New-York tribune., 1880-06-30

all conditions, most of whom were evidently dra
thither from mere morbid curiosity.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITALS.
Arrived at Wards Island, where dozens of M
were at work making hay on the broad lawns. t
reporter irst visited the State Emigration Refu
ana Hospital but Mr.. Kane, the superinten
ent, said that none of the victims of the disast
had been at that institution. From the
the reporter went to the homeopathic Hospital q
the eastern side of the island, where DR.. A.
williamson the chief of the medical staff, reporte
three bodies as having been brought to the Ward
l Island Morgue in the forenoon, and thence afte
ward taken to the .Morgue in New. York. OF thes,
one was Identified as the body of man name
| theodore Gruther,, grocer, of No. 252 Rlvinetou
| &C.; another, the body of O colored man. was no
pSSsitivey POS Identified though it was supposed to
o'; Tss thsd LITTER tSs aSdr'sssS Sc
und I Soy Lsss LEsfs ht1f'0sy hs Ssys dressed IL
identified by John Vandewater. Of Glen Cove. L. /.
as the body OF his son, Clarence Vandewater, foul
been on the .Seawanahaka.. and Mr.. vandewate1
Jumped from the boat with the child in his arms
cIn,s Mnis IN the water man who was almost droTae
Mrs. Xandewater was in the river near him and was
almost exhausted when boat came along. Mr..
VduucWater called Tor assistance Tor wife. aud
the boatman coolly asked what Ee would give to
have her taken ashore. and then suggested that he
would rescue her for $40. Mr.. Vandew ater crled
A linen cuff was picked out of the water, marked
WIN the uame q. Dunspaugh. It bore the trade-
marx mari OF A. T. Stewart & CO.; and Ia 1t was an OBJ
long ivory and tortoise-shell button.
INSTANCES OF INHUMANrTY
In recountIpg the incidents of the disaster, Dr.
Clinton L. Bragg, Of the HON m@opathic Hospital,
said:
AS soon as we saw the burning steamer. we
knew that services would be needed,
and every preparation was made at once.
l. never saw fire that burned 30
nerceiy or consumed 80 rapidly as did this one. We
hrst saw the smoke as the steamer was at the foot
OF the island. and the flames burst forth almost inn
nediately. AS the boat passed the hospital saw q
na arop from the stern into the water and before
Tng s.ng great many people began dropping off. At
nIst tne steamer seemed to be heading toward the
northern end OF Wards Island but she yeered OF
anu anu snot IKE Hash to Sunken Meadow, where she
-. In i've minutes people from New-York and Lopo
is,qnd commenced pouring in about the wreck, and
plunder from both the living and the dead I
One or the physicians had bis stethOscope and |
case OF instruments stolen, another took off his |
shoes to help drag people from tho water and when
ne turned TO look Tor them they were gone never
witnessed such scenes Of brutal inhumanty before
hen NE VINO mad boats refused to take drowning peo-
Tel von If was yss wepe pay for doing
The doctor said that the whole medical staff of
ne hospital had stayed up all night working to
esuscitate some and trying to alleviate the suffer-
ngs OF Others. All Of the nurses were on duty in
he ward In which the injured or Frustrated were
aiken. VIVA" |
HOW THE PATIENTS ACTED.
Just as the burning steamer was passing our
'land," said DR.. Bags, about 125 lunatics from
10 City Asylum, who had been enjoy.
q themselves ont on the lawn, ran
'wn to the shore. shouting and. screaming
tho most frantic manner with the attendants
ter them. They did not seem to comprehend ex-
tly what was going on. but were greatly excited.
d 1t was some time before the attendants sue.
eded in driving them back and into the ASYLUM.
ough they finally succeeded In doing So They
re not ut all violent and after they understood |
at they had to 90 back they went in quietly
ough.
A hundred and fifty of the women patients Of
, Homeopathic Hospital, who were suffering from
nentia, were out of doors at the same time bnt
y sat quietly on the grass ard did not seem to Ia
re much about the disaster, regarding the burn =
{ steamer much as they would look at an ordi- s
~ curiosity" | 4
Il the City Asylum one Of the physicians In b
,rge said that number Of inquiries for missing Y
,ple had been made there during the day. d
he only remembered the name Of ono
ne ne to inGure for his bis w!fs. o''e4' ¬hsr as@ t
me physicians SalQ JnaC ne naQ nrSt seen the | RI
rning boat from his window in one of the towers W
en- he hastened down stairs, spread the alarm, d.
1 superintendent the getting ready of lime water,
seed OIL and bandages for those who might
Ter from burns, and batteries TO
ist in the resuscItation Of the drowned, ID
Men FROM oil the hospitals hurried over 20 the f
mGOpsthic Hospital, 10 assist In ATTENDING to ~
victims: |, with number of others, went over
the Sunken Meadow in a sail-boat. When we Il
t there We saw some horrible sights, bodies ri
rncd almost beyond recognition as human =,
dies. We worked first to resuscitate O DIR. | ~
BevOise, bnt lie was too far gone ! ca
, could not save him. Then We did succeed In M
nging a number of workingmen through and be
ne others whose names could not learn After ..
came back q woman named Mary Reed wRs W '"
ought In with the cords of her life.pre- bu
yer about her neck. We worked long time or
resuscitate her. using two Of the batteries but co
vas of no use. She had strangied by the cords. he
ung man named Hubbell swan to this shore, and W.
no here 70 ask il anything had been seen OF IN
snd Of his named Green. who was missing. nc
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WHAT THE SPECTATORS SAW. W
TRICK DoLAN's EFFORTS TO SAVE The PAssKN- or
GERs--THB WORK OF THE MEDICAL MEN oo
SCIENTIFIC ETFeRTs TO RESTORE LIFE. ra 1a'
atriok Dolsn q sturdy young fellow employed ha,
Captain Miller at the One-bundred-and-tenth- she