The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-03

department arrived that they were utter
~ helpless 70 cope With the flames. They
gere further handicapped by having sew
eral hundred feet OF hose burned Calls
were made to the New York TIRE DEPART
men; for assistance. and are tugs were
sent over. These, however had but III
tie effect on the great mountain OF u9me
and smoke.
BY o'clock the three piers of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company na1
been burned to the ground. The southern
eLd Of the Campbell Storage Company
building, consisting Of five fise-stor5 strue-
lures. caught IRE, and flames shot frcla
every window from the two roOrs IN but
4 few minutes. The bul dings being hlieI /
rainly with jute aud whisky, burned rap
IDLY The firemeh were unable % go with
In nghiing distance, and the TIRE had pret-
" much It's own way there. In theSe
buildings great loss viii De sustained
New York. July 2-Sixty-seven bodies
OF victims OF the Hoboken fire have been
recovered. Each hour that passes Wit
nesses additional recoveries Of bodies,
scared. MANNED and burned beyond all
semblanee Of humanity. And the half
has not yet been told, as al the bodies !
brought TO the surface to-day were caUgh. !
on graphing hooks. About the 'irst Cf
next week people viii realize the appall- |
ing loss Of life as il will then be time
for the bodies that are nov lying az the |
bottom o. the river to come TO the sur /
face Of the water OF their own accord
The list Of missing is still placed at but I
few below the three hundred mark. and 1
when the bodies begin fioa ing to the 1
surface the grewsomeness OF The situa- /
ton viii be realized. The bodies recover !
cd up 10 o'clock include foTty-one, now 4
In ODonnelTs undertaking establishment |
at Hoboken; ten in Hofman's. Of the /
same city; twelve in the morgue at New /
York, and four on the decks Of the Saa!e.
when were recovered too late tonight to /
De brought TO either city. Of these thirty
seven nave been either positively or part
ly Identified, most OF them. so far as has
been discovered, being victims from the
steamship Saaie.
Twenty-one OF these identiications were
made by Second Officer Sanders, of the
Saale, who was helped in the task by fire
men. coal passers, machinists, and other
employees Of The vessels.
Revised List Of Dead,
The complete list of dead as identified
up 10 Il O'Clock tonight. follows.
BUSCH. officer Of the ssale.
MS COHDDkS. stewardsss OF the saaIs, home
BremerhaVen. -O'--0'
FRED ELTER, fireman. s.sI,
- GARRE. second nseh,nist n, ~. s,.,.
- GEORGE. steward. saale.
JACOB H0RLOOF. painter, Hobokep.
FRED JANZEN. maehinist SaaIe
J. KAUFMAN, lsrdernan, Ssale
OTTO KASTORDT, steward saaIe
hf-NHl hELLENBECK, steward sasle
HENRY 7. kARDEL Iongsh1reman. Hoboken.
- LoEFLER, barkeeper, SaaIs
- AIROWr captain. Saale.
- PETER, coal-passer Sale
LUDWIG MEYER. steward. saale.
HERMAN TIBNTKEN. thlrty-hye fireman sasIs
JOHN WEHLAN, chief engineer. saaIa
- WALLRABE first carpenter sa,ls
AUGUST WALLER, maehinlst, saale
Steward, name not learned
Steward. name not learned
Steward, name not known.
sailor, name not learned
Assistant maehlnist, name not learned.
trimmer, name not learned.
Sallor, name not learned.
Sailor. name not known.
sailor, name not learned,
Assistant carpenter, name not Jearna4
steward. name not learned
FlFsS butcher, name not learned
Steward name not learned q
Sailor name not learned
steward, name not learned 81
Pantry cook not learned
steward, name not learned
Musician, name not learned.
CLERK Of provisions department
Butcher, name not learned
IN. me Iast nineteen named were recoy-
izeu Dy members of the SaaIe's crew {
yhc either worked near them or kneo1 81 (
helr station. but could not give their {
anes, except In some instances the first {
ne only name they knew the victims by "
Those Unnccnunrrd FOR.
Ihose who viii undoubtedly swell the Z:
Isl or the dead are the two hundred and :.
oTty-ood men from the steam ships. in
ludlng officers, sub-ofiicers, seamen. oil
rs machinists, coal passcrs. ana trim /!
ners, the greater loss, Of course. being {.
mong the men who were below decks Z.
I'D could not get TO the open before the :
ames choked them back and the heavy !!
aIiing debris beat them down TO their Z.
eath. Or these the greater part are for g
lSEerS, and the lists Of their names are | q.
einS checked off by the steamship com =
any officers as soon as any identifca-
Ion can be made. Then, too, there are "
ONE thlrty-hve people who were on 81
anal boats, lighters, and about the docks v.
! various capacities. pi
The burned North German Lloyd piers. si
u -
III into the river like long. ch4rred arms
some great body. which stuI steamed is
nd smoked in its last hours of life. Ris- te
x above the whole mass is still a heavy 81
loud of smoke that tells Of much fir. =,
nd heat remaining in the ruins OF tne ri
Irge storehouse at the north end of the 81
rins. N
Destruction Of Property. ll
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estruction of the ships. docks. ware
ouses, and smaller river craft viii an
be covered by the estimate ! =,
ade by the Associated Press last nigh. -
,l29O0O. The North German LIovd Line >,
ed to its estimate that its loss would be :.
nder s. G00,O0. Mr.. Campbell holds to his -
atement made last night thar the losses b.
his warehouses would rcacn s5a O50 for -
e buildings themselves and 81, ,zJ0.OO0 for -,
ic contents.
The North German Lloyd Line to-day -
cured temporary headquarters IN the ~
building on River street. y
oboken. They are going to use what III
'cks can be given them by the PennsyI- be
mia Company until they can secure II
rger docking facilities TO accommodate
en- pending a rebuilding of the destroy
piers.
To-day they sent down 10 the piers anu Ci
rnished money 10 any Of their seamen
other employees who were found Four
en- thousand dollars was distributed TO of,
EN-, and clothing and food we're pro- an
1ed. of
Coroner Hoffman. OF Hoboken. has been ol
rected by the North German Ll0yd | y
eamsnlp Company 10 see that all the IN
identified and unclaimed dead have a an
spectacle burial at the expense OF the | 81
aamsAlp company. In many cases the fiy
,iims' bodies had been burned and -
aired IN such a horrible manner as 10 l4'
beyond recognition. These remains 90
II De buried first The bodies that can | I