Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-04

man of cruelty.
New York, July ZIP to l O'Clock
this afternoon, the total of the recov-
cred dead from the Hoboken pier fire
was 81 This was 60 hours after the
fire started. OF the bodies 63 now lie
in uudcrtakers' establishments in Ho-
boken: two in the morgue in Jersey
city. and 10 have been brought to the
morgue in this city. OF the latter,
seven unidentified and three identified
have been taken away for burial.
OF the bodies in the Hoboken
morgues. az had been identified, up to
noon today; one was identified in Jer-
sey City and three We're recognized in
the New York morgue. making the to-
tai number identified bodies. AZ.
Streams Of people are passing
through the morgue trying to identify
the dead. The officials of the German
Lloyd are doing everything they can
to alleviate the sufferingS of the sur
vivors and to take care Of those who
have but little means They have al
ready distributed large sums of money
to them. giving them clothing and fur
nishing food. over 400 Of the surViv-
helm de Crosse, today. to be sent back
TO Germany.
County physician Convers Of Hud-
son county, n. j., has directed Coroner
Hoffman to hold an inquest in the case
of Mary Cordess. steWardess on the
Saaie. who was drowned. The coroner
has not vet fixed the date Of the in
quest. Thu county physician may also
direct a second inquest on the body OF
one of the victims whose death was
caused by burns.
The work of removing the cargo from
the Saale was discontinued, today, and
n gang of 81 men was put to work pre-
pairing the ship for pumping out.
The fire on the Main has been out
and while the upper works VIII nave
10 be rebuilt. the hull of the vessel
is in pretty fai" shape.
The Saale gave up three more OF her
dead. late this afternoon, making the
total - found on this vessel one
body was reported floating about in
state room below. SO Diver Erickson
went down the hatchway. leading T.
The quarters Of the second cabin pas
seupcrs forced the door and floated
the corpse upwards until it was landed
IN deck BY this time the tide had
recedcd and Third officer Sanders
recognized it as that of a steward
Erickson again went down and in the
second cabin saloon found the body 81
Chief Steward l'lrich. The face ard
breast was badly burned and life
preserver. partially tied. was about the
body. Mr. Sanders had no difficulty
in identifying the body as that OF his
fellow officer. \ gold watch which he
wore had stopped at 10 o'clock. Again
Erickson went down and brought up
the body of a man apparently about Is
years of age whom nobody was able to
recognize. II was not burned. The
body was apparently that Of a painter
or carpenter.
Four divers worked all day on the
Saale. but little progress was made to-
ward raising the vessel. which is set
fling deeper in the mud. According to
Diver Dryer, who went down into the
vessel amidships. her interior is "A per
feet tangle- work of warped iron and
steel debris. The wreCking company,
next to the recovery of the bodies is
bending its energies in preparing the
vessel to be Heated. but it is not
thought this can be- accomplished for
DAYS Something like 200 port holes
were melted out by the fire.
Significant sugge stions of the terrible
ordeal through which those on board
the Saale passed meet the visitor on
every hand on the turtle deck
astern near the taft rail about - pairs
of shoes. burned and blistered, lay pill
ed up. The shoes are of all descrip-
tions. good and bad worn by male and
females. The shoes belonged to those
who chose To fight for life in the water
rather than stay on the burning yes
sci.
All of the injured in Jersey City hos
pitfalls We're reported to be doing as
well as could be expected today FIR
nest Venner. the most seriously injur-
ed of these patients. is suffering from
the inhaling of smoke. The physicians
think he will recover. One of the in
jured. Gustav Croovish, was discharg-
ed from the hospital. last evening
The Is fire patients in Bellevue hospi-
tai. New York. have almost fully re-
covered and all Of them probably Will
leave that institution some time to-
day. They will be cared for by the
North German Lloyd 60.
The bodies of fire victims remained
at the New York morgue. this morn
ing. They are those of Charles Rrem-
mer. an upholster of Union Hill ~ j.
who lost his life while working on the
Saale and of August Weller a ma
chinist on the Saale. The bodies of
other persons who persisted in the fire
which are in the morgue We're remov-
ed. last night. to an undertaking shop
for burial.
A sensation was created today. by
an announcement from Mayor Pagan
of Hoboken that he would prosecute
all tug boat captains against whom
charges Of refusing to save life can be
substantiated. The mayor says he will
apply at once for warrants charging