamite. He accompanied
tte-bRrrel when 1t was taken TO the de-
pot Of the North German Lloyd Com
pany and told the porters It should be
handled with care. It Is supposed that
his plan was 10 effect the ignition by
means Of = clock-work apparatus, which
In all probability was to have BEEN set
In motion when he arrived In Southamp-
ton, to which place only be had booked.
Il appears that he intended to sail with
the Inflated Deutsehland, but the ap-
parAtus for effecting the ignition was not
completed In time. The number Of the
victims is constantly being increased.
According TO the authentic information
the list Of dead and wounded amounts
to ITO persons.
The scene at the. hospital dead-house
was Of the most narrowing character.
The mutilated remains filed q large
basket which four strong men could
hardly carry: There were also a number
Of heads, which from time to time were
inspected By people looking for friends
or relatives. About thirty wounded per-
sons were In the hospital; many others
were in private houses. Nearly every
family in the little town has suffered
severity,