Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-17

a rich old gentleman, of Hebrew birth,
had bought place on Staten Island,
and invited family party over to
examine 1t. They sat together in their
carriage inthe forward part of the boat,
and received the full force of the
conclusion. Old Mr.. Phillips and his
daughter-in-law, with her two chill
dren, Samuel and Rachel, aged
respectively eighteen months and two
years, are dead, and his wife will prob
ably not recover The wounds of the
son of Mr.. Phillips and his wife are
less dangerous. In the Ehlhasser
family, consisting of George, his wife
and four children, young George, six
teen years old, and Louisa, five years,
are dead, and Kahl, aged eight, is not
to be found. The father and mother
are seriously injured, and Ernest, aged
twelve, is slightly hurt. In the inter
esting Friedhof family, two of the lit
tie girls, Lena and Annie, are dead. Mr..
and Mrs. Friedhoff will probably get
well, and it is believed that Regina,
aged seven, who is missing, will be
found to be only slightly harmed, and
will survive to be a playmate of poor
little Frederick.
Eighteen persons have now died in
the hospital, and thirty bodies have
been found in the waters of the Bay.
OF those who still remain in the hospi-
tai considerable portion cannot be
expected to survive, so fatal are the
effects of inhaled steam and external
scalding.
Telegram to the Chicago Times.
In the families Of the sufferers there
were scenes to-day almost too heart
rending to describe. One which came
under my own observation was that of
the Finley family. Michael Finley,
his wife, and four children, accompan-
led by Thos. Finley, a brother, started
for Staten Island at about II o'clock on
yesterday. Subsequently the father
returned home, taking with him three
of the children, the mother and child,
ten months old, continuing on with the
turn early. As the hours passed for
them to return, the father left the
children in charge of neighbor and
started to look for the absent ones.
Hearing of the accident, he at once
concluded that this was the boat his
wife and brother took, and changing
his course he went to Bellevue hospital
Her he found his lost child and wife
both in critical condition. suffering
terribly from scalds and burns He
remained throughout the entire night,
but despite his watchful tenderness and
agonizing appeals To his God, the child
died before morning and his wife soon
after sank into an unconscious state.
Almost Supplied by his grief, he re-
turned home and, unable to speak,
sank into chair, and great strong
man rs he was, burst into a perfect
food of tears, unheeding the inquiries
of his neighbors, and the childish APP
peals for tidings of mamma" that
were made by his children, who climb
ed around his lap and sought to kiss
away the tears that ran like
rain down his cheeks. Here
he sat for hours, when tee-
Sram was received from Mrs. Finley's
only sister in Chicago, asking if the
family We're in trouble, and stating
that she had premonition that some
thing had befallen them. Mr. Finley's
employer telegraphed tho sad news
back without delay, as no Instructions
could be gotten from the father h
company with a relative, the half-idi-
otto man was induced to return to the
hospital. Here he ascertained that his
wife had been carried to the dead house.
Hastily crossing the yard, he saw an
attendant about lifting the body from
the stretcher into a coffin. Pieces of
flesh chung to the stretcher as the
corpse was lifted of, and screaming
like a mad man the poor husband
sprung to the coffin, clasped the dead
form in his arms and imprinted kiss
after kiss on the scalded lips and face
of his dead wife. With difficulty he
was forced away, but before he could
be gotten into a carriage he broke from
his friends, and, screeching terribly,
ran for the dock, but fell exhausted be-
fore reaching the river, and, hopelessly
insane, was placed in a carriage and
driven home, when it was found nee
essary to bind him to his bed
A Well.Managed Speculation.