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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15. 1904.

MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. THE EXCURSION STEAMBOAT GENERAL SLOCUM. hen the fire spread over all. we had to get ofi the boat.

I they had the power of preventing overcrowding on vessels of this kind." striped waist and skirt, black stockings, lace shoes. No. 29 Woman, 40, 5 feet 6 Inches, black Jacket, chect waist, gray skirt. No. 30 Woman, 35.

5 feet 3 Inches, black waist and skirt, lace shoes. No. 31 Woman, 40, short and stout, blue checked waist and lace shoes. No. 32 Woman, 60, gray hair, black waist and skirt.

No. 33 Woman, 33, very stout, white waist and purple dress, elastic gaiters. No. 34 Woman, about 50, gray hair, black waist snd skirt, blue stockings and button gaiters. tbey did not know and could only guess as tho other folk who might have been expected to possess definite knowledge coull also guess.

The police sold that there were iU bodies In North Brother, and fully as many more In Rlker. The Massasolt immediately pi't out from North Brother again, and found that them was still some rescue work to be done. Folk were clinging to floating timber, overturned lifeboats and the like, and a fleet of. amateur rescuers, tugboats, yachts, rowboats and every other Imaginable sort of craft were turned Into Impromptu service. The deeds of valor, the acts of heroism that were performed In the East River this morning will never be catalogued.

Herbert Raffaport, of One Hundred and Fourteenth street, Manhattan, was a member of the crew of the Massasolt. At ths risk of his own life he struck out and saved two persons, who sfterward gave their rames as Minna Well, of 1235 Third avenue, and William Wccl, of 29 First avenue, both In Manhattan. "My hat was burning when I jumped and 1 was pulled out of the water and hauled up oa shore under a tree before I remembered what had happened." Captain William H. Van Schalck of the Slo-cuin was born in Troy, X. sixty-one yearB ago.

He lived aboard the burned boat. His first pilot was Edward Van Wart, aged 62 of 331 West Twenty-first street, Manhattan. His second pilot was Edward M. Weaver, 2S, who lives in Troy, who also lived on board the B. F.

Conklin was the engineer and Edward Flannagan was mate. Michael Mc-Grann was the steward of the boat. STORIES TOLD BY SURVIVORS. Immediate Panic Followed the Outbreak of the Flame3 A Few Kept Cool During the Fire. The stories told by persona who wem aboard the steamboat were of It thrilling nature.

Miss Marie Kreuger. of 431 West End avenue, who was rescued and taken to the Harlem Hospital, said: "I was sitting on the upper deck, when there was a cry of Men came among us and told us to be quiet. The women and children were panlcstricken. I slid down a polo to the water and held on by a rope on the side of the boat. Tho flames began to shoot out of the portholes and I had to let go.

"A little boy was near me, holding to a life proserer. A coal barge was near, and a deck hand threw us a rope, which we got and were pulled aboard the coal barge. "I saw my cousin and sister, but they disappeared. An ambulance with Dr. Krauskoff, of the Harlem Hospital, then came along and took us Patrolman William Van Tassell and Georga Kilt of the Harbor Squad had been detailed to duty on the steamer.

Van Tassell was on the main deck and Kilt was on the upper deck, way forward. Van Tassell said he heard a muffled explosion and then tho women and children began to scream. Rushes were made for the life preservers and many of the women were assisted in putting them on by the men on the boat, while others of the men became excited and seemed to help only themselves. He then felt the deck giving way tinder hlra and was carried down below with the others on the deck. Van Tassell swam to the brick yards on North Brother Island and waB pulled ashore with a rope by a bricklayer named J.

J. Owens. Then he and Owen pulled In four people whose names they do not know. Kilt had a similar experience. He was thrown Into the water and was pulled out by Owens and.

Van Tassell. Kilt's left band was badly burned and his eyebrows and moustache were burned off. Van Tassell was also slightly Injured and burned. Paul Lebenow, of 123 East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, who was on board, says he believes the Sre started In the boiler room. He says the crew was utterly demoralised and did not help the passengers.

According to Lebenow tho captain of the steamer blew his whistle' for help but the ferryboat Bronx, plying between One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street and College Point, passed by without offering any assistance, he says. The story of Miss Clara Stuer, one of the survivors who succeeded In reaching th home of friends on East Seventh street, abounds in thrilling Incident. "I was sitting on the upper deck with some friends." she said. "They were Miss Millie Mnnnhclmcr, 40 yeere old. Miss Lilllc her 9 years old, and Walter, the letter's brother, aged II.

Wo had just pasted the entrance lo the Harlem Klvrr, and wcr going slowly, when Llllie, who was looking forward, called to her aunt saying, 'I think the boat Is on fire, auntie, see all the 'Hush," replied her mint, 'you must not talk so, you may create a panic." I. Mile would not bo silenced, how ever, and It seemed but a few moments later that there was a roar as though a cannon bsd been shot off, and the entire bow of the boat was one sheet of frames. The pea pie rushed pell-mell over one another and In the rut'li 1 Inst track nf my friends. Hun dreds of Jumped overboard, being in nr. lit so by the flames that escape was Impossible.

