The evening world., 1894-06-30
. FINO THE NICOL,
10 Wrecking Tugs Are Making
Another Attempt To-Day.
Unsuccessful tho Quest Will Be
! Continued Tomorrow.
s1eton's Dead. House Visited by
Relatives Of the Drowned.

,ther attempt Is being made to-day
stem to the tug James d. Nicol.
lies In about seven fathoms of
OF the Highlands of Navesink.
tugs Sammy. Capt. Thomas, and
I. Garrison, Capt. Seely, left at S
OK this morning with a wrecking
and appliances for the scene OF the
.er.
I. Reeves. of the Reeves Towing
any, stated this morning that II
% did not crown their efforts to-
he two boats would go down again
rrow and continue the work.
told In 1.-THE Evening World" the
.'-of the Nicol was located last
.esday morning by means OF Crap
irons, and a portion OF her deck
was dragged to the surface AMI
aboard 1.-THE Evening World" tug
itance, and later 1t was positively
.ified by Capt. Thomas and other
loyees Of the Reeves Towing Com
y as belonging to the i'll fated Nicoi.
n Thursday the Reeves Company
vtered the tug Assistance and her
mander, Larry de Noyelles, TO go
to the Highlands and locate the
d. An account OF their days doings
printed in THE Evening World
terday. They began dragging at 10
lock in The morning and Just before
% they caught hold of the Nicoi. put
ir drag slipped off. and though they
itinued the search until o'clock + NJ,
" did not again ind her.
he five tugs Of the Mutual rowing
Ia, Hnh fa1t
bodies when down the bay yesterday:
.ey report that nothing in the way OF
dies or wreckage was sighted. they
II continue their watchfulness until all
De 10 abandoned.
me Of the places most fre9u, .Hls ID by
{ gers IL the Morgue at Stapleton, s. l.
George r. Schaefer told The
seninE World" reporter that since
onday there has been a constant string
people eager to find something that
,tld dispel the suspense under which
fathers are looking for sons, wives
"a husbands and sweethearts their
TWO bodies lay there for Identification
sterday morning, and, OF course, each
swcomer felt compelled to make
rponal examination of the remains.
-composition had set in to such an
emit that II was found necessary 10
" the bodies, retaining only pieces
the various articles of clothing for
ans Of Identification.
he two bodies Inferred at the County
I'M at Richmond Four Corners yes
lay are described as follows:
ody OF a man feet tai ana we Geh
I'D Station, South Beach: wore cheap
iped cotton shirt. wide striped
,Isers. black diagonal vest. cheviot
rhjs body was declared to have been
the water at least three weeks and
ssibly q month, and was 80 badly
,omposed that Identification outside OF
gearing apparel was rendered I'm,
II. thin key, evidently designed to
Q paddock. was found In one OF the
yketa Between the thumb and index
FER Of the left hand heart was
nd tattooed. This would seem to
der Identification In this case very
be other body was picked up on the
Irantine station. 1t was that OF a
4 i've feet nine inches tall and about
,nty-five years old. 1t was clad in a
lte cotton shirt, no collar or necktie.
dershirt. mixed dark heavy trousers.
hyy tweed vest, brown socks and was
linus coat. This body, had, been in
water only four or FIVE days. but
Dhuly
,harles Kirchner, OF 1894 Second ave-
q. Chairman of the Committee OF
engagements of the Herring Fishing
ib. visited the Morgus at Stapleton
sterday in search IF two brothers
40 went down with the Nicol. His
est proved fruitless. To an Evening
orld" reporter he stated that to his
sitive knowledge there were So souls
GARD the Nicol when she foundered.
. statement OF those on board is as
lows:
cke8 tAkeu up. '''.'.....'..s'' oi
'nbsr paying cash. at 81 . heAd.............
smbers Of Herring Fishing Club. .............
,yH. belonging to families aboard. ............
'su OF rug. .''.'..................
70 friends Of Capt Hyde. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
lend OF engineer. ..........................
Mr.. Kirchner is not prepared to state
csitively that the above table Is the
omplete roster OF the Nicol, but gives
out A. the only official figures in his
lDsession. But this statement shows
1T the James D. Nicol carried almost
nee the number Of passengers allowed