Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-17
MORE CORpSES ARE FOUND.
, Mass of Them Discovered Wedsedln
One of the Paddle Wheel
Boxes.
MISSING LIST ApPALLINGLY BIG,
IA Neiabborhood Of Half thousand,
Three Distinct Investigations of
The Disaster to be Made.

The Disaster to be Made,
New york, June l1.-Forty-eight
hours after the burning Of the steamer
General smcum the exact number OF
,.lc,ims is stiIl unknown Up to the
,resent time the total numbr Of bodies
recovered is 532. with no more arriy-
ols NJ the morgue for several hours
bone began 20 be felt that the awful to-
,ol had been completed, but 1t was soon
shattered by report that divers at
work ON the hulk of the Slocum had
discovered a mass Of bodies wedged in
one Of he padlleboHes.
MANY CORPsEs FOUND
How many corpses there win prove to
be M this place viii not be known for
some hours. as they win not be disturb
ed pntl the coroner is on the scene. One
hopeul phase Of the situation is the
steady decrease in the number Of miss
ing though 1t Is still appallingly large,
the number being somewhere between
400 and 5UO The various officials whose
position brings them into touch with
the disaster stli adhere to the belet
that when AN is told 1t VIII be found
that between 300 and 900 persons per-
ishcd,
EURYING THE DEAD.
THE sad task Of burylng the dead be-
gan today a meeting of the German
Lutheran ministers OF The city was held
and program OF services arranged.
While In many Instances a joint service
uill be- held over several bodies. never
the less the olergymcn of this denomin-
alon have "a hercucun task before them
IN administering the last rites Qtor the
Gcad of their faith.
The distressing concentration Of the
blow Of tho Disaster Is shown by the
feet that iu one apartment ~ Eighth
street there are 30 dead. Wnile in a
ayngton street house, 10 bodies await
huri1l
THREE INVESTIGATIONS.
Preliminary steps have been taken
l0r three distinct Investigations Of the
disaster These are being undertaken
by The federal authorities through the
department Of commerce, by the coron-
os office and by the district attorney,
The roroners inquest win begin on
Monday next and capt. Van Schaick,
Of the slocum and six Of his crew lie
in g hospital with policeman at the
bedside Of each, They are at present
detained rs witnesses. The authorities
are rapidly gathering such evidence as
WlIl be needed in ascertaining whether
or not 'here was negligence or careless
ness in he safety appliances OF the yes-
stL
DEFECTIVE FIRE HOSE.
First officer Edward Flanagan. Of
the Slocum, is quoted In an interview
as saying that the steamers fire hose
WAS rotten and useless and that It
burst in dozen place, when ne and
lls men tried to use IT, The charge
" also made that the life preservers on
mo vessel were old and rotten and I'm
lNoSt instances proved inadequate when
wed Several papers today print pic
lures or prcsorvers taken from the Slo-
cum which bear ip black letters this in
HfiptI1n, 'Passttl by t. s. Steamboat
Inspector June rs. 1891"
Wul1m ThcmblcN deck hand, cor
lopowtes Fanpgan's statement regard
IoB lhe defective fire hose and II IL re-
ported that evidence has been secured
showing that some Of the lie boats
We're made fast by wires making II im-
possible for them to be cast loose and
lowered, Al the men who have madc
,NeN' statements win be called as Wit
I,-sns by the coroner
luNDn boats and other harbor craft
Slli maintain their patrol Of the waters
~ the East river IN the vicinity OF
,n' accident In the hope Of recovering
EACH HOUR ADDS HORRORS.
every hour adds to the horror Of the
,WVIslun steamer disaster OF Wedncs-
deF when the General Slocum was
rWNrl 10 the waters edge near North
hIplh9r leland. Divers had explored
'he wreck OF the steamer Yesterday
Wa reported that no more bodies were
W De- found there, but today a diver
NUv was ~ work ON the sunken huh,
.uIn9 large number OF bodies packed
utn'I inside Of one Of the paddle
MU''l' Just how many there were
r not known, hut II was planned 10
,''NoN' them as soon as Coroner Door
l'" rea he'd the scene. The coroner had
arranged to visit the wreck today for
.n' PURPOSE Of ascertaining, II possible,
Nu'l evidence of culpability on 1.-The
I'I' OF the KniclSerbOuker Steamship
company on Of the officials of the boat.
~ any could be secured to present to
S't 'oroner's inquest Therefore II was
t,gg'eimlned to take out the bodies at
CONDITION or INJURED.
Al various hospitals where the IN.
Iul' are visited today II Ia said their
condition Is fair There are now only
90 Victims OF the disaster in the hos
i.@ls' Today II is said another horror
mas been added 10 the terrible condi-
IONS resulting from the disaster
'HIohgh the over oniciousness Of some
p,,'son at the morgue, As result some
W lne bodies probably never WIN be
I'h uiled and win go to last resting
,I''e IN the humble plot furnished by
,Ne Guys charity When the bodies
were taken by hundreds from the wa
VT ana laid In rows or the grass at
No,ih Brother Island each was tagged
WIN q number. That number was
gag, iully recorded and the papers, val
Ntpes and trlnkets which would have
.trNed TO positively Identify the bodies
were removed and placed I'm separate
PACKAGES, each DaCsapa hearing IA tutn