The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-20
HARVEST IF DEAD
 SLOWLY INCREASES
Forty-one Bodies Recovered
 from Water YesterSay
OFFICERS OF SLOCUM HELD
Secretary corteIyou Visits the Scene of the Disaster and Witnesses Recovery of Several Bodies,
 But Refuses to Talk.

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 New York June 1s--sunday's harvest of dead from the steamer Slocum num- bered forty-one. bringing the total num- ber of bodies so far recovered up to I 62f. Of these 559 have been ideYtified while 3l of the victims now lying at the morgue have not been claimed by friend or rel ative.
 While the list of missing has been cut down somewhat by the identifications made today. eleven new names were add ed to that roll. thus leaving the total of missing almost as it was on Saturday something more than three hundred.
 Early this morning the searchers be- gan anew the work of recovering the slocum's dead Within an hour they had recovered 13 bodies off the shore of North Brothers island. Three of the bodies were , floating and it is the general opinion that many more will come to the surrace dur ing the week.
 E At sundown when work practically ceased for the day, S6 bodies had been added to the long list of dead that have been taken from the wrecked steamer, and the water in it's Immediate vicinity. Most of these bodies were taken to the morgue, and a majority of them were identified tonight.
 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
 In Each Others Arms.
 A life saver, grappling from a raft, ,f a O Fl nf Il years, locked in each others arms A few minutes later, he brought up the bodies of a boy years old and girl of 6, apparently brother and sister, cling ing tightly to each other.
 Divers who went to the wreck. found the bodies of a woman, a girl and a boy, and brought them to the surface. They were burned beyond recognition. The divers said there are more bodies in the wreck, thus bearing out the statement made a day or two ago after it was thought the wreck had been cleared that many bodies remained under the entan- element of timbers and machinery. One body was found floating in the river near Rikers Island by the crew of a four-oared barge of the Metropolitan Rowing club, while nineteen were brought up from the bottom along the beach run ming from the island down to the chan nel in the river Three men working with an improvised grapple, consisting of block of wood to which many blue fish hooks were attached, drew up the section of the rail of the upper deck of
 i, about thirty feet in length.
 of four women were clinging
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 cached, precipltating one nunureu persons into the water.
 Bodies Clung to Rail- While the rail was being brought ashore, two of the bodies broke away from 1t. but were secured immediately, the other two were still clinging 10 the rail when 1t was landed
 The funerals of nearly a hundred vic- tlms of the disaster were held today. In many instances, two caskets were car ried in the same hearse, and in some cases two and even three hearses bore away the dead of a single family.
 Pilot Weaver told of an incident he noted after the Slocum caught fire. The first notification of the fire was received from Mate Flanagan through the speak ing tube into the pilot house at a point | about 100 feet south of the Bronx kilns, which is in the vicinity of One Hundred and Twenty ninth street
 
 CT, Captain Glider chief of the pilot ser vice of a big steamer line was asked by the coroner where if he had been in charge of the boat, he would have beach, ed her. Captain Glider replied without hesitation at the foot Of East one Hun dred and Twenty-ninth street which could be made in few moments.
 Officers to be Detained.
 Coroner Berry said that he had issued an order for the detention of the cap tain. pilots, engineers and crew of the Socum.
 T learned" said he. that they were trying to escape and I asked the police to detain everybody who was employed on the boat as witnesses. Some of them have escaped and we may never be able to get them. But we are after them and will leave no stone unturned to get them Into our Jurisdiction"
 Secretary Cortelyou of the department of commerce and labor, visited the scene of the disaster today He was accompa- nied by H. K. Smith, deputy commission CT of corporations of the same depart ment. under whose supervision an inves- tigation will be held. Supervising Inspec- tor General Uhler and Inspector Rodie. Secretary Cortelyou remained at North Brothers island long enough to witness number of bodies being taken out of the water. He refused to discuss the situation, but MT. Uhler gave out a state ment in which it was explained that the trip was preliminary to the investigation to be made by the feoeral authorities. which it was promised would be complete and thorough in every respect.
 During the day, two women whose arms were locked around life ring. were re- covered These rings were made of can vas filed with cork and are supposed to float four persons. The ring was not cut open tonight, so that 1t is not known with what it is filled, but when it was thrown on the water. it sank immediate ly. The ring was recovered by the police and will be turned over to the coroner.
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