The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-20
THE HARVEST
 OF THE DEAD FOrty-One Bodies Recover cd Yesterday. --~ 300 STILL ARE MISSING Secretary C0rtely0u Pays
 Visit to the Scene. He Refused to Make Statement, But It Is Known the Government VIII Conduct an In- vestigation.

New York. June 1s.--sunday's har- vest of dead from the steamer General Slocum numbered forty-one, bringing the total number of bodies so far re- covered up to 624. Of these 559 have been identified while 31 of the vic- tims now lying at the morgue have not been claimed by friend or rela- tive.
 While the list of missing has been cut down somewhat by the identifica- ton made to-day, eleven new names were added to the roll. thus leaving the total of missing almost as 1t was Saturday---something more than 300.
 Early this morning the searchers be- gan anew the work of locating the Slocum's dead.
 Within an hour they had recovered 13 bodies off the shore of North Broth CTS Isfand. Three of the bodies were floating. and 1t is the general opinion that many more will come to the sur face during the week.
 At sundown, when work practically ceased for the day 36 bodies had been added to the long list of dead that have been taken from tfe wrecked steamer and the water in its immediate vicinity Most of these bodies wera taken to the morgue and a majority of them identified tonight.
 Of the bodies recovered during the first hour. one was that of an man, six were women. two of boys. four of girls and one was of an infant.
 Bodies Locked Together.
 A life saver, grappling from a raft. brought up V oman of 30 and girl of i i years locked in each others arms. A xew minutes later he brought the bodies of boy 9 years old, and a girl of siSs apparently brother and sis ter. cIaspl1g tightly to each other Divers who went to the wreck found the bodies of a woman, girl and boy and brought them to the snrsecs They were burned beyond rec cFnftion aene dlvsaS said there are more bodies. in the wreck, thus bear Ing out the statement made day oi two ago. as 1t was thought the wreck had been cleared, that many bodies re" mained under the entanglement of tim> bers and machinery.
 One body was found floating in the river near l}sSer's Island by the crew of a four cared barge of the Metropoli- tan Rowing Club while nineteen were brought up from the bottom along the beach running from the island down to the channel The men working with an improvised grapple consisting of a block of wood to which many blue fish hooks were attached drew up the sec tion of the rail of the upper deck of the Slocum about thirty feet in length. The bodies of four women were cling Ing to the rail, the fingers gripping the interlaced wire roping. This is part of the rail which gave way just before the steamer was beached, precipitat- ing one hundred people into the water. While the rail was being brought ashore two of the bodies broke away from 1t but were secured immediately. The other two were still clinging to the rail when 1t was landed.
 Funerals of Victims.
 The funerals of nearly a hundred victims of the disaster were held to- day. In many instances two caskets were carried in the same hearse and in some cases two and even three hearses bore away the dead of a single family.
 Pilot Weaver told of an incident he noted after the Slocum caught fire. The first notification of the fire was re- ceived from Mate Flanagan through the speaking tube into the pilot house lat point about 100 feet south of the Bronx Kills, which is in the vicinity of 129th Street. At this statement of the part of Weaver. Captain Glider, chief of the pilot service of a big steamer line was dSheQ Dy tHe toIoHeF n nv had been in charge of the boat. he would have beached her Captain Gill; der replied without hesitation at the foot of East 129th Street. which could be made in a few moments.
 Coroner Barry said that he had is- sued an order for the detention Of the captain, pilot. engineers and crew of the Slocum.
 b. "I learned" said he. that they were trying to escape, and I asked the police to detain everybody who was employ ed on the boat as witnesses. Some of them have escaped and we may never be able to get them. But we are after them and will leave no stone unturned to get them into our Jurisdiction"
 Secretary Cortelyou, of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, visited the scene of the disaster today. He was accompanied by H. K. Smith, Dep uty Commissioner of Corporations of the same department under whose su- pervision an Investigation will be held supervising Inspector General Uhler and Inspector Rodfe.
 Secretary Cortelyou remained at North Brother Island long enough to witness a number of bodies being taken out of the water He refused to dis cuss the situation, but Mir. Uhler gave out statement in which 1t was ex- plaihed that the trip was preliminary to the investigation to be made by the Federal authorities which 1t was prom ised would be complete and thorough in every respect