"I Jiimi-ed over he rail, and dropped down to the nt lower d'-ck. when I began to dispense afh my clothing so that I would have better chanco In the water. Th-n 1 started lo climb do the aide of the h'n h-crd a voice railing lo me 10 hold nit a mliltllc. "I turned and saw man standing on the bow of a tug which woe approaching. I held n1 nfr nh a r.umbcr other p'-ls'ins who had brrn rescued friift.

the tmit and from the water. The tug then put In the landing on Hii. lull's Isl.md and alter putting iht ho- pie ashore went out fur another irl, af Alwk to me, bodies, mostly women and rhll- dren. lying on ground. I'lisleians aero working over nnny of them.

I In ihe renter nf one aroup I the pastor, the Itev. tlenrae llaaa. sVveral do. tots were doing Ihelr best to revive him. and a I stood ihrre he op-nn Ma rys and looked stmiit.

Ilia first words were; 'V. h. re are ih Where la my family? Are ih-y eaud? Are ih dead or olive I ill' 11 wai'tied about for nit friends and after a short lime I found Little. tleyond 'llt lltulerd she was all right, her rlnthes lug 'Ir, tin slii got out she do- not iei to 10 know. "Ml this lime the boat was Imrnlre, being WHY DRII Colrimon Carbonated Waters Wyril for the same price IS til you can get am at any Bar or Restaurant? Apollinaris is bottled ONLY at the Spring, Neuenahr, Germany, and ONLY with its own Natural Gas.

In carrying passengers to and from Roctc-away Beach in the- summer time. The Slocum was begun only a little over two months prior to the launching, but with a large force of men was pushed thus early to completion for the summer resort traffic. The vessel went into commission In the summer of 1891 and Immediately became as popular with the excursionists as her sister ship, the Grand Republic. In fact, her great size and attractive appointments made her the most conspicuous among the excursion fleet plying in the bay. She had a deck measurement of 264 feet.

Her length of keel was 235 feet, width of beam, 37 feet; beam outside of guards, 64 feet; length on water line, 235 feet. Her tonnage was 1 gross and 1,013 net. The keel was of oak, and was built of the best timber that could be obtained. The depth of the hold was 12 foot 3 Inches. The stem of the boat was made of a piece of live oak, and was as good a piece of timber as was ever put on a craft.

The boat was supplied with three large water-tight bulkheads, two forward ond one aft. The company had decided to change from the usunl plan of fitting up excursion steamers, and her cabins and interior fit-tinea were different from any other excursion steamer ever built in New York Harbor. Two powerful surface condensing engines, buljt by W. A. Fletcher were the motive power of the Slocum.

There were two boilers 12 feet Vt inches wide and 9 feet 5 Inches high and 23 feet and 7 Inches long. The gallows frame which supported a largs part of the machinery was 39 feet 6 Inches high and was built in a very substantial manner. The measurement of the paddle wheels was 36 feet 6 Inches outside of buckets, with a 9 foot face. The hog frame extending along the sides of the vessel was 142 feet In length and 27 feet above decks In the middle and 20 feet 6 Inches at the ends. The frame was built of yellow pine 12 inches by 14 inches.

The hull of the boat was built in the shipyard of Dlvlno Burtls, and the joiner work was done by John E. Hoffmire Sons. Probably the biggest excursion ever carried by the General Slocum was that of the Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Sunday School on Thursday, June 18, 1896. MANY BEOOKLYNITES ALARMED. Jt Was at First Thought Excursionists Were From This Borough.

As soon as the first sensational reports of the disaster went scurrying through Brooklyn a feeling of general alarm was noted. Some persons did not clearly understand Just what Sunday Bchool excursion was aboard the Ill-fated craft, and that, coupled with the fact that there ore a number of St. Mark's churches of different denominations In Brook lyn, caused all sorts of uncertain rumors. Telephones were ringing In all parts of tho town and central exchanges and the newspaper otilces were beselged with questions. When It was definitely learned that the injured were all Manhattan folk the tension was slightly lessened.

The disaster, with Its tremendous loss of life, was the chief topic of conversation throughout the town. In clubs, hotels ond cafes It was rehearsed In sll the obtalnsble details and frequent comparisons were msdj between It snd the Iroquois Theater horror in Chicago. The Eagle extra, giving tho earliest news of toe accident, waa on the atrett long before noon and met with a ready sale aud heurty commendation. EX-MAYOR WURSTER WFDS. Sirs.

Annie D. Hoffman of Jlamaroneck the Bride Only Relatives Present. Ex-Mayor Frederick W. Wurster was married at 2:30 this afternoon lo Mrs. Aiimo 1).

Hoffman, of Msmaroneck at Holy Tn.ili Church, corner of Clinton and Montague street, on the Heights, by the assistant pastor. Ihe church was handsomely decorated, and th" musical servlre was Impressive. Only tbe members of the Immediately fjmlliea of tho bride and groom were prest.nl al tho ceremony. Th ex-Mayor has brtn a widower sine 1019. The first Mrs.

