Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-03
Daily kennebec Journal.
SCORES OF BODIES
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ever be found. their bodies having been
reduced to ashes in the furnaces.
Divers" and wreckers. are. still hard
at work on the steamSfsi;.it.i is believed
that there are Yet many bodies 10. be
recovered from the Saafe and two large
Wrecking derricks are alongside re-
moving the bent and twisted pieces OF
heavy iron that covers the holds.
The injured in the Jersey City hospi-
tai are reported to be doing well This
morning, but several are not ont nj
danger.
AT police headquarters in Hoboken
up to 10 A. NJ, today. inquiries had
SHOWN that IA persons We're missing.
At st. Mary's hospital, Hoboken. this
forenoon. it was stated that all of the
- IRE patients in that institution were
doing well.
The North German Lloyd Steamship
co. notified Coroner Hoffman of Hobo
Ken To see that all the unidentified and
dead have respectable burial
at the expense OF the company. Accord
lnly. Coroner Hoffman is making ar
rangemcnts to have all the bodies in
the New York morgue taken to Uo-
boken. lie has not yet arranged the
details OF the burial Of the remains. In
many cases the victims bodies have
been burned ana charred in such a
horrible manner as to be beyond recog
milton. These will be buried first
Those that may he identified will be
kept a reasonable time with a hope
that the bodies will De claimed bv
friends
Many small boats filed with men
We're about the ruins of the burned
piers. today. searching for bodies,
The marine underwriters. the author
tiles of Hoboken and the steamship au-
thorititS are all making an inVestiga-
ton To discover the origin of the lire
The common report is that the bale Of
cotton which was first discovered in
Hames, was set on fire by spontaneous
combustion. although it is possible that
some one may have careleSSly thrown
a lighted cigarette or cigar among the
cotton. Smoking, however. was strict
ly prohibited among the workmen on
the pier.
The first libel suit in an action for
salvage against the steamship Kaiser
w
clerks office of the United States dis
trict court. this afternoon by the own
ers of the steam tug Margaret A. Len
nox. The papers We're endorsed NO
process until further notice. This in
dictates that there had been an agree
ment between those interested that the
process against the Wilhelm der
Crosse should not be issued at this
time.
At II o'clock today. there We're - Ho-
boken fire patients in Bellevue hospital.
Eleven had sufficiently recovered to be
discharged All the others had much
improved None of the - were in dam
ger.
AT II o'clock. the bodies of two men
We're found at the foot of Fourth street.
Hoboken, near the Thinsvalla Line pier
There was nothing on the bodies to
identify them.
Car Gahre, second engineer on the
Saale and Adolph Klein, steward on
that vessel. were added to the list OF
missing, today.
About noon. two bodies were FOUND
in the river near loat belonging ~
The Valencia Boat CLUB. one BODY ap-
ptared to be that of fireman or an
engineer and the other man, from MS
clothing. was thought to have been Il
Both bodies We're taken
in Tho Hobokcn morgue to await posi-
tive identification.
A hodv at the New York morgue
was identified today, as that OF Aug
ust Weller "a years of age. married
who lived in Bremen Haven, Germany.
ne was n boss machiniSt on the Saale.
Tho authorities at the New York
morsue believe that one of the bodies
there is that Of captain MiroW Oh 'iiS
Saale. The captains note DOCK WIS
found on the Saale'S deck near one VI
the bodies recovered.
A third body was recovered OH the
Valencia Boat Clubs float, at ABOUT
l Is this afternoon. 1t was mat Oh
fireman and was not identiiled. Inc
body of an unidentified woman was
found in the river and taken 10 thc
New York morgue
one Of the bodies in an Undertaken
in Hoboken was idehtl-
lied rs that Of Ludwig Myer. a stew
ard on the Saale.
Six NOR. bodies Were recovered OH
the Valencia Boat club float, about
!, o'clock. and another body was recoN-
cred at about the same time near l4th
street. HOboken.
Ar 4 o'clock. four more bodies We're
taken from the water off the burned
niers making the total up to that
-FOUR 81 bodies.
Two bodies Were recovered on the
Main. this afternoon, but We're not re-
MAYED The bodies were badly char-
red and beyond recognition.
II was also said. this evening, that
he Main will probably be total loss
The eight bodies discovered in the
s,ala today. were not removed. oW-
no 10 there being some difficulty 10
yat them away. Divers are at WORK.
'ovover and expect to shortly remove
he bodies.
If has been a scene OF activity an
Inv on and about the Main ana rhc
.,ron,en which lie beached in parallel
,ositiors within IS feet of each other
ia about 1000 feet from the Jersey
.bore onposite West And street. Inc
.,rapan has list of 80 degrees. ana
,.ora if not for the huge derricks sup |
,,rtinp her. she would have her port
,acts entirely submerged. To say the |
,.ssaI was Quilted from stem to stern |
Z. I;tar,Ilv true; only the frame re- |
,,,;ns The general opinion is, how
,.ar that the Bremen can be success
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