New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
SAVED HER FIFTY CENTS
Child Went Back to Burning Boat
to Get 1t.

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my new hat and coat. mamma. but went back
and got my fifty cents.
when the boat began to burn up," she said,
"a man came up TO and said Don't be afraid.
little girl and put a life-preserver around me.
Mr. Haas and all the officers of the boat were
telling us not TO be afraid and l scared
very much. Then a little steamer got alongside
OF us and I jumped on board. Then found that
had dropped a 50-cent piece mamma had given
me. remembered where il fell so ] jumped
back on the steamer and got IT,"
Ny brand new hat and coat I had left with
Mrs Kline who lives next door at No 81, and
she got burned up. Eddie Kline. of her
boys. was saved, but both his kneecaps were
broken His two brothers were killed. too. My
friend. Agnes Hauf, with me. She is only
nine years old and she was drowned Somebody
put her on the towboat where I was. but some
men she fell against pushed her overheard.
didn't see her come up even once"
George Heinz. of No. 81 Avenue A, was one
OF those who were pulled ashore on North
Brother Island.
SAYS DECKHANDS KNOCKED THEM
DOWN
when the fire broke out" he said. 1.-The deck
hands knocked down everybody trying TO save
their skins. Every man in the party was trying
10 save as many women as they could. but these
FELLOWS jumped upon ScdtS' hA4oNhA-1ie NN--
women and children, and grabbing life pre-
servers from them when they could not easily
reach those in the racks As soon as they got
hold Of one they jumped overheard without try
ing TO help the women and children. The heat
forced me overheard after the deckhands had
separated me from my mother and sister.
have not seen them since. We were then con-
siderable distance from the shore Of North
Brother Island. When I was swimming there
i caught a little girl with light hair and blue
eyes but the tide so strong and was so
tired that I had to let go. She wore a brown
dress with string of beads around her neck
The men at the island had thrown a rope into
the water but the wall too slippery for
anyone to climb so they were sticking out rakes
and poles TO US. / got hold of a rake, with which
they lifted me out of the water
LEGS BROKEN. BUT A REsCUER.
Tony Swartz. brother Of the boy who swan
out and recovered his mothers and grand
mothers bodies, saved his sister Amelia. who
is teacher in the Sunday school Of st. Marks.
although his legs were broken when they were
pulled out of the water 10 one OF the tugs.
Annie Nordorf twenty years old, of No. az
Second-st.. took her five-year-old cousin Annie
Burkhardt 10 the picnic
"All at once" she said, Il sa a lot of smoke
pouring up In the bow of the boat / was about
in the middle Of the boat. which fortunate
for me. for there was rush for the stern i'm
rnediatey. II was only a few seconds before the
whole forward part of the boat was ahre. and
everybody in the bow had no choice but 10
Jump The excitement on deck grew greater
every minute. and all the passengers seemed
panic stricken. They kept rushing back and
forth. and did not seem TO know what to do.
When it seemed as though l must take my
little cousin and jump overheard a tug let
barge she was towing drift down against us
and and lot OF others jumped on board Just
before this tug saved another tug tried
get close enough TO help the people on the boat,
but she stuck in the mud and could not get 10
US. The people were shouting al the captain TO
come nearer, but when he didn't they began to
curse him In climbing on board the barge
got separated from the ba bv, and 1 don't know
what has become Of her
TAKES REFUGE BENEATH PADDLE.
Robert Doherfer. of No. 121 Avenue A. was one
of those that jumped overheard. He is not a
good swimmer, and dismayed by the sight
of the drowning women and children desperately
clutching at those that We're trying to swim
away from the steamer and dragging them
down With Annie Ripper, Of No. 1884 Third
ave; Robert Becker, of No. l57 Third-ave
and Andrew thinner, Of No. 1872 Third-ave., he
took refuge beneath the starboard paddle box
where they were saved by tug.
PASTOR CALLED FOR FAMILY.
The story of Miss Clara Stuer abounds in
thrilling incident.
i was sitting on the upper deck with some
friends" she said. They were Miss Millie
Mannheimer, Miss Lille Mannheimer. her niece
nine years old. and Walter, the latter's brother
aged eleven We had just passed the entrance
70 the Harlem River and going slowly
when Lille who was looking forward called 10
her aunt. saying, i think the boat is on fire
euntie; see all the smoke
Hush, replied her aunt. You must not talk
Lille would not be silenced however and
only a few moments later there was q roar as
though cannon had been shot of, and the en-
IRE DOW or the boat was one sheet of flames
Il he people rushed pell-mell over one another
and IN the rush lost track OF my friends. Hun
oreds or people jumped overheard being caught
80 by the flames that escape was impossihIe
jumped over the rail and dropped down TO
the next lower deck, where I began TO dispense
ter chance in the water. Then I started to
clno down the side of the boat. when | heard
voice calling TO me 10 hold a minute.
turned and saw a man standing on the bow
OF tug which was approaching. I held on and
was soon taken off with a number of other per
sons VINO mad been rescued from the boat and
from the water.
As left the dock at Randalrs Island 7 saw
Two hundred bodies, mostly OF women and chill
oteI lying on the ground. Physicians were
mofhhe over many OF them. IN the centre OF
one group / saw the pastor the Rev George
haas Several doctors were doing their best
70 revive him. and as I stood there he onenad
his eyes and looked about His first words
Were; Where are they?'' Where is my fam
ny? Are they saved? Are they dead or alive?'
short time found Lille. Beyond being bruised
she was all right, her clothes being dry How,
she got out she does not seem to know.
WIFE AND -FOUR CHILDREN GONE
Bernard Miller. Of no. % second-ave.. called
al Police Headquarters looking for his wife and
-FOUR ehhafen He and his family were on the
General sloeum. and jumped overheard.
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