Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-03
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.
Result OF the Fire on Steamers in
New York lIarbOr.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
Hen We're Caught In Lower Parts Of
the Vessels and Slowly Tortured
10 Death-But Few of the
Bodies Been Recovered.

New York. July 2-The losses sus.
tanned in the fire at the docks of the
North German.Lloyd Steamship com.
pany at Hoboken late Saturday are con.
seryatively placed at nearly $1,000. 900.
the loss % life. while merely guesswors.
will probably reach as high a. 200. and
there are moro than 300 mon In the hos.
pitfalls IN this city. Hoboken and Jersey
City badly burned
Up 70 II O'Clock Sunday night IS bod.
les had been recovered Eleven %
these were placed Ia row at the morgue
In this city and numbered. this being
the only means the authorities have of
maintaining any sort Of identity over
the corpses as they are so badly oharred
and dismembered that Identification
will be only by trinket. or pieces of
clothing that were found about the bod.
les.
The only way the steamship officials
have o. approHimating the loss Of life is
by comparing the list Of those reported
safe with the list % the employees on the
steamships Gustave Schwab general
agent Of the North German Lloyd line.
gave out a list showing what men on
each vessel had been missing up to tha,
hour.
On the Saale 2jj men were employed
ana ~ of these had been accounted for
leaving l2S men actually employed as
officers. said, stewards. engineers.
coal passers. ol srs and trimmers 10 be
accounted for.
The Bremen had 2oi men on board,
but only i27 Of these have been found.
The Main had only va on her az the
time and Of these 90 have been reported
safe
The scene Of the great fire present a
spectacular. but horrible sight over in
Hoboken. where two days ago hundreds
Of feet of piers stood reaching out into
the river and rising like great hills now
stand only great waste Of burning aud
sn.oldering beams, with here and there
n remnant Of high brick wall. all that
remains of.the hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars worth of property.
The three immense piers Of the North
German Lloyd line are burned 70 the
water Tho Thingu,lla pier also lies
sIholdering and n par, of the Hamburg.
American pier. which had Just beon
added 10 their great piers aro IN ruins.
Fonr large storehouses Of the Palmer.
Campbell company were wrecked and
they with the piers 90 10 make up the
appalling mass Of debris that lies smok.
ing. sizzling and stcaming across the
North river Il covers over four city
blocks and reaches out into the river for
more than 1000 feet Streams Of water
are still being pumped into the ruins
and workmen are poSing about among
the hot ruins for bodies OF traces Of
bodies
This was the scene of the greatest at.
traction sunday and thousands upon
thousands Of people went there The
streets were jammed with masses going
IN n steady stream 70 the ruins Every
trolley car was packed with struggling
humanity, every ferryboat was crowded
TO the rails and every tug that could be
brought into private use bad H. quota
Of people hurrying 10 the scene Of tho
FIRE.
Far of, up the North river. at Wee.
hawken. a great cloud Of smoke rose aud
tumbled, at one moment lying hard on
the water aud at tho next rising Just
enough 20 show the skeletons o. two Of
the great ocean liners. the Bremen aud
the Main that rose like giant spires out
Of the lpooth surface Of the water.
They had oeen beached there. Around
them swarmed q feet Of small boats,
carrying spectators
Far down the river, OIL Ellis island.
lay the smoking and stoaming hulk Of
the Saale. She was almost total
wreck
The loss Of life will probably prove
greater when the wreck Of the saale has
been searched Already a number Of
bodies have been taken on her aud as
soon hs the fire in her hold has sub.
sided enough TO allow anyone to 20
down In her there Is every probability
that there are many bodies below decks.
asyarious tugboat c. plains claim 10 have
seen Oor lOpsrsous in one compartment
just before the Saalo went down.
OF the 266 persons who are reported
missing 1t is believed that some will bo
found safe In sailors boardiughouses In
this city, Jersey City aud Hobohen.
The North German Lloyd officials
deny that any passengers were lost and
declare that few II any visitors perishsd