The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-16

were takor to the hospitals on tho islant
sGt sroff er the rysT to os 4po u
Inost all the hospitals In Grenter New
York and every other sort Of con I, Y
I which could ba found were put Into ser ser
For hours, the bodies Of the burned. !, and
the drowned drifted ashore. on the islnnt
ana between One Hundred AND Il, IlI INV
i, Streets in Manhattan. some came ashore
1 others viii recover. H..
y tier Island we're nltiable In the extreme
II II. Women with disfigured faces. their
carried e. tie npropypsad 1 eersehoy hos
pli l crying for children who had been
t tiHsn bd 5sGln o5 then IN tho mad rsn wien
Burned to Waters Edge.
aw ass ti E!ssT saEFf 60 f oa ths
ms sfiIys ste . after h s et
charred bodies On her decks. just after
the Steamer sank the water near by was
nlask v with bodies The tug Fidelity sue,
eoes Z fhnF c e ess off sRas s
land, and carried them Into, tho Sound
5 as!2,. Is, OF tese bodies i IS thought can
nre burned off and not q shred of cloth.
Ing, Is left on any OF them.
1o-niSnt Il SurglnEs crowd Is held back
by the police lines formed about the city
sixth Street. The crowd began to gather
as soon as II became rumored about the
ely tintj the dead wonld be brought to
Manhattan from the North Brother Is-
land and other places where ut first the
dead had been taken. When tho Masst-
soft came to dock with So dead, tile work
OF removing the bodies from tho steamer
proceeded slowly until no moro room was
found inside the lnOrgue, and the autopsy
room WIS cleared and the blackened and
distorted bodies were placed on the floor
there. .s S8.3;ilF 5
Scene at Morgue Narrowing.
Y When finally the nlorgue authorities al,
scene ensued which was narrowing Ia tho
extreme. In somo cases, first ldentifl-.
cations were found to have been erro-
neius, men lying claim to bodies they af-3
their relatives 5
At the entrance OF tho charities pier at
the foot OF East Twenty-slxth Street,
the, crowd tonight tried to push buck tho
police and q riot resulted. AT the height
OF the trouble u man who had learned
that his wife was among the 2cllarrcd.
dead tried to stab himself.
Isslde the pier the bodies are arranged
In three rows, the entire length Of tho
pier about $50 feet. sla
st. Marks Lutheran Church contained
in its membership. practically all these
radius OF ton square blocks. Tho cxcur-.
sion vas the event OF the year, for scores
of weli-lo-do German families, nnd had
been looked forward to for many months
mado up, Including, in many cases, the
old grandmothrs tho, mother and tho
children Of all ages, with sprnklins Of
those men Of the families who could
spare a day from their work. ss
Bureau of Information Opened.
A bureau OF Information was openedSin
of the catastrophe was recetNed.2siand Z
stream Of agonized men, women,,76and !
news of their relatives or friends. AS h
soon as news is received as to survivors
or victims tbs posted outside and the In
formation should spread throughout the
Rev. j. j. shultz. the assistant pastor
OF the church; called ct the temporary
norgue tonight and identified the body
or Mrs. Anna Haas the wife OF the pas
tor of the church. g. .sl e @ &
The coroncrs gave permission for the
body to be removed to the residence Of
DR.. Haas.
DIR. Haus Is among the rescued. He and
his wife and daughter got outside Tho
beached. He Scunnot say whetherS
jumped or fell or We're pushed int q the
waters lie sank. and when he rose 40 /
He failed to find his wife and daughter
With great effort toBkeep2 aflotlt, lle was
about 10 give up In despair when a man
on one OF, the tugs picked him up. OF
the scores he 81 W about him hen ha rose
one by one sank. 1t Is not yet known
whether " his daughter ts%anong the llv-
Assistant plstrict Attorney Garyin was
ct the scene Of tho wreck TOR some hours.
tire crew and as many OF the SURVIVORS
as possible, md $WouId make every etIorl
TO fix the responsibility tor the catastro-
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