The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
EXCURSIONISIS BURN AND DROWN
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alarm and almost Immediately there were
engines at the foot of East One hundred
and twenty-second street If the Slocum
mad turned In then not a life would have
been lost.
little girl stood sobbing along the
dead on the pier. She said she had
lost her mother and grandmother. The
bodies were found side by side and
laentlfed by the girl. The mother was
Mrs. Annie Burch and the grand
mother Mrs. Louisa Schwartz.
sight that brought tears to the
eyes of all beholders was the body of
Mrs. Lillian Granfr. Clasped to her
breast was the body of her nine-month
baby. Both had been burned to death,
the mother vainly endeavoring to pro-
tect her child.
Panic Was Fatal
Edward Flanagan, mate of the
wrecked Slocum, said it was impossi-
Die to calm the excursionists after the
hrst appearance of the flames. He
said: 4
1t was. unfortunate there were not more
men on board and that all the excursion
lists did not understand the English lam
guage. Women and children pressed to
the sides Of the vessel and, before any one
overheard by hundreds. 1t was found that
the majority lost their lives by jumping
overheard. whereas If they had held their
presence OF mind many would have been
saved Many of the poor people becom-
ing frantic rushed into the flames and
were consumed.
Many pathetic scenes were witnessed
at the various hospitals, where many
people sought their loved ones. Wild
eyed men, tremulouS women and
frightened children begged to know if
any of their families were in the hos
pitfalls. Eagerly they seized upon sur
vivors. Most of the interrogations were
in German
Il had five children said a woman
at the Lincoln hospital "the oldest
nineteen and the youngest five years
OF age. They were all on this excur-
sion. Let me pass
Springs Up to Meet Her Mother
The men on guard stepped back, and
she ran painting up the stairs The
nurses helped her and presently she
came upon a girl in bed in one of
the wards, so bandaged that none but
a mother would have recognized her
The girl was burned about the head
and body, but she leaped from the bed
at the sight of her mother and the two
descended to the lower hall where the
two sat side by side in a fearful en-
brace.
My name is Mrs. Iden and had five
children this morning, now / have only
this one, my dear love-" said the Wom-
an, holding the girl as if she feared she
might yet be taken from her. In the
same hospital were several little boys.
My. mother gave me life preserver.
That's how got saved" said one,
whose name is Mueller. Il guess she
didn't have none herself, cause they
can't find her"
Drowned but for Dead Woman
II
all, said his bedfellow, Henry Fer
weiser. Il went down twice and 1
swallowed a whole lot of water, but
pretty soon i caught hold of a dead
woman and then somebody grabbed me
with hook. If it hadn't been for that
dead woman I'd a drowned sure
Up and down the wards and corri-
doris tramped little lad two years old.
He had yellow hair and was neatly
little and that little was German. He
spoke of his mother and it is under
stood that he had been with her on the
excursion. After he had been in the
hospital for several hours his father
came, sad of face, and kissed the little
boy and took him away.
IT cannot find her." he said, when
asked about the boys mother, but the
little chap smiled, waved his hands in
farewell and went away hugging toy.
Pastor Escapes, Wife Lost
Rev. ]. G. Schultz, assistant pastor
of the church, called at the tempo
rary morgue tonight and identified the
body of Mrs. Anna Haas, wife of the
pastor of the church, DR.. Haas is
among the rescued. He himself, wife
and daughter got outside of the rail
of the Slocum before the steamer
beached. He cannot say whether they
jumped or fell or were pushed into the
water. He sank and when he rose
he found scores about him fighting for
life He failed to find his wife and
daughter. With great effort he kept
af1oat and was about to give up when
a man on a tug picked him UP. His
daughter is dead.
Lie Dead on the Grass
Among the first of the physicians to
reach North Brother island was DR..
Henry Krauskopf house surgeon Of
the Harlem hospital, who said:
1t was the most dreadful spectacle
ever saw. Lying about in various pos
lures were hundreds, it seemed, of women
appealing for help at one time. The
most touching appeals were from mothers
for their children. There were children
all about us lying dead upon the grass.
In the three hours that we were on the
island I think we must have treated fully
$50 persons The majority were women,
although there were several children
Miss Annie Kriss said that she, with
Mrs. Annie Beckman and her eight
year-old daughter Margaret and her