The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-06
THE HORRORS INCREASE
River front The Loss OF Life About
3OO-Sixty seven Bodies Found.

New York. July 2-Sixty-seven
bodies OF victims Of the Hohoken fire
have been recovered. Each hour that
asses witnesses additional recoveries
of bodies. scared. manned and burned
beyond all semblance OF humanity.
And the half has not yet been told. as
all the bodies brought to the surface
to-day were caught on graphing hooks
hooks. About the first OF next week
people will realize the appalling loss
OF life. as IL will then be time for the
bodies that are now lying at the bot
tom OF the river 20 come TO the sur
face OF their own accord. The list OF
missing is still placed at u few be-
low the 800 mark. and when the bodies
begin floating to the surface the grue-
someF,ess OF the situation will be real
ICED.
Thirty-seven have been either posi-
lively or partly identified. most OF them
so far as have been discovered. being
victims from the steamship Saale.
Those who will undoubtedly swell
the list OF the dead are the two hun
dred and forty-odd men from the
steamships. including officers, sub-ori-
GERS. seanen. oilers. machinists. coal
passers. and trimmers. the greater loss
OF course. being among the men who
were below decks n could not get to
the open before the flames choked
them back and the heavy falling debris
beat them down to their death. OF
these the greater part are foreigners.
and the lists OF their names are being
checked of by the steamship
officers as soon as an Identification can
be made. Then. too, there are some
twenty-five persons h were on canal
boats, lighters and about the docks
in various capacities.
The burned North German piers with
that OF the Thingvalla line. reached
out into the river like long. charred
arms Of some great body. which still
steamed and smoked in its last hours
OF life. Arising above the whole mass
is still 4 heavy cloud OF smoke that
tells OF much fire and heal remaining
in the ruins OF the large storehouse at
the north end OF the ruins.
The general agent OF the North Ger
man Lloyd. Gustav H. Schwab. was at
his temporary offices in Hoboken mos.
Of the day. trying TO straighten out
the situation. He could not form any
exact estimate of the losses as yet. but
the company was doing all IL could 10
get itself out OF the tangle. The COM
pany sent money dow to the docks
and paid IL out to the survivors. More
tina $14 900 in cash was dealt out TO
the men to-day n suits OF clothing
were given to every man who asked
for them. Food and shelter was also
provided for the company's men.
superintendent Miller OF the Bremen
piers, starting out late Saturday night
in gust of the dead. most unexpected
ly rescued 90 men. aboard the tug f.
A. Stevens he approached the Bremen
and found, to his amazement that
there were still men living aboard her.
He o from one of the coal ports the
fourth engineer and six Of the crew.
who had managed to survive the fire
in the lower part of the vessel. Then
he visited the Kaiser Wilhelm de
Crosse and. seeing the Main drifting
with the tide he followed in the Stew
ems 10 where the still burning liner
was beached. Profting by his expe-
rience in the Bremen, he scanned the
sides of the vessel closely and deserted
at n Of the coal ports. a man who
was calling for help. Going to the side
of the vessel. he rescued this man and
fourteen others, ali OF whom had been
in the bottom of the ship for nearly
eight hours, with the flames roaring
above them and working their way
ever nearer. The men were at their
last stand and woul soon have per-
iShed.