The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-06-23
he Of the Most Appalling Dis
asters in the History
Of New York.
TRAN 700 LIVES WERE LOST
bst Of the Victims We're Women and
/ Children Who We're OF a Sun
day School Excursion.
bout Two hundred injured IN the
panic Following the Bursting Out
Of the Flames Are Being Cared
For In Hospitals

York. June 16.-One OF the
h. appalling disasters In the history
New York. tragic In Its immensely.
fanatic In it, episodes and deeply
,thcfic In the tender age OF most Of
! victims. took place wednesday In
n East river at the entrance 20 Ions
land sound. within a short distance
h the New York shore and within
kht 81 thousands OF persons. the ma
its OF whom were ~powerlcss 70 min
he the extent OF the catastrophe.
Bv the burning to the waters edge
the General Slocum. a three-decked
i rnrsion steamer. the largest IN these
hfcrs. more than zoo persons. the
II lority Of whom were women aud
4 idrcn. were burned TO death Or
tbwncd by jumping overheard or by
= in- thrown into the whirlpools by
h lurching OF the vessel and the
nutic rush Of the panic-stricken pas
Beer.
ireat preparations had been made
a the 18th annual excursion OF the
. nday-school OF St Marks German
4 thcrn church. the congregation of
. ich Is drawn from the dense popu-
81 lon Of the German east and west
u es and the General Slocum had
y % chartered 90 carry the excursion
II 90 Locust Grove. one OF the many
~ orts on Long Island sound.
'The FIRE IS said e have broken nut
h a unch on the forward deck
n oueh the ovcrturninE OF a pot OF
Is. ase. The wind was high and all cf-
b. to suhduc the FIRE were futile.
n the meantime the passengers had
ome panic-stricken and those who
n ro not caught up by the flames
III he'd to the rear Of the vessel and
NJ ndrcds jumped overheard into the
~ ifrly running waters. II is alleged
~ the life p%reservers were too So
81 rciy fastened TO their holdings TO be
~ ilaaie. and stories are told OF fran
"a efforts made by strong men 10 cut
~ on loose. but even n they could have
"a torn down they were toe high
n1 fnr the children 10 reach. Il Is al.
~ alleged that nc attempt was made
~ get out the IRE apparatus at the
I'll cry OF Ere. though Capt Van
sd baick says that he Immediately rang
M bells FOR getting out the apparatus.
Al ordlng TO several statements no at.
npt was made 10 lower boats or life
H.
North Brother island. where the YES.
~ was beached. contains a scarlet f.
vi ward. The patients who Witnessed
~ disaster were ordered indoors and
~ doctors FASTENED 20 the rescue ol
q sc who had been washed ashore
tsF some scores OF persons died while
~ were being attended TO. Capt
VI Schaick and his two pots. Ed
~ ri Van Wart and F. \. Weaver
been arrested.
New York. June 17.-With unceas
III effort. search Is going on for th'
~ lies Of those who persisted Wednes
~ on the Gen. SlOcum. What thi
vi OF victims will total scarce on
etf rs venture a guess.
Police and health department ON
tRls have placed the number at a ne
~ as high as 1000 aud more. bu
ursday night It was seen that tn
~ ximum fatality will not largely eS
q zoo.
p 70 dusk f9s bodies had passeI
u ough the morgue and Of these NOR
81 n 800 were Identified
Many persons were injured In IA
II pic that followed the breaking on
names on the Gen. Slocum and a
81 POO persons were taken to IN
pitfalls. Not a death has occurre
Tar among these and many OF theI
o already been discharged.
New York, June iS-Despite the M
n ne work OF the divers and grapplei
the w~atchfulness OF scores OF me
nave given themselves ver to th
of searching for the missing
few bodies OF those who perishe
the Slocum disaster we're recovere
1ay. II was stated by divers VIII
nt down into the wreck at daw
there are many bodies still unds
management OF timbers and pa
wheels and that II would be neee
10 dynamite the hulk or raise
ore they could be reached.
lready $50 bodies have been reco
u. OF which about 80 remain unide
"a. These include 273 children. 2
men and % men. Thirteen ONCE
me 81. Marks church are amor
dead. n OF them being a woma
saturday there were 500 or mo
ersls. and % unrecognizabIe bodi
loh are now lying at the morgl
placed each in a separate ca
ana IN a separate hearse and Ia
y IN the Lutheran cemetery at NJ
'llsse. l. l. The city has arrang'
,ne'r burial. a plot large enoul
the interment Of ESQ bodies havil
u set aside in this cemetery.
unknown dead viii be placed ne
by side.
York. June 20.-Sundsy's b.
OF dead from the teamer CO
Pun numbered 40, bringing the
nnnber Of bodies so far recover
20 eS@ or these $50 have be
nuhed. while about 40 Of the '
no~ lying at the morgue ha
oeen claimed by friend or re