Evening journal., 1900-07-03
PROBABLY 300 KILLED
In HOBOKEN HOLOCAUST
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gone. and portions OF the limbs were
missing. The second was found near
the steerage entrance. buried In a
great heap of rubbish This body was
thought to be that of the stewards as
sistant Several more bodies were
found in the same locality. Three
other bodies were found later in the
day, a little forward of amidships in
the hold These bodies were thought
to be those OF painters and decorators
who had been at work In the hold at
the time the fire broke out
IL is generally believed that a great
er number of the bodies in the Saale
Is still to be recovered. IL Is thought
that most Of them are under water,
and that many of them cannot be re-
moved until the ship Is raised.
The Saale had settled q foot in the
mud since Sunday night. The captain
in charge Of the wrecking operations
said.
81 think ] will get her or. but she
viii never carry passengers again"
There was scene of activity all
day yesterday on and about the Main
and the Bremen. which lie beachod In
parallel positions within 75 feet of each
other and about 000 feet from the
JERSEY Shore, opposite West Forty-sec-
ond street. New York. The Bremen
was Quilted from stem 10 stern. and
only the frame remains. The decks
/ are ripped from the riyets and what
/ wood remains of them Is completely
charred through The general opinion
/ IS however, that the Bremen can be
] 4
/ placed in commission. Despite reports
to the contrary. not one body had been
taken from either the Main or the
Bremen up TO midnight and the Of
iicers Of both ships say that should any
dead be found the bodies will be be-
yond recognition. This applies more
to the Main Than to the Bremen. as the
former Is nothing but q mass of twist
ed iron. That the Main is damaged
beyond redemption is the ooncensus OF
opinion of not only wrecking ex-
perts. but also the opinion OF Capt
Peterson. of the Main The ship Is
now nothing but a red hulk from
which exude acrid fumes Of variou.
density.
Rumors exist among the wreckerl
that four or five bodies were though
TO be In the stewards quarters of thu
Main, but a glance through the super
heated gas and steam exhibited onll
] several berths full Of white ash. ant
until further investigation IS made pos
4 sihle by the cooling of the ship nothin
/ can be said as 20 whether the ashes ar
those OF men or the remains OF bed
1 and clothing Il IS estimated that tn
remains of not more than 20 person
I are board the Main. and should ther
be q hundred or even more, it Is Gel
] tain none will ever be Identified, {
even the exact number known.
on the Bremen, where the fire wa
not so intense, notwithstanding tt
great damage, the first body has "
to be found. and will not be until n
ship Is pumped out or explored by d
, ynra. no diver has yet been down {
the inside OF the ship.
Second Officer Sander Of the Saal
said this morning that several OF II
officers Of the steamships would issl
a signed and sworn statement that Il
.aptains OF the tugboats did not do Q
IN their power to help the ships th'
were lying in their docks. His shi
I had been cut loose from the pier, an
- he and another officer stood az n
stern Of the ship with men ready
ID man lines OF tugboats He said th'
shouted 10 the tugboat captains
number Of whom were close under h
II ship, but that no response was mad
the tugs simply lying by until the
could get near enough to the gre
I'd Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse to rend
" enough assistance to claim salvae
-' Today claims for salvage aggregatil
s. s15O.O0O were made against the b
!" steamer.