New-York tribune., 1900-07-01
TAKEN 10 JERSEY CITY.
TEN OF THE INJURED IN CHRIST HOS
PITAL-A CORPSE WASHED ASHORE.

LEN pf LIE INJURED TN ChR1Sl EOS-
PITALl-A CORPSE WASHED ASHORE.
The body Of one of the unfortunates who per-
ished in the flames was carried by the tide and
wash of the many craft into the ferrysllp OF
the Erie Railroad Company. at Jersey City. The
body was burned from the head to the waist.
The dead man coarse shoes and stockings.
The pockets of the overalls were empty. It is
presumed that the remains are those of long
shoreman whose raiment above the waist was
burned off, those Of fireman on an ill-fated
steamer. who working in a semi-nude con-
dition in the hot boiler room when the blaze be-
gan. The body removed to the Jersey City
Morgue
Five Of those imprisoned on the steamer
Bremen were rescued from drowning by a tug
and carried to the Morgan-st. dock Jersey City.
Ambulances were quickly summoned from the
City Hospital and they promptly trans
ferred to that institution and cared for. All
had been burned One of the patients is the
chief officer of the Bremen. Adolph Ohbene, and
another is Gustav Previsch, a steward. The
other three Elm Rudaht, of No. 211 North
Sixth-st., Brooklyn: Lena his wife, and Ida,
his sixteen-year-old daughter. Rudaht said that
they called to see one of the storekeepers.
I'VE had been aboard only a few minutes" he
went on. when the cry Of Fire was heard.
and Immediately there was hustle and
had the flames spread that a perfect wall of
fire shut off our escape When the Bremen
towed into midstream a lifeboat lowered,
and my wife, my daughter and 1 got in it. We
had all been scorched about the face and hands
by the flames. We had barely reached the boat
when the men became panicstricken and sew
eral jumped into the lifeboat simultaneously and
capsized it, An instant later the tug came up.
and the crew lifted us aboard
burned about the head, neck and hands. but are
not fatally hurt They could not recall the
name of the tug
Chief officer Ohlbene. who has only a meagre
knowledge of English, said that the flames
moved so rapidly that the Bremen could not be
save her, and when she was finally freed and
toWed into mdstream she enVelOped in
flames. He had been burned about the head
race and hands, and was about 10 jump over
board when the coura geous captain of steam
barge ran alongside. He jumped from the stern
of the Bremen to the barge. Previsch was with
him, ana also jumped. They struck the barge
together, hut, having miscalculated the dis
tnce, landed against the gunwale were stunned
and fell into the water. The tug steamed UP in
time TO save them They were revived on the
run 70 Jersey City. Previsch does not under
the two men. said that Ohbene and Previsch
were badly bruised and shaken up, in addition
to their burns, but both would recover.
rive or those rescued were transferred from
Hoboken to Christ Hospital, Jersey City. They
are all seriously burned and their recovery is
doubtful. The condition OF the five patients is
so serious that effort made TO interro-
ga te them. beyond ascertaining their names and
ages, and the boat TO which they belonged. They
are all burned about the upper part of the body,
and it is feared that they have inhaled the
flames. They are:
Carl Hartmann. twenty-three years old, of the
Main.
Dennis King, sixty-eght years old, of the
canal boat Thomas Nolan.
George Schultz, twenty-five years old, Of the
steamship Saae.
Ernest Venner thirty seven years old, of the
Saale
Christian Berghmann, thirty-eight years old.
of the Main