Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-05
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pitfalls in this city, Jersey City and Ho-
hoken. Many of them were found to
be not seriously hurt, and were dis
charged to-day. Many others IT be-
lieved to be so seriously injured that
= they can not ecover.
work of Relief Promptly Begun.
While the fire was still burning the
work al reliefNwas begun. Men came
TIC the office of the North German Lloyd
line almost naked, and with their
clothing ruined by the salt water.
Men who had been treated by doctors,
who were not sufficiently injured to
be taken to hospitals, also gathered at
the ctRce. Every man was given money
and clothing and taken to a temporary
lodging house by agents of the COM
pany. The sailors lost absolutely ev-
erytling they possessed.
Women besieged the offices for in
formation in regard to relatives. There
were about seventy missing reported
at the North German Lloyd Office
alone. Fully so per cent. of the sailors
are Germans who have no home and no
relatives in this country. Most of
them lived in Germany.
Nineteen Men Taken from Bremen.
AT tour o'clock this morning 10 men.
machinists and firemen, were taken off
the steamship Bremen, after having
been held very close-hound, with
death staring them in the face for
nearly twelve hours. They were
brought ashore on tugs and taken care
Of in hotels near the company's charred
property. No loss of life was reported
from the Bremen with the exception of
il probability of deaths occurring
from h capsizing of the boat, already
mentioned. As "a persons were res
cued from the river by six boats
crews from the steamer Phoenicia, of
possible that there was not a soul lost
from the Bremen,
Three dead bodies were picked up
to-day near the Ha1rburg-American
line deck in Hoboken. One of them was
identified as that CT Lena S. Cordts, a
stewardess of the steamer Saale. The
ether two were bodies of males, one of
whom was identified as Henry Kordell,
of Hoboken. The other body is I'M
identified. 1t is presumed he was an
Uiler Or coal passer on some of the
ships.
From a very reliable source it was
learned that several officers of the
Saale had accounted for III passen-
gers out of a total of 252 who were or
board at the outbreak OF the fire.
Seeking Information.
There was a continuous stream of
callers at police headquarters IL Ho-
bcken all day seeking information of
missing friends and relatives. Some
of them were sent away with very lit
tie hope of meeting their missing mes
again, while others. evidently prompt
ed by curiosity, gave the police officials
! nc end of trouble.
Christian -Endeavorers.
1t is feared that some of the Chris
| tan Endeavcrers who were to have
| sailed for Boston Tuesday, for South
anipton, on the Saale may have lost
their lives. It was said yesterday that
some of these people had come to this
city to inspect the ship, which had
been chartered to take 500 of them to
England, and that they were ON board
of her when the flames broke out on
the pier.
Drowned to Roasting.
As many people, to avoid being roast
ed to death on the three steamships
and the docks, jumped overheard and
were drowned, searching parties kept
a close watch to-day along the shores
of the North river, in Brooklyn, and
Staten island. As the tide was on the
turn it is believed their bodies were
carried up stream, and, when they rise,
they will come to the surface above
Twenty-third street, unless they drift
ed into the central current and caught
the food tide running out into the
upper bay. Relatives of the missing
employed rowboats and men to patrol
in the vicinity of the disaster. Other
boatmen searched for the dead OH
speculation.
Agent Schwab's story.
Agent Schwab, of the North German
Lloyd Co., said this afternoon:
ION the deck of the Saale a body was
found to-day which is probably that of
Capt. Mirow. 1t was burned beyond
recognition, but Mr.. Bonner identified
d kllIle WHICH, was lOulisA w. lN 'Poty
as belonging to the captain. There
was also found by him a mass of melt
ed gold which is believed To be the re-
mains of a heavy gold chain which the
captain wore. Capt. Mirow was mar
ried, and resided on the other side.
1.-THE company is locking out for
the wounded and survivors, and we are
trying to muster those who are left in
Hoboken. We have men visiting the
hospitals ascertaining where people
are. An accurate list of the dead and
wounded is hard to get. Many of our
men jumped overheard and scattered.
Many are missing.
81 wish to deny the statement that
there was a large quantity of oil on
the pier near the cotton. There, was,
however, on one of the piers a quanti-
ty of lubricating oil; this oil had
passed a 3O0-fiash test"
Claims for Salvage.
On the question of salvage Mr..
Schwab said that he did not anticipate
any big salvage on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse.
"Of course there will be claims for
pulling the vessels cut which will have
to be settled. The salvage question is
settled by general average, between
the shipping, cargo and insurance in
t~erests, and according to the service
rendered, the time and the risk. The
Kaiser, at the time of the fire. did not
have steam up.
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