Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-20
AN AWFUL cATAsTRopHE.

this morning 4s1 bodies. victims of the
catastrophe 10 the General slocum
yesterday, had been recovered. Eight
bodies We're picked mp in one group
OF North Brothers Island The divers
are wori,ing today in lie watorhIled
hull OF the vessel, where many bodies
are, Scenes Of heartrendng pathos
continue ON the pier, whore relatives
pass between long lines of dead:
AT noon today $50 bodies have been
recovered Divers are still working
IN the burned hull and IN the waters
surrounding it,
NEW YORK. June 1G.-FIealth Com
missioner Darlington estimates Shat
he victims OF the General Sloeum dis
tster viii number at least a thousand
Others place the death list al 500
Fewer than 500 OF the 500 who sailed
have been accounted for at the hos
gitals and their homes. Most OF the
bodies We're burned beyond recogni-
ion. less than POO being identified
NEW YORK, June lG,-A thick
white mist settled over the hulk this
morning as If euJoayoriug to cover
he horror spot With q mantle Besides
Ilycrs. numerous small boats niau.
led with hremen and policemen, ply
ug the water below the wreck We're
constantly picking mp bodies every
now and then a diver or graphing
nook bringing a blackeued corpse to
he surface When several were re-
covered they were taken to a city tug
tud placed in whilc boxes. As soon
ls a load was secured The tug steamed
o The Twenty-siNth street pier, where
4 temporary morgue mas been estaO.
ished
NEW YORK, Jme lG.-lhe lnyesti-
CATION into the cause OF the fire CON
lnues. None have been found who
saw the hre start. and the cause may
aey6r be- determined. The blaze orig
mated near the store room for lamps,
lHs. etc. Capt Van Schaick was
present at the hospital today, lie
;aid:
III ! did wrong in making a run icl
he island have lifetime to regret
IT,. Did what my best Judgment die
ated dun'J think five minutes
elapsed between the discovery of hre
ma beachiug."
President Barnaby Of the Kuicker-
booker Stenmhoa, CO., owners of the
General Slocup. said thu ~ anyone
as TO blame Tor dc,cetye apparatus
q -must fan on the lcderal inspectors
who passed ON the condition OF the
boat but three wcuhs ago.
NEW YORK, June iG.-lt is now
yuown that 95t lives were LOST ia ,ua
usaster OF yesterday although some
IF the estimates have placed the num-
5or ot deaths Al 750 The couserya-
i've DR.. Brooks maintains that ID viii
iot 81 above T5D When the fearful
ale is fully told and the Hcll Gate
rapids have given up The last of Jher
lead. the tragedy of yesterday viii m-
Weati0uahly he the most appalling
hat ever occurred in The waters OF
America
WNSuGNGTON. juno 1G-Sccre-
AIRY Cortclyou of tho Department of
Commerce and Labor has ordered %
rigid examination into the General
Slocum disaster The Investigation
will be conducted by Supervising In
ipector General Uhlcr and by General
lanes A. pumonl and Thos. Barrett
the board III steamboat Inspectors Of
New York
NEW YORK. June 16-Pastor
Haas Of the German Lutheran Church,
whose flock mot death in the General
Slocum tragedy. has received this mes
sage from the president: Accept my
profound sympathy for Yourself your
church aud your congregation. Sign
ed Theodore Roosevelt"
NEW YORK, june 17.-Fiye hun
ired anil twenty-four victims of tue
sloCum disaster have been identified
mp TO this forenoon OF The corpses
remaining at the temporary murgue
scventyhve are sul unidentified The
missing stlll number several hundred.
Iohn Rice, diver, who examined the
hull this morning. says that many
bodies are submerged in the paddle
box. In the stricken district hundreds
u stores and houses are marked by
long black sireamers. Crowds throug
he district paying their last respects
10 the dead Some funerals occurred
oday, and tomorrow hundreds will be
held.
NEW YORK. June 17-Wreckers
are today trying to lift the port side
of the Slocum in an effort to release
bodies thought to be buried there
Four separate Investigations are now
proceeding. Secretary Cortelyou is
personally conducting the federal in
quiry District Attorney jerome has
himself collected some damaging state
ments, foremost among which is that
the life preservers and FIRE hose were
rotten. Coroner Barry is preparing
to hold an inquest Monday Chief Ro-
lie of the steamboat inspection burenu
has also started an investigation
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE count
at / o'clock today of the total number
Of bodies found is j32, the 47O that
are yet missing indicating the total
loss to be over n thousand Divers
have discovered a number of bodies
wedged in the puddle boxes of the
slocum. and it Is now believed that
over 200 will be found in the hull OF
the burning vessel. The distressing
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