The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-03

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| manned and burned beyond all semblance
| of humanity.
Ant: the half has not yet been told. as all
the bodies brought to the surface to-day
were caught on graphing hooks. About
| the first of next week the people will real
( ize the appalling loss of Efe. as IL Will then
| be time for the bodies that are now lying
| al the bottom OF the river to come TO the
1 surface of the water OF their own accord.
| The list of missing IS still placed at but
| few below the 300 mark. and when the
| bodies begin floating 20 the surface the
grewsomeness OF the situation will be real
| fzed.
| The bodies recovered up to IL o'clock to-
! night include forty-one now In O'Donneil
undertaking rooms in Hoboker. ten In HON.
! mans in the same city. twelve IN the
| Inorgue in New York and four deck hands
| of the SaaIe. which were recovered too late
! tonight to be brought to either city. OF
these. thirty-seven have been either posi-
lively or partly identified. most OF them,
| SO far as has been discovered. being VIC
| TINS from the steamship Saale.
| Twenty-one OF these idsntificaIo3s were
| made by Second officer Sanders Of the
| SaaIe. who was helped in the task BY fire.
men. coal passers. machinists and o.her
employees OF the vessel.
Those who will undoubtedly swell the list
are the two hundred and forty odd men
from the steamships including officers. sub
| officers. seamen. oilers, machinists, coal
passers and trimmers. the greater loss OF
| course being among the men who were be-
| low decks and could not get to the open be-
fore the flames choked them back and the
| heavy falling debris beat them down TO
| their death.
| OF these the greater part are foreigners.
| and the lists of their names are being
| checked off by the steamship company Of
| fcers as soon as any Identification can be
made.
| Lighter and Dock Victims.
| Then, too. there are some thirty-five per-
| sons who were on canal boats, lighters and
| about the docks in various capacities.
The burned North German Lloyd piers.
| with that OF the ThinGvalia Line. reach out
| into the river like long, charred arms oil
some great body. which still steams and
| smokes in its last hours OF life Rising
| above the whole mass Is still heavy cloud
/ of smoke that tells Of much fi:e and neat
remaining In the ruins of the large store
| houses at the north end OF the ruins
| The general agent Of the North German
| lloyd Line, Gustav II. Schwab, was at his
| temporary offices In Hoboken most Of the
| day trying to straighten out the situation.
| He could not form any estimate Of tie
losses as yet, but the company was doing
| AL II could to get Itself out of the tangle.
| The company sent money down 10 the
| docks and paid IL out TO the survivors. More
| than $4,000 in cash was dealt out to the men
| to-day and suits OF clothing were given 10
every man that asked for them. Food ana
shelter were also provided for the COM
| pany's men
| Superintendent Moeler of the North Ger
| man Lloyd Line late tonight returned from
| his trip to the various vessels that lay IN
| the river Concerning the general situation
i at this hour he said:
| ."The steamship Bremen can be repaired
| without great outlay. She burned uhIi'
| o'clock tonight, when the last fame was
\ stified.
.Tba steamship Main Is still on fire and Is
| burning In holds Nos ana D oehe'e 'ii'
1 ship will be total loss.
..,rhe Saale lies deep In the water. 1he
| urecking boats started at work on her
| righ; away and she will probably De Hoa'-
| ins in several days. Her portfolios We're
\ shut and water was pumped out OF her as
| FAST as possible. She has raised abous
1
| can he no estimate to how badly she Il
| Samaped. We cannot tell just how FAR she
| il burned but all above Is pracucaiis
| wrecked .r.r,o
| ALI of the steamers are now In charge
| of the wrecking companies. ana they, oi
| course, have instructions 10 save as al
of the ships as they can
| eft is very hard now to tell what our
losses will amount TO.
."To-day we found come ffty-one bodies
| around the piers up to O'CLOCK ho@1 Vi
| them. so far as my Information goes to-
| night were from the Saaie:
| Speaking of their plans Tor sho 'hiiiieo
| ate future Mr.. Moeler said:
| ave will first have to clear up matters.
| Tho fire underwriters will first have TO give
| way before we can begin anything. AS soon
as they make their reports 10 US anu ,e'
| Us have free field. We Will clean up .ho
l niers and then make our ARRANGEMENTS anu
draw up our plans anu
\ new docks. ,-.....,,,,
| "Ue will get the Lain in on WEDNESDAY
| this week She will be taken care OF a, tiie
Cunard pier. The Trave Is due this NeHhes
| day, and she will be put In at the FRENCH
| line docks. The Barbarossa vii! De mere
oi.o ON Wednesday and she will first make
| IN To the White Star Line pier No. -. oiie
will discharge all of her passengers at liis
| pier and then 60 to pier No. ~ OF inc hai,ie
| line and put off her freight. She VIII max
| up here for sailing. ne hdisei "'
| IS due her on Wednesday afternoon or carry
| Thursday morning. and she vii! De docKed
| az pier IS of the Lsckawanna Line
Rrinrtng Bodies Ashore.
| Yesterday the great scenes OF the hre
| were on the steamers that lay burning on
| The river rather than on the docks. WHich
| were lust pile OF smoking ruins. out 10
| day when the bodies began TO De IoCnu III
| pairs. in groups OF half a dozen ana then
| 6y the dozen, the scene that presented the
/ most grewsome sights were at the hoboken
pier. - n,-,
| Hundreds of thousands OF persons BANKED
! m In the streets all day long ana watched
| with incredible interest the little g'rips OF
| men that brought In the bottles Isonn me
| ends OF the piers. The little procession
| usually consisted of only the two soiemr-
| looking men bearing a dead box, Whica
| was covered with black tarpaulin: Up 70
| the street they picked their way, 1oiigwed
| occasionally by the men who tad tound the
| corpse. Through q little north house or
| from around the corner of some building
| near the edge of the dock they would carry
| thel- human fragments to the dead wagons
| Thousands of small children were allowed
1 In the crowds to view the horrible spec
| tacle, and women with babies IN their err;is
| craned their necks 10 get a glimpse OF
! sights from which many men turned Their
, faces.
| Scenes at the Morgucs.
| Through the streets all day long the dead
| wagons ratified. Wagons carrying wooden
collins by the dozens and by scores aided
| to the impressive horror of the picture
| To . Donnelrs undertaking shop. which was
| nearest to the scenes Of the fire. the wagons
| went The bodies were placed IN a row. IN
| plain pine boxes and on the front Of each
box was a tag bearing the number in the