New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
HORRORS GROW.
THE WRECK FLOATED AND TWENTY
FOUR MORE BODIES FOUND.
FIFTEEN PERSONS DROWNED N THE
STEWARDS ROOM AFTER THEY HAD
ESCAPED THE FIRE.

ESCAPED THE FIRE.
Twenty-four bodies We're recovered from the
hold Of the burned steamship Saale yesterday,
which makes the total number Of dead taken
from this ship alone sixty.
After the ninth body had been brought UP the
man al work in the hold in the search for bodies
announced that ne had counted fifteen piled in
a heap in the stewards room The door Of this
room was found locked. The fire did not get near
the unfortunate fifteen, and their lives might
have been saved but for the breaking Of the
glass in the windows. When the windows were
broken the room filed with water. and they
We're drowned like rats in a trap. These bodies
were in a better state Of preservation than the
nine found before them.
Most Of the bodies were so badly burned or
mutilated that recognition was impossible, but
several were identified by initials or names on
articles taken from parts Of clothing that some
times remained All Of them appeared 10 be OF
workmen in the holds of the steamship.
Great pumps were worked in the SaaIe yester-
day, and by 2.2O p. m the vessel was fOated.
The ship was in nine or ten feet of mud, and
when she finally freed herself from this bed she
seemed to jump UP fully two feet. Tugs under
took to swing the stern of the Saale around
toward the middle of the Bay. A mud bank on
her starboard side resisted. and after an hours
/ y
probably VIII have to be towed out backward
over the course she came in
SIXTEEN OF THE BODIES TAKEN OUT.
The first body was that of q woman. II had
been so badly burned that only the corset re-
NAMED Of her clothing. There was nothing TO
aid in Identification. It is believed that she was
employed in the stewards department.
The second body brought up was that Of
man In his pocket was . letter Of which moth
ing was decipherabla but the address Of Emil
schmid, of no. 119 Hudson-st. Hoboken. a
salOonkeeper- II was near the stewards cabin.
The third body brought TO the deck was iden-
tilted as that of FIeen, a steward. The tden-
tifcation was made from the name on the cover
OF a tobacco box found in his pocket The cover
also had the date, Christmas Day 1894
memorandum in the pocketbool1 Of the
fourth body bore the address. Johann Diedrtch
NicoIaus Wiese, born June p 1896" and
showed that the owner Of the memorandum was
a carpenter on The Saale.
The fifth body was that of woman who was
clothed II is believed she was srewardess.
There was nothing to indicate her name The
body was in a room used by the stewards She
had been drowned. It was thought her body
might be identified
The sixth body was that Of a man believed 10
have been employed as a scrub steward"
ticket made out by the North German Lloyd
Company TO scrub steward. no name being
given, was found IN his pocket.
ring on The finger Of the seventh BODY bears
" no was lost The body answers the descriprion
Of Miller and there is doubt that the BODY
his
The eighth body had tattoo marks on the arms
and breast II was that OF q fireman
Ihe clothing OF the ninth body brought up
showed that he was a cook on the Saale There
was nothing 70 indicate his name
The tenth body was that of man r. was
nude and had no marks OF Identification
The eleventh body was that of a woman
She wore blue wrapper and was fully dressed
wedding ring she wore has the initials "R "
1890"
The twelfth body was that of a man a,,i
IDENTITY steward, who wore tin badge with the
initial L r. There was nothing else TO show
who he was
The thirteenth body was that OF a coal passer
A knife was the only thing found in his pockets
The fourteenth body was that Of large man
bare TO the waist a coal passer. The fifteenth
body was that Of a coal passer He carried
watch and chain and bunch of keys There
were no address or initials
The sixteenth body brought up was that Of
woman. She wore a wedding ring on the in
side OF which was B Peitsch, 1890"
THINK ALL THE BODIES FOUND.
The supply Of cofins gave out after eleven
had been filed. Five more bodies were laid
upon the deck of an after cabin and covered
with blankets
It was then nearly : o'clock Coroner Hoffman
said he would not stop until all the bodies had
been brought up. put ms WOTknen said they
could not see. There We're eight more bodies ac-
cording TO the report Of the COr0ners men, in
the stewards .oom. How many more there
were in the ship no one could tell. 1t was be
Iieved by the vvorkmen that all had been found.
Coroner HOFFMAN said he would take the bodies
as many Of them he received boxes for
10 ODonneHs Morgue IN HOboken. The bodies
were disinfected under the supervision OF DR..
Samuel A HeIfer, Of the Hoboken Health Board.
William SChaeffer the first officer, and Emil
Sander. the second officer Of the SaaIe, on
hand TO assistsi in the Identification.
The faces OF all the dead were distorted and
swollen beyond natural resemblance. The OdOr
OF the bodies pervaGed the ship and de-
tected on the Jersey shore when the wind shifted
that Way
The work Of the wrecking company may be
finished to-day or tomorrow
RELIEF OF FIRE SUFFERERS BEGUN.
The committee appointed by Mayor Pagan
70 distribute funds subscribed for the re-
lief of the sufferers from the North German
Lloyd Company fre began its work yesterday.
The most prominent people of Hobokeu, among
them Mrs. Q. 3. Alexander, OF Castle Point
visiting the distressed homes personally and
ministering TO the needs Of widows.
The distress consequent upon the hre is not as
great as was irst supposed, and generous
Brooklyn wiIL it is believed. amply provide
for al
Good rnusic grand scenery glorious sail make
travel BY Hudson River Day Line enIoyable.-Advt.