Wurster, though devoted to br home life, waa nevertheless a prominent figure In the social affairs of the Eastern District, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her, Mr. Wuraler has six children by his first wife, Mrs. Edward P. Horwlll, tbo Misses Lot Ite Carolyn, Dertha end Catharine, and Frederick W. Wuiater, who bas be-c a prominent cotillon leader and a eou-attrable ftgurtj In Brooklyn society.

Both the younger Mr. Wurster and Mr. Horwlil are aaaorlaled with the ex-Mayor In the tei.alv Iron business, which be haa conducted for many on Kent avenue, Bear Hroad'uy. Both are 'llrectots In Ihe new corporation. In which the old firm uf Kreterlrk W.

Wurster A Co. bss been merged. Mr. crs i it haa been on of Ih most pninlnent Republican pollilclan la lb Nlieteemh Ward for many yeara. He Is aa rx-prraldent of th Hrnovcr Club, whlih Is the social nrt.inlmtlon In lhat section of ihe cliy.

His nomination for Mayor u3 botly contested by Wllllmi Cullea Bryant, but Mr. I'rysnt was beaten by a narrow marmn In lb Republican convention. Edward M. Grout, now Controller of Ih Cnjr of Near York, ran on Ibe Democratic ticket tral year, and th election wus a close on. Mr.

Wuisti won by about plurality. In appreciation of th strength Mr. I'rysnt had shown In th convention, and be cause of their lent: pTson.il friendship letule Mr, Bryant Or commissioner and lb relations lrtetn Ihe lo Nluternih Watd sinustn-n trained aa aa ever la pr rf antlie bitterness wblfh reapcije ii hd ntlrn pn.l to Inject iimo their rlvelty. Mi. vurarr.

his Ir.le, and his family will spend several weeks at Edgewood Inn. rii-renwl'h. and Ihry may not returt bifor autumn. SLOPED LAST JANUAHT. Datuhttr of Dr.

ntr.cl, of Brooklyn, Wedded Secretly In Bridgeport. Brldgiporl, June IS-Tha fact that Misa Marguerite nie, daughter of th fle. Dr. H-nry T. Hweniter, rerior of m.

I.ek'ea Kit'sennal Church of Brooklyn, eloped from ibis eliy at January, with William A. Cable, aot nf Alfred t. Cable, a wealthy et ratal dealer bre, was confirm. to day bf the lalirr. I Vft etwentael fltat rame to tlriftaepoet i about a year aso.

when she visl'ed Ml i rial a o. riy girl, tnd a aiud-M at (igonta Seminary, In I'Mlsdrlj a 1 le.hlor.al.le girl rnll.gr hlih Mis se also attended Cable met awrnirel 1 al Ih Henshs basse and antlilrs. Otsr Desire to acquaint you with tu mw and the unusual In tailoring. plant utter cheapness Is not stud-kdaMlH expense of quality. Che finest organization of its Kind in this country.

urntomi Custom tailoring Only. i2i Rassau St. Borough of Manhattan. and she broke away from him. He made another effort to get her and only recovered her dead body, whk-h he brought ashore.

He feared that his mother was drowned. Whole Families Wiped Out of Existence. Whole families were wiped out of existence. One man said that he had lost his wife and all of his children. They were -Marks, Harry Marks, Jacob Marks, Fred Marks.

Amelia Marks and Salomi Marks. This is only one case of the horrlMe reports that were received by ttte police of the Alexander avenue station this afterno. Story of an Eyo Witness of the Disaster. An eye witness who saw much of what happened to the boat said: "The steamer's whistle was blowing for assistance as she came up the river. I saw several persons jump into the water, but she was headed for the northwest shore of North Brother Island.

Her position in the water made it impossible for those aboard of her to reach laud except by swimming. "I saw perhaps fifty or a hundred persons, mortly women and children, Jump overboard. Most of the throng was on the hurricane deck when we plainly saw a portion of it collapse. Many must have been killed instantly." Superintendent Riekard of Bellcvuc Hospital sent word to the officials of the on Ward Ilaud to end all the doctors tliey could spare to the scene and nine physicians were sent. Tho charities department has its two boats to the scene.

An eye witness said that the greatest loss nf life was due to the collapse of the heavy upper deck. It fell with a crash soon afKr the fire started, crushing hundreds qf persons who had sathered on the lower 'cck. It was then that the greatest panic ensued amid the living stream of persons going ovir 'Ihe" rail Into water. As far as eyewitnesses tan determine the flames originated on the forward part of tho boat. 1'ersona vbo nw the accident from the say tVnt almost instantly pe, sons who occupied plaaos on the forvaM -eck began to ove'i Toiicemen In the Bronx end saw the binning boat steaming up the river and Immediately began to I nlards for ambulances and flro boats.

