Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-29

lSECUND DiSPAlSH.I
CHICAGO, April 2Ssh.-The following press
account from Elgin is the most reliable re-
,eived, and gives full particulars Of the I
rightful calamity: It is estimated that thirty
passengers were upon the boat and fourteen |
we're saved. tbs boat was crossing the river |
rom the west side, and when nearly two |
thirds over began TO food with water. The |
in CONSERVATION, Immediately |
aocked to the dry part Of the bost. climbing |
10 the railing, which, giving way, precipi- |
5ated them into the river. As the water
poured into the boat it sank below the sur
face, leaving thirty human souls battling Tor
life in the angry current. The water is
fully fifteen feet deep and the current
six miles an hour or more. The Council
ordered the boat as soon as the bridge fell
and it Is q matter OF surprise that the acct
dent had not occurred sooner. It is only II
by IS, and does not show more than six
inches above water. Much indignation Is
felt against both the Council and the builders
Of the beat.
So far as ascertained. the following are
among the saved: Y. w. Ii. Parton, DR..
Won Koerhing. Robert Eean. Patrick Sulli-
van, John Collins. John Kirkpatrick, Wm.
Lord, Peter johnson, l. Olsen, a. Harris
town. L. D. Eastman, two little giIiE-EmIna
aud Berthe RDhn-and q farmer unknown.
These were reached by boats. The parties
missing and known to have been on the boat
are: Thomas Murphy. Andrew Dawson,
j ohm Corbin, Guy Carlisle, Leo Taylor, Wa.
Colville. Ellen Foster and little girl, Fran
ces Creighton. j. A. Sinmops Of New York
and ]. L. Lockwood CT Rockland, guests 1t
the Waverly House, are missing, and are BE-
Iieved to be lost The river is being dragged
but none of the bodies have been found.
! Of he lose is twelve tn tlsteeC.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
ELGIN, April 2Sth-The latest reports to-
night copfirm the estimate that the deaths are
put forward TO recover the bodies. Over
dozen drags are dredging tonight, and tie
work is being carried on by the aid OF calcium
lights. Both bridges below here are guarded
with harbed wires to catch the bodies should
they net have already fioated beyond them
DISPATCHES have been sent TO every town
along the river as far south as Ottawa asking
the authorities to watch all dams and bridges.
The two strauge Simonds and Lockwood,
reported among the lest, were not upon the
boat.
Four sch0oIDays KILLED 10y Lightning.
LOUISVILLE tKy.), April 2Sth. Heavy
rain hail and lightning prevailed in this city
to-day. At l o'clock tour boys were killed
by lightning. The accident occurred at
Twenty.sixth and Market streets. the boys
we're PLAYING baseball. Their ages ranged
fro,n - to a.. They were pupils OF
neighboring school, and the disaster happened
during recess. Their names are Lee Flick,
Joe Shulty, Will Tayalser and Harry Soete,
The three first-named died in few
Minutes after being taken to their homes in
the neighborhood. The latter was burned
beyond recognition. Their game was just
concluded, and the bell summoning them to
their school duties was ringing, thereby caus-
ing the boys to be in the same spot where
their coats and hats had been placed. As the
flash struck the earth the boys were
for Q moment obscured from sight,
so vivid was the lightning. When the
few people in the neighborhood again
looked towards the boys, they were
all fat on the grouad- Two gentlemen ran
to the spot, and to their horror discovered
four boys with faces upturned in the direc-
ton of the sky. from which they had shortly
before received their last summons. Two
other boys, stunned, lay near their com
panions The gentlemen quickly procured
water aud quenched the fire in the clothing
OF the bows. VAN efforts were made to re-
vive all of the boys, who appeared lifeless.
and four Of them were recognized as posi-
lively dead. The physicians, who arrived
shortly after the accident, examined the boys
and found that four out Of the six had been
struck dead. The lightning eliminated d.
rectly over WA. Soete, sou OF the teacher to
whose class the boys belonged. The spot OF
earth which bears the marks of the bolt could
be covered by bushel measure. The sur
face Of the ground is but little disturbed, and
resembles q hole which might have been
driven in by crowbar. On the ground. two
or three feet from the spot where the bolt
entered, could be seen, when the reporters
visited the place, pieces Of clothing-pants,
shirts: drawers, suspenders and fragments Of
boot-all burned and blacsened by the
electric fire. resembling a mass of chopped
| up rage, baked up ready for the manufacture
| of paper. Young Soete was worse dishgured
than any Of the rest. His body was burned
to crisp ard blaekened and Scared in hor-
| Tible manner.
The Flood Outlook.
OMAHA, April 2Sth The river has fallen
| here about three feet, and ct Sioux City six
| feet The Union Pacific shops VIII resume
work on Saturday, and the smelling works
will begin running again On Monday, neither
| establishment being damaged. All the othsr
| establishments on the leyee will resume bust
ness tomorrow. On the east side Of the
river the eastern trains Will be able TO run
| to the Union Pacific transfer depot to NOR.
| row. The Chicago and Rock Island and
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ran fat-car
| trains to tue transfer to-day. All mails,
| baggage and express were Transferred to-day
! ~ to date Nothing Is now behind time.
| BY Sandoy everything viii be in good shape
| asain. The Chicsgo aud Northwestern to-
day transferred passengers and 209 sacks Of
| Australian mail over tie Missouri river al
! Blair. and thence sent it to Fremont to catch
to days Union Pacific west-bound train.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2Sth.-The Louisiana
| sectional dry dock, belonging to Brady 4
| McL=llan, portion Of which sank Monday,
has all gone down in Thirty feet CT water
ard is given up as lost. Its value was $50,
| 0G0.
ST. PAUL, April 2Sth. The water has riser
| four inches to-day, and Low marks 10 feet
| loeb. Several buildings on the fiat are
undermined by the rapid current, and one oil
two small houses have toppled over. The
small bridge at Bridge street was nearly de
molished by barn being carried against Il
violently.
ATCHIsoN, April 2Sth.-The Missouri rivel
Is now % feet above low-water mark, but ha
be- n stationary since midnight. All thepeo
ple OF East Atchison, numbering about TO-,
| Geo except half q dozen families, were driver
out By the Hood, most Of them taking refuge
in this city, bat many occupying box car
furnished by the Chicago, Rock Island anc
Pacific Railroad. A farmer named 2. Hud
son. living in tie Missouri bottom opposite
here, has lost So eco worth OF cattle ant
horses The Atchison and Nebraska road i
| submerged or washed away north of the city
Very great destruction OF property is re
ported in the bottoms north of the city, both
10 Kansas aud Missouri.
KAxsAs CITY. April 2Sth.-This has beer
a day Of great excitement in Kansas City
The water in the Missouri continued to ris'
throughout the night aud day, and is rising
still. At 9 this morning the dyke raised alona
the Missouri river front of the bottoms gavt
way in the neighboshood called "helis half
acre and torrent poured through, driviuG
people from their homes in great terror. Al
efforts to stay the food were vain, and with,
an hour large district was inundated to
depth of four to ten feet. At noon the tor
rent began to pour over Ninth street, sub
merging another district as large as the first
and driving TIE terror stricken iphabitant
before it. The water. backing up the Kan
sas or Kaw river, submerged large part o
the stocll.yords, surrounded the district in
habited by the families Of the employees o
Fowler Brothers packirg-beuses, and sur
rounding their large boarding houses. Tn
water stands seven feet deep in large mum
Der Of stores on Union avenue and Jane
street. end covers the street railway OF
these streets fer Eve or SIX squares
Large numbers Of eslored families were sur