The sun., 1904-06-26
LAUNCH SENECA STOVE IN.
NAVAL RESERVE BOAT WAS AID.
ING IN SLOCUM WORK.

Hull Of nurucO BVe8ucT 70 Nc I0Wco
to Erie Basin Te-day-Hospital Vic.
tim Dies Of Decentralization
The Seneca, one Of tho two Naval Re-
serve launches that have been plying be-
tween North Brother Island and the Health
Department dock at 1S2d street since the
Slocum disaster, ran on rock as she was
leaving the North Brother Island landing.
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and stove
q hole in her bottom. The other launch,
the Oneida was just leaving for The Bronx
side. She returned quickly and passed
tow to the Seneca. which was filing rapidly.
The injured boat. with her fires drawn
and lurching unsteadily In her course. was
pulled rapidly over to the place where the
slocum, with the Merritt Chapman derricks.
lay. Some policemen had jumped aboard
and were bailing steadily all the way.
Inspector Albertson was just returning
from the wreck and hearing the, Oneida's
distress signals, put about and hurried
back to give orders for derrick to raise
the Seneca out Of the water. The derrick
William H. Morse. which can lift twenty tons.
lifted the launch, which, with the water in
her may have weighed ten tons, like toy
% soon as steam could be raised.
Then it was seen that there was q rent
In the seneca's bottom near the keel on the
port side some eight inches long and wide
enough for man to ram his fist into.
The boat was patched up with board,
canvas and cleats and replaced In the water.
She was ordered back to the naval militia
ship New Hampshire. Inspector Albertson
will get along hereafter with only one
launch and after to-day may dispense even
with that.
The sunken rocks near the North Brother
landing have been a constant menace to
the launches going In and coming out In
the swift tide. Yesterday the Oneida
grazed one as she was going to the Senecas
rescue.
Arrangements were completed yesterday
to tow the hulk Of the Gen. Slocum to the
Robins Company's dock, Erie Basin,
Brooklyn, at z o'clock this morning.
The mud was cleared from the lower
part Of the hull. but no more bodies were
found. Coroner O'Gorman visited the
wreck in the afternoon and hoisted out a
lot OF stuff from the forward part Of the
hull and took II to North Brother Island
to be used in future official proceedings.
In this part Of the vessel, besides the bunk
shelves where the crew slept, there were
q number OF barrels OF kerosene and ma
chine oil, q lot OF paint kegs, some cases
Of glassware packed In straw and a col.
lection Of miscellaneous rubbish. An old
reed settee, OF the -tete-A-tete" style, and
an old wardrobe were among the things
The badly burned fragments Of gaudy
blue and yellow silk banner Inscribed
William s.. Devery Association, Ninth
Assembly District Eighth Election District"
were found in the debris in the after part Of
the wreck. The workmen who found them
Up, saying: .Tm going to take this to Bill.
He'll give me good money for It
Three bodies were taken to North Brother
Island during the day, one Of girl found
Of Willow avenue one OF Io%.n N Sa~d aooui
near the foot Of l46th street.
C-roner OGormans finger which is
affected with blood poisoning Is still bother
ing him. but 1t did not prevent his work.
An addition to the death list yesterday
came when Mary Maurer died at A2i East
Ninth street Of burns. Her husband and
two children periahed when the slocum
was burned.
Deputy Charities Commissioner Doug
herty, who has arranged for the funerals
OF the unidentified dead, decided yeeter-
day to inter Immediately all the bodies
left unclaimed at noon. There were twelve
OF tlo86, one Oh WNlCn Wh6 o CHdI Ioo OSNy
buried with the twenty-nine burned victims
last Wednesday. 1t was to all seeming
positively identified by means OF jewelry,
and disinterred at the request OF relatives.
When the casket was opened at the morgue,
hcwever they dssiSsed are fhey Ts5e mis-
Commissioner Dougherty then gave orders
that no more disinterred caskets be opened.
Owing to the delay Of the Board OF Health
In making out burial certificates. the one
hearse and six Yndertakers n:Ia W1,s wagons didn't
s O'Clock As the trip requires aboutthree
hours, the interment Of the twelve bodies
was made by moonlight
1t was announced that no more burials
of unidentified will occur before Tuesday
30 as to give the cemetery employees a few
days rest.
According to the figures in the Depart
ment OF Charities Office twenty-one OF the
ffty bodies buried up to Thursday have
since been identified, disinterred and re-
buried.
The steamer Fidelity brought to the
morgue late yesterday afternoon seven
more unidentified bodies, and a box con-
tanning a portion Of the leg Of an adult.
the foot OF a child, and the ankle Of child.
They were thought to belong to two per;
victims buried last Saturday. These were
the last bodies remaining at the Island.
In order to save from inconvenience the
thirty men who have worked falthfully at
the morgue for ten days. Commissioner
Tully went to Comptroller CIRCUITS Office
yesterday and arranged that they should
be paid promptly on Monday.
The Coroner's Office in the borough OF
The Bronx will be open to-day for the
benefit OF persons who lost friends or rela-
tives in the disaster and who wish to claim
jewelry taken from the corpses.
memorial service will be held in st.
Marks Church to-day at half past 10 o'clock
Fearing crowd Of curiosity seekers, Pastor
Haas has decided to admit only those to
whom tickets have been issued. Inspector
Schmittberger has detailed fifty Of his
German speaking policemen to handle the
crowd
The identifications Of recovered bodies
yesterday were:
BooK. GRACE EDNA. years old o. Marcy avenue.
DRRwEs. HENRY H.. years old. 81 East Fourth
F1sxEnsAoxL. MARY. 10 years old, ~ sixth
street.
Dlsce.
GRowALD. FRITZ ~ years old S6 Seventh street.
6ENsLER. AMELIA. 10 years OLD, ~ First avenue.
KosTER. META. g years old 50 Riyington street.
OETriNdEK, ANDREW. years old Si Seventh
'PRAwpzIckr JOHANNA year old. ss East Third
street
SCHMIDT. ANNIE. 30 years old. ieo Avenue B.
SIELIo, Mrs. ANNIE. n years old. Dundee Lake.