New-York tribune., 1900-07-02
INJURED ALL DOING WE'LL.
MANY OF THE SAALE'S SURVIVORS
LEAVE THE HOSPITALS.

LEAVE THE HOSPITALS.
All Of the persons injured in the disaster who
were taken to hospitals in this city were re-
ported yesterday to be doing nicely, and not one
of them thought to be in a serious condi-
ton This was considered by some Of the ply
sicians remarkable coincidence of the terri
BILE fire in view of the fact that of the injured
survivors, thirty-seven were members OF the
Saale's that were penned in the vessels
hold for several hours. Their tortures were al
| most unendurable, but. strange to say, about
fifteen of them were able to leave the hospitals
yesterday. The total number Of persons in
jured in the disaster that were taken TO the
Hudson Street Hospital on Saturday night was
fourteen to Bellevue Hospital thirty-one, and to
St Vincent's Hospital four. Thirteen of the four
teen patients in the Hudson Street Hospital
were removed to Bellevue early yesterday and
nearly half Of those who were sent to Bellevue
Hospital from the Hudson Street Hospital were
discharged soon after they were examined by
the Bellevue physicians. Those discharged
either taken to the lodging houses at
which they were staying in Hoboken to
their homes in this city.
Peter Hausen, thirty-two years old Of No. 81
| Ogden Place. Jersey City Heights, is the only
injured survivor of the fire now at the Hudson
Street Hospital. He will be able to leave the
hospital. it said. to-day. The injured re-
naming now at ST. Vincents Hospital number
three They are Emil Widenhammer a fire
man. Gustave Kuhne chief cook and Herman
Lust, of the Bremen. They were able to talk
freely yesterday.
ESCAPE FROM THE BREMEN
One of the Bremen's survivors at Bellevue is
William Shramister. twenty-nne years old, who
| has been assistant to the second engineer of the
Saale for more than two years. He said he was
on deck when the pier caught fire II went be-
low to tell the news to the men," continued
Shramister. While was there the ship caught
fire, and then went into the machine room
with more than twenty other men, as the room
in which we were soon began to fill with smoke.
cried to the to for their lives. Many
others also the terrible situation confronting
them, and with me started for the hatchways
We had not taken many steps when were
driven back by the flames and smoke l and
those with me then back into the machine
room. In the hope of preventing them from
catching fire 1 saturated my clothes with water
and held my hands before my face so as not to
inhale too much smoke. I then made another
dash for the hatchways, but once again l was
| driven back Others in the room also tried
once more to get out by way of the hatchways
| but they compelled to retrace their steps
| as fast as did. In little while the heat had
| become intolerable, and the portfolios were
! opened TO admit the air. Then we heard voices
! OF persons trying to rescue These persons
| were fremen. They began to pour streams of
water through the portfolios. This cooled the
room for short time. but when :; water be-
| gan to get hot the SufferingS OF :. men were
! beyond description. We tried every means ia
get out, but finally gave up all hope"
LET THE HOSE PLAY ON HIM.
Felix Aeurzo. another of the survivors. who
| was taken to Bellevue, said, shortly before he
| was discharged from that institution yester-
| day afternoon, that he had only been in this
| country two weeks. He secured employment
| on the Saale Friday He was below deck
when he heard shouts of alarm He and several
| men who were with him made a rush for a
| stairway. They were driven back by the smoke
and heat. They CROPPED their way through sew
! eral rooms. When he could find no means of
| escape he crouched in corner and buried mis-
| face in his hands TO keep the smoke from his
| eyes In an adjoining room were thirty to forty
men hghtinS for their lives He ran into the
| room, hoping To find there some way 10 escape
| but knocked down. He crept back to an
! other room and stayed there until he was res
! cued.
Frank Gatazaro. a laborer on the SaaIe, who
| was rescued from the vessel and taken to Belle
vue, said he found some OF the hatchways OF
! the vessel open. but he could not escape through
! them. owing TO the flames and smoke.
! When the fremen began TO play through the
| portfolios" said GataEaro, Il lay down in the
| water that sent into the boat through the
! hosepipes. In this way managed to keep COO
! for some time. In little while the water be.
! came so hot that I had to keep my feet out OF
| it,.
EXPLOSION ON THE BREMEN
c. Klive, twenty nine years old. laborer, o
the Saale is also at Bellevue He was in thu
| machine room when apprised of the fire. II,
| quickly discovered that he could not make hi
| escape by the hatchways and ran TO the stock
room. where he got under the kettles in the hope
| OF escaping torture by flames. He remained
! there until the rising water forced him out.
! Nearly all of the men were bereft of the
senses" he said, Some were cursing. some wer
| praying and others seemed to have beer
paralyzed by fright Many men in
/ frenZied state from room TO room until they fel
! exhausted. So quickly did the smoke bear dowI
/ upon us that the faces of all became black
ened. and then the smoke became so dense tina
/ could not each other. AS the smoke in
creased the fighting increased. About this tim,
the water in the was becoming rapidly un
! bearable. / and some others sought refuge on 1
/ platform in one OF the rooms, As there was no
! room for all on the platform. some hounderet
/ about in the water below. When / thought
would soon die the hatchways We're opened ant
our rescuers dragged us out. Ropes had 10 b.
| tied about some of the men, who appeared 4
have lost their senses. TO get them safel,
| out OF the hold"
| or the crew OF the Bremen who are painfully
| injured are Herman Lust Emil Widenhamme