The pa'M-ii! the hospitals on the Island became ali'--nt Insnne from flight and at the terrible scenes th'-y had wltncsecl. A lurse part of the crowd on tho steamer were children and there was little for them after they gnn overboard. The current In the river at tls point is very stron and -st ores -sw re hi Ipicia in thu whirlpools. One man who in a rowboat said he raw at least cblidr. perish.

St. Mark German Lu'lieran Church and Sunday School Is Itua.tcd at 323 to 32" Sixth street, Manhnttati. The pallor Is G. F. C.

-Huns, of CI gi vrnth street, and tbo church 'is amors st and larRest of the denomination In the illy, haling been or- rnnliel In IM7, and has a membership of dM with a Sunday ariionl numbering K0 scholars and teachers. Tin-re are au.nne. th" Injured at Itnrpltal Nettle Krsstiauni of No. Gucrn-. rey sirut, Uronklyn, suffering from broken Irs and aubuieretoii.

STORY OF THE CAPTAIN. i Steamer'" Cie-v S'urk to Their Posts i UnMl Wat Jfchrd on I vill II. Inn eop-ln fcf ll.i r'iCWi. i a. at th an tr avenue pol.te mm, on fur the (or- i.v The ri'j "Mi ln I ho fil nf K.i Txeiiiy- Inird ii I- tire lo-k ihis The.e h.i fro a I ,1 nine bund- I I AO II' Im The te.tii pii'tol slov.

up Out rlvr. Hi Ilell a'e, an I nut toward htik' tie i mniii a I tirnrl in '7 WIm Ioe to ti in. ti an ahif tn for te Kiv p. lot i. I I'll 'itn'i tliai line I- down In- SOMTI Whs ill I he to 'he del fairing tli I an I the and 8r hi e.

fire. Te.e fire drill I re of l.o.t. liHllilKTltllC I Wen -1 hri In. n. untk'd llli l.allen 10 a'r e.tl'1 that fsl of lh" loM iiib was b-iiniliK.

"The file th. hollers in t'l" pott SI I II II ill th rllrn rtii. lv In-h rtm ilnir tf-! f.ifts tird ke. tie j.frj'ii inuii Jwlt.piH Th. fr- atifn s-ert Ins'ani an ihe rles of p' ifl' li 5 from irn- tng to d'n'h cod I l.

henrii ulio.n evry; (tthef dlsordti! Snind. i 'I got me I'osi i.l-r way flirrri (or Norih Maid. M'h th" afei to to bl. The l-osi wan driven on Under ill iH and pull- up ii the sh its i.f li I l. it id p.

I prior to tins Mil) -re Jim pii mh; In; lartt lm Klsacd Van Wan and r. dolt a re thlea; I'l gel toward slut" ail kin si-i'k Is il. Mit- l'trl bad of II.t r.re t-tlgi I i i I i 1 "APPALLING." SAYS BARNABY. President of Knickerbocker Company Cannot Understand. Disaster, as tho Slocum Was Bated "Al." At the office of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, 149 Broadway, Manhattan, tho telephone was kept busy this afternoon answering inquiries from friends and relatives of those on board the General Slocum.

There were few of these at the office of the company, doubtless because they failed to connect the nime of the vessel with that of the corporation. F. A. Barnaby, the president of the Knickerbocker Steamship Company, wrs closeted In his office, but came out brief Intervals to give such informnilon as ho had received. He had a number of tekgrams of Inquiry from those who had friends on board the Are stricken bom.

but could give them no further information than he had obtained, mainly through the published reports. "It is appalling to me and I have no explanation for It," eaid he this.jlfternoon. "It came like a clap of thunder from a clear sky. The boat jrent Into commission on May 22, and bad so far carried only chartered parties, such as that which went on it this morning. It was on May 5 that the General Slocum.

after being completely overhauled, was certified to es Al by the government Inspectors and as having done everything In conformity with the fire law, and jven more. I haven't yet found out the cause of the fire, but it seems almost Impossible that it could have been the carelessness or neglect of any of the employes. The fact that It appears to have started on tho upper deck precludes the possibility of Its having been caused by anything relating to the navigation of the Bteamboat. There has no accident of moment occurred on the General Slocum nlnce the day Bhe was put Into commission, over twenty years ao, and she haa carried some of the largest numbers of I passengers of sny boat in the harbor. She was allowed to carry 2,500.

She wn to have gone Into the regular Rockaway business on July 1. A thorough Investigation is demanded by ue and we feel this calamity in a personal as well as In a business sense." James F. Atkinson, the general passenger agent of the Knickerbocker Steamboat went to the scene of the disaster on a specially hired tug, 83 soon as he received word of tho fire. Thero was no other thing for them to do al the office of tbe company but to await the result of the Inquiry, and do all they can lor the suffering. PROMPT ASSISTANCE GIVEN.

