Show A ROK f all five hundred or persons perish MOST OF THEM THEN hundreds of them jump into sea from the excursion boat general slocum when same discovered to be on fire had been reported safe NEW YORK 4 tune lunell 35 five hundred persona persons mostly children perished today by the burning of the excursion steamer general slocum hell onte onto in tho the east river the slocum with the annual sunday school excursion of st marks german Luth lutheran eraa church on board ploce proceeding edIng up the rier ri er to one of the many of long island an eye witness said the loss of ain wo wa due te to the of tho the heavy upper deck it fell with a crash eon a after the fire started crushing bun deeds of persona persons who had hat gathered on the lower deck it was then that the greatest panic ensued neild the living strem ot of persona persons going oer the rail into the lh water As far its 3 e witnesses can determine the flames originated in tho the forward part of the boat bout persona tho rho baw the accident from tho the shore shores sy y that almost instantly persons who occupied aupied places on the forward deck bean to j juttie ti ru p 0 overboard er board it Is estimated that four hundred and ahe hundred persons burang into tho water at the office of thy the united states steamboat inspection bu bureau it was said bald the general blockum was inspect ed may ath and was reported ed to bo ba in a thoroughly good co condition reread ready for th tho ex on abbat tho the steamer was all her hor life saving apparatus required by law of steamers ol 01 jer v |