Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-11
DAVENPORT IOWA. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY II. 1851.


Further PassscsIsss 81 The Loss Of she
Grey Eagle.
The follovin psstleulsrs we're CLEANED up
> yestsrdsy. soosssniog the late disaster:
Up u time Of writing this. there had moth
ing certain bssn seesrtainsd % TO the number
Of persons lcs. By the disaster Of the ill-fatsd
s,saa.bost Grey E,gla NJ. Till. the insane
man. vss reported lost yesterday morning. IL
s probable that Ars. Weaver and her little
con, four years Of sse, rssidents Of Dubuque.
we're also among the Lost. D'ligsnt search for
them he's b.sn msds without ,vsil. Her
uoshss. Mr.. Gnss Ball, vho vss sith her.
vs. ssved. They we're oil on their Wy TO
visit . on.in.lsw Of the old lsdy's-s 1r r.
Slosson, Of Darlington. The chamber maid Of
the boat says shs aAw Ara Weaver sink. Mr..
Weaver telegrsphed yesterday morning. 70
know II his family we're ssfs. He vss sosvsssd
,hst bic wife and child had not been found.
The old lady u sbout ss years Of age. She
vac picked up With skitf. By Mr. Brunson.
about the disastsr-hsr mind Icing much i'm
paired. The poor old lady in trying to tell
something about the catastrophe. says: We
got along nice aud good until . considerable
heard two clsps Of thunder 1.-THE boat struck
onss on sssh pisr] and then oil the lamrs on
the ceiling fell right down to the Aoos; then
everything Was confused" There can be but
little doubt that Mrs. Weaver and her little
son together found . wstery grave. Passso-
gess are con6dsat that ssvsrsl others we're
lost. but there 10 nothing certain about that
vet Il has also been ascertsinsd that two dsek
hands we're Lost, making 10 aIl five drowned
as far - heard from. There may be others yet.
LOOKING voR BAGaAok
During the evening. the meo on the boat
we're engaged fshiDg up baggage from the
deck. They used long pole with . hook on
the end for that purpose. A considerable
number Of trunks. carpet sacks and valises
were thus 6shed out Of the water. and placed
upon barge and tovsd 70 the Rock Island
,ids. Yesterday afternoon several gentlemen
vent over and we're successful in finding their
goods. Among the fortunate ones we're Gov.
Baker, 1t. McPhsil, U. 8. A., Nr Giddinss and
Mr. Atchison: and many more lost eli the beg
gage they had except what they happened to
have about them. The baggage 10, Of course.
in . damaged condition, though the owners
we're delighted to find il 10 any condition.
GOODS AND ESTEcrs.
On the barge alluded to above. vas any
quantity Of other articles fshed up from the
wreck. A large number Of mattresses. beds
and bedding Of different kinds. cabin furniture.
cabin carpets. stands, doors, express safe. the
bell, and odds and ends too numerous to men.
tion. These we're being taken out and dried
ss fast ss possible No considerable portion Of
the furniture had been saved, however.
rHE WRECK.
During Thursday night the wreck foated
down several hundred yards from where il
stopped the previous evening. and came to .
stand on the bar near the Rock Island sh ore.
TIE "Texas" and portion Il the hurricane
deck 10 out Of water. Some more Of the bag.
gage and furniture and probably some Of the
{, eight may be recovered. It 10 thought that
. portion of the -four In the hold may be
saved, as that srticls In barrels when sunk be-
low the surface. does not become wet for more
than An inch or two from the slaves, for sew era.
days.
How DID IT HAPPKn2
That is question which hundreds ofpserls
ask and many assume to Oanswsr-satisfactorily "
to themselves at least. vs presume. Many
men Of oil grades Of river Weldon. from mid
ding down to total darkness. have t,ld % that
they saw the boat coming down to the draw
and kaew. or thought she y ouid strike the pier
They were confident that some thing was
wrong, and some even took the ground that
the boat was out Of order in some vsy-tbst
her machinery was not sll right, and that any
pilot Who ran boat against the pier in that
way ought to be hung! Perhaps he is one Of
the self ordained vigilance committee. and
hes talked 20 much sbout hanging that he
don't know anything else. Or course sll these
lasn who knew 90 much about it while stand
ing on the land . mile or half mile distant. un-
dsrstsnd whst they talk abou'. 90 It would be
folly on our part 10 dispute their word. The
pilot force Of the boat was ample. Capt HAa-
R's 10 ooe Of the best rspids and river pilots
on the upper Mississippi. and elways has .
hand in the wheel when hs boat goes through
the draw. The Captain claims that the acei-
dent was oscAstoned by . change in the cur
rent. Not being posted on the matters 1t all
vs do not feel eompetsut 70 give an opinion
in the matter. 1t vas serious accident any.
way, and the cause We leave for arrangement
in the hands Of those who understand It.
Something Was wrong any how.
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Card Of Thanks
DAvssPosr. Iowa, Nay 10, 1891.
hnssa EDEzoas :-Will you permit ne
tSrough your columns on the part Of m, SCH
and command, to return my sincere thanks 10
Mayer Fssach. Hiram Price. E.q. R. B. Hill
Esq. Captain Liltler. Csptsin Brewster asd
the sitissns Of Davenport generally, Tor the
many kind and liberal attentions shovn them