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I 1 I I II I I I IJ Flrf tBaJtallcpv Im JfxYjf Naval ay Reaery Reaeryto yes yesI aJ aJf to iome to his assistance ab3tanco Command CommandFranklin Commanderf Commandr I Franklin 11l1n who received rocel rec ved tho message BO BOlnr I II Cn ti I the Oneida and SenecI Seneca SenecaIr i two twoaunoIies iaunohes I I lnr lnrcommand Ir In command commandcre mmand or Ileut Daroard Bu uard and rull rulloreYl fi fiom1 cre oreYl mado up of picked men from 11 11NeWlIompshire tho thoN LIL NeWlIompshire JInmp6hlre lying at ntthe the th foot of Ea EaTwentyfourth Ea8t Ea8tf Ej Twentyfourth Tw ftyfourth street Commander Fran Franlln Franli Franlilln FranF lln Adored derod theso men to tor report port to Coi Coimisskmer Com Commbl ColmI1Dnor misskmer mbl lonor JIcAdoo Adoo and they did so as ii iu so soas sobJ lOon lOonM as they th reached NortJi Brother Island I1andI IslandWe IalandWe I We We are at ypur service servI said Lieu LieuBtrqird LieutBani UotBanird Btrqird Bani rd to the Commissioner who mtherojat met mettbe intberbnt therojat tbe at tlm lauding ant more men wb will willbe be wit iit If needed neededCommissioner neededmlsBloJer neodedC 1 Commissioner mlsBloJer McAdoo McAdoothanked thanked him ar areaidyuit and andaldthat nisaId1iat eaidyuit he thought that he then had tl tlsituation the theelwtlon tsftution situation In hand handOiU handOi OiU 04 Oi of the launches lalJlh was wa sent to aid al tli tliharbor the thelirtior tiIiarlkr harbor police In Irtthe tr the recovery ofbodli ofbodlifronjlalong ot oI bodies bodiesfron1along lxxii lxxiifrornnlong fronjlalong frornnlong the shore slrnrennd and the other wfootof was Wi Wie4 the Island and the thelootor ti tifooLot 1 eq ii a furry betw beth footof East 136th street streetj streetoluntterT I3trcetSoliintecrI SoliintecrI Volunteer oluntterT Vnm IIItilO the theCoroner Mainland MainlandWran InlndW Wran Coroner OOormai Oflormanreaohd reaohpd Nor JforBrother orth orthBra 4 Brother Bra 101 Island he was a aocompanftd compllnl I IAlderman by byAlderman IAldorman Alderman John Dougherty 1 of TBronx The TheBro TIz Bronx Bro and Fireman TJibmos TlIomMJ Cahill Cahlof Cahillof CahiI I of ofI1jklno Engine 3S I Alderman Dougherty begg beggo be beggobeiIowed ged gedo obeiIowed hollowed to tohitpoiitnnd help out and Coroner OOo OOoinanjput 0001mllnrput OOomIntuL inanjput him to work along alon wlththo with the poll pollfroiri police policefrold poIIir ir froiri the harbor squad squadItrwas squadItv119 squadt Itrwas Fireman Cnhills day off and I Ivolunteered he heolu 1t volunteered olu teled his services IjQrvlceso to CoronerOGoi CoronerOGoimannnd GOf Co9nerO9oL nerO or ormanind mannnd man nd was put to work syok odt with AtdwmaDouiherty Atdwma AldtmlanDou Aldermfli i Douiherty Dou herty As late ns 11 midnight lai lainight last lastnlghii lanlghj night nlghii the two men were still bringing bringinbodibb bringingbodies bringlnbodij bodies ashore ashoreDrY ashoreD DrY Di Darlington president of the HealtBcard Health HealthBoardarrllOOdcarlyln Hoaltc BoardarrllOOdcarlyln floardarrkcd Bcard arritccl early in the ho afternoon an anWAS and andWAll ant WAS fIllt till itieeensupethLendlng eennur nIflIpet eTmt nttnilng ndlng his men an anhustling and andhustling ani i I hustling with his coat off at midnight mldnlghCoroner midnightCoroner midnigha a Coroner OOonrian OGoni an was also alsostill aWl there therethathour at atthatI i ithatJiir thathour thatI lIr yoHoo Police Commissioner Coi unlsaloner lcAdo lcAdobad lcAdoobad IcAdaf bad left shortly ShpT ly bofpre soclock soclockPolice II 9ocioclcPollee oclockPoUce Police PoUce Inspection of These noati noatiBefore DoatBefoTleaylnJ flostiBefora Before BefoTleaylnJ leayinj Air btr McAdoo said saidI hwould he heWould I would In the th near future tuiureconl confer with th thDoclf the thefDocJDepIIHrrient tlij fDocJDepIIHrrient Dock Department concerning errtlnp a plan planhav thav to tohave hav have the police hereafter Inspect ever everteamer every everyatemer everi i steamer atemer excursion or otherwise before beforet I Ileaven It ItleavO leiweia leaven a dock In this way the Commla Commlalonej Commls810nllr CommhI I stoner Bays he thinks another terrible terrlbldisaster terribledLwlt terribidI dI disaster dLwlt teras as tlut th which ief betel theSloctirI theSlocur theSlocurmlght the Sl cum cummight I might beaVerted beaVertedItallrnacl ti bvortedt averted avertedRallr Itallrnacl Rallr ad Fnrnlihrs FnrnllluIlsbt FnrnllluIlsbtJuBt Ughti UghtiJust Llghtil Juhewanhivfngtebdandsomeon Juhewanhivfngtebdandsomeoncalled Just aslio was leaving 1 vlng the Island some on oncalledMr one oneaaUedMi calledMr called Mr MoAdbos MoAdoolIidt MoAd xfs attention nHon to the fac facthat ract ractthatthe facthatUiework that thatthe thatUiework the work in taring for forthedead the dead deadwa8 deadwa8made wai waimade 3 I made doubly difficult owlug to the theljLOkof theljLOkofproper lack oproper oproper proper light As soon as he was told othie othis of ofV this the pqinmlssloner CommlMioner hurried urr1ed to tontele tontelephone toi so tola tolaphone tom tomphone phone and called up thoofflco of the super superIntendentof superIntendent per perIntendenfolthe Intendentof Intendenfolthe Intendent oI the Metropolitan Street Rail Railway Rallway Railt way Will you help holpbecUy he cijy of of1ow Now Yorl Yorlout Yorkout 7 out outaskecj asked ke9 MrMcAdoo tr rIeAd lcA 90 Mln In a minute mlnuteltho86gaHplqhcj minute1l1li juinutole Was tHe ti rilr Myell WeIl then seu seud i up six or orthOll othosegaol thosegaol tho86gaHplqhcj thOll gMlIEln9 flgu flare fights Igh you yo tOlk8 tOlk8l folks us uswhen URe URewhe when whenpalIng ppal pattIJgthe Ing the tracks tra trackijat kIat at night said saidthe saidthe saicq1 q1 the CommlsBioirer CommlsBioirerWe Comm s8iorrer s8iorrerJ I We wflf send twentysix if If you you wan wanthem want wantt wanZ them said the representative of thestreei thestreeirailway the stt sttrail etreerailway railway rail company Mr rr McAdoo said id thai thaisix thllti thai i i six lx would ould bl be enough It was just fifty fiftjminutes fiftyJ fift fifti i minutes later I that a abo boat containing the therequested therequested th tha a requested lights reached tho island Twcwere Two Twow Tw TwSi Si were ere re placed IJl pac cjeq on tho lawn where wherethe the bodice bodicewere bodlMwere hod lc lcWere were feeing tagged The other four were wereBtntionccl werestatidn statidn Btntionccl ll8ti nloug the slioro i and nrjdweatly nrjdweatlyaided greatlyaided greatly greatlyaidedthe 1 aidedthe aided tho thori3en nennl men lit work woln in the water The Thepowerfullights ThepowedulUghta Th Thpowczfu powerfullights powczfu Ighta illuminated lUull lnat dthe the faces of the thedead th thdeadon thedeaden dead deaden on thelawinmofet theIawnmotplainly theIawnmotplainlyja plainly plainlyEverybody ja Everybody praised prai ed the doctors nurses nursesand nulll nullland nurseaJ and employePH rnploY ffi of the hospital on North NorthBrother NorthBrot NorthBrother Brother Brot cr island All Au hands and8 ndsUlere there pitched pitchedIn pitchedIn In and worked unceasingly from the timej time timethe timethe the burning boat Wasfirstneeri flrstlCcri until 1tl1 late latelast 1atei latsIlo Ilo i last night Then l1lenlnny many of them espe especlally eepei pe perclIl1lY i rclIl1lY clally the vonien omen actually Jr fejl el 1 rom rpm jJx jJxIJalllI pxliaiiIon xImiiHtlqi ImiiHtlqi IJalllI npr pr DIIdlnRJIUOrderod DurllriRlon ordered oil handto hand handto handto insisted IlUI Btpd onworWng onworkJngDlv to retire but sonic rDlycfrCquld I DlycfrCquld Dlv Dbcks ta Could oult Get But roiirHodlts put putAt out outLu OutAt At Lu 11 oclock last night Diver John iticorsturfl Rice Ricereturned Rtcereturnecirr returned returnecirr rsturfl from the th wreckedsteamer wre wrecld lllItealner steamer with withfour withrour Ith Ithfour four iSjdiefl of clilVdrea clLfldrenr lil1 le Theyjhad fli rh been beenfoundjntheaftefhpldpfthe been10u 1 foundjntheaftefhpldpfthe 10u foundhtho dI tle fterl1 1 J1hrtho I ov vessel 1 Hicp HicpMid RceNld 114ccti ti Mid that the thedhoT divnm tad deoidbd to tOlmake tOlmakeno i make makeno 3 no more descent nt into the thewredeIIII wreckyoslt wan wanplain WMplain waspnlntoThern plain pnlntoThern tot tothem eJU that their labor would ould be beuseleSll bec juseless useless uselessWew 4 Wew Wesenrciodtheforvqardpartoftheboat Wesenrciodtheforvqardpartoftheboatc arciod lrched the thCora forwardpart pnrt of the boat boatBald boati i Bald ald ld Divcrillce DirerJUce and could find no bodies bodiesSho bodlMShe bodiesSho Sho hiw hn nettled down vn with a crash into intothe intothe intor the middle and wo Yocouldn couldntf couIdn explore that thatpart thatpart tifatI I part 1 suppose there therearo ore a 1 lot ot nodi bedlea bedleathere ea eathere asI I there but the wreckers will have toget togetIn to get geti getJi Ji i In their work berore an aDyon yon can get In Inthe Inthe Ins the centre of the vessel vesselTJvj vessel1iI I TJvj 1iI working crew are golns oln to toworle toworleI work workall workall I I all night nigbtoll on that part IJartand add theysay UieY say aY that It Itnecttisary Iei ICN nec necttisary neclJi etituv to clear It they will spit the theboat thebot 1 i boat intwo In to twoparts parts We divers will go out outIn outIn 1 In tho morning asaln asalnWatches altalnWt aialnrF rF Watches Wt hI8 Stoppcil Stoppedt at iO3i 102001 1O2tn4 Mnt 103S 1025Tho 1O2The 103STho I Tho watchos on all the dead recovered rpcoveredearlyMii rCovercdtarlyhi recoveredearlfli earlyMii tlm th afternoon had stopped At 1020 1020oclock 1020oolock 1020J oclock olock Tho watches taken out lost night nighthad nighthad nighthad had stopped at 1035 oclockr oclock oclockRoundsmen oclockItollndslnen Roundsmen Klutecnd Olloon of the Har Harbor Harbor ilarbar bor Squad with acrewof acrewiofmenwere men menwere ere the thefiret tLefllllt 4 firet policemen pollc olIeem men io I reach the burning boat boatAll boatA 1 All A of orUlo thc cops COPMere were 1were fnbro 1oro or or loss burned in ineT InAfffctij