The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-26

and slid down to the cellar He said
that three women slid down the cable
behind him, but no trace Of them has been
found. Mischer was taken to st. Vim
cents Hospital. His face and hands were
cut and he was weak from fright
The siocum Morgue Reopened.
A soon a. the extent OF the disaster be-
came known to Charities Commissioner
Drummond and his first deputy. Frank
Goodwin. they decided that the city
morgue would not hold the bodies and II
was determined to open temporary
morgue on the covered pier at the foot OF
East Twenty sixth street which leads to
the offices Of the Department Of Charities
, at the foot OF the pier. This was done
at the time of the Slocum disaster.
Deputy Police Commissioner Driscoll
directed his o,o' TO open tcrpc~er"
police station there. and II was put In
charge Of Capt. O'Connor Of the East
Twenty y-second street station. Forty men
from various precincts were directed 10
report there at once. and Of these twenty
five remained at First avenue and Twenty
sixth street and established lines to keep
back the inquisitive and also these
searching for friends or relatives until
the bodies had been prepared for .iden-
tifcation
The remains of the victims began to
leave the scene of the fire at about 8
o'clock. at which time wagons arrived
there with seventy-two coffins. all that the
Charities Depa rtment had on hand at the
Morgue and on the pier. At the same
tts.,A ,lt .Nc ~, ,,t ~
which had been ordered out from all the
downtown stations. got to the scene pre-
pared to carry the bodies to the tempo
rary morgue as fast as they could bc put
in the cofins.
A;rim Crosstown Procession.
From 9 o'clock on the wagons drove 9
from Washington Square to Bellevue in a
steady procession. Most of them went
up Broadway to Fourteenth street. then
up Fourth avenue to Twenty-third. ther
cast to First avenue, and on down to the
foot Of Twenty-sixth street. In most
cases the patrol wagons carried three
bodies. although in some instances -four
were loaded in. Each wagon carried
about five policemen.
The arc lights on the pier. which served
to illuminate the temporary morgue
there at the time Of the Slocum disaster
were burning, and az fast as tho wa gons
, drove down TO the foot of the street they
, were admitted to the pier and the collins
, were lifted on.
, In cases where the bodies were not
burned too seriously for recognition they
, were wrapped in shrouds and then laid
ont on the floor of the pier. with heads to
the wall. on the two sides Of the building
The bodies that we're badly burned rc.
manned in the coffins.
:, Commissioner Drummond called or
Supt. Yorke of the Municipal Lodging
House in East Twenty-fitth street for a,
!, many men to aid in caring for tho bodie'
!, ae he could muster among tho occupant.
a Of tho lodgings. Supt. iorke came will
= fourteen men. who aided in lifting tht
= bodies from the wagons and in preparing
thcm for identified tion by removing al
many stains Of the disaster IA possible.
BY 10 o'clock thirty hrce bodies hat
4 been taken to tho pier which were &C
q badly burned that recognition was aln,os
4 impossible and they wore left In th'
= collins This fact. coupled it'll the neces
o sity Of sending bnck tho empty boxe'
n when the patrol wagons returned caused
a scarcity Of collins early in tho evening
o which resulted in a consequent delay il
4 removing, The bodies.
a Commissioner Drrmmond sent tn,
a Charities Department steamer Bronx t
4 Blackwcll's Island TO bring down the sup
:. Ply Of 200 coffins stored in the carpente
a shop attached to the Metropolitan Hos
n pital. She arrived with the 200 coffins a
a about 1880 o'clock. and from that time ol
IS there was no delay for lack Of coffins
Death Certificates Ready In BLANK.
Q There was some little confusion al tn
D." start because the police at tho fire hat
10 begun to number the unidentified bodie
u as they left there. and at the Morgne the
r got another number from MorGue Keeper
IS Armstrong ard Fame. who attended TO tn
. numbering for their records. In an effor
g 10 straighten out things the police starte
N numbering sys'cn OF their own an
le began the coun; with the number 700
~ Coronor's Physician O'Hanlon beGa
ol viewing the lodes 20 he prepared /
a. issue death certificates a. fast as the
Id were Identified lilo made ont blan
I'd certificates bearing the number give
u each body bv the police and then signe
10 his name Thus IA fast as a body wa
III recognized ne tuu'tt Ect p't 'ie HuihoeIc
II certificate ard dll in He'ore 9:So o'cloc
at DR.. O'Hanlon had examined eighty-thre
bodies A. that hour ninety -tonr bode
had been received at the Morgue. Of whic
eighty-rour were women and girls an
III ten men and boys. About thirty -thre
N We're burned beyond recognition. BY
ID o'clock there we're I:G bodies. all bl
4 twelve apparently those Of women A
'r midnight seven more had arrived
'g A squad of detectives was on hand I
D. take charge Of tho effects Of the deat
Dr. In some cases they found the pay or
I'd velopes OF the women in their stock ing
One woman had an envelope containin
ef Photographic negatives Of herself. Tn
r detectives collected bask etful OF walt
Il ables taken from the clothing Of tn
~ victims
Many Italians Among Victims.
NJ The crowd at Twenty sixth street an
~ First avenue contained more curiosit
seekers than others. but here and theI
h. in the crowd were groups Of beshawle
,v women and girls. talking among then
no selves and waiting patiently for ii
chance tn no down and verify their fea