New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
Charles H. Burger. Samuel w. Croxton Theodore
0ber. G: II. Talcott Judge w. A. Vincent and
w. NJ. Need.
THE HOBOKEN PIER FIRE.
WORK OF DRAGGING FOR BODIES GOES ON
TWENTY FOUR MORE BURIED.

| -TWENTY-FOUR MORE BURIED.
The work of dragging the river for bodies of
| victims of the big pier fire continues at Hoboken.
| Four bodies brought in yesterday morning OF
which only has been identified. 1t is that of
| John Behr longshOreman. who lived at No. 22O
| Grand-st., Hoboken
| Twenty-four bodies were buried yesterday,
| among them several unknown. They were all car
ried TO Flower Hill Cemetery, and the funeral re-
ceived no public attention and conducted with
| out ceremonies of any kind.
President Helfer of the Hoboken Board of Health
| has decided that the bodies which may be here
| after taken from the river be buried within
twenty-four hours unless they are identified in the
| mean time by relatives friends.
Health Inspector Graneli and his assistant
! Samuel Stanton. yesterday disinfected Coroner
! Hoffmans morgue and the Valencia Boat Club
! house. The assistant inspector was overcome by
the strong odor OF the disnectan and taken to his
home. He is not seriously ILL.,
The Merritt-Chapman company. in charge Of the
work on the steamships Main and Bremen has in
creased Its forces. and has 125 employed
removing the wreckase and cargoes. Seventy have
been assigned to the Bremen and ffty-hve TO the
Main.
The Observer relief fund at yesterday
amounted TO s.. .202 25 The left with City Clerk
Haggerty has reached $905. and the subscription
list Of William F La Pointe. to be distributed by
the United Charities Association amounts to s2s
The LonCshoremens United Protective Associa-
tion. Branch No S. of Hoboken. five Of whose
members lost their lives in the great fire Will give
Of the Death benefit fund of the association SO
to each of the dead mems families sympathy for
them and the steamship company was expressed in
resolutions.
No bodies have been recovered on the Saale since
last Tuesday. Divers viii search the second cabin
aft to-day. with the expectation of finding the
bodies of men who went there at the time OF the
fire to get their belongings.
Gustav II. Scnwab in speaking Of the precautions
I,;- ary,1or lOVd tool q
prevent such a fire as visited its property in Ho-
boken. made the following statement:
We always have stationary engine on the dock
with steam up ready to turn streams OF water upon
any fire that shall break out. We are just as well
off the Brooklyn Navy Yard VIII pe "hen ther
plant has been installed
Emil L. Roas, general agent of the Hamburg
American Line. said
We have all been studying this fire to see What
lessons there are IN IL Ior US ut, ~ s'i dn nov now
We always have a stationary engine fired UP IN the
water We have our men drilled and tugboats
lying alongside cur ships all the time. We nade
Company. TO make our docks their headquarters;
have stopped the fire Of the North German Lloyd
Company. 1t came up so suddenly from the cot
which was blowing that the men could not even
get deck 10 save themselves. not 10 speak o:
ir5n sheds That Of the North German Lloyd Com
pany which contained this material was so bent
up that II turned out sorrer slght than thoSe
which built OF wood
Captain George = Norton, Editor of The Mari
time Journal thinks there will be no complaints
legally made against tugboat captains because OF
cruelty. L don't believe" he said ANY one would
dare to do anything of the kind. The fact is that
il isn't in the nature of seafaring men TO 90 What
these rqmors say was done duFing @ @ the nrg tu
that dvnamite be used to-day to aid in causing the
bodies still I'm the river to float.