InBetween eT Afffctij cjpR rescues fOiue Between a 1 oclock clo In Inthe Inthe Inthe the afternoon And ann noclock oclock last night nightthey nighttheyhal nightthey they theyhal had recovered 210 itO ID bodIes hod I Rounds Roundsman Roundlomlln Roundsman man Daniel Ryan with Policerrort Pollc rroll Cor Corb Corbtt 4 btt tt Franklin Powers and McKoown re recovered rccoered 4 covered coveredlOl 107 iOi bodies diCH in the th tonic time timeOr timeDr timeDr Dr Darllngtonwas reinforced reilt orced bya blllarge blllargeI large largenumlrar largenumber I number of iimpoctors I Insp IllI Ctola from the Health HealthDepartment HealthDepnrtment 1 Department late last night They The Theydevoed Theydevoedtheir devoted devotedtheir dovoedthtirtlin their thtirtlin tline ipentIrelytc cntlrely ntirelyJit tQ tagging gipit the bodies bodiesand odlesand 7 and arranging rfu 11 tor toriheir forthctrtrnnafcr Iheftwtransfer tran8fl1rto to Ea East EaIItentvMxth tTwentysixth 4 Twentysixth Twentyslxthstreet TwentyslxthstreetJnst entvMxth streetJimt street treetJlllltnrter Jimt Jlllltnrter nfter midnight six morobodles were werebrou werebrolll5h werej brou brought lit ashore nt North rt JJrothrir Jr9th r9h4re1and r9h4re1andThis Js1 sland slandThis md mdThl This mad tfiolfet llt aVfollowB aVfollowBAI so1lowsA AI A Vorlh orth Hrothcr nrothcrandakPo and Oak Point PointTakrn Pointtkffl nil nilf Takrn TakrnW MhOOLL3Sti1itISt wlwlr ic tl38tll I itt tr ti 37 siAi 37AI 37Al Ai nikrr mrrA rutiind AtrfT frr isIlled is isUlrd 13JJ Ulrd JJ CdtnholllIat CdtnholllIatlullll In hospital hospitaliji 3 3Total iji Total 4T 4TTho 48 48f 7 i 1 The last 10 At pix Ix wore recovered from the thewreck thewreck thef wreck They The were horribly burned burn burned1 and andIUIMU andcame andcaino came IUIMU IIJI with im the iiiu wreckt1l ntcuivtt tarn luiii rnJlp ju i by byI uy uythe jI I the MerrittChapmanwewy Xtl 1t11300clock 1t11300clocktht t13Oclockthere 30 oclock oclockthere there tht ro were a 1 total of ninetyfive bodies bodiesleft bodle8i bodIesleft i left on North Brother Island Of this thisnumber thlllnumhlr thisnumber number thirtynine thlrt nlne were rlnthe In 1Jie hoepita hoepitamorgue hoepitamorft hospitaV morgue morft Of4 Oftl Of those on tholawn twentyflvo twenty tentyi 1tb i fIB had been placed in coffins And nd thirty thirtyone thirtyI thirtyOne I one were Htill lying Iin on the grass covered coveredwith coveredJ li with blankets All the ho others had been beenRent beenICnttotha beenc Rent ICnttotha to the East Twentysixth itreet itreetmorgue itreetic 4 orgueor morgue or find I1l1d peon cop 10a loaded Pd on the boat boatthat bolltth boatuIt that th was wasleaving leaving at this time timeCoroner timef timeCoroner Coroner CoronorOO OOormans rmans official estimation estimationof of the thodQI1dbodll6recovelld thedxacLbodlija dead bodies recovered was 483 Ho Hosaid Hosaid HoI said 421 2 had been beo recovered at North NorthBrother NorthBroUipr NorthHrother I Brother Island 25 at Kilters Island arid and3i and3ihad 37 37had 37I I had been token to the Alexander avenue avenuestation avenue avenuetatlop avenuestatIon station Ten bodies recovered at Oak OakPoint Oakolnt OakPoint Point olnt Coroner OOorman said wore ere in inInland Includea InI I eluded ln his 1I8t or the North Brother Inland IlIlanddClld IlIlanddClldRikers Islanddeadi dead deadRlkers i Rikers Island told TUB SON that Its dead deadwero deadIfetO deadWere Were 13 not notnusIl 25 25nVSll 25Iw Iw nVSll sI1 Of 0 SlCHTSEKttS SIGUTSIEflSflotmni SlCHTSEKttSBoatmen iWII TSEInS TSEInSBoatmfll Boatmen have Thrlr nirlr fluuli lanel Full FullLp FullLpRhfl FuLILpIther Ip IpRher Rher Fft rrfa bo bOts Crowded CrowdedBoatmen CrowdtdBtmen dfll dfllBOatmen Boatmen on the river front front within witjmileof WltblnUeorthe a mileof IU Ueorthe of the disaster did a rushing buslnesi buslnesio busiriessterday terday An hour aft after the fire on the the8IOCIllIJI theC 8IOCIllIJI isiocupi migBtftrted started Jiardlyra Iardly boat could be beCrowds hired hirpdc hirpdcI Ii IiCrcid1JfillOO I Crowds Crcid1JfillOO filled he ferrvliontH which run runm from the fi fif foot of EN East hiotynintli and andv Ban i 134th BtreetH to Collog Point olnt and to tonrth tot nrth 01 01rth rth Bench until untllloJIlI mpg afterdark Launcheswith launches launcheswith JnuncbOllWI1 with WI1 1 partlni arties from New IW Roclmlle And City Cityt Clt Cltnel in3 n3 nel fl and some 101 from IhelludRbnJUEr the he Hud hudson on Wver joined i th the crowd of small boats oate and tugs tuptl tl i I Ic it ihI hI hIc HORROR AT NORTH NORTUBROTHBR NORTUBROTHBRWOlIlv BROTHER BROTHERWOMKX BROTHERJIOIIEX WOMKX SXATCH JIMV1 MA I WES WESrnov IJalsFnO 1s 1smo rnov FnO THE RIVER mvEttDocton RIVERDoetor 1tItIRDoelori Docton Nurses Consumption Patient Patientand Pat Ptlentsami enti entilII and lII Police In the hr Water Saving 8avln Uf UfThe Ufe UfeTlle Uferbe The Hundreds ofSJnrYcognized Dead DeadPhotographed DeadPhotolrph DeadPhotograpbid Photographed and Their Valuables ValuablesLarge ValuableLarle ValnabIeiLane Large In iron Amount mount Cared Cr iI For ForA ForA ForA A hospital for the treatment of contagious contagiousdiseases cOntagiousdlaoosM contagiondisease diseases would not ordinarily be the place placeto to look for heroism of the spectacular spectaculartype epectaculartype type but there was we enough of It shown shownat at North Brother Brotheryeaterday yesterday to give the place placea a name in history Everybody took a hand handIn handIn handIn In the rescue work workdocbllrs doctors nurses ward wardhelpers wardhelpers wardheIpore helpers engineers health Inspectors and andlaborers andlaborera andlaborers laborers Even the tuberculosis patients patientsrendered pallenterendered patientsrendered rendered splendid service when so many manyof manyII manytho of II tho excursionists were struggling in the thofSter thelIiter theWhter fSter aftor the burning steamer at amer had been beenbeached beenbonohed beenbeached beached None of the other patients patientswas was allowed to assist but many of them themwho themwho themwho who were on the road to recovery volun volunteered volunteered volunteered teered and there was much excitement excitementamong excitementII1110ng excitementamong among them It is estimated tlmated that the theisland theisland I Ibland island people rescued 150 persons from fromdrowning rromdrownlnl fromdrowning drowning drowningCommissioner drownlnlComml8Aloner drowningCommissioner Commissioner McAdoo accompanied by byhis byhili byhis his secretary reached the island in the mid middle mlddl middl dle dl of the theafte afternoon oon on board the police policeboat policeboat policeboat boat Patrol At that time the lawn at atthe atthe atthe the Bide of the main hospital was literallycovered literally literallycovered literallycovered covered with corpses and the police and andothers andothera andothers others were fishing them out at the rate rateof rateor rateof of one a 1 minute Three dead children childrenall all roped together with toy horse lines lineswere lne lnewere lineswore to the surface at time timeThe tlmdThe were were brought to irface one tme tmeThe The Commissioner Commifloner shuddered and raised raisedhis rallie raisedhi his hi hat Next come cae a woman awlman with a baby glneer Qafrnsy ciiey aCio did dd splendid plendtdservi Odldse service serviceAt sAt I It At first frt ho heordered ordered two line In of hose stretched stretchedto eretoh dto 1 to totha the th sea oter waflandextrapreeaureputon waflandextrapreeaureputonthe waitand nandetrapreureput extra pressure put on onthe the pumps Hestobn He saw that tat these the streams etreanawere streamswere Itr were pmps futile tutleiatd and he ordered ord rd the hose hoseabandoned hoseabandoned eabandone abandoned abandonedAll abandone All overboard overboar he yelled yelte and every everyman evr evrman everyman In Lathe Inthe inthe man jumped Gaffney Oaney worked away away the water jump until unt he collapsed colape from exhaus exhaustion exhas exhaston exhauetion tion ton He was Wa aa hanging oh on the sea la wall wallby wallby by his hi bl fingers fgers when discovered icver and It was wassome wessome some ame time tme before bcor he recovered recoveredMany recoveredlitany Many ltay of those brought bfught herver In by the Island Islandpeople Iland Ilandpple Islandpeople people were unconscious and some of the theI thedootr thedoctor I doctors pple dootr turned ture unconclos their attention attenton to resuscl resuscltatlng resusoltatlng uscl uscltatlg tatlng them Prominent in this work was wasDr wa wasDr Dr tatlg Welsman Weiman an Interne Intrne He worked workeduntil workeduntil fatigue until unt ratgue his tongue tonguelung hung out outlke like a dogs from fromfatigue rromratgue fromfatigue CHASE or A ATRJI TillKH TillKHWhile THud THudWhile While Whie Supt Doorly Dorly was wa helping to carry carrythe ol carrythe the victims npto pto the lawn wlore they were werelaid werelaid laid 1ld out he spieda tall tal muscular man mn who wholooked wholookld wholooked looked lookld like Ukl a Swede ee reaching for the gold goldwatch goldwath goldwatch watch wath on a womans breast breBt Doorly gave gavethe gaethe gavethe the alarm alar whereupon whereupn the lie big man atrted atrtedon started startedon on a run rn across Ir roes the Island pursued by nurses nursesand nur nurId nursesand and Id patients plHents tlexits Ho finally fnaly plunged Into the thewater thewater thewater water and swam to a skiff Ikll which he boarded boardedThat boared boaredThatw boardedThat That Thatw was the th last latt seen of him himOBEWBOMK himOREWSOMR himOflEWB0MI OBEWBOMK BIGHTS BIOITR AT A THELiXDIKO THELiXDIKOThere THE LNDINO LAD1NO LAD1NOThere There were corpses corps everywhere everhere near ner the thelanding thelaDdlng thelanding landing many of them mutilated mutlated and andburned andbued andburned burned bued beyond yond recognition recogiton On the string stringpiece atrlngploe stringplace piece ploe were wer a bunch of bright brown hair hairand hairand hairand and part of a womans belt beltAs bel beltAs As fast rat as a the bodies bies were