The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-26
ANOTHER BODY IDENTIFIED.
It Was Andrew Webster Who
Was Washed Ashore on
Highlands Beach.
THE MISSING LIST INCREASING
Four Bodies Recovered and Over
Thirty Passengers Still Un-
accounted For.

Bent on It's errand Of mercy to the llv-
Ing as well as to the dead, THE Even
ing Worlds" tug Assistance started out
again this morning TO recover the bodies
of the unfortunate victims OF the Her.
ring Fishing Clubs excursion of Sunday
last.
According to the verified list there are
at present over thirty human beings miss
ing. all presumably having found a
watcry grave after the Inflated Nicol
overturned in the squall The families
Of the missing men and boys are heart
broken Scarcely ar hour passes but
many of them besiege the Offices of THE
Evening World' asking for news OF their
relatives. Hope that they could by any
possibility have escaped death has been
abandoned. All thee want now--and it
is the utmost they eXpect-is to have the
bodies taken from the water and given a
last resting place in the cemetery.
The same people have thronged the
water fronts in the vain hope that in
coming tugs and vessels of any kind
would bring some tidinss. The Offices of
the owners OF the tug Nicol have also
been crowded. They have begged, i'm
plored. threatened almost, In order that
a proper search should be made for the
victims. but until The Evening World"
undertook the task n Ut hand was lifted.
not an ounce Of steam was wasted in
the search.
Want 10 Bury Their Dead.
I'VE want to bury our dead" is the
cry which goes up increasingly. but the
owners of the Nicol and those who are
held, in some part, at least. responsible
by the families of the victims. have de-
clared that nothing could be done.
Walt until the sea gives up its dead"
has been the answer. which has added
to the misery and grief of the heart
broken relatives. To wait for weeks,
months. and perhaps years, at least to
wait until the task of identIticatio
would he made impossible by the action
of the waves.
Bodies have remained as long as a
year in the water. and then. when
found, even the clothing. which might
possibly lead to their Identification, had
disappeared.
In the disastrous storms OF last Sum-
down with all their crews Oh board,
some of the bodies were not recovered
until weeks after. Many Of them have
not been recovered up to the present
time Yet the families Of the thirty ard
more human beings have been asked 20
wait, when tugs and divers should
nave been sent to the scene within "A few
hours after the disaster.
Fishermen ami HE guarisrcp who live
along the Jersey cast CoWhat the idea
that the bodies must ere TINS have been
washed away from the place w1erc they
can Lave any such action for many Gays
TO come; that In fact, the bodies viii
remain just whore they had fallen, or
within a radius Of few hundred feet
Then they VIII float after they have
got beyond the stage of Identification, To-
bo hulfete4 about by, every wind ana
harLor. BY that time 1t viii have been
too late.
All these questions and many more
were addressed to the scafarers Who
ought 10 be In a position 10 know, by
The Evening World" Whether their
statements are true or false remain to
he seen. II was considered. however.
insS OF even ,one family shall have been
eased The Evening World" viii con-
slider its outlay well expended,
The. Assistance started out Yesterday
d
crowded with the relatives Of the vic
tins, and many prayers were Offered
that the result would ne successful. NJ
craft ever started from pier a followed
By so many blessings, 50 many hopes,
The Evening worlds Tug and C"rgs
The Assistance Is one OF the nrotr4t
and most capable of the tugs which ply
about the waters OF. New York Ray
and her owner, the Mutual Sea and
HarboT Towing Company, Il one OF th'
most reliable concerns. She carr 4 %
crew Of nine men, under capt LAIR,
De NOyeilcs, who knows every inch o.
water in this vicinity, The crew seemed
impressed with the importance OF th"ir
mission, and every man on board was
willing to strain every nerve on tho
task. small army Of reporters was
The hrst stop made by the tug was al
Tompknsville, where the chief diver,
John Rice, OF 22l Forty-eichth street
South Brooklyn, was taken on board.
Everything necessary for dragging vuT-
poses had nrst been put on board the
tug, as we'll Is IN, Divers appliances
From Tompkinsville the tug made its
way down the NarVows TO Sandy Hook
and the IAghtship. and there the search
be gan. Along each side OF the tug ran
1.-THE Evening Worlds s. streamer. and
outgoing vessels, understanding the
tugs mission, footed IN acknowleag-
ment. The men on the tug, however,
cared little for this. Theirs was q
stern duty. and line after line twas
thrown out with the necessary drag at
ltoninued on siaiA Iaa.)