The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22

Brother island and other places.
When finally the morgue authorl-
ties allowed the crowd TO enter the
morgue scene ensued which was mar
rowing in the extreme. In some cases
first identihcations were found to be
erroneous, men laying claim to oooles
they afterwards discovered were not
those Of their relatives.
At the entrance to the Charities
pier at the foot Of east 265h street the
crowd Wednesday night tried to push
past the police ami riot resulted.
At the height OF the trouble a man
who had learned that his wife was
among the charred dead tried to STAB
himself.
Inside the pier the bodies are ranged
in three rows, the entire length OF the
pier, about $50 feet.
ST. MARKS CHURCH.
St. Marks Lutheran church con-
tain:d in its membership practically
all those Germans Of the Protestant
faith within a radius Of ten square
blocks. The excursion was the event
OF the year for scores Of well-to-do
German fami.i.s and had been looked
forward to for many months. Family
parties of ten or more had been made
up, including in many caSes the o d
grandmothers, the mothers and the
chi dren OF all ages with a sprinkling
of Ito men of the families who could
spare day from their work.
A bureau of inf .rmation was opened
in the church shortly after the first
news of the catastrophe was received,
and ever since there has been stream
of agoniz=d men, women and children
climbing the steps to ask for news OF
their rnlati7es or friends. AS soon
as news is received, as to survivors or
victims, it is posted outside and tn.
information soon spread Throughout the
neighborho.d.
Rev. J. G. Schultz, the assistant
pastor of the church, called at the
temporary morgue and identlh.
gu UilS UOOJ VI NlI ,. Allbe1 A30o>SI SAAN
wife of the pastor OF the church.
The coroner gave permission fol
the body to be removed to the resi-.
dence of Dr.. Haas.
DR.. Haas is among the rescured. He
his wife and dadgh er got outside the
rail Of the Slocum before the steamer
beached. He cannot say whether they
jumped or fell or we're pushed into the
water. He sank and when he rose he
found scores about him fighting fol
! life. He failed to find his wife anc
daughter. With great effort he kept
afoat and was about to give up wheI
man on one Of the tugs pickec
him up. OF the scores be saw about
him when be rose, one by one sank.
Assistant District Attorney GarVlr
was at the scene Of the wreck for some
hours. He said that he would sub
poena the entire crew and as many o.
the survivors as possible and woulo
make every effort to fix the response
bility for the catastrophe.
So far as known only one OF tht
crew Of the Gen. Slocum lost bis life
This was Michael McGrath, steward
Of the steamer, whose body has beer
recovered, When be jumped over
board he had with him, according Il
Capt. Van Schaick, 5000 OF s40O dol
lars. The money could not be fount
when his money clothing was search
ed.
WORK OF THE CREW.
Regarding the work Of the creV
during the disaster, John Holthusen
sexton of st. Marks said:
THE crew appeared to be undisci
plined and unfamiliar with workins
of the life RATS and life boats. wa
standing besides the pastor nearly al
the time. He did everything In hi
power to save people. I placed m.
two daughters, Nina, aged II, ant
Clara, aged 10, no top Of the paddle
box and kept them there until a tul
boat by the name OF Summer picket
all Of US up.
The members Of the crew OF th'
burned steamer who are under arres
are being held simply as witnesses
They are Capt. ". H. Van Schaick
Pilot Edward Van Wart, Second Pilo
Edward N. Weaver, w. W. Tremby
deck hand, Henry Garfield, a cook
Edwin Robinson, cook, and Jane!
Woods, a cook.
All Of these men had been overheard
and were suffering from exposure ant
in some cases from burns.
Coroner Berry had them all sent Il
Lebanon hospital with the exception
Of Pilot Van Wart, who was paroled
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