brought up upthey upthey upthey they were seached Iche by the Coroners Corner and andtheir andtheir andtheir their assistants Mslatantand and tagged tagfte At 5 oclock oclockCoroner oclockCoroner oclockCoroner Coroner OGorman had in a huge hug basket bketatches basketwatches basketwatches watches jewelry jewelrycash cash ch and bank bnk books Ole8 repre representing reprenlnR representing senting nlnR an estimated value of 1110 180000 180000One ioo0oOne One of the corpses COrs8 was Wi that of a comfort cmrort Qp P0l ITH pISWI BU 8WWM 8WWMs1zvDz ISWI ISWII s1zvDz 11 11pe i I pe Oo Tu iaiqsi I If Ii It 5JMND 5JMNDi i C4t 1 RANDELS 1 1RANDELS 4t 4tRA4DELS SQNM2M llllN llllN4os UW4NC6 UW4NC6I 14wANae 14wANaeSLAfl7 SLAND I a D1tiL 4os SLAfl7 fU A 1tiL 1tiLWARb eU IF IFG IFnr I I WARD5 WARD5I WARb nr I JSLAND WARbD7J D7J D7JS VSCENt tS Hf SCRNE SCENt OF 01 THE DISASTER DISASTERTh Th dote dotted lne line howe the Clr course taken br the steamboat teambat aftr after she cuat caught fr flee tlU tlUahe tiUihe ahe was beached aohed on North orth Brother ela stand daspfylln clp eInpft Jfl In her arms armsyThe yThe Tho Commissioner Commissionerrnlwjd Commlioner Commlionerral Conmissionezriis rnlwjd ral riis his hi hat again ajsnlnItis ajoln ajolnI againIt1s Itis I i the saddest 8destlftht sight I ever everMW erersawuhe sawhe he said saidThen MidThen saidThen Then he gavo orders ordel to tho MerrittChap MerrittChapman MenttCap man mWrcklng Wrecking Company to send Indtwo two divers diversto diverst to explore exlre the hulk of the Slocum He Healso Heatr Hoalso also atr engaged an expert exper photographer photogrpher to tomoke tomae tonuLke moke mae engae picture plctur of the th bodies bdll on tho island islandThese lind lindThe islandThese These The pictures plctur will wi passed pa around among amongthe amongthe amongthe the members mem of St St Marks Mark congregation congregationto cngrgation cngrgationto to facilitate facitate Identification Identfction The Te Commis Commissioner Coinmiseloner Qr QrsloneI sioner sloneI ordered orer ord rcd the te pictures pictul made fearing fearingthat fearingthat rg rgtat that tat decomposition demposion would set In so 8 quickly quicklyas quicklya as a to 0 prevent Identification Identicton In many mny cases casesAssistant C4lult casesAssIstant Assistant 4lult District Ditrict Attorney Oarvan who whoalso whoaiM whoalso also came cme to the island land reported rpor later laterto to Mr MrJerome MrJerome MrJerome Jerome that dat he had ha subpomaed subp nae as 1 many manypersons manypersons persons as he could culd reach for an Investiga Investigation Invltga Invltgatlon lnveetigation penns A is to make makeAmong makeAmong tion that the District Attorney tore mke mkeAong Among other officials officals who were wer on the theisland theIsland theIsland island Aong were Commissioner CommlSioner Darlington Darligton of the theHealth theHelth theS Health Helth Department Police Polc Inspectors Al Albertson A Albertson Coroners OGorman of ofThe orTbe ofTheBronxand bertson and Brooks Brks Croners OOnn The berson TheBronxand Bronx Brn and Scholer of Manhattan Manattn Capt CaptGeoghegan Cpt CptGoogheganof CaptGeoghegan Geoghegan of the Alexander Aexander avenue stationand station stationand stton and Capt Dean Den of the steamboat stmboat squad squadAn suad suadA squadAn I there to together toKoUler togotlier An army of other officials omcal were ere A gether ary with doctors doctr and nurses nurs from nearly nearlyevery nerly nerlyever nearlyovery every ever hospital hOlpltl public publo and private in I GreaterNew Greater GreaterNew Grater GraterNe1 New Ne1 York YorkALL YorkALt rk ALL 11 HANDS TO THE TiE RESCUE RESCUETho RESCUEThe The 11 first firt man mn to see se the burning boat boatfrom boatfrom boatfrom from tho Island was James Owens Oel a amaon a anon amason working work Ing the laundry laundrybuilding laundrybuilding mason who was Wi on lundry lundrybuilding building non Hn HAlhouted shouted Steamer afire afr and andmado andmde andflUUlO mado for the landing As he ran he notified notifiedChief notfie notfieChief notifiedChief mde Chief Engineer Englner Oaffnny HafnAY of the pump house housewho hol holwho housewho who sounded the fire fr alarm alrm This 11s aroused arousedevery arous arousever arousedevery island When Owens Owensreached Owensreached the every soul on Ilnd Owel Owelrache ever reached the landing lnding he launched launhed a skiff skiffwith skl sklwith skiffwith rache with the assistance of Mate Johnson Johnon of tho thoHealth thoHealth theHealth Health Department Dpartmfnt Mi8tllnc boat bot Franklin Frnkln Edson Edsonwho Eon Eonwho Edsonwho who was off duty Both men mn got In and put putout putout putout of out for the burning buring vessel vel which whlchw8 was round rounding roundIng rounding ing the point close to shore Owens Owen plunged plungedoverboard plungedowrbord plungedoverheard overboard owrbord and got a child At the next nextplunge nextplung nextplunge plunge he got a man mn and two children cidren Bythis By Bythis Bythis plung this lima the skiff ski was in the midst mldt of a astruggling astrgllng astrugglIng strgllng struggling tme crowd So many mny tried trie to get getaboard ge geab getaboard aboard ab rd that the craft crt was upset upt about aboutfifty aboutfifty aboutfifty fifty feet tet from shore shor Owens Owen says Yl he hemanaged hemnage hemanaged managed mnage to drag six people poplo with him when whenhe whenhe whenhe he swam In InInho InIn LaIaho Inho In mdanWmo mo the Slocumbad Slocum Slom had turnedthe turned turnedthe turnedthe the point and anwa andwas was beached bache The Te sea Ia wall wallwas wal walWi wallwas lined with doctors nurses and other otherhospital otherhopitl otherhospItal was dootor nues hospital hopitl Wi lnod employees employe soon oon the to vessel vesselstruckthey vel1 vel1strc vesselstruck struckthey strc struck they waded out Into the water and andbegan andbegan andbegan began to drag drg people pople out outWOMEN outOMBN outwoMeN WOMEN OMBN WORK WORK THE TiE TIRE FIE LADDERS LADDERSAlong LADDBJ LADDBJAlong LADDERSAlong Along the side of the scarjet 8ar scaret etrever fever hoe hospital bOI bOIplal hoepital pital plal were six thlrtyflvefoot thirtyfveroot fire ladders laddersplaced ladderl ladderlpla laddersplaced placed there thereror for an emergency Doorley Doorleytbo Doorleythe tbo pla superintendent of outdoor outoor labor lar calledfor called calledfor eaUedrpr for volunteers volunters to push these thee ladders lders Into Intotho Intotbe intothe the water and operate oprte them as life Je lines linesThere UneeTere linesTherewas There Tere Therewas was wn no responsefor rpnfor the simple Ip1e reason reasonthat ren rentht reasonthat that practically praticaly every able ale bodied bde man on onthe onthe onthe tht the Island was wBsalrey already lathe Ithe water pulling pullingout pulng pulngout pullingout Isl alive aliveMatron aliveiatron out excursionists excurlonlsls dead and alve alveMatron Matron White who was Wi on the sea se wall wallwith wal walwih wallwith with wih her assistants IIlI8Ll8nte sized ai up the th situation situationin eltuaton eltuatonIn in an instant lrnt With her own ow hands hand she shedragged ehedrgge shedragged dragged drgge one of the heavy ladders ldo to the thewater thewater thewater water water and drew it back ba with Ifih three tre persons personsclinging personsclinging clinging clni to it The other women then fell fellto tel feltto to and son soon all the ladders lder were working workingas Workig Workigu life 1e lines lie with splendid Iplend effect eret Some Someot Bme Bmeof Someof of the thewoinen women waded wae out to their thei waists Wataand Wataandh1p and andhelped andhelped helped h1p to pass pB the excursionists excntsln excntslnrUI in inMART InMAT MART rUI klCANK UCANN BAUD FOUR FUR CHILDREN CHILDRENAmong CILBE CILBEon CUIIDRECAmong Among on them tl ltwa was Mary Mr McCann Mcan a buxom buxomIrish buom buomIrish buxomIrish Irish girl who had graduated grduat from rrm a ameasles amEI ameasles mEI measles patient patet into Int a ward helper 8h 8hhas S1 She Shehas has hl the reputation rputaton of being the temot roost ex expert exJrt cxpert pert Jrt swimmer Iwlmmlon on the Island b1ad Four times UmNdid timesdid timesdid did sh lh she swim out ot near ner the te Blocum 8lom and ad on oneach oneach each eh trip bJ brought back ba a live Uv lie child En EI ES ably dressed dro middle aged aed woman who whowore whowore whewore wore wore on a old fashioned ralhione bustle buste In It wore werfound worefound ere erefound found about abut twenty books boks on savings Mvlng banks banksshowing bnk8 bnk8Ahowlnft banksshowing showing deposits epolt of nearly 140000 400 40000 Thebooks The Thebooks Thebks books bks were made de out in the name of Eva EvaKrenger EvaKrenger EvaKrenger Krenger KrengerWhen KrengerWhol KrengerWhen When Whol the steamboats ateambote Massosoit laolt andFidelity and andFidelity andFidelty Fidelity Fidelty had ha been loaded loded to their capacity capacitywith capacitywih capacitywith with wih corpses Cr for the Bellevue Bclevue Morgue Morguetemporary Morguetemprar Morguetemporary established In Inthe Inthe inthe temporary morgues were temprar morue etablihe the old brick coal shed she In the disinfecting disinfectingplant dlsl feotirig feotirigplant reolnft plant and in the old drug store These Thesewere Tleo Tleowere Thesewere were also soon filled filod and at a 6 I oclock oclok there therewere thereWere therewere were at least Ilast 100 10 corpses cre still sti on 01 the lawn lawnAll lawnAlarerool lawnAllafternoon All Alarerool Allafternoon afternoon and ad far Into the night police policemen plc polleemen men iofd tl In the water and In I boatshauling boatshaulingup boatAhllulng boatAhllulngup up bodies bod with hooks hoks and dragging and andcarrying andcring andcarrying carrying cring them ashorePOLICE ashore ashorePOLICE ashorePLICE POLICE PLICE RESCUES RESCUESPoliceman RaOUE RaOUEPolceman RESCUESPoliceman Policeman Polceman Giek of the Alexander avenue avenuestation avenueetaton avenuestation i station etaton was