Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-10

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$40 '' Rsdwing, J. G. Al.sr.
The following are statsmsnts Of different
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Mr.. Furgusson Of Dsbuqus. .-Left hons q
o'clock A. N. before arriving st the bridge
the cabin passengers vent on deck to ses the
DO g through; eapssis and pilot both o.
the wheel; captain told passengers 70 ~
down and not talk. Boat siruok stone pier 10
feet from wheel. and v.s hurled against The
opposite pier leaned heavily, but rightsd
hts's; eh'mnies fen. tssring up deck: bost eos
brnad''ds on and fostsd away. sinking grad
usliy-ths cabin coming IN pieces mean Nhils
A number Of men Jumped upoo the floating
wheel hesse. Some we're desperats-detsru.
ined to jump of others we're cool; come
we're crying. praying and rushing about Wild
" bosts sqen cans TO essistsnoe.
INCIDsNrs.
One family. consisting Of father, mother
end FIVE children. jumped overheard at the
fret shock. The father end mother ssesseded
in reaching portion Of the wreck the old.
est daughter wss picked up by the eolorsd
steward Of the boat and The bslsnse Of the
family we're eaved BY stiffs from the shore.
An old grey haired man jumped OVERHEARD
snd vas picked up BY skif He At fret IT,.
sisted that the owner Of the skif should cave
the younger persons floating about, but % he
generous fellow would not leave him, he
agreed to be hauled aboard provided The skifF
would not lesvs the scene of The disaster until
oil we're rescued.
col ored man refused to Be taken on board
. skif because it Vas already heavily loo led.
He fostsd ashore near the ferry landing.
srArEMaNr OF M. LAwRExos, OF QUINCY. nIruou
Ar. Editor being one of the passengers
Who escaped from The Grey Eagle. will give
you brief account Of the incidrnts which
passed under my immediate. observation:
At the time shs boat struck she vas impelled
ny the force OF the current. She strurk the
.tone bu'm.nt Of the railroad bridge, rakinR
her from bow to stern. breaking both large
and email tmbers like pipe stems. The Cap-
tain gave ordsrs fos al the pssssnge 10 move
to the injured side Of the boat. that being ,frou,
tho loss Of timbsrs. the lightest. No, With.
'tanding this the toat continued 10 waif over
and soon the timhers end ties sustaining the
smoke staeks gave way and tho heavy work
went over With . terrible crssh. saw one
poor fellow struck by the smoke stacks and
buried 10 the wster. He did not rice again.
Ny attention was. at th,s time. drawn to a.
s'sting the women and children in esca ping
from the wreck, aud did not notice any
other persons IN the water The passengers
appeared very cool ard ali counselIed csutiop.
friend Of mirs. to ensure HE escape. vas
obliged to throw overheard large sum Of
money IN specie and brace # revoivsrs.
A. W AAWRBNCB.
Those picked up and taken off vers prompt
ly quartesed 1t the hotels. and such .. need
aid viii be cared for properly. All have dens
their best TO help the suffrrers Further par.
ticulars will be given tomorrow.
CARD.-We, the undersigned, pas
ssnssrs ON the ill.fsted steamer Grsy Rssls.
feel 1t our duty not only "a express our opin-
ion end convis.ion that Capt. Smith Har,is
and bic officsrs and crew are entirely free from
csusurs or blame 10 any way in the sinking D.
the steamboat Grey Eagle, which catastrophe
he's esussd the destruction Of several lives. and
put our lives IN very serious jeopardy, besidss
very considerable dsstruetieo Of propertv.
along With the total loss Of . splendid stsam.
boat. We hereby tender 70 Capt smith Har-
Fis and his ofhcers and crew our Kind knowl.
sdgi0ents and appreciation Of their proper snd
geotlemanly conduct on this . ful and tying
ccessioss oSsr % our Opinions end ksowle1gs
goes we attribute the shocking catastrophe to
the obstructions in the chsnnel Of the river bv
the position Of The piers Of ths bridge, and no,
70 either earelsssnsss. inoompstsosy Or impru
dence Of Captain Harris or auv oficee on
board Of the steamboat Grey Esgls
K. W. Goodsell. Wm. Nome,
saci. ASPhsill COL Let reg. 1ion.. II V. NJ
Lu'he, Graves, John p. Earssst
A. G. McGiiI, Adam Lisk.
Jobs Sa'lang, I.obsvt Smith,
Thomas Daley, ga Wm. Gueron.
John Palmer, = B B, Webster.
j.. W. Lawrence. Quincy.
Davsnpoet. hsy 9th. 1851.
NRwsPAPER We much
regret to hear Of the 'suspension Of the daily
Issue Of Der D.ssoera. Being unable TO make
sasisfaetory sarrasgsnenss for ths slterooos
tslsgraphic dispateAes % - to publish a. eve
ming paper. and It not being coov snisnt 70
pobiiah The reports in the morning. and inss-
mu b - war news 10 al that 10 looked sftss
By the psblic. It vas deemed best to suspend
the daily edition for the present. The weekly
wils bsisssed - ssssl. Friend Raumine viii
have altogether too easy . time Of it In edit
log the weekly.
In TowN.-Several gentlemen Of the
tndiep psrsussion. we're in oar city yesterday.
lsohssg sbont il sss-ch Of lsts news ssd Gre
watsr, both Of which are sltoesthsr too sasily
swallowed thess dmss. They we're desked 10
their usual gasdy end Interesting spsisg asyls
River llems.
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Casa Hrs Psttos, Clinton.