, 1880-07-24
RUN DOWN.
Another Horrible Catastrophe
on the River Near
Detroit.
The Pleasure Steamer Garland
Runs Down the Steam
Yacht Mamie,
And Consfgns Ten Boys md Six
Adults 10 Death by
Drowning.
The Impending Danger Wit
messed by All on the
Garland.
A Belief that. the Collision Re-
suited from Criminal
Carelcsness,
IIeartrend1ne Scenes Attending
tho Occurrence --State-
metlty Of Survivors.
Accidents Of Minor Importance
), in All Parts Of the
: Country.
A Belief that the Collision Re-
suited from Criminal
Carelcsness.
IIeartrendfng Scenes Attending
tic Occurrence 49, State
metlty Of Survivors.
Accidents Of Minor Importance
). in All Parts Of the
Country.

). in All Parts Of the
/ Country.
/ ANOTHER AWFUL DISASTER.
! sptcia, D.paseIl to 7ha Chicago Tribune.
DErAorr, Mich, July Gi.--Lnst night all
| accident happened OIL tho Detroit River ~
terrible In Its nature aud 50 clearly the result
OF laundering negligence or criminal
rccklesncss tllat n thrill Of horror runs
through every vein and nrtcry of tho culll-
muuity. Tle new steamer GarlaIui was on
her way down tho river With II large party Of
Detroit Stoye-Works employees and their
| friends on board, aud when just below the
| Grassy Island light canle lit collision with
the elegant stca,n-yacllt Mnme, which wins
returning from Monroe will! u party consist
| Ing Ut tho Rev, Fnthcr Bloycnbergl,,
! Of Holy Trinity Church. several women, and
sixteen lads WHO act rs acolytes or altar boys
Of tho church. Tile Manic sank III 4 very
few minutes, nrlI OF tho twemty-fonr persons
OH board seventeen were drowned. An at-
tacll9. of tho .Nc.ys Of this city. who WAS
aboard the Garland, states: When the Gar-
land left Detroit She hal on bonr1 very
! 1argo party Of. uxcursionfsts, numbering per-
/, linps ! 200. Tbs bout was crowded to such
/ I'LL extent tl,at dRnc1ng was impossible, Ill
though nslly tried to TO 50 Un the upper
deck, aud, the breeze
-. FROM powx THE RIVER
| being quite strong alld coli. tile GAilvns had
| been drawn to shield th0sp In the forward
I part Of tho boat. Tho moon WIS shining and
we could SOS al,cad Ut the steamer almost rs
plainly us II it llad boon daylight, When We
Hsre>nenrly opisosit Wyal.duttc, saw tho
Mamie coming up strcaul and headed almost
, exactly toward tho bow Of our bout, II she
had kept directly oli lser course sllo would
l,ayo grazed tlle sidu Of tho Gar1ullt.
Tho two stennels came closer and closer
together, alll finally we got IL little uneasy
Ths A1niu[e Eave one short, slirtll whistle,
which WAS answered II few sec0nds later by
q similar short a.ll quick whistle from tho
Garland. Then l heard tho bell rIllg 10
stop tho GarlMul's engine.
Tho Minnie kept straight ahead until she
appeared to be only fifty Or sixty feet away,
whcn /. heard su,uc Oil board Of her shout
"uard aport!" n,d then, instead Of passing
by OIL our starboartl side, tic Manic sud-
denly sweryca directly across our bows.
There was u terrible cr,'nchtDg, grinding
sou1ltt as the bow Of tho (;urlalm
sTHUCK THE MAMIE
Just back Of thu wheel-llausc, a1sl rode right
over ler n,nitlShlls. Thu scene which fol-
lowed beKgurs description. 1t was horrible.
There WIS II sound Of escaping steRl, md In
asecond the wreck was haIf-obscnrctlt and
tho front part of tho Gnrland, under tho call
yas, was filled witt. steam.
The ManIie'S bow WIS pressed down Under
water by thu weight Of the Garland, .atd lscr
stern wns tilted up nboyo tho surfnee. 1t
seemed III II could alnIust rcact dawn md
touch tic people iii the yacht with my hand.
Father Bioyonbcrgtl, the engineer, und oMo
lady weru saved by climbing up the bow Of
tho GArla1ltl willie tic two bouts remained to-
gHtller.
We commenced throwing llfc-ptesoryers
on to the deck Of tho A(nlntu ~ soon rs we
could realize what lIai !,nppellcd, al!d ulou
started ufter fresh supply, when ono Of tie
officers Of tho Garland Yelled: &C. L.
you, stop throwing those llto-presoryers
to tho bont, cried: "Yus, throw tllom over;
tl,on tho crowd On tho lover deck nil I'll,
toward tho stern. As tho Garland tlrltted oil,
THE MAMIE swuSa ABOUND
in tho current. III n fuW aec0ntls tie two
bouts wers souae distance npart, perhaps fifty
Of sixty feet. W. kept throwing 0vcrbonrd
everything we could lay our lnlslds Oh,
chairs, tlblcs, tho boards which wero used
for refrshnlunt stAtds In tho back pnrt OF tho
boat, etc., but iuost Of them fell short OF tho
,nnrk.
Tho cries Of those on boartl the Nnu,lo
were awful. Sonle Ut thom tnslst !,aye been
crushed nnd killed by the uarIatld's buw, but
tho otllers gathered OH tho stern OF the
AMnlc {the bow was under wuter) h'd
screamed plteoasIy for lIslp. Ons
boy wis floating III tho river.