va at tho foot of 138th street with withLouis withLoul8 withLouis Louis Riegel an old lifesaver liever when the theburning thebumln thebumin burning bumln boat hove in sight Riegel pulled pulledin pule in two women and a child chid who had ha jumped jumpedoverboard Jumpe jumpedoverboard overboard overbord Giek was Wi credited crit with rescu rescuing rOU rOUIng resculng ing the following tolowlng persons personsMrs person personMrs Mrs Helder 189 16 Avenue Aj A Mrs MI A Get Gettenberg GetteDber Gettenborg tenberg teDber 343 East Et Sixteenth Ixtnth street AnnieRose Annie AnnieRose AnnloROl Rose ROl 135 Avenue A Mrs Sackmeyer Smeyer 341 341Rivlngton 341Rlvlton 341ltivlngton Rivlngton Rlvlton street strt Mrs Gemien Forsyth Forsythstreet Foryth Forythstreet Forsythstreet4 street street Mrs Mr Prewdltch 85 8 East Et Third street streetMrs atrt streeMrs Mrs 11 Setonder Setnder 104 lo First avenue aveue Mrs Park Par 8 88 East Et Fourth street stret and Mrs Mr Reckerd leleerd 88 8 Avenue A APoliceman APolcman APoliceman Policeman Polcman Herbert Herbr Farrell Farl a model modelman modelman I Iman man and Policeman Polomn James Collins Qln of the theAlexander theAlexander theAlexander Alexander avenue station are also ao listed listedamong lsted lstedamong listedamong among the heroes hel of the day da With Olaf OlafJensen Oaf OafJenn OlafJensen Jensen Jenn master of the sloop Baylis Hayll they put putout putout putout out In a yawl for the Slocum Slocw The Te heat heatwas hlatwa heatwas was wa so intense Inten that they were forced ror to go gounder gounder gounder under the paddle box The Te burning boat boatwas bt btwa boatwas was wa drifting drirtng then lien and many mlY were wer clinging clingingto cligig cligigto to the blades blad of the wheel whel The policemen policementook polcmon polcmontook policementook took twentyfour persona person aboard aboar of whom whomsixteen whomsixtn whomsixteen sixteen sixtn were wor dead Among those thO saved savedwas sved svedwas savedwas was Elliot Elot of 219 211 East Et Thirteenth Tirnth street streetwho strt strtwho streetwho who was Wi clinging to the paddles pddle with IIt two twosmall twosmal twosmall small smal children chidren hanging hangng to his nook neckThe nookTe nookThe The Te first frat launch lauch to reach rach the to Slocumwas Slocum Slocumwas Slom SlomWM was the Kills Kll of the Ddck Department DepartmentCapt Deparent DeparentCapt DepartmentCapt Capt Halloran HaUorn got a medal meal from Congress Congresswhen Congrr Congrrwhen when he was Wi in tho life lre saving vng service serviceTho serviceThe riee rieeThel The Thel launch uch was WB off ol 138th 13th street trt when the theburning theburing theburning burning buring boat was wa sighted She Sh put out outand outand outand and took tk on board bord eighteen eightn alive alve and andtwentyone andtwentyn andtwentyone twentyone twentyn dead deadTWO deadTO deadrwo TWO TO OF A A PARTY OF FIFTEEN FIFEEN FROM HOKOKKK HOKOKKKSAFE HOKOKEPtSAFE OlOIEN OlOIENUFE SAFE SAFEOne UFEOne SAFEOne One of the largest large family ramly parties aboard aboardthe aboardthe aboardthe the Slocum came from Hoboken Most Mostof Mot Motof Mostof of the people peple in It were wer related closely cloely to toeach toeh toeach each eh other otherand and had hd been be formerly members membersof membrs membrsor of St Marks Church They Tey were Mrs MrsOtto Mr Mrsttto Otto Erklin EklD and ahdtbr three children chidren aged agedrespectively ae agedrespectively respectively rptvely 6 5year2year yearsXyears end two months monthsof month of 1028 10 Hudson street Mrs Mr Bushong Bushongwife Bushongwife Bushongwfe wife wfe of Dr Busbong 1028 l08 Hudson ludo street streetMrs etrt etrtUrs streetMrs Mrs Owen Smih Smlb Smi and throe thr children chidre of I 1028 108 Hudson Hudn street st Louise Loul Garllng Oarlng nurse nursefor nure nurefor nursefor for Mrs Mr Erklin Mrs Mr Meta Klenan 1381 1381Washington 11Wlhlnitn igiWahingt Washington Wlhlnitn street etretMr Mrs Fred Fr Klenan Kiean of ofWaablngton ofl3l 1381 Washington street atrt with wtb baby 1 year yearold ye yearold old and Mr Mrs Henry Hery Fulling Fulng child chid andnurse and andnurse andnure nurse nure Clara Claa Ohlsen Ohle The party prty was ac accompanied a aomplod anoompanied companied omplod to the te boat bot In I the morning morig by byMr byMr byMr Mr Fulling Flg a paper Ppr manufacturer mnuaturer of 53 53Crosby 1 53Crosby Crosby Crby street atrt this th city ctro In the afternoon afternoonhe art atternoohe he went wet to North Nor Brother Brothe Island bld la I search searchof eah eahof of the excursionists escurlonlt He was wa ampanie accompanied accompaniedby by Otto Ott Erklin El a coal merchant merbat of 1 iBroadway 1Broadway 1Brdway Broadway Brdway and ad Henry Henr Klenan Kiena a son of ofMrs ofMI ofLre MI Mrs Meta Mt1 Met Klenan Klera They Tey were wtr nearly nearlyfrantic nearlyfrantic arly arlyfrntc frantic frntc with wit grief aef and besought bught the re reporters 1 rsporters prel porters for news nl1S of the lost lot ones one They Theywore Ter Terw Thyware wore told before Wor they tey left let that tht Louise Lu Gar Garling Oa Oalie Oarhug ling lie the th nurse nun was safe ee and that tt she had hadrescued hadrescued rue rescued Mrs Erklins Ek klia twomen twomonthsold mOul thsold baby b7 babyS I MIS 1 FIRST nR jOOKFUCTB COM2LU PlAlfqft PlAlfq JI4OThe jThe ft ftThe The New NewPianol NewPianola NcwPhtnola Pianol PhtnolaPiaflo Pianola PianolaPiano PianolPiano Piano PianoA A combination combinaton in one complete mplete in instrument instrment instrument strument strment of an upright uprght Piano Pianoand Pianoand Pianoand and a Metrostyle Pianola PianolaThe PianolaThe PlanolaThe The Ideal Instrument Instrumentfor Instrumentfor for the Summer SummeJ Home HomePrices HomePrices HomePrices Prices 060O 860 6OO to 81OOO 81OOOThe 810 1000 1000The i iThe The Pianola Piano Pian Ii I the one oe piano pianomatter pianoIt It I Is celaln certaIn wil will no not stand Idle nQ nQtater nomatter matter tater Jnlo nto wnrne who whose home It I may 10 10Cali goCaLafog oCatalog Catalog Cali on Of onThee ttyvtttThe ttyvttt tgUtllThe The Thee Aeolian Aeolan Company CompanyAeolian Aeolian roila 01 Hnllaaa HI Fifth Ifl A Aenu venua venuar uDIr DIr 55 84th 4 Ii street Mew I Work WorkAmong 10rk 10rkAmong WorkAmong Among the people peple who had ha miraculo miraculoescapes miraclous miraclousp miraculoescapes escapes were Florence Weiss Wei of 507 5 Ea EaEightyseventh Eat EatEghtyseven EsEightyseventh Eightyseventh Eghtyseven street 8trt and Mrs MI Nicholas NlcholiSchumacher NicholasSchumacher NicholiSchumacher Schumacher of 529 52 East Et Elghtysecoistreet Elghtysecoi Elghtysecoistreet Eght8nd Eght8ndstret street stret Some one threw them from tSlocum the theSlocum tSiocum Slocum upon a tug and dozens of othe othecame other othercme othecame came cme tumbling down dow on top of them Th Thwere They Theywere Thwere were not hurt They said sid the boat burnt burntlike bured buredlke burmlike like lke a paper box boxMinnie boxMlanle boxMinnie Minnie papr Weiss 13 years yea8 old of 1235 123 123 Thii Thiiavenue Third Thirdaenue Thuavenue avenue was on the bow of the excureksteamer cxcurslc cxcurslcsteamer excurlon excurlonteamer steamer She saw sw smoke and then thentongue thentongue a atonguo tongue of flame fame eating eatng Its It it way along Utop te tetop Utop top deck toward where she stood sto Tl Tlcrowd The Thecrowd Tirowd crowd made a rush forward rorard She climb climbdown clm ciImblown ddown down the mae side and got to the first frt decwhere dec dek dekwhere dealichere where there was no fire fre She jumped jumpd Int Intthe Into Intothe the water watr and caught hold of a womd womdwho wom womeho nwho who ho had ha a little lte boy by In her arms arm A roj rojwas wa was thrown thown to them from the Mafwasol Mafwasolind Mlolt Mloltand Massasoimd and they were dragged dragge on board brd Minnie Minnlwas MinnieWa8 Minnon was on with her mother Mrs Otto Welsi Welsiind Well Welland Welsmd and her brother pergo George who was 15 I yeai yeaild yee yeeold yeuld old ld She thinks tlnkl that both were lost lostGeorge lostOerge lostGeorge George Oerge Klrschner Kirher 13 years old of HRussell 18 18RUel I Iuseell RUel Russell street strt jumped jump from frm the Slocui Slocuiind Slocutmd and swam ashore His Hi mother brother brotheisister brothersllter brotheister sister grandfather gdfather and two cousins wet wetvith wer wetcith vith him He said sid he thought they were werill wereal we weill al ill lost lostExAlderman lostExAlgenan lostEzAhjerman ExAlderman ExAlgenan James Smiths Smlh daughter daughttMargaret daughterMargaret daughtdargaret Margaret 15 years year old was on the ill 111ated I illaced rate aced excursion excurion The Alderman visile visilesorth visie visiteorth North Brother Island In the afternoo afternooookmg aternoon aternoonlookig afternooocking lookig ookmg for her body by He did not fin fint flnd flndIt It there and went ent on to Hikers Rker8 Islam IslamJe IslandBe blanc3e Be Je was 118 wild ld with wih grief grer and excitement excitementTho exctement exctementTho excitementThe Tho Rev Cool pastor pator of the Cor Correlational Co Cogregatonal Coiregationnl gregatonal relational church at Bedford Beor Park we weJso weiso aso iso a visitor viitor to the island in the afternooi afternooirlr aferoon aferoontr rlr and Mrs rA Kolb and their theirson21 son 21 yeai yeaild yeaiId 01d ld members membel of his hil church were on th thllocum the theIom LI LIIlocum llocum Young KoJb jumped overboard an anwarn and andwar anwarn warn war Iom auhore a hore Ho lo nado jump his hi way home i ilis In InIq Iq lis wet clothes clothesIRESinEXTS clothC clothCIRESlnETS clothesIRESIJ2TS IRESinEXTS SYMPATHY SYMPATHYtor SYlPATHY SYlPATHYrstor SYEP4TIIEaster rstor aster tor has Too III 1 to Receive Mr Hooi Hooiveils Rooselts veils Message MessageThe MessageThe le8ase le8aseTe The Te following folowing telegram tegra was Wi receive receivet at it St Marks Markl Lutheran Church Churh last Ilt nigh nighWHITE nightWiurE nighlWHIrR WHITE HODBK Washington Cora CGforgc