The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-16

Al EW YORK. june l5.-One of the
most appalling disasters IN the
history u New York tragic I'm it's
immensely. dramatic i'm lis episodes.
ana deeply pathetic in the tender age of
most Of its victims. took place today
n the East river. AT the entrance TO
IONS Island sound, Within a short dis
A-'"-e OF Jne New York shore. and
Mtthln sight of thousands If persons.
tae majority of whom were nouerIess
u minimize the extent Of the catasrro-
phe
BY burning 90 the waters edge of the
Floeumr tITCc-decker excursion
steamer the largest i'm these waters.
more than COO persons the majority of
~ hom were women and children. were
burned To death or drowned bv jump
ing overheard or 0y being thrown into
the WhlTlpcoIs hy the Iurchiu- OF the
vessel and the frantic rush of the
pauie-strickeu passengers.
Five Hundred Bodies Recovered.
approximately 500 bodies have brrn
recovered ana are now being tagged at
the UoFguFS If Bellevue hospital and
Harlem. Divers were g.iII busy al
late hour taking bodies from the hold
ui lhe vessel which they sag is chokcd
with the remains of human bodies
While the bodies Of scores who Ieaued
or were thrown into the river have
not been recovered.
il fs.fbo season re sunday ssr,..-7 .-,--
cHrsigua In New york bay and the
Ions Island sound. The latter one of
the most rirffrrs.,Irr indies -f -,...f..-.
f. the ...sr..f ~
Great or4r4r4tf..... r4F hoo. .....r.
fqr fl,s zs,-...-t.--,--r, -.-.-.-,.r .---.-- M
the SUNDAY s.hooI nj 81 1T-rr.-- Co.
man F.ufbe~ar church +1,- ,-,rg,,gq-.,-
pobuf5tjo6 Of fs love- d e g aT1 o5 vasl
sides and the General SI0-um had
been chartered 90 carry the excursion
lists to Locust grove. one of the many
resorts on Long island sound.
poe+ We rs-ov--.5
T. is VaTi0usly estimated that there
were between 1900 and $500 persons Ou
board the General Sloeum when she
lcfE -he pier al Third street. East river,
though the kuiCBerb0cher Steamship
g1muauv. which owns 1he SI1cum offf-
ciaUv states that the number of pas
eane.r- rras S2- thai hafnz ONLY one
third OF the vessels capacity. III is
thought. however. that there We're sew
craI hundred children i'm arms, for
whom fares are not usually charged on
these trips. Oh board.
The scene on The decks " the steam
ter as she proceeded uD the East river
was one OF merrEmakine, customary
on such occasions The mass OF Ilags
Suffered le the june DfeeI5s1 the Daho7
Ne-e playing ana l-l- tAii-' eH 7i1
slHslHs- dancing anu "afiils H---'oNg-
chiefs ana mass lh alisM7t 10 t.le 9s--"
inc steamers. AT the extreme eastern
cud Of Handahs island. az one nun
cred and lhfts -liliA street, 'A7.e ls -"
slrlleh OF water hlio"A as --e 9--A1i
2i-alo"s. --4-- o.
|L- 1oN1
AT tLis point. just as crowds were
watching the gail y-dec0rated steamer
from the shore, the General Slocum
took fire, and ass cine age of Thea vessel
she was built boo lesl-had resulted On
the Well-seasoHing of the wood with
which She was almost entirely built,
sle was soon a mass el HaMe-
iHe rare ls ~1i1 t1 nave n-'Ae.i oS- do
-. .-.eH -''-H "l .-E -''
ugn me 5Fei turning OF "a H.- or
grease me Niiid was ui5". alt an
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E- satA- N.-' '.' '---.'5. anu q. 80. --''-
..'ie- an ..,.l. -.-.-,-I t..,,-.
tas General Slocual, started t' lutl
Was warned tFat +. would set ire to
the lumber and oil. SO he changed his
,sr,--. fs- North Brother island. one
Of rhe twin islands near the entrance
I'D .r. sound. where the boat. partially
harmed WAS Een-Hed She sank near
lris place at 1925 o'clock this after
noon rr-a h1urs and Twenty-Five min
mes amer rl,- fire was fr=r discovered.
passengers z @-l'c-'9 u AGA
Er the meantime the passengers had
haer-1e rauic-strickeu and those who
were MOI caught uu by the flames
rushed To the rear af the vessel and
5-s--s-ag= sr5--raa overheard into fhe