The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-26


s tke overturned steamer to see the
'l .ssI 1prk OF recovering bodies.
<-r New divers were put TO work this
8 INFORMING 10 recover bodies from the
xsza< river and from the interior Of the East
: 81 land. relieving the men who had been
an duty rsost OF the night TIE new
$x& y4eFee started at ~ O'Clock and carry
y - kenirht had recovered approximately
< zx6s bodies The number at O'CLOCK
11sswas Sos of which 400 had been identi-
'2* ded and AIS remained unidentified. with
s ~ chs addition OF the lsh the total OF the
Had reached l.o7e.
From Mtadie OF River.
q - Al the foot Of La Salie street a bar
rseade has been erected OF boxes. bar
rels and crates, and there the bodies
were taken on shore from the launch
Faira and placed on -stretchers. The
Faima was tied up at the stern OF the
Esstland and over IL the bodies were
! borne TO the foot OF La Ssiie Street
~ and taken ashore
- war johnson Andrew Johnson. Harry
y fTalverson. and William Denua were
the ctvers who began the recovery OF
bodies this morning.
Haiverson brought up nine bodies
which he found near the hurricane
deck. about the center OF the boat.
II touched two more" Halverson
= said Two OF the bodies l found
were those OF young men pinned be
meath the davfts At the bottom of
them. Finally / got them out. hut in
so doing they were slightly dfshEuTed
/ did the best ! could. Then ] got
ropes~on them and sigDaled, and they
were tirawn out of the water
ssessses The LARGE numb Of the bodies re-
covered today were taken from the
= - water about the middle Of the river
: - and opposite the submerged part OF
fzs- the hurricane deck.
workmen again We're placed on the
h ~. n 10
Z gan drilling new holes With acetSlene
4orches and removing new sections
- sof her outer plates in order 10 have
more access ,o the compartments Of
the holi
sends the Curious AWAY.
a.,sAss In the name OF God ask you 70
81 GO away and let those seeking for
Dr. = relatives and friends come In and
IDENTITY their dead.
S+sss.4s With these words Coroner Peter
1sy Hoffman addressed the thousands who
stood outside the Second Regiment
\ Arnory at midnight. and then the
- doors were thrown open.
TWENTY ~ time. the anxious seek
ss@A AeYs were admitted 10 the great death
chamber. In less than minute the
@a@A line of those waiting their turn was
efretched the length Of an entire block.
and as daylight came the line grew
longer and longer.
While those on the outside waited
their turn. tragic scenes in endless
number were enacted within the walls
- /, OF the massive emergency morEue.
Mothers sisters and daughters walk
Z ed slowly between. the long lines or
~ dead hoping and yet not hoping
Time and again a single scream told
of the discovery of some loved one
while often there was only sup
prsessed choking. heart-breaking sob
as the mother collapsed beside tho
body of her child.
49,. Strong men, hardened 10 tragedy
49, broke down and fed weeping from
80 the building unable 10 bear up under
- this greatest tragedy Of all Other
3 men. finding a wife. mother or sister
among the dead collapsed like wo-
: 4 men and had t. ne helped from the
~ hall by others hardly less affected than
go themselves
i e~s still others moved about the great
IL .ss morgne AS though IN "A trance. Here
nsn and there an hystericai laugh told OF
~ sorne mind strained beyond the break
-. ing point
go Tragedy ON Every Face.
*&s Az with other appalling disasters,
men women and children moved
forgetting now and then VINO
they were and why they had come.
Tragedy was written on every face
tragedy that defies description
Coroner HOFFMAN and nine deputies
took charge OF the task Of identifying
s~s.~sate bodies at the armory and estan
@asssfiehed n system to prevent the dupH-
~Sseatlng OF names
by midnight the coroner expects to
have complete list Of the Identified
dead carefully checked to eliminate
error and proha hiy will be able To give
a reasonable estimate Of the total num-
her OF dead.
~rEsIn preparing an Official list the cor
~gtTaer has she cooperation ~ the
.s~ Western Electric COMPANY, whose en-
plnyes n1ske.4.p the large part Of the
dead ~ the factory IN Hawthorne a
huge bulletin hoard has been erected
bearing the names II all who have
been reported dead or missing.
Many thousands Of employees or
their fr lends visited the plant, and as
-~~they found errors in the list, correc-
transferred from the dead 20 the
sound or from one of the two other
ss.--~~-eolumns 10 that OF the dead Many
af those corrections brought 1oy TO
hundreds some of them filed new
homes with sorrow
TOn many thousands however, the
Ts wfulness Of the calamity seemed 20
q Fest lightly. Other steamship lines
..sstIIled their sailing dates and excursion
boats left docks which were WITHIN
stones throw Of the unfortunate East
land, crowded with the usual number
49, or pleasure seekers.
IN Pleasure Lovers Unaffected.
ss+ssf Look.nS from the decks down INTO
tha waters where hundreds Of other
IL. .excursionists persisted only few hours
$500 ago. plessure-ioying Chicago was un-
affected II 6Iied the other boats. and
with music and dancing, probably
s.ss aearefree and without sadness, sailed
aS@ away for q Sabbath holiday.
Managers Of the two baseball clubs
49, which had games scheduled for TODAY
81 promptly Cancelled the dates. although
At both grounds there had been ad-
.<xerfised the attraction of double
.4k header.
go Other men saw chance TO thrive.
4 sss Owners Of automobile trucks. for ten
s4er fffreen cents a head, carried pas
WI eengers over the Clark street braage
Z 49, from which vantage point they could
kxy look a. the spot where many hum