The Return To New York.
This is an incomplete listing of survivors brought back to NYC by rescue vessels on the afternoon of September 8, 1934. This was compiled from newspaper accounts, interviews, and survivor lists.
Passengers Rescued by the Monarch of Bermuda.
Dr. S. Joseph Bregstein
Mr. James Bute
Mr. William Clark
Mrs. Dorothy Coll
Minnie Davis
Father Raymond Egan
Mr. William Haessler
Mr. James Hassall
Mr. Benjamin Hirsch.
Miss Dora Hofman
Mrs. Sarah Hofman
Mr. Hiram Hulse
Mrs. Frances Hulse
Mr. Emil Lampe
Mrs. Mary Lione
Master Robert Lione
Mr. Frank Loveland
Mrs. Nathene Loveland
Mr. Philip Newmark
Mrs. Kate Noteboom
Mr. William Price
Mr. Martin Renz
Mr. George Ridderhoff
Miss Elizabeth Roberts
Mr. August Scheely
Mr. David Schneider
Mr. Herman Torborg
Mr. John Torborg
Mrs. Edna Von Pollnitz
Mrs. Katherine Vosseler
Dr. Theodore Vosseler
Miss Sadie Wald
Mr. Emanuel Weinberger
Crew Rescued by the Monarch of Bermuda
Mr. Lester Annessohn
Mr. Charles Anzalone
Mr. William Derringh
Mr. Herbert Douglas
Mr. Albert Eklund
Mr. Malcolm Ferguson
Mr. Paul Goltz
Miss Sarah Kirby
Mr. Jesus laFuente
Mr. Francis Massi
Mr. Bernard McNally
Mr. Manuel Martinex
Mr. Philip Muir
Mr. Ruscoe Nelson
Mr. James Pond
Mr. Julius Rosen
Mr. Joseph Ruigg
Mr. Aubrey Russell
Mr. George Schindel
Mr. Henry Speiermann
Mr. Isaac Soriano
Mr. Henry Stamm
Mr. Arthur Stamper
Mr. “Cirincio Torhealday”
Mr. Paul Weider
Mr. William Weintraub
Mr. Joseph Welch
Mr. Louis Wright
Mr. Anselmo Zaguira
Passengers Saved by the Andrea Luckenbach.
Miss Rosario Camacho Leon
Miss Mary Gilmore
Miss Helen Kosanke
Mrs. Lillian Lampe
Miss Kathleen Liebler
Miss Margaret Mayer
Miss Alice Miller
Mrs. Constance Miller
Miss Sarah Murphy
Mr. Thomas Pierce
Mrs. Julia Rueda
Miss Florence Sherman
Mrs. Clara Siegmund
Miss Ruth Torborg
Miss Adele Wallace
Miss Mildred Weiser
Crew Rescued by the Andrea Luckenbach.
Mr. Joseph Berto
Mr. James Durnell
Miss Ella Jacoby
Mr. Trygue Johnson
Mr. Gustav Klinger
Mr. Charles Maki
Mr. George Webb
Mr. Joe Zarguiz
Passengers Rescued by the City of Savannah.
Mrs. Doris Aschoff
Mr. Thorpe Aschoff
Mr. Stephen Bodner.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Bodner
Mrs. Harry Brinkman
Mrs. Florence Brown
Miss Marjorie Budlong
Mrs. Ofelia Busquet
Miss Ofelia Busquet
Miss Alice Desvernine
Miss Madeline Desvernine
Mr. Nathan Feinberg
Mr. James Flynn
Miss Eleanor Friend
Miss Loretta Hassall
Miss Nan Helm
Mr. Joseph Hidalgo
Mrs. Myrtle Lohse
Mr. Herman Mayer
Mrs. Sophie Mayer
Mrs. Anna Meissner
Mr. Robert Meissner
Mr. Charles O’Connor
Mr. Louis Perrine
Mr. Gouverneur Morris Phelps, Jr.
Mr. William Weil
The Morro Castle Injured.
At least one in three of the Morro Castle survivors, if one discounts the 85 who came ashore in lifeboats, required hospitalization upon reaching shore. At least two, Raymond Lione and William Haessler, died from the effects of prolonged immersion, and one wonders if James Petrie, 59, recovered from the effects of his broken leg, broken hip and fractured neck, and if the “gravely burned” Myrtle Lohse recovered. Or, like Mrs. Julia Grego of the Andrea Doria, did they succumb to their injuries long after the media spotlight had been removed from the Morro Castle? What follows are the names that are consistent on all of the published lists September 9-11th. 1934.
American Legion Center, Point Pleasant.
Miss Rose Biren.
