, 1879-04-08
4. ON THE ICE.
The Terrible rrslttcnmcnt Sinking noat
Loft 1ts FasseuKers In.
EIAckLaHd EA1n6kdtfr.


Lofs II. ra,.euxera In.
Cysrtiand Ea.ndtatfr,
7. h,s toc, s,,d hv .n,ro ~ Mr poo-rsw
nas uss ';n sa'. W ~, so'ou u. Hs' m ueo.as % W.
uataher's tElenus that the reason no was acicas-
cd In the Republican Convention for Mayor WA
because hc was not In tho city Tor several DAYS
prcyIorls To the prtmarlcs, But Il Is known 10
p,,r nv - shv ,s 1,o wn. NIT r., tc citv nr wcso
o"'s ae" why ~ was HUI III ."c e11s IT "hefo
l'o was. AS Will DC seen further on, but forA
good Providence he would not be In tic city OF
even III existence, to-lay.
Il Is we'll known that he "a largely Interested
In Ballast fs1A1t beautiful iset In the put-in-
Bay archipelago. which Is thIckly dotted With
beautiful summer cottages, owned by wealthy
citizens Of Cleveland alid elsewhere. 1n tho
tnl1at of these cpttngcs is large, tinoyappotn:-
their meals md hare their tlauere. This club
house Is kept by steward and stowardcss ia
thu employ OF the club association which owns
the isiu,id.
suit, Afr. Gardner loft Clevclull on Monday,
A1nrcl, VI, aud on the sasno AFTERNOON left San.
aasliy on tho t!l':ated little, steuner Golden
Eug,e, to accompany str: IND Mrs; Dikby. ,hs
last Islind. Air. Warren Corning, Of Cicvc+
iand, vas also OF, tho boat, which had a con.
siderable number of other passengers beside
u crew numbering SIX persons. Among tho
pussenGcrs were four l1dios olld four chdren,
One Vi the ladies, Mrs. Smith {wllow Of tho
man who kept tho boat-houac near tho Deobo
lIouse) Ind twin babies l,,tl unotlicr child, And
nnot:icr ludy, whose na11p Mr.. Gardiner docs not
know, was also accompanied by child. Tho
other ladies were Mrs. Bl1oy, who was on Lake
Smith, Of sllidle Bass Island.
The voyage from SanluskY TO Kelfy's Island
and freight for. t!,nt Island was safely landed
The littlo steamer, which had made 60 many
voyages and cnrlied 30 many thousand passen.
rers between put.in-Day md Stacey. then
cI nh, r for n,t1 fofn,I .t1
tho lades being still on board. But she bad
not gono far before slle began to have trouble
with tllo Ice, which was drifting with tho currons
Of Tic lake, and Intcrfcrcd with tie Oacking Of
ahead,
When about milo from shore Mr.. Gardner
discovered, by signs which NJ experienced
was Ieakint. About @ VIC" Inc samo % Cine me- the he COOK @
rrnortei to The Contntn that wntcr was cotDlnr
into tic kitchen. Il was soon found that the
boat would Inevitably sink, and that ali that
could bo done was to got Tie people md
freight out on tlo tcc as ouictiy and
promnttv ns posaihle, 40 Nil. Gardner
informed the ladies' tl,at they bud bel.
Ter tako t.eir light 0argago md ges on the iee,
The Captain then blew uls whistle Tor aid from
tho island. uni ..a,lssd iomns to be- SWINE to
Indicate tils whereabouts Of tho party.
Tic twcnty.i|yo nassongcrs rcrc rot out on
then informed what the tronbIn Taa. Tia
metal iife.boat Of tho Golden Eaglc wa was also
innint1 on thn Iec and the wnmnn and childTen
Tcrs mt into lint. I'M "''A "04oD "A'N e"'''A
There wcru fo,lr pcallers among the uusscu.
gers uui ono Of them ATTEMPTED to cot into ths
boat wltt, lila nack. weirIinir 1a5 nnunfis bnt
Air. Gardner slups II out without W eorc,aony,an
informed ita Freely owner tilat Inc wos,en md
rhii,ircn rn1,1i IN cnred fnr 1rst, thc hnwramo @
iast Anott,er Of t1,a neddlers Tied l'lsn trlcS
when change OF louts VIVA u,auo latur, md met
WITH The same treatment at @ tno l.snds ii I one Of
thc islnmlsra. s'~'~"' NS >S '''9'>'' ~ o'''~ -
In III" cn,lrse ot what rnust bavo sccn,cd A
rcrv Inn ttm. fant viii run,,ers 1ev u."i n
nter IL trnnsnnrts thc maiis ~ IND ISin fron, N
Kn,yis is,auti' was nI,shr5 nmt tn rm ,nset % tha
,nra,}.ni martw uh ,.arn .,,,srr otnnss ,e-s
alnwiv mi inhor,n,,s1v IN nnrcssarv zIvtay sy
| roundabort conrsu over the lee. H. Garinet
ond =, t "rro.s faiur ~ T,th ~ a., lanr ~
auoI nn,n ,w otcr aua nS "'tn m ~ hnst y ~, ~
iaunrhr, n,n M onrnin~ % nn % shnrcd @ 1oac ac,n..'
,sh.,n In mar m.o1Iio "tosn % o,'l ,s',b .,,,ch
,ss"itw a,,u it. ~ ima. u ~, ",t " n.y. Nv
urc II bcrs @ ~ ,o opat t up v oh 'o III H.
hnw ~ tic l,oat Mra. S,11tt tn % ~et nmi In nner
otcS sS - H., Eaa o sy ~ IT, Soi sa Y,