, 1880-08-31
"Details OF the Disaster to the
Fatod Steamer Marine
City. t
Lists of t1lo Snvcl and Lost SO
Enr rs known ut Inst
Accounts.
The Number Of Victims Estimated
ALI tho Way from Eight
to Twenty.
Thrilling Incidents on tho Burning
Vessel Depicted by Eye
Witnesses.
Yestereaay's Record Of Miscellaneous
Mishaps Elsewhere.
THE MARINE clTY DISASTER.


THE MARINE ClTY DISASTER.
Sptcta! Dispatch 10 The chteaao Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. ;n.-1ato particulars
fruu. thu Marine City disaster llayu tec, re-
cetyr.i. 1!cr Captain tclegrnp!s tlMl tho
number of lost will not exceed eight per
sons. Thu totul number Df persons, I,llsscll-
gers md crew, Oil bourd WIS tCO. Y'lu trip
slieut was destroyed, Md IL Is therefore tnl-
possibe to get correct list Of tile pnsscil-
gers. The lost are: 1lciartl Schultz, l>e-
trolt; Dr. l'o,ncYny, Toledo; Jnlncs Griffin,
detroit; john Emmett, Tort Huron; N. T.
Watson, Detroit; Guy ami llunry MeE'roy,
Toledo. All unknown lady Jumped uvcr-
buarsl md was drowned, haying during tho
excitement given brit, to II Child III front
Of tic clerks oft'ce OF, tho main deck. 1'laro
IL N lndy at Huntsville who It Is expected
will die. Her na1no Is McElsoy. and hcr
home Is Mt Toledo. flcr sot, n1nl fatllcr wcro
drowned.
The steward, Charles Thorn, Of Detroit,
says thoso wcrc ilftcell passengers md five Of
the crew lost.
Thc loss Of !ifa would layo bcen greater
Ind 1t not been fur tho 'cro!sn OF tho CHlt
tulns nf tic Tugs Vulcan ss,li t;rnyllng, who
t0ok tho passenEcrs ofr tho burning b0nt.
Tie fire broke unt astitlsillps, n1M travelled
FROM steln to stern with such rapitlfty as to
cut oif all retreat in III instant, nsul
tlu steamer WIS el,yenpch In itAlncs sInlllIta-
,,cousiy will TIC discovery Ut tho fire. Pns-
scnecrs lpst MI ttigir 'nggagc ntrl vMll'nl'lea
Ali speak in terms nf tho highest praise 1T
tlle g,lllantFy If Cnp, Conner, 0t tho Mnrine
City, WHO WIS the lust to leave tho burning
str,1tner.
\ b%Iy I.as eo1ng ashore, snPpo,;;e,l t9 ~. ho
~ ihs Wf,ttr,t A,.oe4attd I:st,s.
pErHolr, Ang. ;@;GrlYre ;1 , Is i!!o ! nS%s .;'S
tic waters edge. Tlnt lntcst statnlc1lts nre
tint llur, looks anl u'isls wore lost, 10 tint
tue work oi nsgsrsa@lnI'lE % @ just how " !l,a',y
difficulty. 1t Is estimated Tint there wero
l:0 passengers nIH crew III forty OIL board,
About l30 urs rclorisd sayct,; II Is feared
On onu 4 inf was fo,iltl mn.rkcd" "Wntsol,."
The proximity of tho boat tn The lte.anylng
s,atiYn vt Stnrxc Ioimt, to nsar ~ r'gl n'eghhor.
tiraylng, thu el,n1IeSS If Capt. Conner ntlu
his crew Of tho 1nrliet steamer, n1nt tho f!et
tl1at 1t WIS daylight, nll nt,lr! In rendering
thy ioss :s Il llfc comparatively s'n"l', as Is
Capt. Cu,ncr, nf tho burned steamer Ma
rine city, tecgrlp''s tint, lis ttenr Ms lse enn
nscsrtni, siX pn;SSSoilgcrs ;S a'lt .N two Of Tug
E4N" AGlH !1f&s 4IlC VI A1 LlcH LIN
Richard Schultz aiMl JuiliGs Cook. Tho
llnlles 1T thu missing }asse'gcrs arc. yet ut,~
knowll, excel,t TINT e u nun Wnn!iest as!'nrt,
vt Stur4eom t4!lit wltls !. sll!tn!ltt,, atEGt!
Martin T. Watson, druggist, of thls city, 4
young nlan wllo c9n!o terp from Tlicdfoul,
wv in.ar tnini,u tisoro .varo ION novxo,,,
oers n,rI sh;rty.iv. rr,,,y iii" trny|I"efS Of
II. lnnf VAR. !,@t s' ftt II IL iu,i,nssihin nc
curatcly ~ slcter,l!lnu tho iacts.
mn tt,,, wnw ;idt,s,, IL tha sra,tnr SI"fro,mii.
tai, to to biz Gity, NH viii rcach this city to.
sutetdi 'natth to n. Gh.eauo =" i1tbsnt III
nAT tIry, N!rh'. Aur' :al-srm, si,.nme,
Mutropos arrived it p::U tonight, brlil,.i1e.
thu survivors VI tho Marlue City, burllctl YES.
tertluy 0H AicOlIn. ,Eiie nti1IltEr 0f pnssel..
gers On tic boat Is estimates! Ut iD. Eighteen
were lust. l'inl'|n tn Ket II list 0r passengers
a; special train left for Detroit NJ g:i5 to;
M'gh, 1ak'nE one ti!e survivor. Tho i boa1 e.a
fire WIS discovered III tho hold. I'lio engineer
t*lye thn alnrtl!. Thu Is!ssengnrs WHO cscnpet
t!!d mt s!v" tlleir cfothtng. ,rta Alrosll lteo
provided Iop.! nln! clntl,cs. a resolution was
t!i.wn tlt' AlM alE1lGn ny tUrty-ulelt Uf Tug
passengers uNolt!nsinE Capt. Gamer fro1l 81
!s sta tnknS nn 'SS S ni% YlSrs - r., e ihs 9n iy
assistsi!cs. The books ii. Tic steamer wer.
lost. Heroic work WIS done by tl!o oil!cor:
Of tho strNtner. ....
L!<@t.'' 70 ut!1pit i,st t anI Trithaf,
A1cnSA, AHE. %i-ilio sttainer Murin'
laty lGlt s!erp nta:'p W-tlns WIN ttll lOat
ni iIe'Elt q atal Assr9nKrs' 9l1! At"ooas 4oclock
Walle Oil otafgeoh ROM,
FIRE MAS DISCOVERED
Iii tho hold. olrl bcforo nuy tlsst6tu,,ce colll,
le rendsrs.l !i!a ilrs 6aa isaiiiai saeil Es,l
'Tlly crew tivl ct,Ici,cu.t to ln,lllc|, tho liil
boats in urtler tu slyn thu utSsr,lxgrs.
Tile tux Vulcan wNs ii, sIght 1T tic tim
ami cuille to tic rcscl,o l,s ftIst ~ possIhjt
hut before Nhu could stt tturu tnally llail Dt
c01llo l,aillc-strlckcil it'll Jumped 0yerlMu.rt
'The boat or the litt,.slyjE Sturgeon, l'nin
s,utlull. together yyiti, thc ls,ais 1T tho Muri!
City a'll Vulcan anti a lnl,ut,er from III
Surc. picked iii thn following ueryons:
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Htis =. =; alo1dn ,,i a''t so''1 UtlnW'.o v.
PIT. Atst MfS; @ @hilss. lnri illitfs,,a.
ntiSs 1tla:a @ tl i!ninpsut,, Io'a tlnHi'.
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