New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
Observation-Disclosures
WORK OF RAISING HER PREPARED FOR
MORE BODIES FOUND AND BURIED.

Seven more victims Of the great Hoboken fire
were taken from the sunken steamship Saale yes
terday. All were fearfully disfgured from fire and
decomposition. The bodies found yesterday make
the total number of those discovered in the hulk Of
the Saale twenty-six.
The search yesterday made by Frederick
Erickson a diver. who has found a great number
of the bodies thus far recovered Second officer
Emil Landee was In charge Of the work. and
sought as far as possible to identify the dead In
one case this was made possible by a time card
marked Second Cook Schmidt" Some ship keys
were also discovered in the clothes
Another body was identified by the clothing
fireman. name unknown. The third body was that
of a steward, having in his pocket copper coin
and one key He wore leather belt, blue trousers
and checked flannel shirt The fourth body was
also thought be that of a steward. 1t was partly
undressed. The fifth body was found naked in the
saloon Of the second cabin. 1t was terribly burned
The sixth body found in the same cabin. II
was dressed in a blue shirt. One shoe was missing
The hair dark. The seventh body was in the
second cabin.
One hundred and forty-three bodies have now
been recovered in all
MR.. sCHWAB TALKS OF STONE PIERS.
Other divers succeeded in hauling out a miscel-
Ianeous lot of freight The work viii be continued
to-day
Gustav H schwab discussed yesterday the sug-
gestion of having stone piers a safeguard
against waterfront fires. He said that such piers
could not be built mud hundred feet deep
Captain Thomas Kpling, of the Merritt & Chap
Wrecking Company who has charge Of the
work the Saale, said that he expected TO ind
more bodies. He also said that he expected TO
have the pumps in operation by Tuesday or
Wednesday next by closing the portholes," he
said, "and beginning to pump out the water when
start by the time of the lowest ebb. There
twenty feet of water the hold but by the use of
six pumps hope to take out enough in that time
TO lift her. The suctions are nearly all in place
now"
Divers say that they find bodies in the most ex-
traordnary places. If these people had gone
crazy with fear and imagining the fire could be
escaped if II wild animal, had hid them
selves away between parcels Of cargo and pieces OF
furniture The divers also report the vessel prac-
tiCaly uninjured below her main deck The en-
gines they say. all right. and the destruction
Of the superstructure will constitute the chief loss
Of the Bremen and the Main, which lie stranded on
the shelving beach OF Weehawken; but no bodies
were found. The big wrecking tug Monarch which
has been employed in holding the Bremen on an
and it was found that the ship would rest in a
The tug l. J. Merritt was alongside all day test
Ib ing the to be used in freeing the unken
to begin the work of floating the vessel the frst OF
TINS TnEd week The cargo Of the Main is now being
closing nearly ali the portfolios. '''0'u II
PLANS FOR REBUILDING.
Twenty-one bodies were buried yesterday in Ho-
boken among them six that were taken from Ken
nedy Morgue, in this city.
Mayor Fagans plans for raising what bodies NAV
sun remain in the river to the surface by dyna-
mite explosion deferred until to-day and will
be carried out at 10 o'clock this morning
Dr. Heller, president of the Hoboken Board OF
Health, believes that the health the CITY is i'm
per1led by keeping recovered bodies too long and
has ordered that all bodies whether Identified or
not shall be buried within twenty-four hours after
they are recovered.
Mr.. Schwab announced yesterday that officials
of the North German Lloyd Company would arrive
here next Saturday TO discuss rebuilding plans
rebuilt the old site.
The fremen kept pouring water on the ruins In
HobOken all day. 1t Is thought thai tO-mOrrovr
the tremen may cease work.
Palmer Campbell, president of the Campbell
Warehouse Company. said. The rebuilding or rba
warehouses will depend entirely upon what the
steamship company intends TO do. If II rebuiIds
the piers We will build on the site of the old