Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-16
DIVERS At WORK
IN EAST RIVER
Many Bodies Brought Up From the
Sunken Wreck of the Siocum-
Total Loss of Life 1900.

New York, June 16-After an al
night search with the aid of profession
al divers at North Brothers Island, fol
victims of the i'll fated Slocum which
burned yesterday, 463 known deai
had been recovered up to o'clock to
day, and 5O4 bodies lay on the slabs al
noon. OF the number 116 have been
identified. The number missing is es
timated at fully 400. During the day
yesterday, 203 persons were taken to
hospitals. After treatment it was
found in many cases that their injur.
les were not serious enough to pre-.
vent their going to their homes Some
who remained in the hospitals, how
ever, are still in critical condition
Estimates of the number of the dead
given by officials vary exceedingly.
DR.. Darlington, president of the Board
of Health, gives the total as 1900 with
a possibility of 1880. Inspector
Brook places the number of dead at
nearly 1000. All through the night
men in diving suits, and others with
graphing hooks, stood on the decks
of tugs which hovered about the sunk
en- wreck and brought up the bodies of
the dead. How many dead still lie in
the sunken hull cannot ever be esti-
mated until every nook and corner of
the shell has been gone over by the
divers.
Rev. George G. Haas, pastor of St.
Marks Lutheran Church, whose Sun
day School gave the excursion, is
prostrasted He has been unconscious
most of the time since the disaster
and his condition is critical. He lost
his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, Mrs.
Carl Hanson, and sister-in-law, Mrs.
Tetimore. Mrs. Tetimore's
Edith, aged two, was also
lost.
Many stories of heroism are told but
there is darker SIDE Some of the
survivors tell Of the brutal acts and
selfishness of some of the Slocum's |
crew and that the distress signals |
from the burning. boat were disregard
I'd by passing crafts. One man AYERS |
hat big white yacht passed the Slo-
cum when the bodies of women and |
children were going overheard and |
lid not even slacken speed. Accord
ng to this man. the yacht flew the |
)ennant of the New York Yacht Club |
)ut not the owners pennant, which |
always signifies that the owner is |
aboard After passing the Slocum |
;he steered to the western shore and |
loyo to, while on the bridge man in |
inform watched the vessel burn with /
binoculars to his eyes. Even more
lorrible is the story of Miss Martha
Neirk, who says that while struggling
n the water she was approached by a
'oat containing several men who drew
long side of her. and after stripping
Ter of her rings, pushed her back in
O the water. There is open criticism
# the failure of the Slocum's officers
nd crew to meet the emergency, but
s yet no formal action has been taken
~ either the municipal or federal au-
horities.
$50 Persons Still Missing.
New York, June 16-At noon accord
ng to the best obtainable information
so persons are still missing. The
oroner's Office and the police agree
n their estimate that the total loss of
ife will approximate 1000
Work Of Recovery Going On. i
New York, June 16-Up to $3.50 this
fternoon 522 bodies of the victims of
he Slocum disaster had been recov-
red.
Rigid Investigation Ordered.
Washington, June 16-A rigid inves-
igation of the Slocum disaster has
een ordered by Secretary Cortelyou
f the department of commerce and Ia
or.