Ambulances, Doctors and Police Reserves Bushed to Scene Many Volunteer Vehicles Used for Bead and Dying. Almost Immediately after tho extent of the, disaster became known swift succor from every source wss forthcoming. At the offices of the steamboat company, at 14fl Broadway, Manhattan, news of the dlastrophe was received by telephone. James K. Atkinson, manugcr and secretary, left Immediately for One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to charter tug and do what else he could to succor the.

unfortunate passengers. The president of tho company, F. A. B-irnby, remained In the office to do what he could as clrcumitanoes might develop In the lower part of the city. Secretary of the Police Department Howell ordered Inspector Brooks to get all the police surgeons by telephone and send them to the scene.

This order was compiled with. Riverside Hospital (on North Brother Island) sent word to police headquartors for all medical aid possible. In response orders were sent to the following hospitals: Lin coln, rresbytcrlan, Flower, Hudson street, Gouvcrneur snd J. H. Wright.

Roosevelt Hospital had already aent twelve toelora, two ambulances snd ten nurses. The New York Hospital did the aama. St. Vlnc nt'a aent four doctors and eight nurses. Nine police surgeons soon responded.

All the extra patrol wagons In the city were sent. West One Hundred and Flfty-secoud atreet sent a wagon and reserves. West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street did the same, as did Bronx Park, Hlghbrldge and West On Hundredth street. Tho reserves were sent from Tremont. Orders were Issued for the reserves snd patrols of East One Hundred and Fourth atreet, Eaat On Hundred and Twenty-sixth street and East Klghly-elshth street.

Bodice were aoon recovered off One Hundred and Thlriy-elghth and On Hundred aud Tblrty-nlnih atreets. Many were dead from drowning or burning, while others wei bsrely alive. All sorts of wagons were brought Into requisition. There were patrol wagons, fir cblefa wagona, ambulances and delivery wagona. They were uaed to carry those at III alive and a mad race lo hoapltakt was b-gun.

A lug of Ihe t'nlon Gas Works saved Iwelva, who were tjken to l.fri.inon Hospital. George Mi-I'ook, a truckman, with his wagon, took seven to Lincoln Hospital. Other wagona In uae and wblih look pnoplo lo the nearest hospltala wrr lllldebrand Msrkrta, ait East na Hundred and Thirty-eighth atreet; William Rvhmtdt Markrta, td. 8i, Anna avenuo, and a wagon of the A-nerlran Espreaa Company. There were also peddler wagona, the earrlagea of Are chlrfa, an.bulm -es, and sll pollc psirol wagons.

SLOCUM BUILT IN BROOKLYN. Cwntd by th Knickerbocker Steamship Co. Cost $129,000 Thirteen Year Old. At lb offle of th t'nltrd ft sirs Hteatn-boat rivl.au In lha Whitehall Building. It waa said the General Mm urn wsa I'lifc'cd on Xay I -it, snd waa reported to br In thoroughly gwid condition and ready the enrurslon ibaaon prior to tli lliN-kawny season, Ph bad been thoroughly ovi rbaulrd.

the steamer waa all the life saving apparatus required by law of iiinrra her raparitr, i.Xi. These pllaii'-es Inel'tdod burke', hoae, life prv erven, bonis and fire estlns'ilshrra. Ths. Gn. ral "Horum' llei tised raplaln waa Captain W.

II. Van Kehalrk. an nf tbe oldest ei'ural'-n rap'alna In New York barber water. II haa always bad Ihe rrpiiutieu of bring risble, rarrftil and reliable and baa bsd tu te rsp. rlenee than most coin.

a ultra of cell In ths I. an. King of sld" wheelers He haa been WHO Ih' Knl a. tl key Miartil.ol ablth owna ib-t tieneral fi t-im, for vral yeara. The (lel.eial l' lllil Was a three Ueeli leaner and ml when built waa iaiinthe't April ts, flie wan t-'ilH al I'lvliie HiirHs' sblptard.

al the fn-t of t'm'tver siren. Heo'h lirix.kijn. and Ihii el lot of Ited Hit" hd a gala apariinr" in Ihe rtar nf lh laambies for the reaaen lhal the Hln-lin Via Ihe Heat steamer bulll In lir-oslin 4r a nuinoer of year pr. In Ittal liiri. ho dealgm Ihe Knirkrrbirrier Alum.

Conii-aev rs to the II ksmwa I. land Itepnllle a4 I assUM Her he was with his family on tho main deck near the stern, that he saw the steamer "break in two in the middle" and the next he knew was when he found himself with his baby In his arms on the deck of a tug. Whether he was In the water or not the man did not know. His clothing was dry when he called at the police station In search of the missing members of his family, whom he did not find, however. Many of the bodies recovered were entirely denuded of clothes, these having been burned off.

Many of the bodies were horribly burned. Captain Gehcgan said that It would be hours before the fire in the hold of the boat was put out and that the bodies there could be recovered. Ho estimated, as did the firemen, that the greatest loss of life, extending Into the hundreds, would be found In the hold. One Instance of many similar ones was that of a woman who was secu holding a child in her arms, standing at tho stern of the bout. She waited as long as she could and then leaped Into tho river.

