The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-21
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SEPARATE INQUIRIES.

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place the responsibilities for the dis
aster. All of the crew of the Slocum.
the officers OF the hospital at North
Brother Island and the eye witnesses
of the disaster have been subpoenaed
and Will be expected to throw such
light on the cause that any person who
by reason of negligence or careless
ness contributed to the tragedy, may
be punished. The coroner will work
in conjunction with the Office of the
district attorney and their inquiry will
not be prosecuted in earnest until the
hull of the steamer has been thorough
ly inspected by competent divers. I.
TO INSPECT STEAMERS.
How deeply the tragedy has stirred
the officials whose duties brought them
into contact with 1t is shown by the
action of the collector of the port, Ne
vada N. Stranahan, who has called a
meeting of the supervising inspectors
Of steamships for his Office tomorrow
at which time the condition of every
steamer plying the Hudson or East
rivers will be inquired into and plans
perfected to make the inspection Of
these craft more thorough and effec-
tive.
Commissioner of Police McAdooshas
instructed the captains Of all precincts
within which are included the excur-
sion docks and recreation piers, to
make special reports on them, setting
forth what arrangements for the safe
ty of excursionists are made by the
steamboat companies. While2 he has
absolutely no power to interfere with
the equipment of steamboats,, the
commissioner intends that hereafter
while they are lying at heir docks, the
utmost precaution shall be taken.
A special meeting of the board of al
dermen will be held on Saturday to
take such action as is needed in refer
ence to the disaster.
Bodies are being found so far distant
as ten miles from the scene of the
wreck and this fact is believed by the
police to indicate that many bodies will
never be recovered. The strong tide
in the East River will probably carry
them out to sea or far into Long
Island Sound.
Horror, stupendous in its gruesome-
ness and with all the unhackneyed
force of the word was pictured all day
today in the shed of the municipal pier
at the foot of East Twenty-sixth street,
which was converted into an emergen-
cy morgue when the regular structure
near by, which accommodates only one
hundred bodies proved utterly made
quate to receive the remains of the
of victims of the General
Slocum. Throughout the night and at
intervals today the city tugs, with flags
at half mast, voyaged down from
North Brother Island. laden with car
goes of corpses, which were deposited
at the pier
ROWS OF COFFINS.
Four rows of pine boxes, each con-
tanning at least one corpse, and In
some cases the bodies of two or three
babies, in order to save space. ex-
tended the length OF the pier shed, the
boxes heaped with crushed ice showing
only the faces of the victims The
of the ice caused the floor of
me dock to become sloppy as the day
proceeded and In the narrow aisles
between the closely packed collins, the
horror stricken crowds of searchers |
'or missing relatives waded through
.he water, anxiously inspecting the
fearful exhibits.
In spite of Gordon of police across
rwenty-sixth street at First avenue
III cugh which were permitted to pass
10 the morgue only such persons as
we're justified in being allowed to view
he bodies. the crowas on the pier and
about the entrance grew SO large late
N the day that police reserves were
to keep the people moving
and clear the aisles When necessary.
PEACEFUL IN DEATH.
For the most part, the faces of the
babies and young children were as
peaceful as II in natural sleep, sew
'ral infants even wearing a smile in
leath, their lips parted and eyes closed
without trace of the features to show
he violence of their end. The corpses
of boys ten and twelve years old like
wise showed no signs of struggling or
pain at the last moment of life. 1t Is |
that the mothers in their ex-
,itoment hurled the children overheard
when the end was seen to be inevitable
and the little ones died quickly in the
water without really knowing their
)lirght
The faces and figures of the adults,
however, pictured in every conceivable
'orm the CONSERVATION of choosing be-
.ween death in the flames and a
shadow of chance by leaping over
board. Old women, with hands twisted
and clawlike before their faces. lay
rigid in death. with their features dis
torted and drawn as at the instant of
death they fought to make the most
Of the little chance they had The
body of one boy of nineteen was
doubled up In the position of person