New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-01
THE ACCIDENT 10 The RITERDALE
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE-Fu
NERAL OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS.

A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE-FU-
NERAL OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS
Coroner Martin has, he says. determined to make
the Investigation into the causes OF the hiVerdais
disaster as searching possible ne hop w,ec nav
be raised by that time, but IL not ne VIII AZ
the INQUIRY until the vessel can be viewed ~ tne
iurv The list of witnesses will include, Desides tne
Officers and owners of the Riverdale, the Onlte9
States local steamboat. inspectors, the ponyeis "a
the firm who made the boiler tJr tue hVeruaie' anu
XIV nntoons are anchored by the wreck, which is
mo longer visible above water. The work OF raising
il goes on slowly IL being matter oil consileranio
difficulty to pass CHAINS, as proposed under ene gu
lows-frame. Two divers were az the wreck at SLACK
tile Yesterday. but dad not go down. as Caped,n
Humans was not ready for them. three al.smp ~ ?
how of the wreck the third attempt being success,
full II is expected that the divers VIII get 10 Work
this morning especially as the friends OF Charles
Sissop of Tarrytown, whose BODY mas not yet ocen
recovered insist that divers search for the pouy,
" Inch they believe to be imoedded In the suhAen
tImbers. 70 ID. ho
has been Entrusted with the task OF raising the YES
sell Captain Gastiin, ofthe Hsrbor Police. stau0neu
Roundsman Gurker and Officers Quigiey ana M
ahan board the pontoons 10 Keep on .no aet
dators The patrol which the river pirates estap-
IEhed on their own account was nucI
more effective than the police patrol anu
their booty y,sv was . cSnsasra Tin box
marked a. ID. c." and broke itopen The contents
seemed satisfactory, as tue hnders ihmeoiauoly
pulled madly for the Jersey shore, ana no amount
of shouting from the police was sufficlene 10 stop
them In compensation the police, Win tne IN, III
surapce Pa rol at their head, secured large h,k
OF Dutter and the old dinnergong Of the hiverdae'
The funeral of Thomas J. Saul, one of the victims
of the dlsas err took place at ST. Francis ds Saies
Roman Catholic Church, at Broadway ana Hull-s..,
brooklyn. large number oil persons
were present The pail1bearers were
j. Dungan. j. w. Kearns. J. A. McEyoy,
and Robert Peterson, of the Society of the Holy
Name. of the church. solemn requiem mass was
celebrated by the Rev. +. H. Porcir, assisted oy tue
Rev Messrs. William Smith and James Connony'
After the mass Fa her Porcie made Drief address,
in which he referred the five little orphan cnii1
dreu left by the deceased man. his wife havihg dleu
four months ago. The burial was In Holy Cross
Cemetery In Flatbush. - -
The body of the Rev. Howell Gardner was re-
moved from the New-York Hospital 10 his home IN
South Second-st, Brooklyn. The funeral VIII take
place on Sunday. fhe body of George a. peymes.
fireman of the Riverdale bids fair to hnd Us last
restin place in the PotteTs Field as 40 one mas yer
appeared at the Morgue To claim II. The fnnerai Oh
Thomas Gregg, of 500 Water-st, will take place
tomorrow. .
CHARLES SINNERS, of TaTytown, by, occupation a
peder of fruit, is supposed to have been passen-
ger on the Rverdale, and TO have been lOst, as no
has not been seen heard OF since the explosion
He had no relatives or intimate friends.