Cleorqc Gforgc ora 0 Hans HaC Pastor PastorAocept Pctor PctorAO PastorAccept Accept AO pt my profound sympathy sympthy for your youllf ru yourelf elf lf lrchurh church and congregation congregationTHEODORE cnggton cnggtonTHEDRE congregationS ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTThe RooSEvELTThe THEODORE THEDRE RoREVELT RoREVELTThe The Rev RvHaM fleas who Is prostrated prOtrted at h1 h1ome his hisbore hiome bore ome was Wa too ill i to receive recive tho mcssai mcssaiost mege megeit messagst it ost st night nightDISASTER nightnISTEn nightDISASTER DISASTER VDERESTIMATED VDERESTIMATEDImports UDEnEST11UTEDRtprtl Rtprtl Imports of the te trw ew at the Office Did No NoCome Not NotComl NoCome Come Coml Near the Pacts PactsFrank PactsFrank Fact FactFrnk Frank Frnk A Barnaby Bmaby in I the president prldent ol olhe orthe 01he the he Knickerbocker Kickerbker Steamboat Steambt Company Companytnd Compny CompnyIInd tnd James Atkinson Atkinon is the secretary secretaryhe seretary seretaryThe The he offices offi are at 149 Broadway Brdway As sooiis soon soonas sociS as is the disaster diter was reported rport Mr Atkinsor Atkinsorrent Atkln Atkinsocrent on onwent rent up to the vessel YII and Mr Barnab Barnabtot Brnby Brnbyot ot to work Ho had hd several soerl members melbr ohe Dr Drthe the he 6 crew crw at his hI office offic as soon as a they couli couliret culd culdget couleL get ret down town and examined oxmlne them tInd to tofnd ti tind fnd Ind nd out if I he could what wht caused cu the fire fireliter flr fIreLIter liter LIter out examining them Mr Barnaby Drnby gay gavinit gaytit exmiing gve gveOlt Ater Olt nit this thl formal fonl statement at 3 oclock ocock Iiho ii iiho in intho tho ho afternoon afternoonThe afternoonThe The aferoon aferoonThe steamer mr General Oenral Slocum Sloum left ler Easrhird FAst FAstTird Enshird rhird street East River at 930 93 A A Mlaving Mhalnp Minvirig 8trt Et Rver Tird laving been ordered there by the commltt commlttn cmmltM cmmltMIn In charge of orer the thE excursion of St Mark MarkvanRcllcal MarkEvanlelcl Markvangelical vanRcllcal charle Lutheran ran Church Churh In Eas EasThird Ensbird Evanlelcl Llt Third street 8tlt New York She had hdl73 873 pas pasicngers pa paLonger Longer engel that being bing onethird outhlrd her licensee licenseeapac lc lccJClty iicens iicensrnpaolty rnpaolty rnpaoltyThe apac ty tyThe cJClty cJCltyMThe The fire apparatus app artI arattis was at work In ana onintnuto anamlnuto onninuto ntnuto after the discovery dver of the fire firerat fr fireut but rat the people ple became bme pantcstricksi pantcstricksimd pnlctricksn pnlctricksnand md rushed rshed to the rear of the boat bat many manjif manyof of if them jumping overboard overboardThe overbrd overbrdThe overboardThe The boat bt was thoroughly equippe equippeclth equipperith with fire apparatus and life le preserver preservernd and nd passed pls fre apprtus inspection 1lptlon only a few week weekigo weekigo a igo igoAs As 48 nearly as we can cn ascertain Irain after lifer care careul cre creful careul ful ul Investigation Inv tgtion about abut sixtyfive people peoplrero pple pplewere peoplerare were drowned none was burned burnedThe bured buredThe burnedThe drowne The boat was beached bMht under her owiteam owteam own ownetem team and bt I am Informed that some of th thtossengers theaaengerS etem tossengers were aflnormed able towalk ashore ashoreTwo IIIIhorcTo aiihoroTwo Two engrs hours later lalr there were 212 21 tagged taggeiorpses taggd taggdc taggedorpeos orpses To hurs at Hikers Riers Island Ilnd many mny of them thenlorribly themhorribly themorribly horribly burnedPresident burned burno burnedjPresident President Pridont Barnaby Baraby said to a SUN re reAs reotter otter otterAs prter prterM As far as 11 have been hn able to find fnd out the thiIre there there Ire re started on the main deck There Tere was waiome wlome waseras Il8rt eras meadow medow gratis there on which was i ininch a acinch lome blloh cinch of bananas baas gr and some one possibly possiblyhrew possiblylirew Jlbly Jlblythrew threw a cigarette cigartte or a match into the grass grasijid grassuditbiazedup Bld jid uditbiazedup It blazed up The Te Thereportof report rpr of the thofirewas thofirewasjade fl fire re wai wainadaatonco WMmdo bla mdo nadaatonco jade at once and the crew were ordsred or red Uheir to toheir heir stations The engineer turned on thirater the therater tl tlwatr teir rater lttlon and in a Tl minute engner after the te fire hat hatteen hdbn hadeon watr teen Reported water was being bing poured or orhe on onte onlie Eported pur bn he blaze The passengers seem 8m to havecome bavebme have haveecome te ecome ba panlcstricken panlctrcken Te pangr and rushed Mhe to th thurricane the thehurcne theurricane bme urricane deck aft This Ti was a nnturailng nntura nat natprItng 1 1thing hurcne thing ilng for rorthem them to do When the flame flameurned flamesurned urned through the decks many of themimped them thenimped themjump burne imped trugh overboard ov rbar They Toy de crowded orowde arouni nrund nrundthe around arounde jump the 10 lifeboats so that tt It was only posnlb1 posnlb1i posblelaunch lbla lblato to i launch Irobte two of them From Frm what I he heIB bear bearle the IB officers ofOI and crew crw did all al they could culd an an3ted ad adate and andited 3ted like men menCapt menMCpt menCapt ate Capt lke Van Schalck Shaick Is I a very ery competent competennan nan MCpt He has ha been on the tp th Slocum Slom since lncl the tbiar tbedaY theST daY man ar she was launched launche summer 8umer and whiter whiterlefore witer witerlore winteretore lefore lore that he was on a Hudson Hudon River Riverteamer Rver Rvereuamer Riveraamer teamer tt He Is I a Kingston Klnpton man and a fine fineffioer fne fneofor finetlioer euamer ffioer The To crew crw numbered number twentythree twentythreehat twentythr ofor tlat hat is I the entire entre entlreworklng working worklnp force or of the te vessel vesselot not ot including Includlgte the captain ctn The Te pilot wwrank ww wasrank Frnk rank Van Va Wart and the te engineer Frank Frankonklin FrankDnklin enlner onklin On all al our vessels we have havere havefre Cnklin re drills and life saving drills and the theten theLen fre men ten drill report to lfe me Mvg that tat all il drils were wer at their theirtatlons telr telrstatons theirattons tatlons rpr when the alarm alan was WI sounded soundedho lIound te statons ho names of the others in the te crow crw I can canot cant nae te oter because the roll was on the theearner theearner not ot give 0 OUe te pay py rol te tetaer earner The Te General Generl Slocum Slom cost ct 1185000 1185000od ItlO le5o0oed and taer od she was W8 insured Insur for about abut 1100000 1100000Civilian 1100 l0O000 l0O000CIvilian WChilaa Chilaa Civilian Sent Snt In Early El Alarm AlarmTwo Alam AlamTo AlumTwo Two To minutes after Police Headquarters Headquartet ct word from Com the police plc a man nam namloropson named namediompson Tomp8n loropson called cle up on the telephone HId HI He Heid sid Id that he was Wi at the foot fot of East Et 138th 138threel 138throot atrt reel and that as he talked talke he could sea thi thiirning the tbeburning theirning irning steamer atmer and the women and ad chit obiin Ql chiten en jumping from her decks decksThere deke dekeMTere decksThere MTere There are a hundreds hundrs jumping he said saidcan Md MdI saIdcan I can see them themnow now There Tere is II sure to be a aIghtful arrlghtul aIghtful rrlghtul Ightful loss 10 of life lt The boat hot I is mtikln maklnzr mtiklnobably mking ror North Brother Lland Island where they wilt wiltobably WI obably strand her I can cn son the women womenid probbly ad id children chidrn to i the to water Send Sd all the theIpjrou thelpjou ohlp hlp Ipjrou ou can cC 5 5S ftrdWES I 4S55HSURvIVORS TOJS I THH TIS SORYIYORS SORYIVQRSTELL SORYIVQRSTELLI SORYIVQRSTELLFAMILES MFAMILIES TELLFAMILIES FAMILIES PARTED PARrEDIN IN THE RUShkIEFOlW RVSU RVSUJBEFOttE RVSUBEFORE FAMILES BEFORE TUE TUEELAMES TUEELAMESL1o TL1 FLAMES FLAMESdne FLAAII ES ESdee dee LadW1so Lmd Who Swam Swm Aabor AoreLol Lost Five Fve Bel Beltlret Rela RelaUnaBut lIeijivesHut tlret UnaBut L1o But One Saved savd of a Party Pt of ofNt ofNIeFomone ofNieFrom Nt NIeFomone NieFrom From One House louWonlan IfouseWonhans Womans Jump JumpFrom Jnmpom JumpProm From om the Upper Uppr Deck Dck to a Tugboat TugboatHerman Tsbat TsbatHen TugboatHerman Herman Lembeok 14 years yea old of 14 14East aE 14Ea East Ea Hen Ninth Lmbk street stt was Wa picked up by the theUunch thelaunch1JUUs he helauch Nith Uunch lauch launch1JUUs KiUa KU and brought to Hikers Rkes Island Islandkl Iland IlandWa IslandIS kl IS ISWftS was Wa with my mother two brothers brothersand brthers brthersad brothersand5 and ad and5two two sIsters siters on the te hurricane hurricne dock dockthe dockthloy deckN deckNthd1boy the thd1boy boy said Ild We saw a lot of smoke and andtaecmlng andam thloy and mother gotsoared got gotcared gotIr 1 flamescoming taecmlng am scoming from rrm below moter cared Ir Just Jut then Dr lisa tho minister ministercame miister miistercerlng ministercar came car running up to us He said It was wasnothing wasnOtg wasS nOtg uothlngbut nothing cerlng but some ame coffee cre burning hurlng and ad begged beggedus begge us to tobecaim tobecaim91e be calm calmHe cm cmHetln 91e He Hetln then went off of looking for hi his own ownfamily ownfam1Iy family We all n1llthollng stood holding on to mother motherand motheradtl motherand famy and adtl than the te deck dek broke underneath udereth us usI usr I lost lot Iot5hold hold bld of mother moter and fell into Ito the water waterWhoo waterWe waterWhen When We I came up I saw IW my sister liter Dora Dorahanging Dorabtig Dorahanging hanging btig lco on to the te paddle pddle wheel I looked lookedfor lookedfor lookedfor for for her er flitter Iter I was 118 picked up but she had hadgone hadgonlw hadgone gone goneFreda gonlw gonlwFred goneFreda Freda Fred Gardiner Oardler of 420 42 Willis Wii avenue avenuewas avenuewas avenuewas was one one of a number numbr of children