National Republican., 1880-07-24
ANOTHER COLLISION.
A steam Yacht ReCklessly Run Into and
Cut In Two.
sixteen of Twenty-four Passengers Drowned
-TwOivc Hundred Lives Periled
by tho Act.
Run Down Undern prlrht Meonllrht.

Run Down Undern Bright Moonlight.
DETROIT, Mich, July ga terrible acci.
dent occurred about 10 o'clock last night on
the Detroit river, some nine miles below this
city. Tho excursion steamer Garland, with
1900 persons on board. under tho au spices
of tho Detroit Molders union, while going
down the river collidod with tho steam yacht
Manic, coming up, cutting her in two, so that
she almost instantly sank. The lsttor had on
board tveniy-four PERSONS consisting mainly
| Of Father Bcyenbergl, pastor Of Trinity
Roman catholic church of this city, and u
numbcr of scolytes and boys, officiating in
vnrioua capacities in the service OF the church.
| They had boon on their annual excursion TO
Monroe and wore returning home. Tue night
was bright with moonlight, aud there would
seem to have been no reason, save that OF Grim.
insl neglect, why the accident should
havo occurred. OF those on board
The Mamie the following were drowned:
| Mrs. Fred Martin, wife OF tho en-
| ginocr; Miss Lizzie Murphy, housekoepor OF
Father Beyonbergli; Miss Mary Hahn, Of The
domestic parOchial school OF Trinity church,
| and Frank Nolan, John Howe, Daniel Barry,
john Donovan, Willie Cuddy, Daniel Cuddy,
John Cosgrove, james Toomey, Joseph Mona.
CHAN, all altar boys of the church; aged from
Y.
sexton of the church; John Kelly, organ
blower, and Andrew Doran, boy who was
| Invited to accompany the excursion. Thomns
| McLogan, another boy, is missing. aud IL
doubtless lost. Captain Hoffman, Engineer
Martin, Father Bleyenbergh, Miss Lizzie
Duideau, OF Monroe, and four others were
saved and reached this city about 2 o'clock
this morning. None Of the bodies of the
drowned havo yet been recovered.
/ FrR'ruER Dtyr AfTs oE trt.E MS NgTpp
GIN INcINNATI, July ga dispatch to the
| Commercial says the accident was clearly the
result of blnndering negligence or criminal
cnrlossness. A passenger on the Garland says:
| The moon was shining clearly, and it was
almost ny light as day. | saw the Manic com
| ing long before We mot. Tho two steamers
came closer and closor until we began to get
naeasy. Tho Mamie gave one short, shrill
whistle, which was answered few seconds
! Later by the Garland by a similar signal.
| Then heard the bell ring TO stop tho Gar.
lands engine. The Mamie kept straight
ahead until sue appeared to be only fifty or
| sixty feet away, when l heard some ouo on
board of her shout Hard a-port? and then u-
stead OF passing by on our starboard side the
Mamie suddenly sweryed directly across our
bow. There was q terrible crunching,
grinding sound as the bow of the
Garland struck tho Mamie just back of
the whocl-house and right over her amidships
In second the wreck was half obscured.
Her bow was pressed down upder water and
her stern tilted up above tho surface. We
threw life prcservers, tables, chairs, aud every
thing we could overheard to the people on tho
| Manic. Their cries were awful. Some OF
| them must have been crushed or killed by the
Garands bow The others gathered on the
storm OF tho Manic, after tie Garland had
swung clear OF her, ind screamed pitcously for
help.
THE excitement on the Garland was greatly
increased by some one shouting she had
burst her boiler and was sinking. Ladies
tainted, aud there was rush for the lower
deck, which was only prevented by the ut
most oXertions OF the committee in charge Of
tho excursion. Tho lifoboat rigging was not
in order and 1t took long while to launch the
boat. BY this timo the Mamie suddenly sank.
There was one last shout of agony and all was
quiet long search for survivors was made
in vain."
FATHER BLYENBEBG's STATEMENT.
DETROIT, MICH, July 23.-In an interview
| to-day Father Blyenberg stated that just
| prior TO the collision most OF tho boys wero in
the cabin. Ilo was sitting with older mGm-
bcrs of the party, and they noticed the
steamer coming down the river. The Garland
aud the Fortune aud another steamer seemed
to him not very far apart aud coming very
rapidly. II do not know" he said, II hardly
dare assert it, and yet it seemed to me"--and
| the father made q significant pause, as though
he thought they were racing. lie wont on to
say that he did not dream Of collision; in
| fact, had Just said to Miss Dusseau,
who was sitting beside him, that it
was a picturesque and exhilarating sight 10
see "a steamer plow through the water on such
| u bright moonlight pight-when he saw the
Garland suddenly loom up larger and in
slantly OWNED with horror that collision
was imminent. The Manic whistled, aud
/ i'll 4
| directly on tho fragile yacht, crushing it aS ii
it had been au eGg-shell, fairly cutting it in
! two amidshps. At the moment he saw that q
collision was unavoidable ho shouted to his
| friends aud tho children 20 come to the front
and some of them did 80. Miss Dussoau
followed him, and ut the same time
ho felt the boat give way bcuoath
him and caught hold of rope on the Garland
Tho young lady did the same. Somebody on
board the steamer pulled her aboard, aud bo
climbed the rOpo he had hOI OF unAided.
The four boys who were saved crawlOd out of
the cabin windows of the yacht aud threw
| themselves into tho water. They were picked
up by the ifeboat of the Garland, which was !
Immediately lowered, but soma who might |
have been saved were, he fears, drowned by
the swell or run down by tho Fortune, which
plowed along very soon after. This was not
the fault of the Fortune rs they seemed 10
suppose that the Garland people, who hailed
them in alarm and anxiety, were cheering
them. The father did not know how the ac-
cident could have occurred at all, rs IL was
such brilliant moonlight night that the
smallest object could be disccrned at great
distance.
In addition 10 the names of the lost already
sent ii has been ascertained that ano ther b Oy,
John Grousel, was drowned. Search to-day
fails to fnd tho wreck of the suuken yacht.
No bodies have yet been discovered An in.
yestigation has been ordered by tho local
board of steamboat inspectors, which will
probably begin tomorrow.
SPORTING RECORD.