The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-20
VICTIMS NUMBER 300
Deaths IN the SIocum Horror
Will Reach That Figure.
STILL TAKING OUT BODIES

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The Wreck win Be Raised e Aid II
the Search For corpses-A Thorough
investigation Of the Disaster is to Be
Made.
New York, June 90 More than three
days and nights Of unceasing search
has resulted In the recovery OF 5Sl bod
les of victims Of the awful disaster
that befell the great excursion steamer
General slocum Ga last Wednesday
morning. OF these 544 have been idem
titled While even this appalling mum.
BIER does not represent the full extent
Of the calamity, hopes are now enter
tanned that comparatively few bodies
remain TO be recovered. There is d pos
sibility that when the charred hulk is
brought to the surface a considerable
number Of bodies may BE found within
the tangled mass Of wreckage, which
has deAed an the divers attempts lit
complete exploration. Doubtless, too,
many bodies have been swept away by
the whirling currents of Hell Gate and
carried out into the broad waters Of
the sound Of out past Sandy Hook to
the open sea.
Some Could Not BE Identified.
The number of them still officially
recorded as missing II 325, but Of these
many have been accounted FOR whose
names have not been taken from the
list, and many are among the dead
whose identification is impossible
The region fiji the vicinity Of st
Marks German Lutheran church III
East Sixth street has been the scene Of
ia simultaneous funerals representing
the burial BIZ nearly 200 bodies, almost
AN those Of women and children. I1nor
nous crowds thrangei the streets Of
the quarter, and d large force Of police
was necessary 10 prevent disorder and
keep clear a passage for tile long tines
Of hearses and carriages. Funeral
services were held I'll no less than fhir-
ty-seyen churches Of various denomi
nations ID the quarter
Sixteen more recovered bodies were
brought down from the scene of the
wreck to The temporary morgue 1T the
foot 81 East Twenty seventh street
50 great WIS the clamor for admission
To the pier that all control of the crowd
was lost, and oil the entrance to the
pier being thrown open rush took
plaee. during which many persons
were knocked down and trampled Oh.
To Extend Relief to Sufferers.
Twenty nine of tile unidentified dead
have been buried IN the city cemetery.
Leaving bnt eight bodies stiIl awaiting
ldentlfie ton fl the morgue. The ex
ecutive committee Of tile mayors re
lief committee met at SC Mark
church and made arrangements for the
extension of relief privately 30 All the
sufferers hv the disastef who are HI
need.
Mayor Mcclellan has authorized 70
lice Commissioner McAdoo 20 contract
with d wreclslng company d raise ths
hull 81 the Slocum. a powerful wreck 4
ing tug has been dispatched to North
Brother island with orders To raise the
wreck " soon Al possible and t9w Il ta
shallow water off mixer island, where
1t win be searched for any bodies that
may vet remain on It.
10 the investigation Of the coroner
about 200 witnesses are to De examined
II the effort to It's tile rasponss hility f0r
the disaster
Sympathy From Emperor William.
New York. June "a. The following
telegram from The German ambassador
1t WASHINGTON Baron speek Won Stern
burg Inelosing q eabIegfam from the
German emperor, has been received by
the Rev Mr. Haas
@Ihe following cableefam las Just
been communicated 70 me 81 his maj
esty tile kaiser
Being most profoundly affected by
the news Ell the inaesellbably horrible
catastrophe which has ogertaken the
Lutheran congregation. | command you
to express TO II MY innernost feelings
Of sorrow
In carrying out the command 81
my most gracious sovereign, allow nae
at the same time to offer YOU my own