Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-18
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Tho Decentralization haoe-
The Buax Nearly sinks the
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Thc hthAA SV~y
Science. ~
Yea,eAisy u,ornins The pi9rna ZEN
tina wharf nj the regular hour, and altet
The usual wharf crowd had watched tue
slea,uer get around the bond they set
lied down b. watch the coal fleets pass
down, Ia about an hours time, how
aver, ar nearly IL o'clock, shrin whistles
were heard down the river that bronght
the old river men 10 their tee'. wnM
whistle VAS that "Ihais 'nc m'aC
nall" "No, It's the fhae,enV These
were tho expressions heard, lna mo'
mont more aud thick clouds q, smoke
were seen ascending, aud like u nssh
the word passed along, "A race NJ 'ss,,
tho p,urnal aud rhselou src at ~
Like Wild tire the news spread through
the business part al the city, Rnd CLERKS
porters and IN TACT nearly everybody
hockcd to the wharf. 49,,
Aud now with y long sounding WINS
tle or rather SCREAM oi dthance, no"
boats came around the bend, the fhar,
ton ON the Ohio side and the plurnM
on the West NiHlna shore oN,w W
the hlgh river both hosts wew very !"
apart, aud IL WAS hari ~ tell ~ the "'s'
tsuce which was ahead, On they cs"'''
aud nov bets wcp being made on ~,
sides hlsck clouds M smoke rnnrrI
iron, the chtmpcys aud the water con'"
hc seen chrling around the bows IN
WAY that shpwpd both hoats we're
pushjny lur all that waS0uL The slect'H
Mas launlcsS Al last they drcw close
,unush Ia show that tho rhartop VAS
lSnyIh ahcad, but IN crissiua the river
tn the NinIuia side \ ha,tlcnslh WAS
lost, AN ruuplpg her uosc arrN'ss the
p,a Il the nlurual both huiS came '"
shore Tho rhaCtou wh,Sllrd hcIScl'
hnsTsc, aud Capt Dillon danccd sMar
dance aud demanded the horns, Tut d'd
not yet them. After UmsIug at the wharf
a short time hong enough u state inc
case. the nnrnsl pullCi Out M"n Az
car. pIcUiuS scream, followed Nv the
hlSScS vt tho thseton steam valves anu
grOans vt her drum,
As sonu as the purusl landed, rep
rcscutatlyc at this paper e"' 'arlaln
rhad Thomas, who Mas IN command ~
tell the st,ry; he said: "Wc were lying
al the Nrllalrc wharlMat when the
rhactou yame up the river aud Andrd
outside vt US Dillon C,Nrumonvtd lalA'
lug about the horns ant wanIcd 10
Know when they were ~ III han's'
over. At last he started cut and H'
trrm,urd Ia follow hum In irnut at me
was \ haigr load Ut stour, this gave Tue
rhsvInu the start aud she started Tor 'he
ohio shrO had t. back and sri
Wr1uud lhr harSr, aud m the uWc lMas
hradcd up sIresm VAS At least lW
NardS IN thcwsr When Ne Yet " hNSSs
lsl,ud | vas almost touching her stern,
Sha took the ohio chaupcl and the
West Nin,uia. Now all huaImcn know
that tho Ohio sidc Is much the easiest
vet with hvr lhn Yards start she only
rut hero u halI lcnsth ahead, They AZ"
not rutitlcd e. the hrrus, nor have 'h'N
hccu NJ ANY tluu So lat
After leaving Captain EhnnaS, N'W
nu,uu MAS sought cut and ASKED ~ give
his opinion tie S',d
"Wc)l, ,ts lust like this When We
arrived IA Rrllalrr, w i"und that ih'nE
Waiting tor W. With stcSm all ny snI
blowing oh ouN had ono hun.
lrrd pounds vt stran. aud did net
want lo race ~ the horus already belong
Ia ne aud | don't prrposc H. 'atc tot
what Is already mime VhcN caught me
uuawarvs. | had ~ steam, urallN all
tho buckets ~ NV wheels have Ncrn
hrnkpu hy logS aud drlltwrNM uu THIS
high river. aud VAS uudvra general
hSadNautagr, vet With all that beat htm
u hAll lcugth aud nov tho hnrm douhlN
! hclnug Ia mr However | am willing
t. racr him from Marietta hcrc lrr u
Thousand dollars aud the hnrns Capt
lnhu Booth heard tina sIalvmcut aud
sa,d Ia Cant nutuu. "WCll, the thou.
sand dollars arC hrro II YOU want IA
cover Il. Then we'll have Judges anJl
start lrnm Marietta, dsI beat ~ takes
the muury aud horns, hut II hri tho
nll Courier eau hat Yen hack
The passcnsrrs on each boat confirm
the stories told hN thur captains. Tho
taco afforded grrst cNCItcmcnt, aud ne"
the only way ~ dryidc thugs viii he,
~ supposc, tot TaV to 10 madc, aIii
rlrs signed, moncy pat up, aud away W.
~, aud hurrah lot the boat that wilma
MA WutS rus sIiE>Ng,
About tive u'cluck last evening the
Rna6, with n large tlcot at coal harsCs,
,amr along, aud ~ CnWw0nrtug ~ turn
Mhru NJ the whaI, nnat, the current
caught the boat, aud throwing her stern
arnuul tho boat gained control, aud Tor
short DISTANCE swept broad
s,Ic down tho stream rhr Mnlhc
Rlgnn IN mnnrcd near tho foNtkN
lrcight depot, aud the S,,cncr ~ outside
at hcr RrtNccu the Ragnn aud thu lie.
pnt is u large mmh,r ralt. Iust ahcad at
| whlrh ~ tho Anute Kelly. Tho storm IT
| the llnaA safely passrd tho krll,, hut
tho revolving Whrcl caught the lower
| guards at the ScicuCo aud chcwcd ihrm
rnIrrk uil on the IlNcT sldc, at the same
| tune kunCking about i1ur largo holes ~
tho hull Tho water pnuICd
| Ia iuriously aud tot INV moments u
| looked as II the boat would SINK, ropes
snapped aud the whole boat was hailN
sprung The Ragnu VAS showed W
| natIly un 81 the rail-, but uu material
damage was dome u this boat, Captain
| Frank Hroth soon had u larec lorCc ~
rauitcd aud pumps aud buckets we're
vigorously used aud tho craft
/ kept from sinking. The damage will
amount Ia about 500 tho reporter " as
informed hut several hoatmrn WEI"
heart tn say they Thought the beat
would never hc oi auy moro scrylvc.
She bclpngs IL tho Wheeling aud Park.
rrshurg Transportation Company Tho
water rcarhrd the quarts, but MAS kept
lrnm rising any higher by tho large Iorct
at WORK
burial of Major savage
The funeral ol tho late Major Richard