New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
THE sEAwANHAKA BURNED.
cenltans.l tren. az Eaillon q 90 Faee.
TlE DEAD.


TIE DEAD,
Following IL list of the persons who lost thsir
lives by the burning Of the SeawsDhaka, and whose
bodies had been recovered last night. 1t incinaes
only portion of the victims of the disaAter:
CoLToN. Mas. GEoRae w, of No. 1880 Pacihc-st,
BROOKLYN. She was taken from the water OF tne
marsh TOO far gone to revive dI And aea ,snd sooh
after Tie body was sent 20 Wayds AsiAnu'
Size was recognized by articles found upou her-
bank book gold watch and chain, etc., ooo
De BRvoIsR. D.. about forty years old, OF 40. 3ge
Paeifc-st.. Brooklyn. He was rescued IRON tue
water IN a drowning condition and died from
exheustion before reaching the shore. his Dress
and papers fund upon d him ai inaIca'ea 1arss %
stature, of commanding appearance, DARK con- ON
plexion and hair, and full brown beard His
name WINS learned from papers found IN MS
JoNFs, -, a mulatto female child. about seven
months old supposed to be the daughter OF MIS-
Charity Jones. OF No. 100 West Twenty-slxt th-st.
She net death by drowning, and the body W was
picked up floating near the burning steampoats
REED, MARY-A young woman, wen gresSea, ,o.ed snJ
ns%Ses noosea ST around her her neck. All efforts @
died soon after gaining the shore from the ef,
fccts of strangulation; Her name was @ iesrnSu s,l
by cards In her pocketbOok. and It was aIso en- en-
grayed on her gold watch. Her residence couiu
SKIDMoRE, ABRAM p, forty-two years OF age,
member Of the firm of H. A. ;sd Peck q oSsnboard U1i
II ,'y was believed that he was struck by piece
of board while jumping from the
burning SSrpue Hi. bSpdy tEs Es' stsaa
boat Minnehannock. Coroner Brady gave per.
mission to TX Congressman Thomas Il. stewart
to remove the body to tho Coleman HOUSE.
When the body was recovered 1t had oeep
wound over one OF the eyes. l,...lo
WATSON, EDWARD. OF Wmfeston,e, ~. n wlYoTR
---, a baby. which was Thought 70 De MAMIE aI1I
Beach, daughter of er-Judge Beach. OF iei, Glen
Cove She was i'm charge of young woman
who gave the child to an acquaintance. Inc
-%,~I, % "a male child, probably about eighteen
months old, was, discovered, floating near near
the wreck. still alive 1T. 1t was vas tSSSe n,sSe
for the shore but before the distance 9 "as ts ic %
juries. 1t was consigned 70 the Morgue az
Wards Island.
---, An unknown woman about twenty years
old with bro n TaatS 1r sSs sns fS %as dressed In
blue flannel dress, and appeared 70 pc .
servant Her face and the upper part OF ner nir
body were greatly disfgured. being burned III
most to a crisp. The remains await identihcs-
ton at the Wards Island MorRue. ,a
woman, about ,td thirty S0DIgnann gsaGs Oat az.
tendant upon the disaster: disaster a..,,,a1S and her
body was recovered shortly &teIWnIu'
She was large in STATURE OF TAR comPiseS1n, ss 'as
plainly dressed. Her remains were takSo 70 the Inc
ldentihcatOn-roOm OF the morRue on ""u
-. The remains of o woman and female
child ive years old were found and transferred
TO the Morgue on Wards Island. Both are
badly burned and charred. The woman ls
thought to have been about thirty-1ve years
old. and her dress of black silk betokens
respectable position in life. The child , was *Ss
picked mp by some bOatmen as 1T fell from tne
edge of the vessels deck INTO the water. is
body was badly charred. II was taken TO tue
Morgue at Wards Island.
-, the charred remains Of q man we're fou1e
in the wreck. The body was Durnt9
almost To cinder, every Vestge OF
clothing being eeonsnmed by the flames.
II is impossible to arrive at ms
age or nationality, and the body was placed
among other dstgured ones at the Wards
island Morgue. The man had false teeb, which
are the only means of identification.
white woman about fOrty-tve years
old was drowned III The wreck. She was dressed
IN black and wore LADIES' gold watch. The
officers 0f the Twelfth Precinct have her name,
hut not her address. A satchel believed to belong
10 her contained towel. nursing bottle and
hox which bore the trademark bf Danfeli q Co.
Broadway and Eighth-st. In il was also piece
Of leather, evidently part of pocket-oook.
bearing the name Of Webstfr. The initials
were oblterated.
-. Two bodies said to have been found In