American Red Cross Hospital.
Mrs. Julia Rueda. Immersion, shock.
Beekman Place Hospital
Miss Loretta Hassall. Injured back.
Miss Edith Hull. Injured back.
Mrs. Kay Hirsch. Burns, shock.
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. William Clark. Eyes and throat burned.
Mrs. Angela D’Orn. Severe burns. Unconscious.
Mr. William Haessler. Shock, submersion, smoke inhalation. Mr. Haessler died, of lobar pneumonia, at Bellevue Hospital and became the final Morro Castle victim known to have succumbed.
Mr. Francis Nass. Smoke inhalation, submersion, shock.
Mrs. Kate Noteboom. Exposure, shock.
Mr. Arthur Pender. Shock, hysteria, delirium.
Mr. William Price. Shock, exposure.
Broad Street Hospital
Miss Madeline Desvernine. Submersion.
Mr. Philip Weiser. Shock, submersion.
City Hospital, Welfare Island
Mr. James Petrie. Right leg broken. Hip broken. Possible fractured neck
Coney Island Hospital
Mr. Joseph Berto. Cut hand.
Miss Helen Kosanke. Shock and submersion.
Miss Alice Miller. Burns, shock.
Master Benito Rueda. Shock, exposure.
Mrs. Betty Sheridan. Burns, shock, exposure.
Miss Adele Wallace. Burns.
Fitkin Memorial Hospital
Miss Martha Bradbury. Submersion, exhaustion.
Mrs. Ida Brown.
Mr. Thomas Cannon. Submersion, spinal injuries.
Miss Gertrude Cohn.
Mr. Frank Dittman.
Miss Ruth Fabel.
Mr. Philip Geffert. Submersion.
Mrs. Philip Geffert. Submersion.
Miss Marguerite Gilligan.
Miss Regina Gilligan.
Mrs. Elsie Hassall. Submersion, exhaustion.
Mr. Charles Jackson. Left hand severed.
Mrs. Josephine Jakoby. Shock, submersion.
Mr. John Kempf.
Mr. William Kitchen. Burns.
Mr. Demetrious Konderousas.
Miss Floride laRoche. Cut on head by falling glass. Shock.
Miss Doris Landes.
Master Raymond Lione. Died soon after admission, may have been D.O.A.
Mr. Antonio Mata.
Mr. Rafael Mestre.
Mrs. Anne Marie Milliken
Mrs. Pearl Paccione. Exposure, exhaustion, submersion.
Miss Agnes Prince.
Mr. Jose Serra
Mr. Joseph Spagna.
Miss Anna Stemmermann.
Mrs. Sarah Stubner.
Nearly 20 of the Morro Castle’s unidentified dead are buried at the Fitkin Hospital Cemetery in Neptune, New Jersey.
Flower Hospital
Mrs. Mary Lione. Burns, shock, submersion.
Mr. Frank Loveland. Burns
Miss Sadie Marion Wald. Shock and burns.
Gouverneur Hospital
Miss Elizabeth Mary Welch. Exposure, shock.
Long Island College Hospital.
Mr. George Whitlock. Burned eyes.
Marine Hospital
Mr. Charles Maki. Submersion, shock.
Mr. Bernard McNally. Shock, burns.
Mr. Henry Stamm. Bruises.
Mr. Frank Suarez. Shock.
Mr. Henry Tiernan. Shock, submersion.
Mr. Jose Verguez.. Submersion.
Mr. George Webb. Submersion.
Mr. Robert Young. Burns, shock and submersion.
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Mrs. Lillian Lampe. Burns.
Norwegian Hospital
Miss Rosario Camacho. Burns, shock.
Miss Mary Gilmore. Burns.
Mrs. Sophie Mayer. Burns.
Point Pleasant Hospital
Miss Jane Adams.
Miss Emily Beck. Shock, exposure, immersion
Dr. Jules Blondiau. Submersion, exposure, exhaustion.
Mrs. Martha Blondiau. Submersion, exposure, exhaustion.
Mrs. Edward Brady. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mrs. Harold Brown. Shock, exposure, immersion
Miss Kathleen Canavan. Shock, exposure, immersion.
Miss Caroline Casey. Shock, immersion, burns.
Mr. Abraham Cohen. Submersion, exhaustion.
Mrs. Harriet Cohen. Submersion, exhaustion.
