Deseret Evening News | 1904-06-22 | Page 2 | Slocum Disaster

SLOCUM li to h Ascertain Ascii of Aboard Steamer New Now York ork June 23 A determined effort to ascertain as nil nearly as u O the num number ber of ot persons who took toole passage on the tho excursion steamer General Slocum when whon rho iho ho 11 on nn her Hip Irli u tho round ono week ngo ago today ha has hall bren be he bemm benun nun mm under the direction of ur tim the Ih police lolled de tie Onn inn hundred have leen detailed to 10 visit the of or every whose mime JuaN has been In any 1111 way mentioned Jn In connection with tho th ter tr TheM will Ui III u n it ll JIll l lof of vr names of or persons who went scent on nn the ex IX excursion ur lon from rain their several e orR I districts with villu their Individual fates Krom Irom thc i list u t L final report embodying nil all the Ille names will vIII bo be prepared Tho The list of or known dead tead which lied had Ilal reached III gui up tip t to tt 2 clock morning morn nG Increased since that thet hour MUr m lI 12 more mol 1111 been taken lakon from the tho river and end nearly every succeeding hour to 10 lh the total