chdrnrcued chfldrenrescued rescued by bya bya bya a rowboat rwbt off oc East 138th 13th street stret She had hadbeen hlldbn hadbeen been bn with her aunt on the main deck deckWe deckWe deckWe We were all laughing lughing said the child childbecause childbw childbeoaue because bw iroy my aunt had said Bld she was Wi afraid afraidon draldon on on such Bcl a big boat bt When the first frt cry cryof cryor cryof of fire fre came ce Aunt Louise Luis told tld me to hold holdon holdon holdon on to her hand but the crowd came cme rushing rushingatua rshing rshingatuI rushingatua atua and a swept her away from rrm me A bigman big bigman bigmn man mn picked picke me up upin in his arms ar arnueandheld and held me mein meIn roein in front of him but ho couldnt culdnt keep his hisfeet histet hisfeet feet tet feetI I fell over the rail rn and when I came up upI upI upI I grabbed grbb a 1 big piece pie of timber tmbr A man manIn manIn manin In the water ateI tried trie to grab grb hold of me and andwhen andwhen andwhen when he heml8 missed me I saw BW him hi go downThe down downThe downThe The rowboat roWbt came cme up just as a I was wa about aboutto abut abutt aboutto to let go the log 101 I was so I weak weakSWAM wok wok8W weakSWAII SWAM 8W ASHORE A10RE ALL HIS ilS FAMILY FAMJT vom vomGeorge LfT LfTGerge uosvGeorge George Gerge Kircher Kirher of 18 Russell RUtel street streetGreenpolnt streetGrenpolnt streetGreonpoint Greenpolnt Grenpolnt swam ashore to Rlkers Ukers Island IslandHe IalandHe IslandHe He told tole those thos on the Island that tat his mother motherbrother motherbrther motherbrother brother brther sister aunt and grandfather hadboen had hadbeen hadbn been bn with wih him on the boat bt and they had hadbeen ha hadbeen been ben drowned drwne he thought thoughtWo thought thoughtWe Wo had ld seats Ita along the rail rai on the top topdeck tp tpdok Lopdeck deck dok the boy by said Bld and we stayed atyod to together toather together gether ather for a long time tme hoping hopig that some someboat somebat someboat boat bat would wuld come cme and take tke us oft ol The Thoflames Theflames I Itlime flames tlime started stt in the front of the boat and andthat andthat andthat that made tho crowd come toward us It Itwasawful Ita Itwas wasawful was a awful ma to see them I saw little lte chit children chi chitdren dren dr trampled trample on onEverybody onEvrby onEverybody Everybody Evrby was Wa mkig making for the back of tho boat and behind hld them seemed to be bebig I i ibigwave big bigwave wave of flame As the sme crowd from th thfront the thefront thfront front got ot to fae where wo were ere the railln raillnburst raing raingburt millie1burst burst burt into Ut flame famE and then I had to jump jumpJust jumpJust jumpJut Just Jut an a I jumped part parLor of tho thedeCI thodecic deck gave way wayand wayand Wa Waand and I saw 8W jumpd the people tumbling tlmblng down dOm inl inltho into intotho in inthe tho water water through thrugh a big hole in the deck deckThe dek dekThe deckThe The boy went around the island Islnd for hour hoursearching hourashig hounsearching searching shig by for his relatives and sobbing sobbingONE sobbingONE sobbingONE ONE ONLY OF NINE CAME BACK BACKNine BACKNine BACKNine Nine persons from the tenement 5 5Seventh 54 54Seventh 5Seventh Seventh street trt in the rear rar of St Mark MarkChurch Marks MarksChllrch MarkeChurch Church none of them members of th thcongregation the thecongrgation thecongregation congregation congrgation went with ih the excursion excursionOnly ecurion ecurionOnly excursionOnly Only one came back backtop backMr backMrs Mrs Mr Lena cre Dc Luccia who ho lveR lives on the thetop thetop Lna top floor front took her four children childrenranging chidrn chidrnraKing childrenranging ranging raKing In age from two and a half years yearsto 101 ar arto to twelve for the sake of the sail sai She Shopersuaded ShepcruRded Shepersuaded persuaded pcruRded her neighbor se across the tie hall hal a avoung avoung ayoung voung married marrle woman named name Sophie Sophiedecided Sophieilgelt SophieSdegel Sdegel to Join thl the party YClordy Yesterthy mom moming morning ing ilgelt 1 lira nl Galeflky Galefeky on the foor floor bdo bdodoolde below belowdecided decided doolde to go too and took tool her two young youngchildren YOUft YOUftchidren youngchildren children childrenMrs childrenMrs chidren chidrenMI Mrs MI Do Luccla Luccl was 11 the only one who whoreturned 1ho 1hortume whoreturned returned Her hands hnd and ad arms IIrl were werehorribly werehorribly ere erehorribly horribly rtume burned burt She Sh nnd her children childrenshe ohldrn ohldrnshe childrenshe she said were ore all together on tho maindeck main maindeck maindec deck near the wheel box when she saw sawthe sa sathe sawthe the dec smoke and flames fmCH forward rorwad She nicked nickedup picke pickedup up her hlr baby and ad with wih her other children childrencrowded chidren chidrencrowde childrencrowded crowded to the rail ri Men went around aroundnho aroundHhe aroundsho nho crowde says shouting that there ther was na no dangerNext danger dangerNext danlcr danlcrNext Next she Ehe remembers nmembef a 1 wave of frenzied frenziedwomen frnzie frenziedwomen women omen and children chldrcn forced rore her overboard overboardShe She lout 10t her baby and sew IOW no more of her herother herother herother other children chidrn Mm Mf Siegel struck strck the thewater thewater thewater water alongside of her but she did not see seeher lee leehor seeher her come cometo to tho surface surfaceThe surfaceThe The Te Hlocums Sloum a sura engines engine had stopped and andMrs andlrs andMrs Mrs De Luccia Lucca clung to a paddle blade bladeso bladetho lrs A the superstructure cug bure burned the Irn iron got gotso gotso so hot that tlat it bllst bllwl blIstered her hands Then Ten a arowboat IIrowbont arowboot rowboat picked her up upFIVE upFIE upSITE FIVE FIE LITTLE LITLE oraLs OIL WHO WaRd WERI SAVED SAVEDFive iA RAVEDFive VED VEDFive Five little Kirls from the Slocura who whoboarded whobare whoboarded boarded a te Third Thir avenue train lrln at Eighty Eightyfourth Eightylourh Eightyfourth fourth bare lourh street strt yesterday oter ay attracted attention attentionby attnton attntonby attentionby by their attire attr They all al wore dresses dressestoo dr dressestoo I too little Utto or too to big and the faces fao of some somewero somewere me meWero wero tcar torstalne teatstained teatstainedA stained stainedA A customs cutorns Inspector who sat st beside besideone besideone besideone one of the girls glrll Intptor who who had ha a a big black and andand ald andblue I Ih1ue blue lump lurupon on the left side or her forebe forebeand rorea I and twq tw fingers fngers done up in splints IIplnt learn learnfrom leae learnfrom from her that she Ihe was Wi uJ Katie Kate KalTenberger KalTenbergerof Kalenbrer I Iof of 4S9 Sixth street strt Her father flit her works worksin worl in a box bx factory ratrv In Thompson Tompson street atret She SheIs SheIs SheIs Is an only child Ihla htl and she ah was going home hometo to her mother motherS I jumped from the top of the steam steamboat 8teambat steamboat boat bat into fntoa jump a tugshe tug she said 811d I was wa hurt by byother bylotI bylots lots lotI of people ple wno jumped jumpd on me and onother on onother other little llteglrla girls who jumped when I did didI didI I I am glad g1a I have only onl jump a few little lte hurts hurtsdrowned hurtsI I 8W saw a great mny many 3ump ump and fal fall over overtrdand overboard trdand board and I know there ere must be a lotdrowned lot lotdwnod drowned drownedAnother dwnod drownedAnotherlittle Another Anotherlittle little Utte girl In the theparty party was wa Louise LouiseMotzor9 Louis LouiseMotzor9 Motzor9 Motzr 0 years yers old of 405 East Et Sixth street streetAs stret stretAI streetAs As they wore going home after ator getting gettingoff gettingof off of theelevated th elevato train trln at Ninth street strt a aInto abig abig big man cme came up to them and peering peeringinto Into th the face fa of UJ Louisa Luis said 8ld Are pnng pnngInto you youMotzcr youMotr youMotzer7 Motzcr MotzcrLouisa Motr Motzer7Louisa MotrLi Louisa Li who was somewhat startled etarle by bythe bythe bythe the big mans earnestness cmetn0 said ald she was wasand wasad wasand and ad he grabbed rbe her up and ran rn off 01 with Wih her herher hernot hernot not atoppln stopping unt until he rche reached the saloon 01 01her oiher her father fater and deposited depOltf Louisa Loui In his hisarms hisAr hisarms arms armsLouisa armsLouisa Ar Louisa Ll said she had ha become beme separated separatedfrom separat separatedfrom I from her mother and her herlittle little ltte sister alter Lena Lna Lnaye 4 years ye old and that tt she bad failed faie to find findthem fd fdthe findthem them the at the hospital hoplt after she Iho got ot ashore ashoreThey ashoroThey thor They were not home when Louisa Li cot cotwere gotthere I Jot Jotther TeT ther there ad and Mr 1 Mot Motz decided that they theywere theywere were among aon the te lost lostWOMANS loetWOINS lostIr0MANs WOINS WOMANS JUMP FROM SECOND SECND DECKOne DECK DECKOne DEUI One Oe of the injured Injure In the Harlem HarlEm Hospi Hospital Hopi Hopitalllll Hoepitat tat Is Mrs Nellie Kessebaum Keebalm pf 190 19 Guern Guernsey Outr Guernsoy talllll NeUe soy ley street Brooklyn Broklyn She was wt saved savedbecause savedbecause aedbPUR trJt because bPUR she he had nerve enough Inolllh to jump jumpfrom jumptr jumpfrom from tr th the the second sond deck of the Slocum Slom to the thedock thedo thecicck dock of ofa a tugboat tugboatShe tugboatShe bot bot8be do She was wa standing ltdi at the forward torard end ed of oftbo ofyio yio tbo boat bo with WI UM thflanees flames working Ork toward towardS dI I 5 I jS i SS tS 1 5 Sr SrI I 5 5 1 Altaian Al dn dnWOMENS I Iu SflPtPfl uuuuuu uuuuuuWOMES flPtPfl flPtPflI flPtPflWO4EtS I WOMENS SUMMER NECKWEAR NECKWEARThe WOMES NECKWER NECKWERTe SThe The assortmenU asret include icde various vaou novelties Dovelte in Lace and andLawn ad adLw andLawn Lawn Te Lw Yoke Yoke