New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-17

searched all day for her father. mother and
brother. She partly identified one body as her
mothers. William Harms. her father, and Mrs.
Harms. came from Troy for visit 10 their chill
dren. Herman suggested the excursion as
pleasant way of spending a day. Miss Harms
was unable to go.
TWO OUT OF ELEVEN SAVED.
Out OF party Of eleven two escaped. Henry
Hassebaum, OF No. 1876 Guernsey-st.. Green
point. sent his wife and daughters of with their
children and their husbands families. His wife
and unmarried daughter returned Mrs.
Hassebaum. Miss Nettie. thirty years old; Henry
c. Schnude. head deacon Of St. Marks; his wife
and two children, his father and mother, Mrs.
Frieda Toniport and her two children were on
the upper deck Of the Slocum. beside the band.
They heard the alarm OF fire. and. caught IN the
rush which ensued. were whirled to the rail-
Mrs Hassebaum became separated from her
party. She the dominic and his wife leap
overheard and followed them. For a time She
chung to the paddle box She slowly losing
consciousness when a sailboat picked her up.
Miss Hassebaum jumped from the deck of the
Socum to a tug. She broke her leg and is in
Harlem Hospital. The bodies of five Of the
others identified.
At o'clock yesterday morning, when word
was received at the temporary morgue that two
additional bodies had been taken from the Slo-
cum, who. the police say. Jacob
Bensch. of No 4O1 FTfth-st stumbled TO the
pier and CROPPED among the dead bodies. seeking
his wife. Mary Bensch After looking over more
than one hundred bodies Bensch reached what
he sought. He had 10 be led away from the
pier. Mrs Eensch jumped from the boat with
her daughter. The daughter saved. and is
In Lebanon Hospital. where she Will probably
recover.
MOTHER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Mrs Lena RekansEi. widow. living at No. 337
Fifth-st., tried TO drown herself in the East
River about $50 a. III. after discovering her
daughter. Wanda. ten years old. among the
dead. Mrs. Rekanski was about TO leave the pier
after looking into the faces OF the dead chill
dren when she the hand OF her own child
With a shrek that resounded along the pier the
woman turned and fell across the body. hugging
and kissing the body. Still screaming. she was
led away, walking until she reached the gang
pIanks laid to the steamer Fidelity. Then she
started as though TO go aboard the boat. and
no one cared 10 stop her. A hundred eyes fol-
lowed her every move. and when she was seen
10 stop midway up the gangplank the men stood
spellbound.
At the instant she swerved. and would have
dropped into the river between the boat and the
pier had not three strong deck hands lifted her
off her feet and carried her back to the pier.
Realizing that her effort TO die had proven
avaiing the became hysterical She
was taken to Bellevue Hospital
Henry Hardincsnp Identified his sister Mary
aged eleven. early in the morning. She to
have celebrated her birthday yesterday Henry
went to the Morgue looking for his father John.
and brothers Frank and Harold who with the
sister were among the missing. Henry threw
himself across his sisters coffin. and 1t required
the efforts of several men to tear him away.
TRIES To JUMP FROM GANGPLANK
Mrs Catherine Diamond and her brother of
No. 70 Madison-st.. identified the body Of their
mother. Mrs. Catherine birmingham In her
paroxysms Of grief Mrs. Diamond ran TO Jump
from the gangplank leading from the pier when
she was caught by W. d. Howard. a Bellevue
Hospital nurse. She was carried into the office
OF the Superintendent OF Outdoor Poor. where
she remained in a faint for many minutes. She
able to leave the scene with her brother.
WATCH TO PREVENT SUICIDES.
Policemen were ordered by Captain Gallagher
TO keep a close watch on Charles Schmidllns
nineteen years old. of No. 40 Fest Seyenth-st.
Schmidling had been on the pier since a. m.
looking for the bodies of his mother and two
sisters. He finally began to weaken under the
strain, and about 10 o'clock talking incO-
herenty and gesticulating. He was kept from
going the pier. were many who showed
that they were longer able to endure the
strain.
Harry Bindewald identified the body OF his
brother-in-law. William II. Pullman. the treas
urer of the Sunday School. a check for $500
drawn by Mr.. Pullman in favor Of the Knick-
erbocker Steamboat Company was found in his
pocket. Mr.. Pullman's wife saved.
The police had great trouble all day with the
undertakers who gathered at the pier. Their
wagons stood around the entrance TO the tenn
porary morgue so thickly that 1t with DIFF
fculty people could effect entrance The IN
dertakers approached every ne who walked IN
the direction of the pier. asking to be allowed
to take charge OF the bodies of friends if they
succeeded in identifying them. Many times
eral undertakers or their runners. would grasp
some man or woman and force him to listen to
them. About 1 o'clock two of these men got
into a fight and several blows We're exchanged
before the police separated them. Both were ar
rested charged with disorderly conduct.
John H Fitzpatrick. undertaken I'm East
Twenty sixth-st, the Morgue. told Chari-
ties Commissioner TuIly and Health Commits
soner Darlington last night that he would bury
all the unidentified bodies in the Morgue this
morning. II they wished. 1t believed there
would be at least a hundred such bodies.
Two we'll dressed women. who said they were
Mrs. Chandler and Miss Mason. called on Com
ing needy persons who had lost relatives wanted
They also offered to furnish clothing food and