The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
EATON, OHIO. THURSDAY. JUNE 2, i

haps that or Willie Glass and Miss Cooper, who
were to have been married in a few days, and
died together in the water. In many cases
members of different families were buried
together in one grave.
R. G. Montgomery, a merchant who was
q passenger on the boat, tells o ghastly story.
He was on the promenade deck. After the
crash, he managed to catch hold of an iron rod
or bracket of some kind in the awning, and
holding to this managed to keep his head
above water for some seconds after the col
lapsed promenade deck beneath his feet had
gone into the water. His position at this time
was terrible. Below the deck, which had sunk
from under him, he knew scores were perish
ing, drowning like rats in hole, while the
awning to which he was clinsing was rapidly
sinking, and burying beneath it men, women
and children, whose piteous shrieks rent the
ing about their necks, would beat the water
madly with their hands, and with eyes
starting from their sockets, utter shrek after
shrek, until at last, a half-smothered cry that
ended in a sickening Ngurgle, told that they
had gone down. beneath the flood 2 But
even this was not the most horrible of Mont
gomery's experiences. While he still had his
head above water he could feel drowning
children, whose little heads were swept under
the water some seconds before his own, clutch
ing at his legs in what he well knew were their
dying struggles Drowning mothers grasped
him frantically and piteously implored his help.
Montgomery asserts there was no lettering or
rolling of the steamer from side to side. She
was listed to the starboard all the way up the
river till just at the time of the accident, and
then she rolled suddenly to port and went to
pieces just as one would sweep house Of cards
off table, Montgomery is of opinion that the
upset would not have been attended with half
as fatal results had the steamer been properly
constructed. Many or perhaps nearly all might
have been saved had it not been that they were
DON hxy fhn da,, -
fiimsy upper works and buried in the wreck
where strong men and prattling children were
alike helpless.
t THE DROWNED.
The following is list of the drowned, 30
far as Identified: Mrs. William Ashbury,
Make street; Hudson Abbott, son Of 81. g.
Abbott; Minnie Armstrong, London; Charles
Bonner. aged sixteen; Lille Beaton, aged four
teen; Harry Beaton, aged six; James Buston,
Albert street; Lizzie Baskerville, daughter of
workman at Carlyle Brewery; Ida Bachelor,
Rosa Bailey, John Baskerville, Ida Burns,
daughter of James Burns, another daughter,
is missing; Albert Cole, aged. seven, son of
Colonel Cole; John Clark, shoemaker; Miss
Maria CenneH, Richmond street, Miss Fannie
Cooper, Jennie Coughlin, May Craddock, daugh-
John Cnrran. Miss Cornish. King street: Mrs.
Hannah Dennis, Palermo, Ont; Mr.. William
Dyer, James Darcy, son-in-law of Martha
O'Meara, John Darcy, sem, Alice Deadman,
Misses 81. Fox (two), Mr.. Clinton Freyer, SEN,
ham, Miss Julia Griffith, of Westminster; Miss
Gibson, Mrs. McGlavin and child, Willie Glass,
Plumber Hobbs and three children, Miss Min
ME Hogan, of Waterloo; Mrs. s. T. Heron, Of
William street; Jas. Hearn, cigarmaker; Mrs
Kelly, an emigrant, and two sisters living in the
city; Miss Kendrick, of Adelaide street; Mrs
VIM. Laskie and child, Eddie Loughrey, Of
West London; Mr.. J. G. Meredith, Clerk of the
Division Court and father of W. Meredith, NJ.
P. P; VIM. Mcbride, City Assessor and Secretary
of the Western Fair Association; W. 81. Mill
man, commercial traveller of Montreal, and two
sons; Nellie Morrison, John Morrison, aged
nineteen; BERTHE Morrison, aged five. The
above three are children of James Morristowp,
of London East. Mrs. Matthews, wife of the
night editor of the Advertiser, and two children;
| Mr.. Archibald Mcpherson, of Lang & McPher-
SOM Miss Ada -MeInteshy-ef- -pandas street;
| Miss A. Macmoygat and W Maddiner, of west
minister; Mr.. McClennan, blacksmith; Miss
Nagee, aged fifteen; Miss Priscilla NJ. Muslile;
q son of DIR. Oronyatekha, aged ten; Mrs.
| Parish Poke; Mr.. Herbert Purcer and sons of
manager of boat; Mr.. A. B. Powell
and two nephews, Margaret Quinn, aged
seventeen: ]; Rogers, plumbers Manager
America; Mrs. Scott, of Ann street; the two
Misses Shipley; Charles Siddons, aged thirteen;
| Willie Stexely; Oryille Smith, aged seventeen;
Lizzie Stuart, aged eighteen; Mrs. Smart,
| wife of H. Smart, of the Free Press, and two
children; Mr. J. G. Leddon, of the Customs
Lizzie Skinner, daughter of Alderman Skinner
Edwin Smith, clerk in the Office of Glass,
Glass & Barrett; Mrs. W. Scott, Oxford street
George Street, Thomas Stephens, Mr.. G.
Thayer, of Carvings Brewery; Willie Tremer,
London d nI9 West; George TTemer, G1s, London ao1
Willie Westman, Dundas street; Jas
Weatherhead, of Carlings Brewery; Mrs
Wall (dr. Wall and three other members Of
the family missing); Alfred Waestie, aged fif-
teen, son of Thomas Waestie; John WALL shoe
maker; Ben Hall, shoemaker, and child, Ro-
setta Markham; J. Perkins, son of ]. Perkins,
hntcher; Wnn- Wanneeott, city; Mr.. Masweetf
two children, Polly Grefton, Wn11e D.. .Glass
Charley Siddons, Miss Meekey, Mrs. Jones
Dilly Latham, Mrs. W. Cline, John Curran,
Mrs. Thomas Stephenson and three children
Mr. Thayer, Mr.. Shipley, Carlisle o. Smith
J. Shires, Thomas Lester, Miss Mcconnell
George Ferrogoods and two boys, Mr.. Small
man and two children, two children named
Jones, J. W. KeIburn, Emma and Nellie Pres
colt, Sam Caldwell, Richard Fitzgibbon
Lizzie Calling, Annie F. Goss, H
Anderson, Joseph Young Mrs. Stone
four children, William Short, s. Phtelo, Mis-
Middleton, John Moores, wife and child, Mrs
Jones and two children, q man named Jones
Graydon, son of s. b. Graydon, Miss Mimi
Smith, Miss Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. Hemal
and child Mrs. Smith, Henry Conroe, Georg
Walsh, John Boyd, Miss Malony, Georg
Evans and two children, James Short, Mr
Diven, wife and two children; Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, Ida Barnes, Miss Fergu
son, Mrs: Smith and daughter, j.. Perkins
bourn, ALI Share, Annie Jones, Charles Cor
man, Charles Martin, Thomas Breeze, job
Phillips, James Harris, Nellie Maston, Wn
Wannecalt, Miss Swanville, Henry Shay
Samuel Pete and Henry Hay.