The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-02

say thnt any or the vessels would be q
total loss. They look worse from the
outside than they really are. After
they are up we can tell better what the
loss will be. Both the Bremen nnd the
saale are. however. pretty badly dam
aged. Wrecklng companies are al
ready working en- the saale and she
will be pumped out as soon ns possible.
Cannot Estimate the Loss.
~ Will not give any figures. nor can 1
estimate what the amount will be. The
loss on the ships Will be estimated by
the home office. We received cable
from them this morning, asking for
more information. The home office
knows the values OF the ship. I can
only guess at their value. They are all
insured in! local companies. but do
not feel that I can give the names Of
the companies" iii t5i%
Mr.. Schwab states that there were no
passengers on board the steamship
Saale and that If any bodies we're
found, other than that of the crew, they
were bodies OF visitors, for Saturday
was visiting day with the line, and It
was probable that there We're number
on board at the time Of the fire. 1t is
estimated that from three to four hun
dred persons were injured and taken to
the different hospitals Iii this city, Jer-
sey City and Hoboken. Many of them
were found to be not seriously hurt and
| were discharged to-day. Many others
are believed to be SO seriously injured
that they cannot recover.
While the fire was still burning the
work Of relief was begun. Men came
to the Office of the North German
Lloyd line almost naked and with their
clothing ruined by The salt water, men
who had been treated by doctors. but
who were not sufficiently injured as to
be taken to hospitals, also gathered at
the office. Every man was given money
and clothing. and taken to temporary
lodging house by agents OF the com.
pany.
Sailors Lost all Their Belongings.
The sailors from the ships lost abso-
lutely everything they possessed.
Women besieged the officers for In
formation In regard to their relatives
There were about seventy missing re-
lported at the North German Lloyd Of
flee alone. Fully eighty per cent of the
sailors are Germans who have no home
! and no relatives In this country. Most
OF them lived in Germany
At 4 o'clock this morning, nineteen
men, machinists and firemen. were ta-
ken Off the steamship Bremen after
being held very close bound. with death
staring them in the face for nearly
twelve hours. They were brought
ashore on tugs and taken care Of In ho-
tells near the companys charred prop
erty. No loss of life was reported from
the Bremen, with the exception Of the
probability of the deaths occurring
from the. capszing of the boat already
mentioned. As sevepty-four persons
were rescued from the river by sly
boats crews from the steamer Phoeni-
ca. of the Hamburg-Amerlcan line. it
is Just possible that there was not q
| soul lost from the Bremen.
Three dead bodies were picked UP to-
day near the Neutrality-suspicious. line
dock in Hoboken. One OF them was
Identified as that Of Lena s. Cordts, a
stewardness Of the steamer Saale.
The other two were bodies of males,
one of whom was identified through a
rent receipt. found In his pocket. as
Henry Kordell, OF Hoboken. The other
body lies rs yet unidentified Mt the
morgue, but from the appearance Of
the clothing It is presumed that The
dead man was IN olicr or coal pqsser on
some OF the ships.
From very reliable source 1t was
learned this evening that the officers Of
the steamer Saalc had accountc. for
one hundred and eleven persons, out OF
total of 252 who avere on board at the
outbreak OF the fire.
There was continuous streams OF call
ers Mt police headquarters IN Hoboken
all day, seeking information about
missing friends and relatives. Some of
them We're sent away with very little
hope OF meeting their missing ones on
this side Of the grave, while others, ev-
Identity prompted by curiosity, gave the
police oGlcinls no end of trouble, asking
frivolous questions.
Fear Endeavorcrs Lost Their Lives.
1t Is feared that some of the Chris
tian Endcavorers who were to have
sailed from Boston Tuesday for South
hampton on the Sanle. may have lost
their lives. 1t was said to-day that
some OF the people had come to this
city, to Inspect the ship which had
been chartered to take five hundred of
them TO England. and that they were
on board Of her when the flames broke
out on the pier.
AS many people, to avoid being
roasted fJ death on the three steam
ships and the docks, jumped overheard
and were drowned. searching parties
kept n close watch to-day along the
shores OF the North river. Brooklyn and
Staten Island. AS the tide was on the
turn when the people were lost in the
water, It Is believed that their bodies
were carried up stream and when they
rise viii come to the surface above
Twcnty-third street, unless they lrltted
into the central current and caught the