The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-08
SEARCHING THE SEA FOR III DEAD.
The Hiawnthn Finds 81 Bodies, but Not
Those She Was Looking For.

The HiRwnthn Finds 81 Bodies, but Not
Those She WINS Looking For.
HALIFAX, Aug. For ten days the steamer
Hiawatha has been searching the Atlantic
for the bodies of Mrs. John + Dillon and
Mrs. Oliver Dillon OF New York and
Mrs. John Perry. her three daughters
and son OF Kansas City. who were lost
when La Bourgogne went TO the bottom. The
Hiawatha failed in her mission. though she
succeeded in finding thirty-one bodies. identi-
Tying some and buryinG them at sea. This was
done after the clothing was examined and the
Identifying marks removed.
The steamer brings back many melancho
relics OF this sea horror, including dozens
life belts taken from the floating bodies, pieces
OF wreckage and many written and printed
+ Z Tnro,o T2 the TIE oifr m MIN tear OF these Else DIT;
New York. who is manager OF the expedition
devoted much care.
papers taken from their clothing. These ,docu-
ments are In the possession of Mr.. Clay. These
RTndclIi.' Pedro j. sosa. Mariei GiiIiatt, Peter
Barrett and %Joannis Lados. The first three
names are on the saloon list OF the lost French
liner, The Others are not on the list. and must
nave been unregistered passengers or sailors
on La Bourgogne.
Pedro j. Sosa. who also lost his son, was an
engineer from Panama who had worked with
De LesSeps in the canal enterprise. He was
mission to decide what should be done to Sc
cure the completion Of the canal. Rundell was
eSS4mPPM nhns Hy Ms ~ WIZ: uo hod m,,r
cards in his pockets bearing his name. The
total plumber Of bodies found by the Hiawatha
ton OF those for whom the steamer went in
search.
On the steamers arrival here tonight Mr..
Had the French steamship company acted
promptly and despatched II steamer to search
for the bodies passed by the steamer Oillelds.
the remains of victims then found could have
been identified by their friends. 1t was not till
after the French cOmpanyIs refusal to send
such a steamer that the Hiawttha expedition
Il chartered the Hiawatha and sailed for the
place which Capt. henderson of the Cromarty-
shire said was the location of the disaster. A
physician. undertaker, and assistants, and "A
day after sailing we picked up piecesof wreck
"N1!Ato:30 A. NJ. Saturday. July 80. we We're on
the scene Of the disaster. and at IL O'clock were
in the latitude where the bodies were last re-
R9r1 reaove N%th thS T Sns, to }if ss 7 issRat, At nn 29;a alriS NJ l.
IN the, evening, We spoke the st,amSr
among a number of bodies. seventy-two miles
from whore We were. two Of which were weight
ed and sunk. We steamed In that direction and
at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning we found our
selves among u number of bodies. A boat was
sent out with DIR. Jacques 10 examine. The
DouleS, with one exception, were in Il fair state
The nrst body picked up was that of Eugene
fully dressed and was supported in the water
by a life buoy. Everything in the pockets
was removed. the body was weighted and
put back in the, water, In the after
which reported sighting bodies. we found the
body of a man. Part of the head was gone
and It could not be identified The The third body
a 1G-yeur-old hoy, whose body was taken
aboard in the hope that It might be that of the
son of Mr.. Parry. The lad had dark hair and two
teeth were gone and the physician was sure he
was not the boy of whom we were in search.
belt was tangled a womnn's cloak. We con
cludcd that he had made an effort TO save the
woman but that she had slipped out Of the
Peter Barrett of Philadelphia. bound to Ire
land on a Cooks excursion ticket. The sixth
body was that Of an lS-year-old boy"
Mr.. Clay then gave a detailed description Of
Of each body found. The thirty-flrst body was
found on Wednesday morning last. A number
OF the bodies were those Of women.