, 1880-07-24


our bow squarely, and TINT is tho reason ! &, :
struck l'er t'nfdslllps. We were going i qS
M,u siae Wns coming TIP. was hero nealaa =
w,Iee'' ,'nt Si!c showed " nothIng but brfs
md we lnl1MctlIatcly answered 1t aud ba{
our cngiMc."
TffE Pilots BrATEMENr.
IT, ". DuH, tho lnnn at tho wheel, said: 'rI-
saw bright fiRiIt so11!g time before We got
to hn he slaie nnnl l9mE dis4"ce, anl tooklt
!eewnr;t, aItd was tfylng TO keep iiway from n
II. Az we rot bctwceM the two Hgi,ts (tflo
Grnssy Island md tho AIntna jutln) saw tic
anchor ilght rs | supposed 1t, still in our
, wc e f1s Mas MI aoa nc 1 y st sarggsS or gEsSf h hE
fifty feet from our bow she bfow one wi,fatIc.
answered It and Immediately backed my
engine aud put ny wheel l'nr1 a-port, I
ey Selfish ca1f' s u idofn to eS!e v, nd n n The
our life-bmt, anil Father Dleyenbergn aud
tTse a q Stsrs tn gnped on the Garland from the
!, Thon,ns Eagan with three others Of the
III, four OF tho boys. lie says the Matntv
salfk almost Immediately.
FATHER nt.EYENlEnan's STATEMENT.
! LEFT tho city yesterday morning On the
ste9n'-yacht Mamie. to give my aftnr boys
theif annual EXCURSION, going 10 Monroe.
three III iii. Arriving gt WoMrne We ,,asscd
the tlny pleasantly, mid shortly ntter o'clock
1T We afternoon stnrtcd for home.
When nbUnt halfway between the Grassy
Island altl the Mama Juda lights saw Tic
steamer Garland coming duwn The river aid.
following behind, tile steamer Fortune. At
that time tile moon was shining brightly, md
rs III daylight. The latlies and inysclr the
Captain md engineer. md two or tjlrre III the
buys were outside Ut nur cabin, while the
rest, Of tho boys were In the cabin. is the
.';Tlat bout Is coiniiig unplcasai,t,y MT : near
to us." Tho next Instant i saw
TINT there WIS going to be q collision, and
cried: "'Sho is going to run Into lis. Goiite
forward qaIck'yl', As spoke I sprang to
seau. | Ito nut believe 1t was thirty srconls
ftom tho tilno / first spoke u the time I
spranR to the bow Of tie yacht, for tho Car
la'nl wnss going, very rapidly and canlo upon
us like the wifltt.
:. When rencf,Gtl the bow Of the yacht Miss
Dusseatl was at nly Hlde, and We were Just lit
time to gutiiolA Of RUPEES hanging over tho
guards IT tho Garland. The next Instant |
Dnsseau was' !!elpe, aioard tie Gnri:nd by
Instantly I .ran across fte deck to lie otIler
sit!e Of tic bon,. expecting 10 sec soi,e Of my
Inst disappearing unttcr lie bows Of the
FORTUNE, while saw four or five persons
struggling in the water.
Meanwhile tic {iariunul's engines lad been
stoppetl, nntE- there WINS IL terrible scrltp on
board. People nut Knowing the nature Of
the rnlasnity wuru putting nj life-prrsrrycrs
selzlng 1ioats, nill screaming. Ladies' were
tniNting a,d ,.le. welc sitnist,ilg With fear:
Soo,t, koweycr, tho ipal co.nii:it,i, uf niiairs
was rscertutllnti, Itt,-,l.yserycrs were thrown
GyurtUnrtt, II tifC-bpat w,,s 1uwrrrti nwuy mud
manned, ind, tn fuci, ryerytj,iug lnDssitJje
wa1 dune; to save my j.!st,,ls Wild nii,:lt bs
fuund. Only six ptrsp,ls wtrr ,,trEru NJ.
a,ui it is ,ny HpiilIun lint tlle ,n,or buys did
together Iii tic csl}tn, NJ tile iJ,ys sayed any
tlsNt they eseupcd hy c,nwiInr tl,rnugl. lie
cabin windows, tD not tfitul. tie Aiuu,ie
wns two minutes III sinking ont OF Sixllt, /
dn hot feel certnIM IL sttu It, but | know
Wien tiESt saw the tiArlAfl NIL! the Fortune
Iney ;Wefe WEI ,.:, nNst Go!i'E v"ry s"a!ty, nlu !
kMilt1* KY tnat W!leh e't ai',Hssu tEle tiafiAslu,
A'lu hne MSsthESrs Nsrs setnam,f'? anu
sH1ntlns ~ tle FORTUNE - Stnl'. tlsat boat
utt noa sIAch"ti her speeti, n'!t lass!u ".
Mi!A hst uassel'Eels ciletFiiiH IN tilonSi1 Ill
9,'' 9nSwer M 10 % Miat %tney sMpNset1 @ Mas app!aasg
10 hot KNOW.