The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-15

steamer a body was seen float
ing about fifty yards away, and
the boat in charge of G. II.
Murray master of the Eulalia,
rowed out TO pick it up. Before
the boat reached it the body sank,
but Murray went in the water after it,
got it into the rowboat, and then to
the Eulalia. II was the body of Mrs.
Dickstein. AS life was thought not to
be extinct efforts were begun imme-
diately to resuscitate her. Everything
that could be done was done, and the
three hours or more, but ii was use
less: the spark of life had flown and
all efforts proved unavailing.
The lifeboats meantime had reached
the scene and careful and systematic
search was made for the other bodies,
but none of them was found. Not only
was the search made from the boats
but NJ. Sanders, colored man, living
on the island, and a fine swimmer and
diver, went under water repeatedly in
his efforts to recover the dead, but no
trace was to be had.
Everybody on the island, officers of
the steamer, picnickers and residents,
searched untiringly for the bodies of
the drowned and every effort was made
to revive Mrs. Dickstein. Those who
returned from Daufuskie last night
praised the work of Mr. Leander But
Ter. Corpl McChesney of the local re-
cruiting station and others whose
names were unknown, or, in the ex-
element were forgotten, but all of
whom were indefatigible in their efforts
to recover the bodies of the drowned.
The Return to the city.
When it was seen that further search
was useless, and that Mrs. Dickstein
was dead, the picnickers gathered on
the Eulalia and sorrowfuly started
on their return to the city. The steam
er reached her dock shortly after
o'clock and Immediately the news of
the disaster spread. People who had
friends or relatives on the picnic hast
ened to the wharf each moment dread
ing to hear the Intelligence that some
of their loved ones had been swept to
their death.
Most of the drowned lived in the lie
brew colony on West Bryan street, and
the houses of their bereaved parents
and relatives We're filled and surround
ed by sympathetic friends, many of
whom had seen the tragedy enacted.
The body of Mrs. Dicksten was taken
to r. Henderson's Sons undertaking
rooms, where it was prepared for bur
ial. 1t will be sent to-day to Nash
Vile, Tenn. Mrs. Dickstein was the
mother of two young children who
We're on the picnic with their parents.
A man named Orrenstein, member
of the H. G.. H., together with three
colored men, who live on the island,
were left to search for the bodies at
low tide.
Another party went to the island via
Thunderbolt, where they secured a
naphtha launch. They will spend the
day on the beach, unless the bodies are
recovered sooner.
Many of those on the picnic claimed
last night that there had been gross
negligence on the part of somebody
inasmuch as the bathers were not
warned of the peculiarities and dan
gers of the beach. Capt. Murray of
the Eulalia, said that there are signs
on the beach showing where to go and
where not to go, and in addition, the
bathers were warned from the shore
when they first entered the water
The II. G. II. has offered a reward
for the finding of each body, and in
addition will pay the funeral expenses.
DiCkstein and his family had been
here but a few months, having come
to Savannah from Nashville. Zacht
was a clerk on Bryan street. and he
too only recently came to Savannah.
The others are natives of the city. An
ME Horovitz was a daughter of r.
Horovitz of No. SlS Bryan street, west;
Miss Silverstein lived at No. 2S3 Bryan,
west, and the Kronstadt girls also,
lived on Bryan street.