The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-29

oy the current under the guards. and yera
severely burned while in the water. A
young
LADY WITH BLACK, CURLY HAIR,
nad reached stage plank, and gained a
ioothold upon it, but just at tia. moment a
crowd OF others also reached it. The stage
SUM- ard she was drowned. The Kyle had
on board four hundred barrels of cotton
seed oil, which, becoming ignited. burned
npon the surface of the water. Many hap
less victims in making their escape leaned
into the flames. One of the officers of the
ny!e met MS sister that afternoon for the
nrst time IN a number of wears. Ha
lost her in the crowd, and now fears
tnat brief visit paid him cost her life.
VIM. Mccullough. the barkeerer- Chas
bradman and Chas. Porter wers among the
nvmoer saved by the boats of the Ka9sss-
SPORTY alter the occurrence Mr. Burch. the
mate of the Lessie Taylor was arrested
charged with cutting her hawsers and
thereby causing the Kyle to float out into
the stream. He did not deny the CHARGE
put insisted that it was done with no
malicious intent. Among tbs last
plunge from the steamer
lady and deck hand. The man ar once
swan to the rescue OF the woman, and after
desperate struggle succeeded in claspinc
the iron ring on the Exporters bow with
one hand, holding his precious Chan ge with
the other. The flames crept nearer and
nearer, the iron hull glowed with a white
heat, still the man tenaciouslv cluno tn his
only hope for lie. Alter ten minutes had
elapsed, his precarious position was seen bv
NUMBER OF skifs, who vsinly tried to res
cue the seemingly fated pair, but at each ar
tempt were
DRIVEN BACK BY THE FLAMES.
At last, when well nigh exhausted. a white
skif succeeded in passing the gauntlet of
fire, and even as the helping hand was
stretched forth to save, the exhausted wo-
man relaxed her hold, the mans exhausted
strength could not longer bear her weight
and she sank to rise no more. A few sec
onds alter the man was pulled in safety into
the SKIN. Eugene Shinkle, the second clerk of
the Bodmann, was compelled to take to the |
water from that boat; and as it was drifting
towards the burning Kyle he saw no other
way OF escape but 10 dive in under |
the Bodmann, which he did, |
the boat drifting over him.
Coming up on the other side, he managed. /
with the beats carpenter, to SECURE a float
until picked up. The last seen of Mr.. Case
the engineer Of the Bodmann, was when he
WAS s.@hdlng In the wheelhouse, from
where he turned and went into the burning
boat. The second clerk of the Bodmann'
and the carpenter OF that boat, saw they
were on the stern soon after the ire broke
out, and hailed the tug Ella Wood No 2
which at that time could have easily saved
all the people on the Bodmann AID Exporter.
They insist she would not come near than
OF, although there was no danger
al the time, and even
REFUSED TO COME NEAR
when Eugene Shinkle entreated them %
come and save their passengers. Mr.. Sim
kle states also. as do the officers of the Ex-
porter, that, had the officers of the different
tug boats acted in humane manner. there
would have Teen no loss OF life. Some of
the skiffmen were also deaf to the
sntreaties of those on the boats. one
skill, in particular, containing two stall
wsrt men, refusing TO 90 near the boats.
they were offered 500 by Wash
Floyd, second clerk of the Exporter TO 90
TO his boat when she had not got more than
5wenty yards from the wharf These state
ments are cOrroborsted by the hundreds of
spectators on shore and several of
me officers of our steam fire companies.
one Maxwell, upon being interviewed
stated that he was a workman on the Bod
mann when she caught fire from the KYLE.
Although he could have gained the shore
'he piteous appeals of the women induced
him to stay. Launching I stage plank, he
umped into the river, and calling To two
aides, babe them follow for thsir lives.
Unhesltatlngly they took the fatal leap and
we're assisted by him on the stage. The
current drifted them