The San Francisco call., 1904-06-20
Grewsome Sabbath Day Task
of SearcherS Results in Re-
covery of Bodies of 49 Vic
Tins of SlOcum Disaster
REMAINS FLOAT TO
SHORE OF ISLAND
Harvest of Dead Now Num-
bers 6S2, and 1t Is Estimat-
ed That There Still More
Than 300 to Account For

NEW YORK, June 19.-Sunday' s
harvest Of dead from the steamer
General Slocum numbered forty-nine,
bringing the total number Of bodies
so far recovered up to 632. OF these
669 have been identified. while about
thirty Of the victims now lying at the
Morgue have not been claimed by
friends or relatives. During the day
thirty-siN bodies were recovered, and
il was not until after dark. when the
great majority Of the searchers had
ceased 10 work, that the others were
found. Most OF these came up from the
bottom and fiosted in shore. They were
discovered bv the police who were
left 10 watch all night.
While the list OF missing has been
cut down somewhat by the identiflca-
tions made to-day, eleven new names
were added 10 that roll. thus leaving
The total Of missing almost as il was
on Saturday, something more than
500.
Early this morning the searchers
began anew the work OF locating the
SlocUms s dead. Within an hour they
had recovered thirteen bodies off the
shore Of North island. Three
of the bodies were floating, and il is
the general opinion that many more
viii come TO the surface during the
week. At sundown. when work prac-
tically ceased for the day. thirty-siX
bodies had been added TO the long list
Of dead. Most Of these bodies We're
Identified.
OF the bodies recovered during the
first hour one was that of a man, six
were Of women. two of boys, four of
girls and one was an infant.
A life-saver graphing from a raft
brought Up a woman Of 80 and a girl
Of II years locked in each others
arms. A few minutes later he brought
up the bodies Of a boy 9 years old and
a girl Of 6, apparently brother and
sister, clinging together.
Divers who went 10 the wreck
found the bodies of a woman, a girl
and q boy and brought them 10 the
surface. They were burned beyond
recognition. The divers say there are
more bodies in the wreckage thus
bearing out the statement made a day
or two ago. after il was thought the
wreck had been cleared, that many
bodies remained under the entangle-
ment Of timbers and iron.
One body was found floating in the
river near Rikers Island. while nine
teen were brought up from the bot
tom along the beach. running from the
island down to the channel in the river.
Three men working with an i'm
prONised grapple. consisting OF block
Of wood TO which many fishhOOks We're
attached. drew up the section Of the
rail Of the upper deck Of the Slocum
about thirty feet in length. The
bodies Of four women were clinging TO
the rail. the fingers gripping the inter
laced wire rOping- This part Of the
rail gave way just before the steamer
was beached. precipitating 100 persons
into the water. While the rail was be-
ing brought 10 shore two Of the bodies
broke away from ii. but were re-
covered.
The funerals Of nearly a hundred
victims Of the disaster were held to-
day. In many instances two caskets
were carried i'm the same hearse and
in some cases two and even three
hesrses bore away the dead Of a single
family.