The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-11

TO notice 1t. Immediately after this / saw
nm go under the first time. He came to
S1e suflace and struck out WILDLY, bot i'm
niedis.ely sank again. The barrel which he
nRd cast aside then fioated toward me. ana
cargbt IL. Just then he came M within
three feet or me, rising out OF the wafer to
his waist, with arms extended upward. and
pushed the barrel out toward him. Int be
went down again as suddenly as be
had risen, and L saw no more ofhim. lam
rot swimmer. and had TO depend entirely
on the life-preserver to hold me M. and
was, therefore, unable to render him any as
sistance.
STATEMENT OF CHIEF CLERK wMsc. TAYLOR.
II was between 4:sO and 5 O'Clock
when Shirley Snyder, the third clerk. awoke
me in the texas. As soon as could get nv
clothes on went out, and saw she was afire
as Jar as the front end OF the Texas. the
smoke coming up through the chimney
ca-iDgs, sndsaii the after part of the texas
was on fire. Charley Dufour, the pilot on
duty, bad just left the wheel, and the pilot
house was then burning. Charley told me
there was something the matter with the
tllier-rope, that il was broken or something:
that he had given her the wheel shard
down" to the shore. and that she did rot
seem to answer to it. went
down to the lower deck. The people
we're all there, women and men ard some
children on the fOrecsstle. A few had ST.
ready got off into the water. We all COM
nl@nced throwing overheard such tbines :
would float, lot of furniture, barrels. boxes
AID fruit stands ard light baggage. and We
tried 10 get all the people II lump into tie
river after them. We all had TO take 20
the water, and the sooner the better. I
mink the boat had struck toe bottom before
lett the hurricane roof. was told that there
vas only five feet OF water at one point IN
: re where shs struek. But the heat was 80
intense that people had only the chance of
turning on that side. j did not touch
lotion when | finally jumped in on
TIE ontslde. The boat was then about forty
yards from the Indiana shore, and about
three hundred yards above the mouth of
Laughery creek. In low water il is all dry
where the boat struck. / had life pre-
server. which, did not put on. threw IL in.
and went in after it, floating with it. / lid
not go until nearly all had gone. When /
heard the low water indicator blow wss
afraid of an explosion, and took water,
striking out into the riverand floating dovn
past the stern. At about the time went in.
the cabin boy went in on door. aud the
second clerk, David Mcclure, with berry
stand. had noticed that the cabin
boy had the captains hat on his head
and my hat in his hand The cap
tain had gone in with a mattress. On
which was the Indian boy.) In float
ing down i came up with Mcclure. who
said. I'm gone; IN have to give up.r
but 10 float along. called back TO the Gao
in boy and asked him what he had there
He answered back $50. yer hat?" said,
"D-n it, no; what have yon got under You?
Come down to Mcclure" Presently Nc
Clure got out of the current into the eddy
and swan ashore. He said il was that little
announcement that saved him; that he had
given up ali hope. / don't see how Char
ley Ditman was lost, as he had a bed
stead-head in the water to feat
with. Charley Dufour was hauling
up the life-bOat that he had
cast over as far forward as possible, in order
to get the ladies in, when two men-one
plack and the other white-iumped in and
cast il loose; and that was the last saw Of
it. An old man that saw jump must have
been dead when he struck the water, as he
did not seem to make a motion afterwarf,
and fell all of a heap. Perhaps it was from
| over excitement. Oth srs who saw him 20
| in thought the same. This must have been
| Mr.. Grehmann. The heat was severe, even
on the outside. / felt il while was passing
down, but did not realizs how severe il was
until about IL o'clock to-day, when I dis
cred that my head was badly blissered on
top. Mr. Taylor is inclined to badness
Reporter.l i heard of one case of parties be-
! ing taken off by skiff. A man who couldn't
swim was hanging in the water, on the out
side of the vessel, aft, bv something or other
when woman came floating down. He
reached out hand and caught her, and they
held there until taken off. He was burned
about the head and face. think these par
ties were A d. Cunny, of Newport, and Miss
Emma Rowden, of Louisville.
STATEMENT OF A. d. MORRIS, OF Mt. AUBURN.
| He was awakened by the alarm, and,
thinking that the boat would be able 70
make the shore, dressed himself completely
10 his boots and hat. Finding tbat he would
| have TO take to the water he stripped to the
/ IaSr crf-E md Re
swimmer, and withal cOol-headed he made
land without much difficulty. He says: II
struck out into the nver as far as pos
sibie, as didn't want anybody 20 pull me
down. | swan and fioated down IN the
current, which was awful strong, until
/ thought it was time to edge in,
! for was getting weak. At last / struck
4 with my feet on the bottom at a bar where
others had been saved before me, on the n
diana side. never felt so glad In my lite at
touching bottom as did then. The current
was very strong there, and had hard work
to breast it and wade In, but did that. The
| first man | struck was Allison, ard We
| shook hands, tell you. He gave me his
vest and drawers, for was perfectly naked,
] and it was cold out there. Several came
ashore there and were saved. / was blue
] with cold. Some passed down on the out
SIDE and were drowned. The captain was
saved there. A boy was with him,
and shouted: Here's the captain
Then the mate and others joined
hands and formed line for safety out into
the current, and reached him a stick, that
he caught, and pulled him in. But the
captains lite was another mans death.
| This man, whoever the poor fellow was,
came floating down alter barrel that was
turning over and over in the water. Re
couldn't save himself by il, and yet lie held
TO il as we'll as he could. / never beard a
man shrek for his life as lie did. But he
passed on and was drowned. He and the
captain couldn't be saved at the same time.
Onthe boat 1 saw an instance of mans
hesitation between clinging 20 his personal
property and jumping for his life that
but ] noticed him running up and
down in terrible condition of terror and
doubt. He had package of something that
/ ral ~ IL.