The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-23
MANY YET MISSING SOUTH STEADFAST
Number of SICclm Victims
a Matter of Conjecture.
SUNDAYS FIND OF DEAD
Up to Sunday Night 624 Bodies Had
Been Recovered - City to Issue
Bonds for Succor of Distress
ed Community.


A New York special says: Sundays
harvest of dead from the steamer
General Slocum numbered forty-one,
bringing the total number of bodies
so far recovered up to GA. OF these
$50 have been identified.
While the list of missing has been
cut down somewhat by the identifica-
tions made Sunday, eleven new names
were added to that roll, thus leaving
the total of missing almost as it was
on Saturday, something more than
800.
Coroners O'Gorman and Berry, with
expert pilots and others, sailed over
the course taken by the General Slo-
cum. The first notification of fire was
received in the vicinity Of One hun
dred and twenty-ninth street, and the
pilot told the chief engineer he would
have beached the boat at that street,
which could have been reached IN
few minutes, instead of trying for
North Brothers island.
Il learned" said he. that they
were trying to escape, and 1 asked the
police to detail everybody who was
employed on the boat at 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 within
our jurisdiction"
Secretary Cortelyou, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, visited
the scene of the disaster, and then
went to Washington. The federal gov
ernment will begin! it's Official inquiry
at once.
Three of the bodies recovered Sun
day were floating and it is the general
opinion that many more will come to
the surface during the week.
A life saver, graphing from raft,
brought up a woman Of 80 and a girl
of II years locked IN each others
arms. A few minutes later he brought
the bodies of boy 9 years old and
girl of 6, apparently brother and Sis
ter, clinging tightly to each other.
Divers who went to the wreck
found the bodies of a woman, a girl
and boy, and brought them to the
surface. They were burned beyond
recognition. The divers said there
were more bodies in the wreck.
Nineteen were brought up from
the bottom along the beach, running
from the island down to the channel
in the river.
The funerals of nearly hundred
victims Of the disaster were held dur
ing the day. In many instances two
caskets were carried in the same
hearse, and in come cases two and
even three hearses bore away the
dead of a single family.
Large Fun for Relief.
The relief funds will have large
addition from the city treasury, a res
olution for the issuance Of $4,000 in
bonds for the succor Of the distressed
victims of the accident having been
introduced Saturday.
Of the money, jewelry and other
valuables taken from the dead in the
General Slocum, aggTegating nearly
100000, much has been claimed from
the coroner by relatives. There is one
package, however, for which no claim
has yet been established. 1t was
found on the body of woman at first
supposed to be that of Eva Kruger,
but has not yet been identified.
The property consists of eight bank
books, showing deposits Of nearly S25,-
900; two or three life insurance poll
cies, amounting in all to about $4,000
or $4,000; deeds to property in New
York and elsewhere, and considera-
bic amount in bank notes.
The deeds, insurance policies and
bank books are all in the name Of
person who, it would seem, was quite
different from Eva Kruger, but the
coroner is keeping the name secret
for the present.