and ad Bertha BuLc Lace Chiffon Co and ad Lawn Lw Fronts FrontsFichus FrontsFichtis Front FrontFcu Fichus Fcu and Half Ha Sleeves Handmade Hadmade Stocks Sok etc etc inland inlandElmbroidered iHad iHadEbroidere inHandEmbroidered SAlia Embroidered effects effectsAlso Ebroidere ee eeAoConCap Also AoConCap Chiffon Capes and ad Ruffs lu uffs Boas BSr Bourfi Scarfs Eton EtonCollars EtonCollars I IUa Collars Ua Collar Col and ad Cuff Cu Sets Se Etc EtcNOTICE Etc EtcNOTCE EtcS i NOTICE NOTCE This Th establishment etblhent will wl be closed at 5 pSatday MSaturdays MSaturdays Saturdays Satday at 12 I 2 Noon NoonniKctttmi Non Nonuu Noonit twmJwuwW twmJwuwWflletttsll unlltltb it uu niKctttmi nlltltb Stet Sftftt twi and II Sixth flitnt te new york YO her She he had ha almost almot given up hope when whena a tugboat tugbot came along alongAs alonKAs alongAs I As the tug tu neared the steamers eteamErs side sideshe sideRho sideshe she leaned lenoo over near the rail rai poised po herself herselfa herlr herlra a moment and then jumped jumpd She landedon landed landedon laded ladedon on tho deck dek of the he tugboat where some of ofthe ofthe ofthe the to crew were waiting waltn tUIboat for the jump Later Latershe Latershe teI teIshe Island Islandwhere Islandwhere Islandwhere she was wa landed on North Brother where she was cared for until unt she was wastaken Wa Wastaken taken awav in the cr ambulance ambulanceJohn ambulanc ambulanceJohn tken John Halphuson Jalphln the sexton 8 xtn of the church churchwho churchwho churchwho who Is 70 years years old and was Wi rescued rcue by a atug atug a atug tug says that In his opinion the crew of ofthe ofthe I Ithe the General Slocunl Siouni was undisciplined undisciplinedand undisciplne undisciplinedand and did not know how to use us a hose he He Hewas Hewas I IWIIS was standing 8lndlng with Dr Haasond his family familyaft famiy famiyart familyaft aft on the main deck when the fire firediscovered was wasdiscovered discoveredPRAISE discovered discoveredPRAISE dlscOered dlscOeredPRAIBE PRAISE FOR DR HAASS JrABS BBAVERV BBAVERVDr BRAVERYDr BBAVERVDr Dr Haas according accrdinp to the sexton con conducted cn cnducted condueLed ducted himself most mo mOt bravely and worked workedin in an unsuccessful ulucCful hlmllet effort elort to close cO the hatch hatchdoors hath hathdool8 hatchdoors doors until he was blinded with the smoke smokeand amokeand smokeand and heat unt Then WI he blnded returned to te his wife wifennd wireand wifeand and daughter daughtr but lost lot them in the excite excitement exct excitement ment mentHalphusen mentHalphu8en mentHalphusen Halphusen had ha his hil two daughters daughtr on ontUK onbord onboard bord board also All theses clung to the paddlewheel paddle paddlewhel alo Al tO whel wheel unt until tey they were picke picked up by the thetugumner thetug tug tugumner tugumnerTo SumnerThe Sumner SumnerThe The twin sons of John Hems HellGerge HellGergeand George Georgeand Georgeand To son of 44 East EastFourth EastFourth and Theodore 15 years yers old Et EtFourth Fourth street were among the rescued rescuedThey rcued rcuedThey rescuedThey They were on the boat bt with their mother motherand motherand motherand and their younger brother Frank Frnk whose whOe SNAPSHOT SHOT OF THE BURNING STEAMBOAT cast leg III had been bn broken and was as In I a plast plastcast plt plastecant cot castFirst First George Gorge jumped from the uppe uppedeck uppr upprdeok uppedeck deck As he struck the water a woman womalanded womanlanded womallanded landed on him jruck and partly stunned atuned bin binTheodore hm hmTheodore himTheodore Theodore also alo jumped Both Bth boys boy ar arcrack are arecrack atecrack crack swimmers sIlmmem jump George was picked uby up upbv UI UIby by a tug and Theodore Theore swam to Randall flanctalieIsland RandallIsland Rdlls RdllsIsland Island They met at home six si hours later laterTheir latr latrTher laterTheir Their mother also was there She jumpec jumpecoverboard jumpecoverboard overboard over and clung to tho paddle wheel wheelat whel whelat at the oar same Ilme time clnp supporting lupportDg another anoth woman womanwho woma womanwho who was finally fnaly taken from her by a negro negroa a member of the crew crewFrank erlll erlllFrnk crewFrank Frank Frnk the brother with a broken leg legIs legis legis Is still sti missing missingWHOLE miing miingWIOI missingflIIOLE WHOLE WIOI FAMILY IU SAVED SAVEDBut SAIED SAIEDBut S4 lED lEDOut But Detective Flrnflsens flrnrl lns Wife and nd Two Twiof TI TIof Twoof of the Children Chidren Are Ae hurtDetective Hurt HurtDetective Hut HutDetecthe Detective Sergeant Srgant Henry FirneUei FirneUeilives Flrnelel FlrnelelIhM Firnekenlives lives at 40 Seventh street ftret His wife and andthree IIndthr andthree three thr ohildroii chldrn were on tho Slocum Slouf MrsFirneisen Mrs MrsFirneisen MmFirneLen Firneisen FirneLen and two of the children childrn were werrescued wer werIcued wererescued rescued Icued from the water and taken to the thiLebanon the theLbanon theLebanon Lebanon Lbanon Hospital Hopial where wher they are ar no nopatients now nowpatent nowpatients patients patientsTho patent patientsThe The detectives detectve8 other child chid a boy by of of10yearsjumpod oflOyearsjumpodfromthe 10 10yearsjumpod lOyearsjumpodfromthe years jumped from rromthe the deck of the burn burning bur burnIng ing steamer to a tug and was token ttn to liarlain Har Harletn Harlem lain He Hl made his way to Police Head Headquarters Hea Headquarters quarters quartel and notified notfe his hIl father of the thedisaster thedl8tor thedisaster disaster disasterFimeisen dl8tor dl8torFlreln disasterFirneisen Fimeisen Flreln and his son located lot the other othermembers othermembl8 othermembers members membl8 of the family ramly In Lebanon Lbnon Hoe Hospital HO HOplallBst Hoepital pital plallBst last night nightGRIEF nightGRIEF nightGRIEF GRIEF CRAZED FATHERS l4THEli ACT ACTl Ao ACTLearns I IIrn Learns arns of Ix Loved vrd Ones Lost When Wen Home HomeFrom Homefom HomeFrom From Fishing Flhlns and Tries Tio to Cut Cntnl Hli Throat ThroatWhen Trot TrotWhen ThroatWhen When the steamboat lteambt Angler tied tod up at ather ather ather her pier at the Battery Bttery early ely last la evening eveninga a man was seen sn attempting to cut his hi throat throatwith tht throatwith with a penknife pnknife just jut after ater he had stepped steppediwlicra steppedue1ora iwlicra 11lora ue1ora Friends Jrlendl with wlthblm him prevented preVnt epp hna hnafrom llmtrom iersfrom from doing himself himlf any harm and took tk hint hintaway himawa tutuaway away awayPoliceman awa awayPoliceman Policeman Polceman OMeara OMera of the Church Cu street streetpolice streetpolice police station staton learned learne from bystanders bystandersthat bynder bystandersthat that tha p1ce the man owned two saloons aloon In East EastSixth Eat EatSixth EastSixth Sixth street strt He le owne had sent Bnt his hi wife we and five fivechildren fve fvecl fivechildren I cl children ldrn onthe Sunday School Blool excursion excursionon exorslon exorslonon on the General Slocum yesterday yerday morning morningand morng morngad morningand days and ad he fishing fishingThe had ha gone out to the banks for a adays a adays The Te first frat thing he did after ater stepping sppig on onshore onhore onshore I shore was Wi to buy an evening evenig paper Hesw Hesaw He Hesaw saw sw the names name of his hl wife and children childrenamong ch1dren ch1drenamong childrenamong among the dead de Ho Immediately Imediately pulled pulledout pule pulledout out his knife and tried tre to out his throat throatPoliceman ttroa throatPoliceman Policeman Policman OMeara OMear was wa unable to learn learnhis ler learnhis his name nameBABY namen4Br name134EV BABY 0LY 011 0E SAVED OF 10 10TwoYear 20TwoYear 10TwoYe TwoYe TwoYear Old Od Girl Grl saved Snd by Hrr Twelve TwelveTemrOld Tehe TweeTeatOld TemrOld eOld Nurse NurseThe Nue NueTe NurseThe The Te only one of the ten members membr of the theErokllng theEklng theErckllng Eklng Erokllng family tamiy of Nutley who was wassaved wa wasvod wassaved svod saved was a twoyearold twoYOrold baby bby She wu wusaved wueavod wassaved saved by tho nurse nur Louise Loi Gayllng Olr The TheGayllng TbeGaylng TheGayling girl is 12 old and hired hiredto Gaylng Gayllng I yean yer Id was hi to watch wath the baby bby She had hd the baby babywhen bby bbywhen babywhen when the crowd crWd rushed rehe panicstricken panicstrickento pnlctcen pnlctcento to the te rear of the boat bt When she saw sawthat sawthat Wthat that they couldnt culdnt live lve aboard a oard the boat boatthe bt btthe boatthe the overboard oerboardhI little lite nurse and her charge chge jumped jumpedoverboard jump jumpe4overboard hI 1 1 went down under the water but I Istill It Istill still I kept hold hCld of the baby blhy Mid the tle Gay na nalng lay layiing ling lng girl girl I went down twice ic and tn tncecond tbfnd the thesecond second fnd time tl I came lrl up beside a 1 board bord I Iheld Iheld Iheld held on 1 en to thf th haby with lh one Olt arm Rrl and andgrabbed andgmebbed td tdKrhbed grabbed Krhbed the lie hoard boan hauf with the cither tllr I didntknee didnt didntknow didntkno kno know knee whether whllhlr the baby 1 lv tvtut alive alh or nut nutFinally nut1laly nutuiuually Finally 1laly some men cams ear In inahuatandtook inahuatandtookus a hint hut and took tookus tk tkUI us UI in When Whel they thlY told tld me the baby baT WM WMalive wUe weealive alive I couldnt cunt believe bleve It it STRUGGLE TO SAVE WOMEN WOMENIPOLICEMAN WOMENPOLICEMAX WOMENPOLICElI POLICEMAN POLICElI VA 1 TASSEL i STORY STORYOF I IOF OF TUE TI DISASTER DISASTERRained DItsTlmRined DItST1RRaIned Rained Rined Women omen to Tugs TI Deck He sn snKnocked Sl ssp sspKicockedInto Knocked Klocke1ltO KicockedInto Into the Water ter and nd Came Cale In InWith I I pWith With Wih Half H1 a IX D1tn Doien en ClingIng to Him HimWent 1111 1111Utnt Ililcient Went ent Back t3 Work Until Unt EttauslcilTwo Kxhauilnl KxhauilnlTwo Exhultll ExhultllT1o Two men Jen 011 al the theOnneralSlocunu General Slocum SIOII who ho dtl