Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-06-01
A SAD DISASTER.
Flightful wreck Of q Steamer on Lake Ontario
and Great Loss OF Life.

LONDON, Can Olepatcn, Z4tn.
Tuesday evening at six O'Clock, the steamer
turning froa Spring Bank, and when near the
covered bridge, one mile below the city, the
boat suddenly collapsed like an egg shell,
and became a total wreck level with
the waters edge. All the passen-
gers ger . were instantly plunged into
derneath debris. The accident was certainly
due to gross carelessness The boat was over
crowded to a disgraceful extent. Up to the
present hour $50 corpses have been recovered.
Among the dead are James Robertson, mana
ger Bank of British North America; Meredith,
clerk of the division court; VIM. N. Mcbride,
ASSOCIATION: Mrs. William Ashb"rv: et william
Whitman, Montreal commercial agent, and two
sons of J. Rogers, plumber. The total loss will
aggregate 175. Some of the lost, John Clark,
shoemaker, Mrs. Cox, Nellie, johnny and Will
lie Morrison, three children of J. Morrison,
merchant, London, Skinner Hobbs, plumber,
kerstille, John Darch, ST., Miss Cornell, Willie
Glass and Miss Minnie Cooper, daughter Of John
Cooper. These were sitting together, when the
machinery was observed to fall over upon them
Mr.. Matthews, night editor of the Advertiser,
lost his wife and two children. Harry Smart,
OF the Free Press lost his wife and two children,
NJ J. Siddons of Customs lost one boy. Dr.
Orauhyette's boy, aged ten, and Miss Baylie are
among the missing, also Alice Deadman of New
Byhton, Miss Griffiths of Buck street and AL
bert Teremble probably lost
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER
The first fears have been more than realized,
and bad as the catastrophe was originally sup
posed to be it would but family compare with
the facts developed since the accident occurred.
The loss of life is much greater than was re-
ported and will reach near two hundred in num-
how hSSv,I nAl 1~l
already been recovered from the wreck of tn.
IL fated steamer, and the circumstances attend
ing the disaster are such to excite the strong
est feelings of sorrow and indignation
HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon the
Victoria, OF the Thames Navigation com pany's
line, started on her fourth and last trip for the
day, with load of passengers of all ages, vari-
ously estimated at from 400 to 600 All went
we'll on the down trip, though the boat was so
heavily laden that she shipped water in small
quantities occasionally when the crowd would
happen to surge to any particular side. On the
return trip, when more than half way home,
slight commotion on the boat, said by
some to have been the playful pranks
of a number of youths on the lower
deck and others ascribed it to the boat strik-
ing on q snag which caused the crowd, out of
curiosity, to rush to one side and as the side of
the boat sank with the additional weight. a VOL
upon the lower deck, which was crowded with
passengers. Instantly the crowd on both decks
rushed to the opposite side, and their weight
together with that of the water shipped by the
boat, caused lurch in the opposite direc-
ton. Then it was that the disaster occurred
to the depth of one or two feet
and while the crowd on the lower deck
were struggling to save themselves from
slipping down into the river the stanchions sup
porting the upper decks gave way and the whole
structure, with it's load Of human beings came
those who were on deck and rendering escape
out of the Gu x IN 1t is impossible 10 describe
the scene that followed. The boat continued
to settle on it's side deeper into the water, taking
with it many of the passengers, who were
stunned by the fall of the upper deck, and who
were unable to help themselves. Scores sank
into the water without effort while mary others
who we're precipitated into the river unhurt
rent the air with their vain appeals for that
succor which those of the passengers who were
safe we're powerless to extend
1t was midnight before the bodies go lar re-
covered were brought back to the city. Here
most heartrendlng scene ensued. The bodies
as fast as transferred from the steamer were
laid out in rows by the river side, all in their
holiday attire, and with the aid of torches the
faces were eagerly scanned by hundreds Of
friends looking for their missing ones A good
~ proportion Of drowned are men in middle
life, and many are children Of tender age. As
fast as corpses were claimed they were taken
in charge Of by their friends and removed to
their homes.
The Revised Bible and the Unitarian Church.
Rev. Edward Everitt Hall, of Boston said he
majority of the changes made in the revised
New Testament were unimportant and slight,
but there were some which were decidedly rad
ical and especially so in their bearing upon the
relation of Unitarian churches ''The three
texts relating to the trinity Of the Godhead,
winch Hdae people not well versed in theology have
hotel piazzas as establishing the three i'll one.
have been stricken out. Five other texts have
been 80 changed as to ustain Unitarian views
Rev: W. e. Gannett pastor Of the Unity
church in St Paul, says: Gas to the probable
use of the new translation Of the bible in Uni
tartan churches about which have been asked,
allow me to say the revision is Of less i'm
portance to such churches than to others, part