New-York tribune., 1900-07-04
TWO DOZEN MORE BODIES.
NINETY-FTV IN ALL RECOVERED SINCE
THE PIER FIRE.
MORE THAN HALF UNIDENTIFIED-LIsT OF
MISSING GIVEN OUT BY THE
LLOYD COMPANY.

Fewer bodies Of the victims Of the great dis
aster at the North German Lloyd docks in Ho-
boken were recovered yesterday than were taken
out Monday Only eight corpses of men
who had been drowned in the flight from the
flames at the piers found in the docks
yesterday morning, but the men who were en-
gagged in the search found nine more late in the
afternoon. In the morning hours the conditions
were favorable for the recovery of bodies in
the docks but in the early afternoon the water
was roughened by the wind and the tide was
hgn.
Only about a dozen men in boats went about
in the slips between the rows of backened
spiles yesterday. When the bodies were found
in the morning they were removed to O'Donnells
Morgue. in Westinghouse. Three Of the bodies
were identified. one that Of Alfred Baron
the third officer Of the saale; another as that
OF Ernest Holtz. a longshoreman, Of No 329
Washington-st.. Hcboken, and the third as that
Of !. Stegeman, an oiler the Main.
Five more bodies were recovered from the
Saale yesterday and two bodies Of men sup
posed 10 have been members of the ships crew
We're found in the water at a considerable dis
tance from the docks. One body was found far
10 the north of the ship. and the other was
found at Morris-st.. Jersey City. The latter
found by Walter Dixon, of Elizabethport' a
toatman It is in Speer's morgue The man
In A pocket was a card with the address Toll
man. steamer Saale" A pockatbook containing
q small sum OF money and a pocketknife were
the only articles found. The bodies of the VIC
tins recovered at different places yesterday
numbered twenty-fOur.
OF the nine bodies found at the docks IN
Hoboken in the afternoon, two were identihea
a. the morgue, one as that of August Mueller
and the other as that of John Mueller a long
-o+C and md
SITS Hoboken.
Up to last night ninety-fve hcdes Of the vic
tins of the disaster had been recovered since
the fire and nearly one-half were still unidentl-
fed The agent of the North German Lloyd
Company in the afternoon Issued a list OF the
missing from the crews Of the Saale, the Main
and the Bremen. 141 names in all. The list
showed ninety-eight missing from the Saale'
1nirty-five from the Main anC eight from the
Bremen. In the lists were found the names OF
nine who had been identified the morgue in
HoboIen. including Third officer Baron whose
body was found yesterday 1t is probable that
several names on the lists ara those Of persons
whose bodies have been recovc,ed. ard Will be
identified.
The fund for the benefit Of the widows and
orphans of the victims of the disaster in Ho-
boken had grown TO about $1,000 yesterday
and it was stated that probably S5uoOO could
of the first TO subscribe 500 to the fund. and
others who have subscribed similar amounts are
Robert Davis, Mrs. c. B. Alexander, J Ulrich.
Henry MehI and E F c Young president OF
the First National Bank of Jersey City.
President Heller Of the Hoboken Health Board
yesterday obtained order from Superin-
tendent Moeler of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company authorizing him to make
ARRANGEMENTS for the burial of the unidentified
and unclaimed dead. 1t is proposed that there
shan be public funeral of all the unclaimed
victims of the fire sfa-
Dr.. Helfer, accompanied by Mayor Fagan'
came to New-Yorl yesterday to confer with
Michael C Murphy. president of the New-York
Board Of Health. with view of obtaining per-
mission Of the New-York authorities to take all
the bodies of the Saale victims which were in
the Bellevue morgue to Hoboken-
Mr.. Heller said the funeral would be arranged
after the bodies were in Hoboken- AS nearly all
the victims are Germans. and had no relatives
or friends in this country TO pay funeral eX-
penses. the burials will be at the expense of the
steamship company. It is believed that there
will be at least one hundred of these unidentified
victims.
Nine Of the bodies have been removed from
the Bellevue Morgue to the shop Of w. >. Ken
nedv the undertaken in Pearl-st. The body OF
CAPTAIN Mirow Of the Saalc is TO be cremated
by order Of a relative.
The body of Charles Drummer, the upholsterer
who was burned to death on the Saale, was
taken from Bellevue Morgue to his home, at NO
6Oe I.ewis-st Union HILL yesterday afternoon.
The body was one of those taken from the deck
Of the Saale on Sunday
County Physician Converse yesterday ordered
Coroner Charles Hoffman to hold an inquest
in the case Of Mary Cardess, stewardess on the
saale. who was drowned. The County Ply
sician said that he might later direct the Cor
oner to hold a second inquest on the body Of
one Of the victims whose death was caused by
burns It IS believed the COroneTs investiga-
ton will bring out some developments as to the
charges Of cowardice and cruelty against GER
tain tueboat men in refusing aid to victims
when they were struggling in the water for
their lives
New-York hospitals went to their homes yester-
The following additional identhcations were
made at O'Donnelrs morgue yesterday:
MULLER. Carl F. nhy-seyen years old. steward the
1ITZIU. ---. steward on the saale.
These additional fdentifcations of bodies were
made at Honmanns morgue yesterday:
BEHRENs william cook the Saale.
TIENFKE. Emil, supposed 20 belong on the Bremen
NGLLER John. coal passer on the saaIe
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS' PLANS
The Christian Endeavor delegates who were
booked tc sail yesterday the Main will be di-
vtded between the North German Lloyd steamer
Rhein which leaves Baltimore for Southampton
Tomorrow and the American liner NewYork,
which viii sail from this port Wednesday OF
next week H. A Kinports, the transportation