Attempts were made to save her, but she sank, as did the child, before any one could reach them. MASSASOiT'S HEROIC WORK. First to Beach the Slocum's Side and Bender Assistance to the Panic-Stricken, Passengers, The tug Massasolt was bound through Hell Gate at the time of the disaster. She was within hailing distance of the Slocuni when her crew were attracted by the fire and panic on tho larger craft. The Massasolt's captain, without moment's hesitancy, put to the aid of the distressed vessel and came as near her blazing hulk as safety and the treacherous eddies of the channel permitted.

Her crew kept their heads and were Instrumental in saving many lives. They manned the small boats and by means of life saving devices succeeded In saving many lives. From forty to forty-five Injured persons and a number of bodies of the dead were soon brought aboard tho Massasolt. There no one on board her capable of 'rendering more than the crudest medical assistance to these, so It was deemed advisable to put for the main shore at once. As the Massasolt approached the street end pier at the foot of One Hundred and Thirly-fourih street, in the Bronx, she kept her whistles blowing wild signals of ditties That was enough for the police, who had watched her efforts from shore le divine her capt.jln's Intentions, and tbey soon assembled at the pier.

Along the curba at both sIiIib of 'he street en4 for a conilders-ble distance some fifty or eren more ambulances were lined, awaiting their load. A double line of police held back a crowd of many thousand hysterlral and half prated P'uoona, which was being momentarily Increased, for word of Ihe disaster was travel-Inrt rapidly throughout the entire Bronx district. Tho ambulances, themsclvri, were a mot-ley array. Police patrol wagons, In service, and some of them long since relegated lo aturaiie she la, wore pressed Into service snd were ranged undertakers wagons snd even trucks and delivery earls. Tho Masiusolt quickly unloaded her grew-aonie cargo and with a reinforcement of police siaried toward North Brother Island, where there tin niiuh lo do.

The strain of the awful minutes was beginning to tell upon her crew. They were almost hysterical lliemsolves. A Ghastly Scene on North Brother Island. "It la loo near to talk of yet," blurted oul one nf Ihe boat's officer hen he was close. prcaied by reportera for the deialla of the iraxedy.

"There must have been nearly onfl permns. moat of them women and children, en the stlficum. The Hie seemed to us lo have started In Ihe boiler room. It apron with s.naning rapl lliy ever the craft and It a of little for any one nf all thess folks to try and keep i h- Ir hcs.to. Panic or mi pnnle, Ihey were doomed!" When Ihe Maaaaaalt returned to Nonh Brother Island she was i onfroim-d llh ll.ore scenes of horror.

North Brother Island Is St the best a gloomy spni. The little colony of wooden she. Is that rover Us forty lo fifty acres are peat houses, and at all seasons of the year are filled with fnik suffering from a arlet icier and beside some minor diseases. This morning It 1 rows and rowa of iho bodlia of the 4.id. Ihe dying and the Injured.

In one af these (loops were forty au persi.na, while else. alHM't the up. upon the l.l.nd were smsl.er iroups, from t-n is fifteen ei-rurslonlsis in a. nii. The gr -at hospitals upon Ihe Islund were prscil'slly Use-I' s.

Th'-ir very nature pre' 111 led ib lr of-f-rl'is mote thin alli-'il assisieno to the veund. ii. Notth Biollier Island the Isolation Spot for Cor.taplnua Dlasaaea. Il'al was o.ie of the reasons Ihe police wnh alarm the constantly a'lktneni llh of on at th, t.e. Tie lo me fail I lies 1 folk nim tnos' cld' rtly In ihe w.iy.

1 the inorbl lly iu-riiiua who gaihered at ihe a edge In llarl'-m and a in the llrom were wlill. 10 al nosi all the r.e-y they Hh lliem 10 lilk rs and Nir'h lirotlur sh'te ihe d'ad mi Hie were lek by th i II and Votutllerr r'S'Oera. I iputy rom-nlfieier M' Aoy and leaf 11 lor Altieit'on H'ltilrd ll poller Is II II lo Ihe S'ene aa aeon ni Ihwy preve. wofd of Ihe dlsasiei and Ihey imnntiatety took rl.ane al ihe poll arranaeni' ni. They I lad psitnlintj with ihein al It North l.roiher.

ah. I- Ih pilp arranar-Oiti on ahore and at HiUvr arte as a aa la u.imllr lh a.e in Ih" le o' soh an nvrf helirina disaeier, 1 -e iee inven 'o their ie -a 1 1 1 ffiailef of faei. SOME WHO WERE ON BOARD. Pastor Haas Had a Party and There Weio Many Sunday School Teachers. The excursion was the seventeenth annual excursion of St.

Mark's school. The Rev. George C. Haas is the pastor of tho church. The excursion was in charge of the social committee of the church, headed by Miss Mary Abendacheln, of 315 East Eighteenth street, Manhattan.

