The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-30
TELEGRAPHIC
TIE STEANBOAT DIS
AS5ER.
Long List Of FEIaIities-Seenes
of Woe and Suffering.
FnIler Details OF the Catss
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FHIleT Details OF the Cntas
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Another Steamboat. Collision
New York, 28.-Chs1lss Hasbroucs
who was emp'oy ed on the SeG'0dnhGko
says: We had q crew of four deck hand
one deck boy, engineer, two fremes
captain, clerk, superintendent, wheel
man, superintendent's clerk, porter
steward and cook The crew thei
duty like men, ard few OF them los
their presence Of mind Yol cen imag
inc how cool they were when the c'erS
who was collecting fare, as soon as ht
realized the boat was on fire, returned lC
his office and secured all the money be
had left there. Among our pass =ngert
were Charles a. Dana, Richard .. Cor
man, s. l.. NJ. Barlow, one or two of the
Harpers, publishers, snd a number OF
| other gentlouoa vrhO-c names L cannot
| recollect but who were ia the habit of
| going to their homes along the island
shore by our boat. All The gentlemen
| have named | understood escaped. The
vessel burned like powder after once the
flames started, and il was a terrible
scene. ShriekiDg women and children
huddled aft until their clothes caught
fire, and those on the forward part of tine
boat were mn who were cut of from
communication with or going to the req
| cue of their female relatives and fri 7nds
| by the flames, which burned hercely
about the centre of the boat. Mr..
Moires, our porter, W a C lid floating
on its back, and was going to jump
verboaTd 10 save it, when frantic
woman clutched his arm, saying, You
are strong man, and woman, with
out any friend on board; for Gods sake
help me-" The porter left the child 10
itself, and believe saved the woman.
The only one Of the SedlOanhdkG'S boats
got out Was the one which had canvass
fastened over it. After the canvass was
got off the 9dy of child about yesrs
old was foHnd lying ia the watery bot
tom of the boat. Nobody seemed to
know how it got there. After l got On
Randalps Island l was almost exhausted,
but the doctors who were huIrying about
revived me by pouring some liquor
down my throat. reached this
city on the SyLUGm Glen, which
also had several CT our passengers
on board. Other passengers were taken
on board the OsSe9, the Granite State
and the 1IiRnehGHnOck, and were carried
to those boats destinations. a lady was
CHM bing down the ladder leading from
the promenade deck to the main deck,
but as the ladder is pretty hard thing
for a man to get down on at any time,
she fell into the gangWay and the flames
Myself and about half a dozen others
rescued her from her perilOus position 1
saw butcher who belongs either at Great
Neck OF Sands Point, grab up an aspara-
gas box, and before could stop him he
Jumped overheard with it. l yelled at
him not TO jump, or he would be struck
by the wheel. He did not heed me and
went over forward. The last L ssw of
him he was going under the wheel.
Several others who went over forward Rl-o
went under the paddle wheels.
The Eastern Boulevard Club Ground,
East One Hundred and Twenty-irst
street, is right opposite the scene of the
d saster. Some dozen members we're
present at the time and gathered num-
Der of neighbors, manned all the boats of
he club and hired others at ad AGENT
floats. These all went across the river
and brought about fsrty persons to the
club house, who were burned about the
body, hands and face. The wounds OF
these parties were dressed and clothes
given them. The friends of those
who were not able to go home
were notified, and came with
carrisges and removed them, In the
hurry no names of those saved were
taken.
DR.. A. A. Mcdonald, chief Of staff Of
the lunatic asylum, Wards Island, said
he was sitting in his room this afternoon,
about 4.3O o'clock, when be saw the
steamer come up the river all on fire, as
the stesmer passed the Island he saw It
was the SedUanhdkd. The fire appeared
to be Just forward the paddle wheels, and
the steamer turned in as if 20 land on the
Island. but suddenly turned out again.
She was going at full speed. lie started
out 10 follow her. At that time there
were about 500 patients on the grounds
and most of them hsd seen the burning
steamer and they made q rush for the
river front, and fell in line to witness the
sight, Orderlies of the institution were
sent out and all insane persons were
safely placed in their rooms. Or.
Mcdonald ordered all necessary articles
from the apothecary and at once went to
the scene of the accident. By this time
the steamer had been run up on the
sunken meadow and was all ablsZe. n en-
| women and children were jumping from
the burning vessel. The doctor ordered
his priyate boat out and everything
possible was done to relieve the pas
senqers on board the unfortunate steamer.
The first man brought to land by Ward s
leland boats was Mr.. De evoise, man
| about 40 yesrs of age, who was being
brought TO shore by two other men, but
when be was landed, it was beyond the
power of medical gentlemen to .rescusllate
| him and he died. The body of a woman,
WLo was identified by marks on her
clothes as Mary Reed, came ashore on
the island. A rope which had evidently
| been fastened about her body TO lower
her TO the water from the steamer was
found around her neck, and between
strspgulation and exhaustion the woman
had died. Next came the body Of a
woman burned 10 a crisp, with an infant
7 months old in her arms, also burned to
! death. Then two chi dren, neither OF
them more than 2 years old, were picked
up, both alive, and apparently, but little
injured. A young girl was found hoat
ing lust away from the wreck, and taken
Ito the hopital. She was terribly burned
about the body.
Mr.. Lapes, a passenger, VINO ives S,, ID
Go (liH hut docs business IN tbts cIgy
was rescued with a youDg lady named Ids
Bell Smith. Mr.. LapeS said the steamer
left the dock on East River at 4. 10 pm.
| A stop was made at Thirty-third street,
where seventy-fve or 100 additional pas
senoers were taken on board. Just abou
at Hell Gate went forward to seek semt
friends. and as I looked back 1 saw
flames coming up through the coal hole
lust under the pilot house. made NY
way to the bow of the steamer and he.c
out as long as 1 could, and then, Ia com
papv with Miss Smith, jumped over
: board, after furnishing her preserver
: The life-b1ats of the Sed1Cd1dhGkG wer
, not lowered, because it was impossible
to lower them. The captain of tn
; steamer stood at his post until the las
moment. I even saw him turn his heal
, while at the wheel 10 avoid the smok
and flames. He would have run in to
4 ward the Isla,d, but the ropes connectln
L with the rudier vera burned of.
, Charles Smith, captain of the ScGlCd
! nahaEa, was found in the hospital Of
i Randall's IslaQd, suffering from sever
= burns about the arms and f &c. He said
e About 4 80 1 head a loud, dull repol
e OF explosion. Quick as thought l tnrne
4 10 see what was the matter, when sa
the vessel in flames; about mic
IN ,h;, COW cha steamer Cram