Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-29
ELEVEN BODIES
Recovered From Wreck of the
 City of Trenton.
NINE PERSONS SILL MISSING

One of the Bodies Recovered Has Not
 Been Fully Identified Between
 Thirty and Forty Were Injured
 The Ruins Were Searched All Night
 and This Morning by Policemen and
 Boat Co Employees Tor the Missing
 Bodies
 Philadelphia, Aug 29-EIeven known dead, nine missing and tnirty-two ln- jured is the record made Dy the ex- plOsion of the boilers of the steamboat City of Trenton on the Delaware river yesterday afternoon. All night long city firemen, policemen and officials and employees of the Wilmington Steamboat company, which owned the iIl-fated vessel. worked in and around the burned and blackened hull search ing for bodies of victims of the disas- ter Hundreds of men are dragging the river bottom with grappling rons today and they will continue to do so until every person that was on the boat is accounted for.
 Of the eleven bodies that have been recovered ten have been identifid.
 They are-Passengers: Miss Eliza beth Crane. William Drenn and Will Ham Fl. Keen of Philadelphia; Arthur Lansing of Trenton, and James Me Cormick of Wilmington, Del, crew; James Graham, engineer; John F. Chew, assistant engineer; James O'ConneIl and Mott Mable, firemen, and August MabIe. deckhand.
 The unidentified body is so badly burned that it's sex cannot be deter mined.
 Among the missing are Miss Ethel Stokes of Trenton and Miss Helen Briest. daughter of former Mayor John BrieSt of Trenton
 According to the statement of the widow of he deceased assistant engi- neer. John F. Chew the man had a presentiment of death Mrs Chew says that before leaving home for work on Tuesday night her husband said:
 Lizzie. may never see you again. l have a presentiment that there will be an explosion on the boat. If there is there will be no escape for me. They are running at too high steam pressure. If an accident should occur l and many others will be killed"
 Of the thirty-two injured persons
 
 Philadelphia house of correction, all are reported as doing well to-day. and it is not now believed that any of them will die.
 Augustus Reinhart. an expert ma chinfst employed by the Neafie & Levy. Shipbuilding company. builders of the City of Trenton. recently overhauled the boats boilers.
 He said today that there was no doubt in his mind that the explosion was due to the exhaustion of the water in the boilers.
 The boat was fifteen minutes late when she left her wharf yesterday af- ternoOn. and it is stated that much of this lost time adh been made up when the explosion occurred.
 The captain and other offices of the boat and the officials of the company deny empahtically the statement that the City of Trenton was racing with the steamer Twilight of the opposition line when the explosion occurred. The Twilight and City of Trenton were close together at the moment of the explosion. the former being in the lead. Those on board the Twilight did not hear the explosion or know of the miShap to the rival boat until too late to be of assistance.
 Superintendent of Police Quirk de clared to-day that the matter will be thoroughly investigated by his depart ment. and if the charge of racing is sustained. the officers and crew of the wrecked steamer will be arrested.
 Director of Public Safety English issued an announcement to the public through the newspapers calling upon those woh have friends or relatives missing to furnish his department with their names. In response to this request the department today has the following list of missing:
 Irene Weild. 16 years.
 Clara B. Weild, l 3 years.
 Dora Weild. 9 years
 Louisa Tillison. 25 years and Mrs Matilda Cross of Philadelphia; Marion Ashmead. IT years.
 Anna Herr, 16 years; Emma East burn. IS years: Miss Helen Ballen- tyne. 40 years. of Germantown. Pa.
 In addition. two or more Trenton people are known to be missing.
 naT-furEpc OE7 ST fEOpCE