Logan Republican | 1904-06-25 | Page 2 | East River Giving up Its Dead

East River Giving Up Its Dead. Sunday's harvest of dead from tho steamer General Slocum numbered forty-nlno, bringing tho totnl number of bodies so far recovered up to 032. Of theso, 559 havo boon Idontifled, whllo about thirty of tho victims now lying nt tho morguo hnvo not been clnlmcd by friends or rolatlvos. During Dur-ing tho day thirty-six bodies wero ro-covorod, ro-covorod, and it was not until after dark, when tho great majority of tho scarchors had ceased to work, that tho othoM wero found.