New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
work. had about thIrty-fve men with him, in
cluding two divers
BODIES HARD TO FIND.

work. had about thrty-fve men with him, In
cudng two divers.
BODIES HARD TO FIND.
The divers Walsh and Dwyer. encountered
the same difficulty In conducting the search
that they had on Sunday 1t was dangerous
work cropping along the submerged decks ana
down the hatchways of the sunken vessels
They found great masses Of wreckaSe, through
which they had TO pick their way with the
utmost caution After being some time fellow
they reported that in their opinion the re-
covery Of more bodies would be slow task, be-
cause OF the difficulty in reaching them The
wreckers thought that the imprisoned men,
when pursued by the flames. had finally taken
refuge in the coal bunkers as last resort, and
that their bodies would ultimately he found
there
The divers however continued their search.
and finally tug at the lifeline told those above
that a body had been found. The first body
recovered yesterday was taken from place at
or near the entrance to the engine room. In the
middle of the vessel. Only the trunk v as left.
and there was no possible means of identifca-
ton 1t was probably the body Of 1ne II the fire
men of the steamship.
The second body recovered was found down
in the hold a little forward IF mldships. II
was that of stout German with dark mus
tache. The body was not burned and he man
had probably been drowned. 1t was identified
by men of the wrecking that of a
painter who had lived in Hoboken, hut they did
not know his name.
The third body was found near the second II
was clothed. including shoes The face was so
! badly burned as to be unrecognizable. The body
was thought to be that of one Of the up
holsterers working the Saale.
The body of the fourth man was recovered
away aft in the mems quarters. 1t was that of
young man, and was burned black This body
was identified by means of marks on the cloth
ing as that of F. Proelle. This name was stamped
on a handkerchief wrapped around the wrist
The letters IF. P" were also marked the
undershirt. The arms were lifted above the
face as if to ward off the cruel flames. There
a small gold ring on finger of each hand,
1t was said later that another body had been
found. but the report could not be verified.
SAYS THE VESSEL WILL BE SAVED.
Captain Chapman, Of the wrecking company.
visited the wreck yesterday, and he said that
the Saae would be saved but that 1t would be
big job The holes in her would have to be
plugged up, and then after the water had been
pumped out she would have to be dug out Of
about ten feet of mud She would probably be
rebuilt as freighter. 1t Is thought that her
engines, barring the lighter work, all right,
but the iron and steel of the upper part of the
vessel is warped and twisted badly. The Mer-
ritt-C Chapman Wreckng Company expects three
more divers from Philadelphia to-day, and prob
ably an increased number of lighters and barges
will be pressed into service.
In connection with the search for bodies on
the Saae efforts are being made to remove the
cargo. With the assistance of the diver. William
H. Dwyer. about hundred barrels of machine
OIL and some copper bars were hauled up out of
the hold yesterday.
A delegation from the marine underwriters
boarded the Saale in the afternoon to look about
bit. They could little. however. they
| could not get below the main deck They were
| Edward T. Dalzell, F. Herman. Otto Heiger, W.
A. Kssam. DR.. Loeck. j. H. Maley and DR.. F.
| F. killer They stayed only a short time and
| declined to say anything for publication.
| The four bodies recovered from the Saaie in
| the day. making sixteen in all so far were laid
out on the deck with pieces of cloth thrown over
! them. They were still there at a late hour as