Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-16
VICTIMS WERE ALL NEICHDORS,
u,ny Acts of Great Heroism We're
Performed at Peril of Res
cuers Lives,
A RIGID INVESTIGATION ORDERED
By Secretary CortelyOu-lt Will be
Conducted by the United States
Steamboat Inspection Service.

New York, June 16.--The loss Of life
NJ the burning Of the steamer General
slonim in the East river yesterday viii
o,nrovimate 900. This estimate is
based on the opinion Of the chief Of the
bre department, Of the coroner's office
md Of the police, At $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon 500 bodies had been recover
"a Of which 1856 had been identified.
There were reported missing 467 per-
sons. and the hospitals had III Injured
The fact that "A hours after the dis
ss,cr there are stlll missing nearly 500
nersons warrants the belief that the
above estimate OF the dead will be yer-
lied for the authorities have used ev-
sry source at their command TO locate
oil who escaped
Mayor Mcclellan announced this az
lernoon that he had decided to issue a
INFLAMMATION asking for subscriptions
for the burial OF the dead. and for such
other immediate relief as could be CIV
IN. lie said he would ask 10 men Of
prominent to serve on committee to
take charge ofthe fund.
AZ an Informal meeting Of Lutheran
ministers today an appeal to the minis
lers Of all denominations to assist in
the funeral services Of the victims was
prepared,
New York. June 16,--When the dread
tale Of the General Socum is fully told,
when the last blackoned body has been
taken from the burned hulk and the
sNift waters Of He'll Gate give up their
dead, the catastrophe win take its place
Rs the most appalling that has ever oc-
Cured in the inland waters of America.
Definite figures on the loss Of life can
mt yet be given. THAT more than 500
persons persisted is horrible certain
", but how much In excess Of that
number the total will run will only he
known when the missing column is
Finished
IN THE SLOCUMS HOLD.
An during the night and through the
EARLY dawn Of today the sad work of
exploring the Socum's hull went on
and from dock to morgue the process
lion Of amhulances, each with its pitt
tul load, wound Its way from the river
front TO the morgue at the foot Of
Twenty-sixth street, until at noon, j0i
bodies hay on the slabs.
Most OF these came from the wreck,
but the night long patrol OF the waters
Of East river added It's CHASTITY quota.
There are many bodies stil In the
hold Of the burned vessel, according to
mo divers and wrockcrs and the river is
looked 10 20 complete the list How
many preferred drowning 90 the agony
OF death by fire and went over the rail
never to rise again, during the mad
race NJ the vessel for the beach, may
never be known, for the treacherous
waters Of Hell Gate do not willingly
give up their victims.
Unlike the lroquois theater and other
great catastrophos Of recent years,
where the woe Of the disaster fell
throughout the land, tho blow OF the
NIacum's mortality falls practically up
on one little neighborhood of a great
city.
WHERE VICTIMS LIVED.
81 Marks parish, which furnished
nearly every victim lies within 10
crowded blocks Of the middle Of the
East Side and there IL today hardly a
muse mat Is not one Of mourning The
membership OF the little Lutheran
onuroh is practically German or OF Ger
man descent and an Of the compare
UEcIy well TO do class.
] ne race Of the burning steamer from
.n' moment the fire was discovered un-
w her bows crashed on the shelving
nta'h or North Brother Island lasted
,yu' more than 10 minutes, yet that
un' suitCed for deeds of heroism
,Mnl,h make the one bright chapter IN
heart rending story Brave men,
",,oted mothers and even maidens and
!'u'hs OF tender age, each contributed
''' part to the roll OF heroic acts
HEROIC REsCUERs.
There were rescues I'm the face Of AL
most certain death, and useless but
sAslted self-sacrShce. The credit for
Le greatest saving OF life ia due to the
uaFdy Tug boat men and other followers
W me river who braved the flames
hlu heid the noses Of their boats
.Salnsl the flre-wraped steamer un-
Wv ufNen of by the awful heat,
or'hed and choking. Dead bodies of
Women with their burned arms clasping
.ose The pltful forms of little children
hnl Dables were found their tiny arms
u.olalnE each other In tight en-
THE DARK SIDE.
ne dark side limited at along tho
Nater front seems to be the Inevitable
,.Companiment OF all great calami.
u's There has been no eVidence nj