Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-02
IN HORROR
FORTY BODIES RECOVERED FROM
HoBoKEN DISASTER.
TWO HUNDRED OR MORE DEAD.
Loss Net Under Ten Million Dollars
InAunan Acts Of Tugmen-Re-
fused to Aid Drowning Men.

fused to Aid Drowning Men.
New E>rk, July 1.-The partially SUD-
merged hulks of the huge North German
I,hova steamers Saale, Bremen ana
Main. lie smoking in the upper bay ana
North River, apparently as thoroughly
wrecked as the Spanish cruisers liz
yentured out of Santiago haroor Two
wears AGO tomorrow. Like the spanish
ships these German merchant men
hold many dead men within their lroh
sides. A police patrol forbids near ap,
prcsach to the Sunken steamers onu
warns off the curious who mover ABOUT
in row boats. Eleven charred bodies no"
in the New York morgue We're taken ron
the deck Of the Saale and divers are eA-
pected to bring up scores of dead men
TODAY, The remains of the huge North
German Lloyd piers in Hoboken are still
burning and fiIemen are tnroWlnS wa
ter upon the embers, but nothing remains
ito be saved. Charred logs. sections OF
planking from half burned scows ana
lighters and other wreckage are dri1t-
ing about the upper and lower pays,
compelling steamers to pick their way
with caution to ave their screws ana
paddles.
It is not yet possible to state accur-
ately the number of dead, but the nrst
reports of the fire which represented the
steamers and the piers as containing
MANY visitors and prospective passen-
gers are not borne out by investigation
and il seems likely that nearly all OF
the victims of the disaster were en-
ployed in some capacity by the steam
ship company. However, the loss OF life
is appalling. Forty bodies have been
recovered, hundreds are missing. and no
estimate of the number of dead now
falls below two hundred. Of many of the
dead no trace will ever be found, their
bodies having been reduced to ashes in
the furnace. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that the rescued will report themselves
today. and tonight's list of the missing
will increase the list of the dead. Nearly
all the members Of the crews had their
homes in Germany and news Of the dis
aster will carry sorrow to many a fire,
side in the fatherland. No missing, ex-
cept those employed about the steam
ers, have been reported to the police or
to the
Most of the estimates of loss do not
fall below $40, 600, 900. 1t is assumed that
three steamers are almost q total loss
and that the company must pay a round
sum for salvage of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. Insurance men are rejoicing
over the fact hat the risks on the
steamers were placed abroad.
The lighters and other small crafts that
We're lost, were insured by their owners,
many Of whom also have policies cover-
ing the cargoes, the insurance being for
account of all parties at interest.
The outward bound merchandise still
on the piers at the time of the fire was
largely covered by floating policies in fire
companies. The goods IN the pier which
had arrived from the other side We're in
a large part protected by marine policies.
h cargces Of the burned North Ger
man Sff3 mprS were cnVarp6 Inv ms ripa
insurance.
The warehouse known as Campbell's
stores We're owned by the Hoboken Land
n Improvement mpan and were
fully insured in various fire insurance
companies. The merchandise in stor-
age is Of very diversified ownership n
nothing could be ascertaired as to which
company's insured it. The entire loss on
property covered by fire insurance is
about 81, $50, 600 and $500, 900 will equal the
loss on water borne and other merehan-
disc protected by marine insurance. The
North German Lloyd Steamship COM
panies for $500, 900 and it also had $500, 900
in common carriers liability for merchan-
disc on piers,
1t is expected that the owners and
crews of the tugs that pulled the Kaiser
Wilhelm away from the blazing piers
Will today file libels for more than a
million dollars against her Salvage
"ii SAoliiACo loo, upOl dill the OCner
steamers that were on fire. but what the
amount will be in the case of he Bre-
men the Main and the Saale is entirely
problematical since it depends upon the
success that attends the efforts of the
workers.
When a vessel is abandoned at sea and
a steamer lows her to harbor, If the risk
was great, the salvage allowed may be
as high as Is per cent of the value of the
property saved. Within Sandy Hook
this sort of salvage is not allowed, but
there is salvage for fire. The courts will
pass upon the claims, and as more than
sixty steamers were more or less con-
cerned in the salvage the litigation will
be interesting.
Along with the stories of heroic rescue
conn others of greed and disregard O
human life. John Lupth. a painter EN-.
ployed in decorating the first cabin o.
the Saale. was alarmed by the crv of fire
and rushed from the cabin to the decl
just in time to see a great sheet of fam,
sweep owe the forward part of the yes
sci and envelop Cantain Mirow, who wa
standing between the bridge and the for,
hatch giving orders to a panic-strickel
group of laborers to batter the hatche
down. The fire wrapped around him
n in an instant he vas crumpled int
a shapeless mass. falling where he stood
"At last" said Lupth. half a doze1
tugs blowing their whistles teamed to
ward the Kaiser Wilhelm which was lyin
on the opposite side of the dock. Sixt
men followed me in a leap to a lighte
and we began shouting for help to tn
tugs that We're coming up to help til
Kaiser Wilhelm. Those tugboat me
were too greedy for money to help III
One of them came up close and thre
out a new manila line. 1t fell short an
was hauled aboard again. Cast tha
line over I yelled. The fire from til
Main was then pouring over our head
and the heat was something awful. 'Giy
us a hand here another man shoute
after me. For Gods sake dom let l
die like a lot of rats
1.-THE caDtain of the tug maid no after