New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
SECOND NORTHFIELD BODY
DROWNED PORTO RICAN FALLS FROM
A WAGON HOISTED FROM THE
WRECKED FERRYBOAT.

The divers at work on the wrecked ferry boat
Nor+baeld recovered a second body at 11:30
o'clock Yesterday morning. 1t was identified as
that of Juan Aboy BeniteZ. young Porto
Ricsn employed a shipping clerk by Flint.
Eddy G. Co No 30 Rroad-st. This discovery ut
terlv destroyed the conclusion reached on Satur-
dav-that there Here no more bodies in the
,,,,eclx Last mig I the wreckers said that they
might find more bodies among the wreckage in
the lower cabins tn-day.
One Of the divers. Olsen. came to the surface
and said that he had ropes attached TO de-
livery wagon. Hosting machinery was started
on the wrecker William b. Morse, ana tne
wagon was drawn TO the surface. AS it swung
in the air a black object dropped out OF the
covered wagon bed. The spectators saw mat IL
WAS a body and the diver soon recovered IL.
II was drawn to the Spanish pier, where the
boa, of Wright. the bank clerk, was taken yes
terday on the pier were several friends OF d
roung Porto Rican, who had been missing since
the accident. They recognized the distorted
features OF their friend and positively identified
the bodv. The wagon from which the body fell
belonged to Henry Feimann, a liquor dealer
at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island.
The divers believe that the young man be-
.ame confused when the Mortified was struck
and rushed back among the teams trying to ma
a stairway to the upper deck. He had obtained
a life preserver but had not adjusted the
straps properly and il was found around ms
hips.
Three persons who were supposed TO have
been on the Mortified still registered as
missing with the police of the Forty second Pre-
.inct They are:
sARTLETT. General C G. Hart Park Livingston staten
DICKINSON. Charles hfy-ive years. West Eighth-ave
New-Brighton Island.
r5ND olaf twenty-four years Brooklyn Reported miss
ing yesterday afternoon by Hans Emerson & 80 10 20
Staten Island visit friends.
The big wreclzng tug Monarch went to work
on the Mortified yesterday morning, and sew
eral chains were put under the ferryboat- More
chains viii be placed to-day and the wrecker
Century viii take her position on the starboard
side. Pontoons viii be sunk about that part Of
the hull which supports the Northfeld's boilers
An attempt TO pull the ferryboat to the surface
will probably be made on Tuesday.
The divers cut away the steps leading from
the hurricane deck to the lower cabins yester-
dav. and will make a last search for bodies this
morning Numerous benches and other rubbish
viii have TO be taken out before this can be
done. SOuth-st between the Spanish pier ana
Pier Q was filled with a curious crowd from
early IN the morning until the divers quit work
at $50 O'Clock. A dozen policemen were neces-
sary 10 keep the crowd of the piers A number
Of Staten Islanders who had been in the collision
were allowed TO visit the wreck. one young
man brought his wife and tried TO snow her
Just what had happened
II down there in the smoking cabin he
began.
Not away under the water?" asked his wife.
III wasn't under water then" exclaimed the
husband. 4 in the smoking cabin
Don't YOU think YOU had better give up
sraoking?" interrupted the wife. You might
have been drowned away down there"
The husband said nothing about his smoking
habit. but continued his story Of the disaster.
He told how he pulled a life preserver out of the
r2rk and Z TharT ran OlT on Hprg
Didn't you try 10 save any Of the women"
asked his wife.
4 didn't have time TO think Of any woman but
you" he replied
And then she called him "dearie," forgot all
about her desire 10 have him figure a hero
and they hurried away from the 'horrid thing"
There WAS another man from Staten Island
who talked 10 Inspector Thompson for hour
about the evils of the ferry system. He was
positive that il the Dock Board had any sense
they would never let the Staten Island and Jer-
sey ferries "crisscross." His idea was that
they should swap slips and allow the Staten
Island boats TO land the inside. which would
prevent all future accidents of the kind
SKETCH OF THE pnpTn DTc.N