The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-18

a dressmaker, of 100 Kenilworth avenue.
Mrs. Palmer's father. Isaac Russell, and her
Ida Palmer, lives at jamestown, ~. j.
Augusta Sarinskis body was picked out
of the unidentified at the morgue by her
She was German girl. aged nineteen.
and the daughter of a German police
official. She had been in this country. only
few months. The list Of the killed and
missing is as follows:
Killed:
JAMES MLAUGHI.IN. baseball player. a
Trowbridge avenue
EDwARD HoFFMAN. conductor. 12i
East End avenue.
MISS BESSIE DAVIS, schoolteacher in
Sackett School. lived at 1o1 Moves street.
HARRY w. FOSTER, clerk for Root 4
Mcbride Company 81 Mentor avenue.
MRS. MINNIE c. BROWN, 10 Thurman
street
CURT LEPEHNE. 66 Jennings avenue.
MRS. A. w. HOFFMAN, thirty years old,
HARVEY HOFFMAN. seven years old.
M Mrs. MARTHA PALMER. 1s5 Kenilworth
MARIE MITCHEN. twenty-one years old.
AUGUSTA sARINsKI. 2o7 Central avenue:
GERTIE HOFFMAN, four and half
years old, 1908 Pearl street. =,
LOUIS F. HuLETz, mail carrier, SS
Brewer street.
Missing:
MISS MARTHA SAUERNHEIMER, 1s4
- LOoNEY, nine years old. s7ik Clifton
street.
b. c. PAGE, residence unknown.
MATTHEW CALLAHAN, Hamilton
street.
The divers at work on the wreck to-day
brought up a handful of hair from the
head of woman whose body was wedged
under the motor trucks. The body is be-
lieved to be that of Miss Martina Sauer-
heimer. of ia Merchant avenue, who was
enormously reported among the Est or
identified bodies last night Miss Sauer-
heimer went 10 market last evening with
her sister-in-law. Mrs. John Sauerheimer,
and they were returning home together on
the car that went into the river. The
body of Mrs Sauerheimer has been recoV-
cred, and there is no doubt that the corpse
of the young woman is at the bottom OF
the river Her friends and relatives have
walked up and down the dock under the
bridge all day, wringing their hands and
CRYING. The girls father became 40 desper-
ate that it was found necessary 10 take
him away TO prevent him from jumping
into the river and drowning himself
Augusta Sarinski, although employed as
a domestic. a young woman or renne-
ment and education. She was the daugh,
ter of a German military onicer ana naa a
came TO America TO see the country, ana
determined to pay her own way she
sought employment as a domestic mere, anu
had won the love and esteem OF her em-
ployers Mr.. and Mrs. A. Schwab, OF 3H
Central avenue. When she met death Miss
Sarinski was on her way TO the Soutn
Side to visit an uncle who is ILL.,
The people on the South Side where most
of the victims lived, suffered the greatest
shock. This morning the regular services
at Pilgrim Congregational Church. the lar
gest in that section Of the city, were aban-
doned and the sermon and remarks or
the pastor were devoted to the calamity.
In the afternoon largely attended meet
ing of citizens was held at the same cEurcn.
at which resolutions were adopted express
ing sympathy with the families OF the
victims anu calling on the City Council
to take immediate steps TO guard against
accidents on all the city bridges.
The coroner will begin his investigation
of the accident tomorrow.
The divers succeeded this evening IN fas-
tening a chain 10 the trucks of the motor
and they were raised from the river Inc
bed of the stream was then dragged, but no
more bodies were found Four persons are
still missing however. and 1t is probable
that their bodies have hoated down the
river. Among them are those OF Miss
Sauerheimer. who was thought 10 have
been wedged under the motor, and Matthew
Callahan. The search was given up TO-
night and all the wreckage removed from
the scene of the accident.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made Tor the
funerals of the victims, nearly all OF which
will occur Tuesday