In the minister's party, his son said, were: the pastor, Miss Abendschcln, assistant superintendent Carl Anger, William Schlafer, the pastor's daughter Gertrude, 13 yers old, a sister, Miss Emma Hans, snd V. B. Teta-mcrs, living on Bushwlck avenue, Brooklyn. The Sunday school teachers of the church, most of whom weut on the excursion, and their addresses, as for ai It Is possible to get them, aro: Emma Haas, Jeannette V'chlln, Minnie F.urdewick. Lizzie Vlrlch, Kate Gringel, of Ninth street; Freda Cohrs, Minnie Hoffman, Ksthrrlne Bnlse, of 137 Avenue Minnie Hayden, of 38 Second avenue; Sophie Rosen-sifin, Julia Duls, of 130 Avenue Emma Muth, of Lexington avenue; Margaret of 101 Clymer street.

Brocklyn; Kate Cermann, of T31 East Eighteenth street; Sophlo Delvenlhal, Emily Sch'lldllnc, of 117 East Seventh street; Pullrcnn, of East Eighteenth street; Vetter, of 703 East Sixth street; Elisabeth Folzke, Sophia Zipse, of Esst Twenty-first street, snd Francea Hartung, of Enat Twenty-first street. Others ssld to be aboard the boat are: John Halthusen. the Janitor of 138 Second Henry Scbmlde, 198 Guermey street; Peter Flttlg. of Second avenue; George Bet- ken, of 303 Lexington avenue; Helen Gold- si run, Louise Duls, of 130 Avenue Henry Delvenlhal, John Jordan snd Kate Jordan, of 37 Third avenue; Emit Srhwar. of 141 Eaat Third reel; William Wolff, William and Rlrhter, of Sixth street; August Luet-Jns, of 101 Clymer street; Bertha Sehlrmes, of First avenue; William H.

Pullmsn, Will iam Schlafer, Margaret Abendacheln. of 31S Eaat Eighteenth atreet; Gussie Williams, of Eatt Sixty-third street; M.iry Holder. Llszle Matthews. Arankn Haag. of l.M First avenue; Lena Hirne.

Margaret Schroeder, John Srhnenmann, Olio Osmu and Freda Vetter, of 730 Sixth etreet. CROWDS AT PARSONAGE. Pastor' Bon Had to Ttll Everybody Thft News of Terrible Accident Wal True, When the flrat news of the disaster be came known there was a rush of telephonic Inquiries st the horns of the pastor of the church, 34 Seventh atreet, Manhattan. Oeorge Haas, son of the psator, was the only member of the family at home and It fell to him lo Inform all those who Inquired either by telephone or In person that -the reporia were true and lhat the excursion that haa surfed out so happily only a short time before had met with frightful dlaaater. Aa the nwa became heiw known crowds flocked around the church snd Ihe paronnaee.

Many of the number were relatives of those who had gone on the eiriirairm. They walled bitterly In the grief nf uncertainty aa to the faie nf those they loved. I.arge numbers of boarded the elevated Iralna and hastened to One Hundred and Thirty, eighth street. Business wsa praeil ally at a alsndsilll In the neighborhood end the greauat aoe was nil ken hie among wnrklngiien whose wives and families had gone on Ihe boat. Infor-nation was meager at Ihe rhurrh.

snd 'I ss Impossible for sny one to tell Just bow many or who had gone on tb exruralon. THE MAYOR ACTS PROMPTLY. Orrlrrt All Available Police Em eons, Patrol Wn pons and AmbuUures to teens of Disaster. Msvir atcf'Mlan horror frlek- when aid nf he dlsjrirr to Ihe steamboat l'Tri IMoeutu. it It almily api illing'" enUimed the Ma'or, In dlaeusairig hr an a seen aa the JM.iinr had rf.ir, ar4 of v.hal bad ha'ssni' nu tho neral KM turn he got Into with Commlaslonrf MrAdoa and liirxird him to sen all av ilia li sutfotta.

patrol ios and anhilanea to the or. tie, lie laid Com. Mr Adoo not la apare any vaprnie In au.it i In Ihe work of rescue "If la anlv fair la Ilia daoaetiaietil m-i Mayor Mrt'lrllan, "lo iy that almost averv aurgeailoa I have la make had alreaty been antl Ipaied ht ihe h'Sda of Ihe department." tlator ('l'IIan aal I he did not kn-'w hat posters of s.i pert Klin ih ally smbi. Hlra had over boa's like Ihe General slocum. b'H he auiMae4 lhat all he of BU.rle are vsird la Ih lolled Flairs MOTrenmrni, "I don't know etisl posers the pntle.

bat In t'lrb ma'iera." esld th Mayor, "hut aa a manor lon.mon sense I should Ikluk that IDENTIFYING THE DEAD. First Woman Victim Picked Out Was Sirs. Mary Ballmer Her Three Children Mia3ing. Body No. 6 at the Alexander avenue police station later In the day was identified as that of Mrs.

