Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-10
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The Sarahss Cabin Totally Wrecked
vEighs Lives iIoss-six Additional
-aAtEea LOstia q EKer-
ati01sY0f Officers and GreyV-rEhree
Ladieso DrOgWneds dsc.snill3f .gsazr zIH
Yfq sas 6Ffom the Mobile Times. ad.lfia s4FEa
n The great tornado ON Tuesday evening
was most severely feltllin thei Mississippi
sound, A number Of pleasure boats were
upset and their occupants were all lisubjeet-
ed to great risks. The well-known pro-
peller Sarah was unfortuhate i'm being
caught in the tornado. Coming unexpect-
edly as It did, the boat.yas entirely pnpre-
: MT. Callahan, the clerk Of the boat, e was sas
standing in the. doorway leading to the
cabin when the danger became jmminent,
He was. when last heard of assuring the
and gallant himself. he forgot that the ete-
lnents were beyond the Control of man,
and the terrific gust that swept the cabin
and the upper works from the steamer
carried Mr.. Callahan with them. Hs Sii'p =
= When the danger came, when the lives
Of passeBgefs were in dangef,S the officers
ana crew Of the Sarah behaved with aagals
lantry; ~ bfaveFye and a devotion that des
serves every credits When the cabin went
by the boardg and the human beingson the
upper deck cweuts withl it, the 'disInay. so
naturaldin such ane event. that prevailed
among the other passengers was controlled
and suppressed by the GOODNESS, the ejudg4
ment, and the skin of the Officers of the
boat. HFfu8f,-g gtga1
sss-s-. =, LOST,
The following are the only names we
have Yet discovered of the list. Geo. Jones
pilot; George Mettee, steersnian,, James
Callahan, clerk; Mrs. Gen. O'Ferrell, Miss
Virgiuia Tibbets, andsan old lady who
come over with her son, at the College.
There was also a Frenchman lost. The
steward went overbOafd and was picked up
after wards by a boat from thewreckof the
Sarah after fenlaiaing several hours In the
cabin. 81 o99ss 57ae11g gadT .s5Tffsrsqo oaT
1.-The books and papersoof the boat were
lost. .ssts35 bstfsu sa4 NJ bies sehssa ~ sdf
bas aaaissfOTHER LOSSES OF LIFEsaEib 3aT
s9Ins addition to the losses of life above
giFensEwe know positively of the loss of a
YACHT containing sevenl persons six Of
whom, daln ladies' were lost.1os q sidesasqsib
izgm svi3seENE5 OF THE DISASTER. 81 adj bEa
THE disaster occurred about three miles
from Pascago1Ia. The accident occurred
at 45 minutes past 5 o'clock sssqa9ar ~ ~
',.'l. ~ tADDITIoNA AL. = as '-l,@ ,As Z.
Since writing the above, we have been
furnished with the following, facts; Mrs.
j. E., O 'Eerrell, the wife of General j. F.,
O'FerrelL formerly connected with the
house of Dade,. Hurxthal & Co, of this
city, and now a resident of Enterprise,
Miss; was among the lost. Her husband
was awaiting her at Pascagoula, and has
made every effort sincethe unfortunate oc-
eurrence torrecover her body, without sue
cess. 7eoi9sssqo s'yasgma3 ssil ~ ,asmaTo7 tfa5
acMraJones, Of sNewa0rleaBs. is also among.
the Hissings Miss Jennie Tibbetts, on her,
way backst0 New Orleans, Was among the
losf Mr.. GaorOa Joaaa.o onilot of the Ga rah h.
q highly popular gentleman, a. first-classi
pilot, and amanb of many friends, is also,
unfortunately among the lost, N Charlie
Mettee, son of an old Mo bilian, Mr.. George
Mettees and steersman of the boat, a young
man universally liked and admired by, all
" no knew him, has unfortunately found,
with the Others, a. Watery grave. James
Catalan, the clerk of the boat, always po-O
lite yfgentlemana z from Instinct and
among the most popular with steamboat
travellers. was one of the most TO be.regret-i
ted losses sustained by the Sarah. ral sdr
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