Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-06-23
PROBING SLOCUM DISASTER
Remains Of Additional UnfOrtunateS
Brought to the Surface.
COEONER has BEGUN THE INQUEST.
Coroner Berry Is Said to Have Evidence That
Many Of the Rlug-Preservers We're So
Heavy That They Sank Like Lead-Two
Bodies Were Found on the Bottom OF the
River with Ring.Prcservers Around Them.

Heavy That They Sank Like Lead-Two
Bodies Were Found on the Bottom OF the
River with Ring.Prcservers Around Them.
New York, (SpeciaD. All along the
East river from North Brother is
land down TO what are known as the
sunkcn meadows search is still beng
made for bodies of unfortunatcs who
lost their lives in the disaster to the
excursion steamer General Slocum.
Although more than US bodies had
been recovered the last reports added
five more % the total.
| Wreckcrs at work on the wreck OF
| the Slocum encountered new dililcul-
! tics. They were at work about the
| hull of the sunkcn steamer when they
found that instead of the hull resting
in mud, as they thought, it rested o on
rocks which were never known to
exist. This, they say, will delay the
work somewhat.
There are four divers at work near
North Brother island searching Tor
bodies One diver reports that al
a depth of nincty-hvc feet he mas as
covered a large hollow in winch he
SAYS there arc a great many bodies.
The Inquest Begun.
The inuucst before Coroner Berry
wa, begun Monday. More than 200
witnesses have been summoned to ap-
pear. 1t is expected that striking
facts will be adduccd at the inquest,
for. in addition to the proof that the
lie prcscrvcrs were rotten, that the
fire hose burst, that the lifcboat davlts
would not work and that the lite
RATS we're SO fastened to the decks
that they could not be moved Coroner
Berry was SAID to have evidence tlat
that many OF the ring prcscrNcrr were
SO heavy that they sank like lead.
Dcckhand Testifes.
According to the testimony of l"nn
!. Coaklcy. one OF the Slocum deck
| hands, he never had been instructed
in a fire drill since he became an en-
plnvcc oi the KtickcrDockcr Company
at the beginning OF last season.
Coaklcv said he took down many
| lie prc>crvcrs and distributed them
| among the women and Chlldrcn 50
! far a, he could see. all the prcscrvcrs
were in good condition. 1t was M
/ po,.ihlc To- reach any oi the litc rats
! because Of the panic. but one OF the
J itcboats was lowered. The other
! boats we're 50 surrounded by Strug-
Cling persons that the crew could not
! get at them.
The bost they succeeded in clear
/ ing ard which wa filled with women
/ and children capSlzcd while 1t was
/ being lowered from the davitS. he
witness wa, unable to give any IN
! formation a TO the origin ot the frc'
Several other members of the crew
corroboratrd Coaklcy's story IN most
! OF its details, but none ot them knew
OF a iichoat having been lowered.
Bereavement Caused Suicide.
A resident OF Jersey City named
Workman, who lost two daughters
and son in the disaster, returned
home after having visited the scene
of the wreck and after attending me
mortal services during the day, and
blew his brains out with revolver.
His Entire Family Gone.
A crushing blow fell on Albert
Kraal an ivory and pearl inlaycr,
when he reached his home, at Mid
die Village. J.. l., and learned that
his entire family, including his w,te
and two children, had gone on the
| Slocum excursion and had been lost.
kraai has been at work at his trade
at Newport r. l., and did not know
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