Mary Ballmer, 35 years old, of 123 First avenuo, Manhattan. She was Identified by her husband, Joseph Ballmer, a waiter. Ballmer says that his wife went on thJ excursion with their three children, Joseph, aged 16; Minnie, aged 8, and their baby girl, aged 6. The children aro still missing, Ballmer being unable to find the bodies of any of them among the children's. Joseph Ballmer, tho 16 year old boy, who I' thought to have been lost, was the hero of the fire on Broome street three or four iuvs ago.

Ho ran hia elevator up and down and carried a number of people to safety, r.otwithstndlng the building was afire. THE UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS. Many Bodiei of Women and Children Known for the Present Only by Number. At 11:15 o'clock seventeen bodies eleven unidentified women snd six unidentified children hsd been taken to the Alexander avenue station. The bodies are numbered as follows: No.

1 Unknown woman, fret 4 Inches, pounds; dark brown hair, black skirt, whlto waist, wedding ring, amber bends. No. 2 Vnknown woman, 40 years, 1.10 pounds, dark complexion, brown hair, 5 feet, black skirt and waist, small black flower earrlnga with small diamond In center. No. I Vnknown woman, to years, I feet, pounds, gray hair, reddlah brown striped sl.lrt and waist; no Jewels.

No. 4 Vnknown woman, 30, feet I Inches, M0 pounds, wedding ring, gold ami diamond earrings, white wslat, white atrlned black skirt. No. I'nknown woman, Jj years, 140 pounds, feet 7 Inches), black skirt, low ahoes, ddlng ring, small black earrlnga. No.

Vnknown woman, yearn, i feet Inches, 180 pounda, brown hair, brown aklrt, white walat, wedding ring, diamond earrlnga, gold and diamond brooch. No. 7 I'nknown woman, 13 yeara, I feet 7 Inches, 1M pounda, light brown hair, white waiat, black aklrt, aolltalre ring snd wedding ring, diamond screw earrlnga. No. -Vnknown woman, years, I feet I Inrhea, IV) pounda, dark brawn hair, while walat, bisrk aklrt, low shoes, pearl earrloaw, prrl and gold brooch, wedding ring, diamond ring, lady'a gold Klgln watrh No.

8.14,-i:n. slopped al In. III. No. I'nknown woman.

yeara, I feet I Inrhea, 1to pounds, dark brown Italr, light walat, hlark aklrt, oxford ahnro, gilt and diamond rsrrlngs, small plain gold ring on right hand. No. 10 I'nknoan woman. 64 yeara, I feet Inrhea. last pounds.

Mark and gray hair, Mark ralleo drrsa snd purple flowers, wed ding ring, rrnorh showing man's picture No. II I'nknoan woman, years, feet I lnhrt, no pautda, dark brown hair, hlark aklrt, while dolled waist, black Jacket, wed ding ring. Nos. 13. IS.

14. IS. 14. 17-fold. milled bt.dlsa nf three Infants and three children than I years old.

No. Woman about 41 years old, feet I Inrhea, light hair, ahlle aalat, pepper snd It skirl, button ahna. No. n-Wnmsn. SO; I fret 1 Inches, gray hair, Mark dress, earrlnga.

No. so Woman, 4, I ft I Inrhea, hlark alai and I'rhi aklrt. guld chain. No. 51 Wort.an.

ii, brow hair, very sinitl. black silk waist and hlatk skirt, erddlng ring. No 11-Woman. 41. rVih walat, gray skirt Ids' aimkltias and gaiter sho a.

No 53 Woman, vi, blsrk Jaikel and aklrt. hlark atrMkltiss. lace shor a. No, .1 Wirnan. 31.

lla'k sal In aalal, blue skirl, aho- a. No Woeac, to, rhe'k waist, hlark akIM. Ur sil'ers. I It- Ta'l atiinan hlark allk waist it M.k skirl. lla atn-klnss and Ue shoes 1 i lo, kite ssitt, hroan sfk.t, sliltl, le'e sheea Kl V.

Itr al.nel Sfd hi! H. Al ioll.v, ANtlaMi. Mi I All A rit i-a. I ifc IV 1-H Mam -a isi. 'l" I'M (SI.

S. 4h at AaiarVa Oofc Vaallaf r-v aal aaal 4 fceas.k TV SIS II j'litii a oui LS) a ysK "n-" sn. 1 of ai.f.ad'Pg Ih. IhM Is al msdi our av lo hoi. whl.h took over all lini'a isl.t there vaa a.Hv e.

nn.l In New Tora and we rame don lo Mannh Inter house al Krai rVventh siteet, bill rhe haa not ye got home ihe pi.nir.airx ken slate nf mind In which the pss.enaers frond lhemsevet la ih siorr, or fragment of a alnry, lold hy Allans' rMmeidrr, a tinisieian. hn enl to Ihe Al'ssndrr itriiin ''lne, In his arms aa his batv, Anguais lie was looking fef his ife ail tan other children The onlt i f. rS'i I. H. hieldrf riiiiM wvnri mmm thai CASTOR I A For IotaoU find Children.

Tbe llni Yon Han Km)i Bought fle.nrs th fiii; nature II.