The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
DEAD OF THE HOBOKEN FIRE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO BODIES
ALREADY RECOYERED.
The Charges of Cruelty Against Tug
boat Cnptains-An Official Investisa-
fion Begun--Aflidavits Mnde-stnte-
ment by tho Third Officer of the

PhOcne ecin--Cnptutn OF tho Dnnuy hc-
| cuscd.
New York, July 3.--One hundred and
two bodies have been recovered from
the waters of the North river up to 10
O'Clock tonight, this being the list of
fatalities positively known The list IS
growing hour by hour, and tomorrow
morning when the tide is at it's lowest
| it is believed that great many more
| bodies will be recovered. The dead to-
night are distributed among the
morgues in Hoboken, Jersey City and
New York, and on the steamship Saale
there are three bodies which have not
yet been removed In O'Donnelps un-
dertakng establishment there are fif-
ty-five bodies, in Hoffman's tWenty-six,
in Jersey City two and in New York six.
The other ten of the sixteen which had
been taken to the morgue up to tonight
have been removed for burial,
Aside from the list Of bodies which
have positively or partly been identified
numbr of people We're seen to have
perished by friends or by fellow officers
on the ship. All day long the work Of
searching the ruins was kept up. The
officials of the North German Lloyd line
did everything they could to straighten
out matters and bring things into some
sort Of tangible shape. Their main eff
forts were directed to taking care of
the survivors and to securing an accu-
rate list from passengers. They look
ed after the transport to Germany of
the survivors who are in condition to
so, gave them clothing and fed them.
Thousands of people lined up along
River street in Hoboken to-day, watch
ing the recovery of the dead. Under
takers wagons stood in front of the
Valencia Boat club house and wooden
collins lay on the float In the water
ready to receive the dead as the bodies
were towed in. Far out in the stream
were numerous small. rowhoats drag
ging their graphing hooks behind them
as they searched for bodies among the
submerged debris. To the people on
the shore the rowboats appeared to be
but little specks far out beyond the line
of burned and blackened piles that once
supported the great docks Many per-
sons on the shore had marine field and
opera glasses and with these kept an
observation on the small boats. As each
boat would near the shore the efforts of
the oarsmen and the sluggish move
ment Of the little craft showed whether
or not there was a body in tow behind
Coming into palmer view the body
could be seen bobbing. often showing a
mangled face. The bodies were drawn
to the Valencia boat club float, lifted on
to it and from there carried to the
dead wagons.
Official action was to-day started on
the c harges Of cruelty against tugboat
captains, and also on the charges that
they refused to rescue persons unless
money was paid to them,
Fritz Heinrich Krause, the third Of
ficer of the steamship Phoenecia of the
Hamburg line to-day went
before Recorder Stanton In Hoboken
and made the following affidavit: II
am the third officer of the Hamburg
American liner Phoenecia. now at the
Hamburg American dock Hoboken on
Saturday, June 30, 1900, at about
o'clock, | left the Phoenecia and went
out to the end of dock No 3 | went |
to one of our lifeboat" whic was along
side the burning steamship saale of the
North German Lloyd line. saw tug
boat at the end of the er. I asked |
the captain to put me on .oard the life
boat spoken of. He said. Yes all /
right l can do It,
II went on the tugboat called Dandy |
and was going up to the pilot house and |
was showing the pilot where / wanted |
to go. We put away from the dock |
and had covered about half the dis
tance. The captain of the tugboat Dan
dy then said: Have you any money to
pay me?' l answered: It's no use for
me to carry money while on board the
ship. | have none ii my pocket.
only carry money when go ashore
"The captain Of the Dandy who was
in the pilot house at the wheel then
said: L have no time for you / have
other business to look after. must put
you back on shore.
'"Then he turned the boat ha ok and
took direction back to the pier head
again. / begged him to give me help
to save the men who were aboard the
steamer Saale. He refused and I land
ID. The tug Dandy later returned and
the captain requested me to again go on
BOARD the tugboat and he would take
ne over to the steamer
From the time he first took me until
lie returned and again offered to take
ne to the steamship about half an hour
1ad elapsed. l was indignant and re-
used to again go on board the Dandy"
This statement of Third Officer
<rause is coincided in by DR.. Rudolph
1rahn, the physician Of the Phoenecia:
llso by christopher Gerkens. the stew
Ird of the Phoenecia, and Oscar Heunt-
lchel, the steward Of the Saa!e
Henry Bockstadt, a longshoreman at ,
work. at the North German Lloyd piers,
lso made like affidavit in which he ,
aid that an unknown tug had refused
o pick him UP while he was in boat No. .
of the Phoenecia. He said that after
his happened the New York Central !
ug No. also refused, to pick him up ,
nd that the boat ran him down
Mayor Fagen of Hoboken says that
8 soon as the two witnesses to the af-
davit of Third Officer Krause can be
rought before him and prove the {
harges, he will begin immediate action .
gainst the tugboat captain. He re-
used to give the name of the captain