Miss Lillian Davidson. Shock, exposure, immersion
Miss Marjorie Ehrman. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mr. Jose Freire. Shock, exposure, immersion
Dr. Emilio Giro. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mrs. Clemens Landmann. Shock, exposure, immersion
Dr. Samuel Lerner. Shock, exposure, immersion
Miss Dinah Levy. Shock, exposure, immersion
Miss Mae Maloney. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mrs. Katherine Phelps. Shock, exposure, immersion
Dr. Gouverneur Morris Phelps. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mr. Donald Truscott. Shock, exposure, immersion
Miss Dorothy Verfenstein. Shock, exposure, immersion
Mrs. Ida Weiser. Shock, exposure, immersion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mrs. Frances Hulse. Burns, shock.
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mrs. Claire Drummond. Shock and exposure.
Mr. Joseph Drummond. Shock and exposure.
Miss Frances Murphy. Burns to face and arms.
Mr. Herman Paccione. Burns, shock.
Mr. Israel Rudberg. Shock and bruises.
Dr. Emanuel Weinberger. Fractured shoulder.
Minor Injuries
Mrs. Florence Brown. Exposure.
Mr. Walter Byrne. Burns on face.
Miss Minnie Davis. Bruises of both arms. Attended at Pier 95. Sent home.
Miss Alice Desvernine. Shock. Sent home for bed rest.
Mr. Michael Dulk. Inflamed eyes.
Miss Nan Helm. Sprained ankle. Burns of both hands. Treated at Savannah Line pier and sent home.
Miss Dora Hofman. Minor burns. Attended to at Pier 95 and sent home.
Mr. Wilfred Kedy. Cuts on right hand.
Miss Sarah Kirby. Bruises.
Mr. Joseph Markov. Injured finger.
Mr. Philip Muir. Smoke inhalation.
Mr. Charles O’Connor. Burned eyes. Cut scalp. Treated at Savannah Line pier and sent home.
Mr. Herman Timms. Exposure. Attended to at Savannah line pier and sent home.
Mr. John Vassilides. Exposure.
Mrs. Charlotte Whitlock. Shock. Sent home.
Mr. Charles Wright. Submersion.
The Morro Castle Train.
On the afternoon of September 8th while the Morro Castle was still burning, a special train was dispatched from Spring Lake, New Jersey to Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Aboard were nine Morro Castle passengers and 86 crew members. Most of the passengers who came ashore at Spring Lake were in various stages of shock and exhaustion, having either swum the six miles from the ship to shore or been brought back by one of the fishing boats of the impromptu rescue fleet, while the majority of the crew who landed there came in by Morro Castle lifeboats and were therefore tired but fully ambulatory. When the train was pulled into a siding in Jersey City in order to switch over to an electric engine, the cars containing the crew were left behind, and the remaining 9 survivors arrived in NYC late in the afternoon. The nine Morro Castle passengers strong enough to immediately leave Spring Lake without requiring hospitalization or bed rest were:
Mr. Paul Arneth.
Mrs. Renee Mendez Capote.
Miss Una Cullen.
Miss Sydney Falkmann
Mr. Charles Hofman,
Mr. Charles Hofman, Jr.
Mr. Charles O’Connor
Mr. Aurelio Piedra.
Mr. George Watremez.
And, of the nine, only Mrs. Capote and Mr. Arneth are known to have been saved by a Morro Castle lifeboat. George Watremez recalls:
“I got on the train and we start heading for Penn Station in New York City. At one interval we changed to an electric engine so that we could get into Penn Station. When we did get in, everything was roped off. And again, there was newspaper reporters, police, cameramen, what have you. We never did get outside because the platform we were on was roped off, and we had a path roped all the way through the terminal. We were escorted underground to an elevator that took us to the Hotel New Yorker, that was at 34th Street and Eight Avenue. I forgot to mention that while I was in Spring Lake being taken care of, I had the opportunity to send a telegram home to tell the folks I was okay. That worked out pretty good. Now, going back a bit, when I was in the water the newspapers came out with this story about the Morro Castle being on fire, and hundreds of people dead, and the New York Journal had me as “Missing.” Now, there was my stepfather’s brother. He had picked up the newspaper and saw the whole article, and he took and hotfooted over to the restaurant and told my stepfather about it. My mother was working down around Union Square, in clothing- she was a weaver, a mender. So he called up and told them not to let her see a newspaper but as the story went on they started yakking amongst each other, and she caught on that something was wrong. So I guess my telegram took care of her a little in that way. We were walking as a group, and, believe me, we were quite a show to see, all kinds of clothing, blankets, what have you. My stepfather’s brother who was down there in the subway station. I guess he knew, he’d heard where we were coming in and he crawled under the ropes and he came along with me and it was quite a happy reunion. I must say that my mother and stepfather were at the Hotel New Yorker when I arrived, and believe me it was quite a reunion, and very sentimental.”