The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-28
Dificulty of Identification.

For instance in one case there were
fourteen collins containing two victims
who had been positively identified.
When Captain Sigsbee came to disinter
these collins, the numbers had become
undecipherable and it was manifestly
impossible TO determine which of the
two were those of bodies identified az
the time of burial in Havana
The department therefore was COM
PEELED to deny the requests except in
the case OF Apprentice Holzer. who
died in the hospital some time after the
disaster and whose grave was definite
ly located
Of the $50 bodies which are to be
buried at Arlington tomorrow sixty
three We're identified at the time of
their interment in Colon cemetery.
Ninety-seven of the bodies to be in
tered tomorrow were never identified.
In all, of the 260 victims of the disaster
two officers and 25S men, the body of
one officer, Lieutenant Jenkins. who
was buried at Allegheny, Pa, and the
bodies or portions of the bodies of 191
enty-three were identified. The body
of Assistant Engineer Merritt was not
recovered, or if recovered was unrec-
ognizable. twenty-five of the Maine
victims were buried at Key West
Their bodies are not among those to be
buried at Arlington
List of Identified Dead.
The list OF the identified among the
dead to be inferred at Arlington is as
follows: John H. Dierking, drummer;
James H. Graham, chief yeoman; Will
liam H. Tinsman, landsman; James H
Brown, sergeant marines; Eldon II.
Nero, chief machinist; Harry J. Keys.
ordinary seaman; Owen Sheridan. fire
man, second class; Patrick Gaffney,
fireman Identification very probable);
Joseph Seery, fireman: James II. Rob-
erts, marine identification very prob
able); Carl A. Smith, seaman; Andrew
w. Erickson, seaman; John j. McMan-
us, fireman; Charles Hassell, gunner's
mate, third class; William j. Fewer,
boatswain's mate; Gustav Holm, boat
SWANS mate; Charles F. w. Erierman,
gunnerS' mate; Frederick Jernee, coal
passer; Harry j. Ectson, seaman; Carl
jerks, gunner's mate (very probable):
Patrick Flynn, fireman (probable
Francis c. Phillips. apprentice; No
BILE T. Mudd (probable); Thomas ].
Jones. coal passer; F. J. McNiece. coal.
passer; James w. Louden, apprentice
(doubtfuD; Samuel Lees, ordinary sea-
man; n. j. Smith, apprentice doubt
fuD; Alfred Smith, coal passer; An
thony Conroy, coal passer (probable);
JoHn +. bdrry, apprentice, CnarleS
Curran, coxswain; Joseph F. Gordon,
fireman (doubtfuD: Hughes Patrick,
fireman; Fritz Ball, bayman doubt
full; William Douray, ordinary sea-
man; Frank Sutton, fireman: Daniel
Price, fireman 0doubtfuD; Frederick
II. kniese (very probable); Henry
Gross. IN dsman; Charles F. Just, ap-
prentice; James Boyle, quartermaster;
George Johnson. coal passer (doubtfuD.
William ]. Horn, fireman (most prob
able); Joseph Scully. boiler maker; AL
bert B. Henneker, gunner's mate;
James NJ. League, chief yeoman
(probable); Sophus Nelson, coxswain
(probable); Thomas NJ. Cole, bayman
(probable): Charles A. Scott, coxswain's
mate (doubtfuD; John Matza, coal pas
ser (probable); Trubi Finch, appren-
tice; Thomas ]. Harry, coal passer:
Walter Sellers, apothecary; Alfred ].
Holland, coxswain; Frank B. Tigges.
coppersmith (probable); Robert Bur-
hardt. quartermaster (probable);
Frank Fisher. ordinary seaman: Mil
lard F. Harris, quartermaster; William
Lund. coxswain (probable); j. Bennett.
marine (probable): George w. Kloeber,
and J. w. johnson, ordi-
nary seaman.