New-York tribune., 1900-07-02
BODIES FROM THE SAALE.
Continued from first pnEe.

and the steel and iron work of the vessel re-
| maned. The work of the divers was perilous In
| the extreme, and in descending from the upper
deck down through the hatchways the utmost
| caution had to be used in cropping their way
through the masses of debris.
The wFeckers worked energetcally. and as
! fast the bodies were found they were hoisted
! to the upper deck OF the Saale Then they were
| placed in plain wooden collins and transferred
| 10 the Fidelity which was lying along the star
| board side OF the wreck. Coroner Bausch stood
on the deck of the latter vessel and examined
the bodies they brought on beard.
THE CAPTAINS BODY FOUND.
Four OF the bodies were found in the forward
| part OF the Saale and among these was that OF
| Captain Mirow. The body was identified by two
persons, of whom Captain Muller
| superintendent Of the company's piers The
| Identification made complete in the opinion
Of the two men by the finding on the body Of a
pearl handled knife which had peculiar spring
I The body was marked No. on the minutes of
| Coroner Bausch, signifying that 1T was the
| eighth that had been removed.
The bodies that were found Saturday night
| had been designated as Nos. ] and ., and, like
all the others, they were so badly burned that
| 1t impossible to identify them except by ar
| ticles found near them.
| The bringing up of the charred corpses from
| the hold of the burned vessel was a grewsome
sight, and.the appalling horror Of the situation
| made strong men used to scenes of death turn
| away. Some of the bodies were intact although
| the features were unrecognizable In some in
| stances only the trunks were recovered, or a
| few charred homes.
The body designated Ne. 3, which the
first one recovered yesterday, that of
| smooth faced man. There was plain gold ring
on the little finger of the left hand. The fingers
| of the right hand we're off A coat lay over the
shoulders. \ small comb and brush were found
| on body No. f. together with two small keys and
bill of fare Of the Saale, dated June %.
Body No. ; that of n su0ooth faced man,
and the left leg and the arms were missing.
| This body was recovered in the firemen's apart
ment No, was that of a small man with
mustache. The right hand and the arms were
badly burned. No. was merely the trunk of a
man, the lower limbs being missing.
Body No. 8 that of Captain Mrow. No Q
the trunk OF a man.
The body marked No. 10 was that Of a tall man
clad in flannel undergarments 1t seemed that
the had been slowly roasted to death, as
the body was charred from head to feet. None
Of the limbs missing however. This body
was recovered in the hold in the forward part,
and near it was found in the water waistcoat,
in which there was a gold watch. The watch
was made by the New-York Standard Watch
Company, and the works were numbered 1854.
042. The number of the case was 3S5, ,459. The
watch. which was a heavy double one,
had stopped at 1857 O'Clock.
NO, Il ONLY A FEW BONES.
The last remains recovered were few
charred bones, one of which was the pelvic bone.
Close to them were found a part of a pocket
knife and pocketbook clasp. The bones were
marked No. II.
There was then so much water in the hold that
the divers ceased hunting for bodies and the
Fidelity with the nine bodies recovered yester-
day and Coroner Bausch board, returned to
the city. The corpses We're taken to the Morgue.
In the opinion of the divers and others there
still a large number Of bodies in the wreck,
Captain West. Of the Merritt & Chapman
wreckipg tug Hustler, that rescued the boy
from the Saae Saturday night, said that
the lad told him that he had left thrty-ive
men behind him. and the captain did not think
the youth had exaggerated. Captain West, in
describing the horrors of Saturday night, de-
clared that he would be unable to forget the
scenes he witnessed if he lived for a hundred
years The Hustler ran close up to the burning
Saale and passed food and in through
the portfolios to the doomed creatures inside.
He said he knew that at least one woman was
among them. 1t was heartrending to hear
the piteous appeals for help from the impris-
oned victims but Captain West and his crew
could not them. The captain, continuing,
said that he could never efface from his mem
ory the agonlzing expression the face of a
finely featured bald headed man who gazed at
him through portfolio.
ICE CREAM STOOD THE HEAT WELL.
A number of small articles. including some
silver money and pennies were found in the
wreck a most peculiar feature of the burning
of the vessel the discovery of large guam
hrtcl
pantry. The bricks melted only to the
consistency of a stiff paste. They lay on the
deck for several hours after they had been found
and still could be handled.
Among those who boarded the wreck yester-
day was Police Captain E. q. Smith of the
Forty-second Precinct He had charge of the
police patrol reaching from the wreck to Forty
second-st He made every effort to succor the
men on the saaie before she sank. and he helped
to pass drink and food to them,
At nghtfau the wreck of the Saale lay with
her bow toward Jersey City little bit north of
west. From a distance she looked as if nothing
had ever happened to her, except that she was
down low In the water. Her steel masts and
tunnels were stl standing, all the steel
framework on her upper deck. Even the metal
shells of the iifaboats were intact and resting
in their places.
Excursion boats continued to go out TO her
from the Battery up to late hour carrying
many passengers, but the police boats would not
let them board either the wreck or the wrecking
tugs and derricks that were anchored alongside.
Captain 1. f. Chapman yesterday described
conversation which he had with one of the fire
victims through an open headlight on the saaIe
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