Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-28
WRECKED.
The Memphis and Cincinnati Packe
MfnneOIa Snagged and Overturned
fn FOSieman'S Chute.
Marvellous Reseues-One Man Supposed
LOst-BOnt and Cargo n Total Loss
-BOat's Insurance, $4,000,

~ AOst-BOnt and Cargo n Total Loss
20 20 -Boats Insurance, $4,000.
r. Between two and three o. clock yester-
day afternoon the steamer Minneola, Of
toe Memphis and Cincinnati packet
company, struck snsg in Foglemsn's
: chute or outlet, twenty-five miles above
! mere, and sunk in less than g minute.
: AT the time Of the accident the steamer
Tas going at full spsed and had oa boal d
one hundred tons of freight aud about
4 twenty-five persons, including the C. ew
and sixteen cabin passer gers. Tie Mn
:, neols was en- route ID this city and her
l cargo consisted principally Of furaiture
and miscellaneous freight. The boat
STRUCK hidden obstruction, supposed to
be log, VIII oh tore open her hull near
the stern, letting in gri at quantity o.
wafer which caused her 10 sink in an in
credible short time. The wheel Was at
once drowned and the laTboard guard
Immediately near the fsntaII, WeuI
under the water, whereby the
engineer readily saw that the
boat was in helpless condition.
Without delay he rushed up the gang
way to the be ilei. leck, the boat caIesn. |
ing rapidly to the arboaId and settling |
with surpr sing swiftness. By this time |
the ehimneys FILL with a crash, and |
large volumes OF steam rolled up from
the deluged boilers and fuTuace, almost
binding the terrified passengers and
crew. who were struggling TO gain the
| huErtcane-roOf All mai reached the
hnrrieane.rCOf except lady and her 1t.
tie child, who were caught in a state
| loom where the water was rushing as if
! to wind them in It's cold embrace. PilCt
| Lon Schraog, who was on watch when
| the boat struck, seizei an ax and vain
| iy endeayored to cut through into the
etater5om to rex cue the lady and her
child. He was forced by the water TO
abandon his work, and about this time
the cabin on the lar5oard side gave way,
and IS the boiler.deck fell down |
the entire length, the woman
and child were TnaryeIouslv |
rescued. The hull of The steamer turned |
upside down, and the guard on one side
came IN even contact with the hurricane
roof. The passengers and crew, who had
reached the hurricane roof, stepped upon {
the upturned hu1l, and, after remaining
there about minute, managed to reach !
the shore, about twenty feet distant
This was accomplished by means of the J
texas and pilOthoUse, which, sliding 8
from its position on tie hurricane roof, Q
drlfted close up to the hull, one eTd ex- e
tending to the shore. The crew and I
passengers hardly had time to gain the 1
bank when the texas and piIOthouse- G
tie latter contsining red-hot stove T
noa Ell away from its temporary lodg-
ment, and, drifting down the chute four y
hundred yards, caught upon /
sck'hesp. Owing to the rapidity Of '
the steamers settling, neither the bag G
gage nor the office safe was saved, but a
all of the passengers are said TO have
O e1y nRatga H.,
unknown, lie bosrded the boat this e
side Of Cairo, and is supposed to have 81
been asleep in his state II
room at the time OF the
accident. The third cook, a colored
man, is ASP said to have been CT
drowned but this, like the reported
death OF the unknown passenger, who N
was dressed in gray jeans, lscks con- pl
hrmation. The mate, named Gearv "a
whose home is in ST. Louis, had his leg or
painfully Injured, but sustained no frac- al
ture OF the bone. In an effort TO ascend 81
the steps leading TO the hurricane roof th
MS leg was caught by the careesing of gu
tne csoln and he was held immOVSble | re
In less than a second he was thrown w
into the wafer which had now W
reached the hurricane roof, his face being ke
downward. lhe STEPS fortunately gave br
way and the mate srJse to the surface OF VI
he water in time to be rescued along an
With the rest of the crew. II was won al
jerful escape, and of such g nature a5 to so
iefy description. Shortly after the Min. al,
Ia SUNK, the Auchor line steamer so
oeile memphis chapced to be Dear by oc
ND seeing the unfortunate condition OF wi
ne people, hurried to the scene of dis tn
ster. A yaWl Was lowered and sent hO
0Wl the chute to the raGk-heap where | bu
Dl and l1iInE | lokx
odged. The texas, uDon striking the sal
rnt-plle, csree1ed to one side, and the Ca
lie III the piiOthouse stove was Quickly | ua
The crew OF the yawI
4 lanaged to save the engineers trunk,
7hich was on the upper side of the tex.
8, but could not ges at any other Of the Th
aggage, owing to the careened condi- bu,
on Of the wreck. A number of pas. dul
9ngers who hsd wandered down the =---
1ore were picked up, and with the O. h.
rs, besides the crew, wer5 brought to this -
ty on the Belle Memphis, to whose r.
Ulcers Captain J. N. Skunk, of the -,
as well as the passengers, re- tar
lrn thanks for timely assistance and go Stn
ludness. The Minneola, a stern o,aI
heel steamer, was built Id 1854, and D.
as always enjoyed career OF great -
Iccess. This last summer she was
7erhauled and thoroughly repaired st
Incinnati, which city she left last ~,
'ednesdsy on her regular trip to Mem Is
lis. The boat will prove total wreck, Lod
bher entire cabin and timbers parted st fis
ID were swept awsy, when she settled, wor
Id nothing now remains of the Al
Gamer Minneoia except the shstter-
hull, one sect on OF which stands =
little above the water, marking the nh
enc OF one of the most remarkable
yer disasters that ever occurred upon VI
e Mississippi. All Of the light furni- alto
re Heated out upon the water, chairs, 'lSl
dsteads, trunks, wheelbarrows, etc., M,
tting the surface OF the river as far as
9 eye could reach. The MiDneOla WAS "a
'ured for four Thousand dollars in Gin EE
matt companies, but this sum will ~
t cOver the loss by at least one-haIf SS
10 was owned by Captain J. NJ
unk, Tiff Strider, the fret clerk, and
g Memphis and Cincinnati packet I'm
mpaDy. Captain Skunk came to this NV
y on the Belle Memphis, and will en-
avor to secure tug to go up the chute
th the hope of finding taggage and 10,
ight, and also TO get out the baggage @eoe
the texas. Clerks Strider and Frank
unk remained at the wreck.
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Verdict by COrOner's ~ l.
Jury.
PROVIDENCE, R l., December PA AZ
'oneI's jury in the case of 3 child
led in its mothers arms by kick Of TUE
drunken father, in Westerly, returned
erdict that the person from whom the
her purchased the liquor that made "a
O drunk was guilty Of the murder Of Of al
boy. The father, Pnillip Gallagher, be SO