, 1874-08-07
THE OHIO RIVER DISASTER.
Thrilling MISREPRESENTATION Of
ffCarticssilcss, :
Number Of Lost Now Stated
Twenty-Five.

OinUInNAr1, O., A,,g. G.-In addition to those
WHO Wore rnportGd lost ar Tho ntcaIftor Fat
IloKors yoHtorlay. tho toowlng arc now believed
to llnyo hnrn drowned. Anna Cook AMI two
ahilt'ron of Simon uontncr, Cincinnati; the wife
anl child Of Df. Il. Gibbons. hIadaun, 1nd.
a. NJ. 11utta, North Uuroliun; James sulitll,
iirrit-hand.
i. N. Blono, of Norll, Carolina, wan badly
burned; nlAt. Jol,n Il. 1lnghns, tho lnato. Thoy
arriyod iu this city last night.
THE tKt:ATEHr atIHronTuSE
nDnH|Htcli in tho fuct tint tho iro occurred In
that particular lnrt Of tlso river. just there tho
river wah At allah Htago thai 1t WAS inpbaafIc
for Tho loat to roae tho sloro drawing ~ much
wator nH Bho lnl flu iu.t OF limo bo~
tsoon thu frat alarm aud tho ti1no whom
usorybn1y Ind loft thu boat is sal1 to havo
bun awonty minutes. At this time tboro
wnB ,1ry iamling On thu btarbnnrd ride. only
thirty ya't]y distant, but lilo wall Of llano waH
mtotvnhlug. On tho 1arbohrd si1o tho land wns
u tOuK distance. Tho wlud wal blowng toward
tl's 4',resl nli"r'. at1 drove tha tanus IN tfat
slnou&tou. Slaty of thHe who got tu tho nna. cnt
H,nrn nr" tn'glrud Tor lifo, tho oxposod pnrtH OF
their hotltpB buing aotua'ly roastc1 by tho e7-
pcrniyo lIuas.
Unu Of tho most thrilling md
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
wnH tint Of NllbH j. Wiia1lH. OF LoutHvilIe.
Ali4h WIlltntns, throwing away her yabe aud
oxtrH clDthfDK, hecurah tho norvceH Of Eonte-
mat III tltruwint; overheard \ c1ato Of peaches,
n.d loRrod N nftur il With llfe-ptaHorvcr.
Wllsn she nttuinltud 10 cling TO tllo crate, how
over, 1t royuf'ol like IL ruul ia tie wator. For
two turriulo l,1ura t1,o HtrGgfcd With the ro1rao
tory bnx md hid Just ciosod hnr nyeH in despair
wlIon nu wns dawn Into n skill by hlr. lluff,
w!lo rendered such sgnal hcryico i'll half dozen
ottlnr cNsAss.
h1iHB Rowdeu, Of LoniBvil1o jumped from tho
boat tnwarH Lilo 1Htlana shore. aud tho hungry
tonglnH u 1lauo. llohing along tho surface Of
Tho wAtor, horribly burnt Aor hoad md faco,
Hhn llnd no lifo.preaosver, aud only Hecnsod uno
eh or u plank by elinging 10 tho panta1oo.,-log
ot iiah who swan past hor. She sayH that,
wllo moving through tlo wafer, several gasp.
luz, Drowning "rotchea extended their ,ha1,da
toward lIrr, Ho!no0. oven grasplng her hafr and
tentlDB out ilanJfuln III lhcir terror.
THE LAsr LIVING OBJECT
Hean on hoard III the b0at was lltt1o child, 8 or
yanrH Uf n1et running about and Hcitarnfng
wltlI alright, surrounded BY ho tlame:. a1ul ats
lcBb. Ars, md faco exposed 10 te terrible heat.
TILE kEHnp CREW nEnAvEn nADt.Y,
hurrying of ttlo bout before there was utly immi-
ncnt dnngor, ind monopollzing all ayaanle
il,aallH Of support. Two coloed and ono white
,nan rowe1 away In tho lie-boat, TINT conld llavo
been nla1o to convey twenty or thirty people
aHlioro.
TIE SEARCH ron noDIEs
Ihis morning tho river ia being dragged for
bodies.
Up to 9 o'clock this afternoon, four lodies had
bocn recovered by u party dragging tho liver at
Alrora. Ono was the bnrbor, Minor nluntz QUO
. ypullE lu.1y, supposed to bo from Covington,
Ky.. a1nl tho otlaUr two wore III unknown mau
and wulliats.
LATEST.
Tho boaios Of Fcrd Walter, Mrs. Smith, and
AliHB Gdut, OF Madison, lud., hase baon rccoy-
orol from the river ut tho scouo Of tho Tut
Rogers disaster. HHAr AurUra.