The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02

home office knows ;hc value Il thu ships.
,.an only guess roughly Al the cost The
piers in Hub"kcn are all insured ia local
ccnraric~. but do not feel that l can
give tn" names Of IN" companies
There was On the pi"- Il quantity Of
cargo. which. of CUUlSc. was destroyed
W, are mol responsible for the cargo. either
on til ship or an the piers.
.'Th. cargo rn "a" ri"- comprised cotton.
lnachirery measurement Goods. tobacco.
cement AMI general merchandise"
Caring for tho Injured.
Mr. Schwdh ~ thu company states that
:horr Were 70 passenger ON board tn"
steamship Sa1l". and that 81 any bodies
they were ihe remains Of visitors, for sat
urday WIS. visiting day with the line and
II was probable that there wer" number
Ca board at the time OF the Irr.
II Is estimated that from :.pl To 80 pr
sons were injured ana taken TO The different
hospitals in JhiS city. jersey city and He
hpk.n. Many II them w.r" found :u be mo-;
seriously hurt ana w'rr discharged To-day
Many others are believed TO lie 50 : riously
Injured that they cannot recover.
. While the fire Wis Still burning the work
Of relief WAS begun. Men came 10 the Of
most nake,: and with their clothing ruined
Hy the salt water. Men who had been
iy injured 10 he taken 10 tn hisIitalS also
gathered AZ the Office. Every man va
given money and clothing and taken ia a
temporary loaEiiE-nCusc hy agents CT the
company.
The sailors lost everything they possessed.
Women hcSi-erl M, offices for infornla-
about seventy missing reported at the
North German LLOYD office alone. Fully ii
have no home AID no relatives Ia this coun-
Try. Most of chem lived in Germany.
Nineteen Sramen Rescued.
At o'clock this morning uinetccn men.
machiniStS and i'rcIner. were taken of the
Sfra n:ship i.remen after having been held
very close bound. with death staring them
In the face. fox nearly twelve hours. They
We're brought ashore On tugs ana taken
care Of in hotels near the COMPANY
charrcd property M loss tf life WAS re
ported from the Bremen. with the cAcep-
ton Of the probability Cf deaths occurring
from the CapsizinG Of Tire boat. already
mentioned - seveniy-four persons Were
rescued from the river 10y SIX boats crews
from the steamer Phosnicia of the Ham
burg-Ainercan Line. II - jus. possible that
there was not a soul lost from the lIromen-
THREE dead bodies were picked up to-day
near tn. Hamburg Amsrican Line dock In
Hohoken. one OF them was identilsd as
that If Lena \ Cor,its a stewardess Of the
steamer Saale. The other two were bodies
Of males. one Of whom was Identified as
Henry Kordeil Of Hoboken. The other
body Is unidentified. Ii lis presumed he
was an oiier or coal passer on some OF the
From a very reliable source II was
learned that several officers of the Saale
had accounted for III passengers out OF a
total Of 30 who We're on board at the out
break of the fire.
There was continuous stream Of callers
at police headquarters in HOboken all day
seeking informa ,ion Of missing friends and
relatives. Some of them were sent away
with very little hope Of meeting their miss
ing ones again while others. evidently
prompted by curiosity. gave the police Of
ticials TO end Of trouble.
Partial List of Missing.
Among those reported as missing were:
CHARLES RUNNER. upholstereT. West iio-
boken.
JOHN MoEILER. laborcr. HobOken-
HENRY COHEN. Hoecken.
OTTO WEBER. pantryrnan On the Main;
Loc is sILI.IMAN Iaborsr: Hosoeen-
GE2 ls I S SIN iasorsr; hS6oksn-
J6sEPH TELi.ERMaNN, iaSoysr; iirobokes.
foHN SEHR. iab5T5r. Hoboken.
JAGGB HAk;0Er painisr: Hc t,sss1:, Bro
WILLIAM ARXDrs. Jersey Heieh;s
WILLIAM IApP. laborer Hchoksn-
i6sErH fETEkSGH. on e the crew Of the
FIRED Jensen lahorer: HaboAen-
CHKls1orhEK LEEDwIcKsajN. iongshore-
ANSiE STEVENS canalbcat Montgomery. y.
FKt:l, GEnEER I4borer. iI9eosen.
IACoR STlpDEK. lai.1rer; iiotossn.
FRITZ Iit'LIZ. labcrrr: H"bqken-
FRANZ nI Z, .,l.I s. lain', . Ney YORK
WILLIAM BR1WNLEE. lahrrer. Hcbo,cn.
Fear for Christian Endenvor-rs.
1t Is feared that some of the Christian
Endcavorers who were to have sailed for
Boston Tuesday for Southampton on the
Saale may have lost their lives. II was
said to-day that some of these people had
come to this city 10 inspect the ship, which
had been chartered tn take go Of them 10
England. and that they were on board of
her when the flames broke out on the
pier.
A. many persons to avoid being roasted
10 death on the three eamships and the
docks. jumped overheard ard We're drowned
searching parties kept a close watch to-day
he shores af he
Ign, and Staten Island
As the tide was On the turn. il Is be-
lieved that their bld;eS were carried up
stream. and when they rise they will come
to the surface above TWrnty-thiri street,
unless they driftei into the central current
and caught the ebb tide running into the
Relatives Of the missing employed row.
boats and men to patrol In the vicinity %
the dead on speculation.
Agent Schwab # the North German
Lloyd company said this afternoon:
Captain Mirow's Body.
ION the deck Of the Sasle BODY was
found to-day which Is probably that OF
Captain Mirow. IL was burned beyond
recognition. but Mr.. Bonner identified "A
knife which was found on the body as
belonging TO the Captain. There was also
found by him "A mass Of melted gold which
is believed to be the remains of n heavy
gold chain which the Captain wore Cap
tain Mrow was married, and resided on
The company IS looking out for the
wounded and survivors, and we are trying
TO muster those who are left in HOboken.
We have men visiting the hospitals asccr-
tanning where people are. An accurate list
of the dead and wounded Is hard TO get.
Many of our men jumped overheard and
scattered. Many are missing.
Il wish TO deny the statement that there
was large quantity of oil on the pier near
the cotton. There was. however on one of
the piers quantity OF lubricant. This oil
has passed $50 flash test
On the question OF salvage Mr.. Schwab
said that he did not anticipate any big sal
wage the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
"Of course. there will be claims for pull
ing the vessels nut. which will have to he
average. between the shipping car
go and Insurance interests. and according
to the service rendered. the time and the
risk. The Kaiser at the time Of the fire did
not have steam up.
THE members of the crew who have sur
vired uninJured will be sent back on the
Kaiser wilhelm on the 3D. They will re-
Ceire aid from the benevolent association
which the company maintains and the
widows and children will be taken care of
by the company.
Passengers on the SnaIe.
The .reboat Robert A. Van WICK. which
arrived on the scene first among the river
fire fighters. presented picture of horror
and ghastliness as she lay at her dock in
the East River to-day. The decks were
covered with cotton. saturated with the
blood of the victims rescued By the brave
men aboard. The firemen were at work
cleaning the boat and picking up the |
stained remnants of clothing which We're
torn from the burning bodies as they were
pulled aboard the fireboat from the pit of |
fire.
Pieces of human skin chung to the scarlet |