The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-28

Suspended - six OF the Drowned
werc From seattle Twenty Bodies
Thought to be stiil In victoria Arm.
Victoria. May Especial. iai.--rifty-thrre
bodies have been recovered from the Point
Eiisce bridge wreck and there are known
TO be three more beneath the mass Of
tinshers and iron work. Beside these IL
Is not known Just how many more there
are submerged. hut II Is believed there
are close TO twenty. Four bodies were
recovered this evening. those Of George
Farr Harry Talbot. conductor OF the car.
Robert :. Holmes. bookkeeper for tha
Sayward mill and son of a prominent Ta-
coma family. and i.siy sherrest The conn.,
plese and revised death roll follows:
Tho Dead.
MRS J. A. TROUT, OF Seattle.
MISS SOPHIE SMITH. OF Victoria.
JAMES THOMAS PATTERSON. Of VIC
tor.a.
MRS. FREDERICK ADAMS and son
FREDERICK, OF Victoria
MRS. WILLIAM HEATHERBELr. Of
Victoria.
MRS. @. II. wooDHoCsE. Of Seattle.
MRS. u. l.. BALLARD. Of Frovidence
r. /.
IA VAN BoKKELEN. OF Port Town.
send.
GABRIEL NARoTTA. Of Seattle
GIUSEPPE MAURo. OF Seattle.
MRS. THOMAS PHysIcK. Of vaneou-
yer. B. c.
MISS HARRIET c. NATHAN. of VIC
torta-
Mr.. and MRS. SIMON PEARSON. Of
Victoria
FRANK JAMES, Of Victoria
b. w. MURRAY. OF Seattle.
MRS. ALEXANDER l. PROVOST. Of
Seattle.
MRS. EDWARD HoosEN and son
CLARENCE. of Victoria
JAMES WILSON. OF Victoria
EMMA OLSON. of Victoria
MISS ANNIE kEAST, of Victoria.
MISS FLORA JACKSON. OF Victoria
J. B. GORDON. OF Vancouver. Il. c.
| Mr. and MRS. T.. b. CARMICHAEL. Of
| Victoria.
GEORGE FARR, OF Victoria
HARRY TALBOT. of Victoria.
| V. l.. BOSSi. OF Victoria.
JAMES III. TYACK. OF Victoria
| ARCHIE BfGGAR, OF Victoria.
MISS JULIA BIGGAR. OF Victoria
W. ARTHUR FULLERTON. OF vlo-
| toria.
MRS. @. I. POST and SON. Of Victoria.
MISS MINNIE RoBERTsoN. Of vic-
| toria.
The two MISSES BowNEss. Of vie-
| toria.
MISS IDA F. GooDAcRE. OF Tacoma.
| ROBERT 8. HOLMES. OF Victoria
| VALENTINE DIDfo. of Seattle.
MRS. THEODORE ELFORD and daush-
| ter GRACE. OF shawnigan Lake.
MR.. and MRS. J. r. LEyERIDGE. OF
| Victoria
| MISS NELLIE PRIEsTLy. daughter Of
| Mrs. Leyeridge.
| wILFRED CRULL Of Victoria
| MRS. c. Z. SHEPPARD and her two
| children. ERNEST. aged "a. and EVE
LYN. aged 4. OF Victoria.
BEATRICE SLATER. OF Victoria.
LILY sHERRErT. Of Victoria
The Missing.
| The missing are:
| SARAH SHE,RRETT. of Victoria
| ALICE SMITH. OF Victoria.
ETHEL BOwNESS. OF Victoria
| The Coroner's Inquest.
| The coroner's jury sat today and took
1 testimony merely 20 Identify the dead.
/ Even this Is "a long task. and will not be
| completed until tomorrow. The jury will
then adjourn. ard when the later victims
! are recovered II will sit again and go into
| the causes and place the responsibility for
| the tragedy.
| The City VIII BE Sued.
| The bridge was under city control. ana
4 ar,gsn IA han Will
| probably be brought against the civic cor
! poration. As a result OF the disaster all
| the bridges in the city were today closed
| by the municipal authorities Until thor
! oughiy inspected. The provincial govern
| ment had the deputy attorney general
| present at the inquest today. and has s,s-
| nifed sis intention 20 take the ipvestiga-
| ton out Of the city's hands and 10 insist
| upon a vigorous endeavor 90 fix the respon-
| sfhil.ty.
| Today the bodies were removed from the
| City market. where they had lain in row
last night. and were placed in Undertaking
| establishments by friends or relatives.
| Those from outside cites are being re-
| moved. More than three-puarfers OF the
! dead were residents OF Victoria. and a
| large proportion OF the remainder from
! Seattle.
Victoria Plunged In Mourning.
To say that the city is plunged In MOURN
ing but family Expresses the existing co2-
| dition OF affairs. Never has such calan,-
! ity befallen British Columbia, and the dts
| sster IL one 40 far-reschsnE IN its effects
that IT Is appalling.
/ United States Consul Roberts has Of
fered relief 20 all Americans placed in
| need OF assistance by means Of the trsg-
edy. but has had no applications. Teie-
! grams Of condolences have been received
| hys Mayor Beaxen from surrounding cit
les. From J. +. Ward. OF Spokane. came
the following 20 Col. Baker. the proxin-
eial secretary: Myself and many friends
OF Victoria regret to learn OF the shock
ing accident reported and tender sincere
| sympathy. and trust the report was ex-
| sggersted-" This reply was sent: Thanks
for kind sympathy. Regret that about
| sixty we're drowned"
The Burial OF the Victims.
TIE cemetery COMMITTEES OF the city
, council has been authorized 10 assume
| the management and expense Of the dis
| posaI Of the bodies unless the friends de-
sire otherwise. II was first proposed that
| a public funeral be held. but, owing 20
the desire of friends OF the dead 20 have
the funerals at their oxn churches II was
decided that public funeral was not
practicable. The mayor has been empow-
cred 90 provide for any children who by
the accident were deprived Of their pa
rents and need assistance.
an the schools In the city have been
closed. and business In practically at a
stsndstiii
the wreck has been practically cleared
away from the surface of the water.
scores Of men being at work there today.
The broken and dismantie1 car has been
hauled out on the hank. but far down
underneath. In a fanxIe OF bridge iron
and twisted vrecksse. more bodies are