dtltheir Ii diitheir I Itheit their duty were Iolicemcn 1011111 Abel bel It i Van VanTassel VitiiTassel 11 Tassel 11 and Ind Charles Kelk of the harbor harborsquad hRrholsquad harhcisquad squad who had been ben detailed detaied to the boat boatThe bORI IjuatFhe The lhe former told the thl story of his experience experienceat erlen erlenat esjeeriencat at his hil home at 42tt 2t fiftyeighth rtyelhth stre streBrooklyn lrcvt lrcvtBrooklyn lIII lIIIBrooklyn Brooklyn yesterday yesterdayThe yesterdayTiee trday trdayhe The he first frt I heard of the thing thig he hl sail naUla Id IdMa Ma a boy told me there was a fire fre on the te boat boatI lllt llltI boaI I was on ontheinaindeckand the main deck dek and Kelk was WI on HIP HIPupper theUpper upper deck lie had just left Ipe me and WR WRwere WAwere weWere were going goig around to inspect ilpt the boat and andsee HIHIle studsee see le that tht everything was a safe safeI fe feI I looked looke toward the bow ow and saw a puff puffof plf peeffof of smoke Every Er one seemed sme to take the thealarm thealarm tuealarm alarm at the same so instant Istant and everyone everyoneran cerone ceroneran ran aft The Te women all abgan began to climb climbup clmb clmbup climbup up on me You know kow how it is I When Whenthere Whenthere Whenthere there is any ay trouble the first ft thing thig people peopledo pople popledo do Is to to the officer officerOh ocor I go olr olrM SOh Oh officer ofor save sve us they cried criedI orle I reached rhe up and took down dow life le preserv preservers prfen prfeners presereera I Ito ers from rrm the racks rka overhead and ad told tld them themto themto to put them on working workig aft oftI aftl aftI I dont think youll youl need ned them I said saidbut saidbut saidbut but you may1 may mayI I helped help about abut twentyfive teltyfve of them 10 10put toput oput put them on Suddenly a sheet lhet of flame flameand flO flOand flameand and smoke came cme through the main min deck deckThe dek dekThe deckThe The flames fame were on the port prt side and ad every everyone ee everyone I Ione one rushed rshe to starboard tarboa I ducked under underthe undelthe underthe the smoke and went to the after cabin cabinI cbin I couldnt get out through the door be because I Icaus hocause cause of the flames famM so I climbed olmb out of the thowindow thewindow thewindow window caus on the starboard 8tarbard side Ile So far at atI a asI I could see sa In the excitement exctemenL there was Wi nu nuone nuone noone one In there thereThe thereThe lucreThe The tug Wade came ce up alongside aongelde I Ithink 1thi Ithink think thi that she must have hv been ben following followingus folowlnR folowlnRus us i I passed tho women over as quickly quicklyas I Il1li as possible pOSlblel pa but they kept jumping on the thethe thetug thetug tug frm from tne the upper deck some faiig falling on onthe onthe I Ifalrl the boat and ad some sme falling faln overboard overbor They Theyfairly Theyfairly fairly falrl rained ralne onto ont her deck dek Finally shehad she shehad Ihe Iheha had ha all al she 8haculd could carry aar and backed bcked away awayShe a athe awayShe She the took tk away an a awful av1ullo load loadjumping toadThen Then either the upper de deck or ame someoff someoffjumping I IJumping jumping hit me te on uppr the te back ba of the neck neckand nek nekand neckand and I was aa knocked knoe overboard overbod I thinkthat think thinkthat thinkthat that it was the upper deck falling When WhenI I came cme up to they uppr were wer all around fa una me I Ishould Iahou1d Ishould should judge JUde ul there were wer fifty I tried trie to toswim toswim toswim I Iclung swim but ut I couldnt couldt so many may of them themclung bentclung clung to me meI meI I IMl Ml I turned over on my back bck in the water waterThere WRlerThero waterThere There were five fvo women and a boy with withthem wih wihthem withthem them clinging clnging to me I got them next nextto nextto nextto to the sea wall wal where wher they could get their theirfeet thpirfet theirfeet feet fet on the bottom otom There is only fivn fivnfeet flO flOfet fiy fiyfeet feet fet of water there at that thlt tide tde A brick bricklayer bricklaer bricklayer layer named nmo Owens lowered lower a rope and andpulled Inc antipulled pulled pulle them all al up and me instSomo last lastSome 11t 11tMSome rp Some orderly or something took me meInto mI meinto Into an engine room rom and straightened straightenedme Itralghtene me up and then I went back bck and Rrd got into intoa iito iitoa a rowboat rwbt with wih Haley of the Harbor Harbr SquadWe Squad SquadWe SuRd SuRdWe We brought In two more bodies blll and then thenof IhpnI I round I wat up to my lmit limIt and two or orof ofof of the nurses on North Brother Island Islandgut blanc Islandgut gut hold of me meI meMI MI I dont know what Kellc Kele was doing doilg hut hutI butI I guess that ho was doing pretty prety much he Ih IhMme thesame hesame same ge8 thing There Is no doubt that Kolk Kelkdid Kolkdid Kolkdid Tere did all any mortal moral man mn could do doI doWI doI WI I was as mixed mxe up In the Hoboken fire fre but butI I never saw BW anything like lke this The Te shrieks shrieksnnd ehrilks ehrilksand shriekssod and screaming 8crmlng were wer something frightful frightfulIt frightflil I It seams som to me like lke a nightmare nlghtmr It doesnt doesntseem do snt sntRm seem Rm as If It could cld have really raly happened happenedWhen hnpplnll When I came cm home and looked loke at my own ownbabes 01n 01nbab ownbabes bab babes It knocked mo all a out outVan outVan outVan 3 Van Tassel Ta81 has hs two little ltle girls grl girl aged ag 7 and andI I can tell u1 you that tt if I I thought that them themwas thlrn thlrnWa therewas Wa was ono thljig that tht we left let undone that thatwo thaiwe thatwe we could thig have done today he said Id Idcarry Je 1I1rry cr carry rry it with me as 1 long as 81 1 live Kelk Kelkmating Kelkcught Kelktaught cught taught fire fre and bured burned his hand terribly terriblyieatlng Iprrihbl mating atng out the flames fame In a womans womn dress circsielk crl dressICelk ielk is married mred and has ha little ItlA children chidren too tooChat to toThat tonFhat Chat was a thing that would have taken takenhe tapnthe takenhe W8 thng he nerve re out of any man mn whohadnt whohadnt bad hadixperienca badex badexperience ex experience renC facing danger dangerMr dangr dangrMv dangerMr Mr head he seems sl to have gone wrong wronnlomehow wnl Stomehow iomehow lomehow It I all al happened hpne so gne quick ulck WI Vn Vneft eleft lef left the Thirtyeighth TlyIRht street ltrt dock docl at twenty twentynlnutea tlnty tlntyminut twentyninutes minut nlnutea of 10 and ad my watch watcbltoppe stopped st II 025 which must mul have boon bon the te time tme when whengot whln whlnI whenI I I got knocked knooke overboard overr In the water watervan waterVan wVa gt Va van Tassel Tal has been bn seventeen sevent years yearsn TN TNon on the police pllce force ror and touryears four rourye years a a mom momer memr mfm mfmbl bl er of the harbor hrbr police plc Kelkhas been beenilneteen beeniineteen nninetn ninetn ilneteen years ye on the t1e force for and fifteen fften of ofhem ofthem ofhem hem with the harbor hrbr squad aud audHIS squadIlls HIS WHOLE FAMILY FAILY LOST LOSTre LOrWfe LOSTme Wfe me re Three Te Children ren and Two 8Uter It 1Sters4Th 1Sters4ThLaw 4B 4BLAW LAW Lw of MelenUial Molentl Missing MissingMouurr MlMlngMOUNT JUis JUisMOUN MOUNT MOUN VERNON VZINON June une 16 llAdolph 15Adolph Adolph Melon Melonhal Mo11 Moleethat hal assistant altt manager of The Bronx Brew Brewiry Bre Brewry ery iry In Mount Vernon Veron mage received relvod word Wo today todayhat todaythat todaybat hat his hi whole hole family faiy had lost 10t their thei lives lVO on onhe 0 the he burning bunc steamer ete General Oeneal Slocum Slocumlolenthal SloOm Slocumlolenthal Molent lolenthal hurried huie to New York and at a aito Alat aito lat ito hour hou tonight tnlght had not returned returnedThe retune returnedThe The brewer brer had a wife wre three children chidn and andwo andtwo andwo two wo slateralnlaw IltlnlaW all al of whom are a sup supsed eUpp supneed need sed to have hve gone rOD on the te excursion excion boat boatsistersinlaw bat batTe boathe Te he sistersinlaw altlnlW are ae the Misses Mi Julia and andtamle anrlMaie andtasnie Maie tamle Hockenbroker Hoknbroker They Tey were invited invitedgo Inl 3 go 10 on the te outing outC by friends friend who warn warnlembcrs WlI WlImemb wereiembees memb lembcrs of the te church churchThe ouch churchThe 1 The family fmlT of Schultz Scbult of 9 Madison Madisontreet Madisonrest fldl nn nnatt att rest Mount Vernon Veon also al0 went on the thnxcurslon thAexcion thexcurion excion xcurslon They TeT had ha not returned retned tonight tonightid tonlhtad ad nd id grave fears fe were Wee entertained enttne for thir thirfety thirtety theirifety gave fety Mr Schultz Schult who 1s I a New Ne York Yorkilor Yok Yoktlor Yorkillor tlor ilor Is I in the city cty searching achnc for them themthe themhospitals I the 16 hospitalsiedtt hospitals hospitalsredlt hOpll8l hOpll8lcett cett redlt Men Would Woud Have BT Bad Bd Slocum Today TodayThe ToJ ToJrhe TodayThe The Credit Ceit Mens Association ton which ii iiow i iow Inow now ow holding h01di Its It annual annul convention onventon in thi thiIty thlcity this thisLty city Ity was Wa to to have h8 made mde an excursion exculion up the theludson thl theudson Hudn ludson to West Wet Point Poit on the Onral General neral Slo Sloum Slocum Sb Sb3m cum um this thl morning mori It I was If announced announcedt announ at their dinner last lat night nl ht that the te Rosedalo Rosedaload dal dalhd hd ad been ben chartered charr in II place plo of the Slocum SlocumTha SIOIII SIOIIIThe SlociujicThe The Sunday Suday school Ihoot of the St PattIs PattIsutheran Paul PaullUtheran PAulLuthera Luthera lUtheran Church Churh of which the RT Rev John JohnW JohnA A 5 Hiss Ha brother brther of Dr HptJ fleas fleasI as asi i I pastor went on an excursion the theGe theIocwn 0 a ec ptJ I Ge DU Iocwn en Tuseday 1 1L.