The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-10-30
TO THE RESCUE.

10 THE RESCUE.
The tugs Hercules and George N.
Brady came to the rescue, and also
several fishermen's boats, so that the
suffering were speedily taken from
the water, borne to the berths of the
crew, and everything possible done
to alleviate their sufferings. Seven
of the injured were taken on board
the Cuba, which Immediately came
to this city with all possible dis
patch. Four others were placed in
the cabin of the schooner Alliance,
in tow of the Hercules. Fortunately
for them surgeon was quickly by
their sides, setting broken bones,
closing gaping wounds and alleviat-
ing the agony Of all the unfortun-
Ates.
DR.. D. o. Farrand had been at
Amherstburg performing surgical
operation, and when the Brooklyn
came along was waiting for passage
to this city. He signaled the Brook
lyn, which came up to the dock, but
not near enough to make leaping
aboard a safe feat. The Doctor hes
itated, thinking the boat would come
nearer, but. instead, steam was sp-
piled and the vessel rushed on, the
Doctor thinks at rapid rate of
speed.
Just behind the Brooklyn came
the tug George n. Brady, the captain
of which needed Farrand's signal
and he was quickly in her cabin at
lunch. A few moments later he
heard a dull, heavy explosion, cries
of alarm on deck, and upon going
to ascertain the cause, was shocked
to find that the propeller upon which
he intended to embark nothing re-
mained in sight but mass of strug-
Cling humanity, boxes, bales, trunks,
splintered rails, spars and the scores
of things that make up the debris of
a wreck.
The Cuba was already engaged in
the work of rescuing the wounded,
and Farrand called to her captain
that if a surgeon was needed he
would come aboard. a boat from
the Cuba Immediately put of, and in
a few minutes Farrand was busy
with the case Of instruments, work
ing nobly and faithfully as long as
there were broken bones or other in
juries to be attended to. Upon ar
irving at the dock in this city he
remained until all the wounded had
arrived, seeing them carefully re-
moved to the carriages which Mr..
Rodier, the agent Of the Northern
Transportation Company, procured
to convey the suffering to the hos
pitfalls, where he had csused every
needed arrangement for their recep-
tion and care to be made.
The Cuba brought up seven of
the wounded, the Alliance, in tow of
the Hercules, four more, and one ar
rived Ga the tug Rob Hsckett. The
dead, of which there are supposed
to be twelve, are yet upon the bot
tom of the river, with the exception
of the body of a little girl and wo-
man, which are in O fisherman's
shanty on Fighting Island. They
will be brought to this city to-day.
AMOS NELSON'S STATEMENT.
Amos Nelson a young man about
nineteen years Of age, who lives in
Chicago, was employed as deck hand
on the Brooklyn and states that be-
ing off watch he went down aft and
offered to help the fireman put in
coal, but there was no shovel at
hand and he started forward to OBJ
tain one. Before doing so, however,
he looked at the indicator and saw
that it marked one hundred pounds. |
This excited considerable apprehen-
sion upon his part, but he said notl-
ing, knowing that it was none of his |
business, and that any interference
or protest upon his part would be
regarded as unwarrantable and |
would be resented by the engineers.
Nelson says that he never knew the |
boiler to carry more than eighty |
pounds of steam before yesterday. |
Before he had obtained the shovel, |
and just as he was opposite the gang
way, on the steerage deck, the ex-
plosion occurred. Nelson rememb-
ers the terrific report and the hiss of |
escaping steam, but knew nothing
more until he found himself strug- |
Cling in the water, where he had
been whirled by the force Of the ex-
plosion. He was picked up by one
of the boats from the Cuba, and was
one of those brought down on the
schooner Alliance shortly before
Eve O'Clock. His injuries consist of
two light scalp wounds and the con-
fusion Of the right knee, none of
them at all serious. His clothing
was literally torn into shreds. and
his escape from more severe injury
Vas g remarkable one.
WHAT Mr.. RoDIER SAYS.