New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16

Brother Island late yesterday afternoon by tns
Charities Department but not enough men could
be found at the scene of the disaster TO pack
the bodies in the collins. 1t was decided tnat
the collins should be taken back TO the pier at
Tventy-sixth-st and the bodies there placed In
collins as they were identified.
In the evening the crowds outside sweiied 20
thousands. Between o'clock and mdnlght'
when the Minnahanonck came in with elgnty-
three bodies from RikeTs Island the ponce
found the task of maintaining order 1ar easier
than it had been earlier.
The long double line Of watchers still reached
from the pier to Avenue A. broken only by tns
ambulances and the undertakers' wagons put
the acute grief of the early evening had gwen
of shutting feet on the asphalt pavement vas
broken only when the guardians at the OOoI
of the pier permitted fresh fnstalment OF
men and women TO enter.
The percentage of the morbidly curious had
been reduced, the policemen said, by on per
cent. and those who waited waiteC Tor their
dead.
The pier had been divided into two sections.
the first half containing the living, the second
the dead and those who were attempting 70
recognize them. The line of collins reached IN
triple tiers and around these the line con-
stantly moved
Many had made the march time and time
again in the vain hope of finding their dead, and
the grim task brought about many curious
friendships. When the Franklin Edison arrived
a man and his wife ACCOMPANIED by a younger
woman whom the same mission had evidently
brought together began the weary march again.
body of a child, and. reaching down. smoothed
the little lace collar with tenderness. The man
But it's not in the river he said huskily,
'and we will have her with at home this
night And mine" the younger woman
broke in with fierce envy. God won't give me
mine, even dead"
The CHASTITY flare of the arc light made identi-
fication more difficult than it had been. and fire.
queuty soft red flame of match would give
a temporary warmth to a white still face.
One old man would not heed the commands Of
the officers. and when he group surround
ing a coffin he would stumble over the quiet
rows, and. hurting the group aside. peer down
at the face that looked up at him 1T amt
her; it amt her." was the sob he repeated again
and again. Il know it amt her because she
wore the Iocket give her, and it wouldn't come
off,
After Commissioner FULLY sent a request TO
the recreation pier that there should be no
music. this request was construed by the crowd
outside announcement that the next
boat would unload its cargo at the recreation
pier. For hour the officer in charge was be-
sieged by crowd asking for admission tick
cts. An old woman, with eyes dull and tear
less approached him. There amt goin' TO be
no music on the pier tonight" he said, gently.
There amt goin' to be no music tonight.
she repeated vacantly. There amt goin' to be
no more And I've waited and waited since
she went away on the boat. she had on her
first communion dress what we made over, and
there amt goin' 10 be no music Tonight you
say
one young fellow with a shock Of red hair
finally found the body he had been searching
for II that of a young woman The rtSor
OF death had left her arms outstretched. Jest
like she awavin' to me-" he said 10 tins
man 10 him in the line
At the order Of Police Commissioner NcAdoo
and Coroner O'Gorman photographers began last
night at North Brother Island the work or
photographic the bodies means OF identi-
fcation. After sixteen bodies had been photo
graphed It was q led inadvisable to do the
work there, and the pE atOgraphers were ordered
70 go at once TO the Bellevue morgue 10 con-
tinue the work. as II was thought there it
could be done more Systematically.
When the photographers arrived at the Island
twelve of the bodies were in collins. Four or
the collins placed in an upright position
against the south wall OF the scarlet fever hos
pital and n fashlght picture was taken The
other bodies which had been placed In collins
We're photographed In the same way IN groups
Of four
The collins had been slow IN arriving. and It
thought that the work would better be done
at the morgus.
\ striking phase Of the search FOR missing
members OF families by survivors was the APP
parent lack Of emotion with some Their brains
seemed TO have been so shocked by the catas-
trophe the immensely Of II. that they could not
realize their losses. A family with a loss
of only one a fortunate family. One mother
Of seven children walked up and down with her
baby I'm her arms, the only survivor of her chill
dren so far as she knew, talking and laughing
without any apparent feeling Of the greatness OF
har