The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-02

hnO" my business" or sometime
OF that sort. Samuel Truehearf
stove merchant, and one of those
VINO protested, left the boat at
oprng Bank. Several hundred more
remained there unable 10 GET nas-
sage, distance of four miles. 10
night no conveyance of any kind
being available, the telephone was
in constant use between the water
works and the city by friendly I'm.
quiries. The disaster will put an
end TO pleasure steamer business. AZ
hereafter people will not venture on
the river, which has been the subject
OF jokes and puns on account of its
supposed shallowness, but il Is in
reality, in many places, twenty or
thirty feet deep.
LONDON, Ontario, May 25.-The
work of recovery at the scene of the
disaster is still going on rapidly,
Up TO this time 10 have been found.
and most of them were brought to
this city. All the undertaking shops
were besieged and collins are going
out by the score. Crowds at the
river bank and steamer landing are
not diminished. Among the identi-
fed bodies are those of two daugh-
tiers of Jos. Burns. The excitement
seems to increase as night advances.
A large number of bodies remain on
the ground ut Sulphur Springs
awaiting claimants.
LONDON, ONTARIO, May 26.-Tho
number of passengers on board the
steamer Victoria at the time of the
disaster is now estimated at ZOO, a
burden out of all proportion 10 the
strength and capacity Of the vessel.
Shortly after passing Woodland
Cemetery, and when the boat began
TO rock, the crowd surged from one
side to the other, each rather enjoy
ing the motion instead of being in
any way alarmed. The survivors
state that numbers of youths on tie
upper deck took delight in keep
ing up the rocking motion, by NOV
ing from side to side, while
others shouted: "Let. her sink,
we will only have TO wade ashore"
IL is stated by some. though denied
by others, that the officers in charge
endeaYored to induce the passen-
gers 10 remain quiet, but their efforts
were unavailing. The crowd surged
from sideto side with the movements
of the vessel, measuring the amount
of water on the lower deck, to the
terror of some and delight of many.
OF those below, few seemed TO fore
see the danger. Suddenly the po-
sition became alarming, and when
nearly opposite Cave Bridge, the
water, 10 the depth of foot or more,
rushed into the south side of the
boat, and the crowd surged again 10
the north. the boat slowly following
the movement by lurching over 10
that side. BY this time the vessel
almost turned on her edge, and the
deck floor became elevated to an an
gle not far from perpendicular. All
at once the supports of the upper
deck gave way with terrible crash,
on account Of the unnatural posi-
tiOn, and the great weight imposed
over the ratings, and the
people tumbled in hundreds
headlong into the deep water, and,
to make the situation more terrible,
the whole of the upper deck and
supports went crashing down on the
wretched victims, tearing and bruis-
ing the struggling mass and, enguli-
ing them in dreadful watery tomb.
Many bodies, when they were after
wards taken from the water, were
found 10 be terribly bruised
and mangled from the crush
of timber which came down from
the upper deck, and in many cases
hA "A "a H.
desperate struggle which took
place. A visit 10 the scene showed
the Victoria TO be q complete wreck,
the illy-constructed vessel being lit
orally broken in pieces. II is said,
on good authority, that the timber
was not properly secured TO the
deck, and that IL shifted with the
rocking of the boat. Hardly, any
portion of the vessel is visible above
the water. '
DENVER, Col. May 28.--The fol-
lowing are the particulars of col
lision on the Denver a. Rio Grandc
railroad, as furnished by the Lead
vile Chronicle: AT z O'clock this
morning, the construction train was
backing north from Granite, when
the south bound freight suddenly
rounded the curve and crashed into
the eaboOse of the construction
train, containing twenty men, kill
ing one and injuring ten others. The
following is a list of the killed and
injured; pead-Patrick MeMann.
Fatally Injured-John Williams,
head cut and leg broken William
| Wright, leg broken in three places
and bruised; William Harrigan, leg
broken and badly bruised. Injured
j. A, Kirby, leg broken and
bruised about the head ], w. A.
McFay, head cut and thigh John
McFay, head cut; Pat Vaughn,
bruised on side and back ; A. Crush,
bruised in back and side; Dennis
Nation, slightly injured. Those fa-
tally injured will probably not sur
vive the night. The dead and
wounded were removed TO Lead
Vile. u-. -i4
CHATTANOOGA, May 2S.-The
boiler of n locomotive of the Nash
Vile Il Chattanooga railway ex-
ploded in this city at 6:30 o'clock
this morning, on account Of over
pressure of steam. The fireman,
Charles Hardeman, was blown a
distance OF fifty yards and instantly
killed. The engineer, who had just
stepped behind the tender, escaped
| injury. A piece of iron, weigh
Ing nine pounds, was thrown
half a mile, and struck j. &. Finch,
car inspector Of the East Tennessee
Virginia Il Georgia railway, on the
shoulder, traversing the entire
breadth of the trunk, and causing
instant death. Another piece OF
iron, weighing 200 pounds, passed
through two cars loaded with corn,
and then struck and knocked down
corner house. .4
WASHINGTON, May 28.-The Pres
ident to-day appointed Charles
Kayles, of Indiana, consul-general
of the United States al Berlin.
NASHVILLE, May 28.--MiIitary
week of the exposition closed yes
terday with a grand review by Major
Clapp, of the 10th Infantry Of the
United States Army. Five compa-
nies competed, the Crescent Rifles,
New Orleans; Bluff City Grays,
Memphis; Porter Rifles, of this city;
Sumner Guards, Gallatin, and How
ard Reserves, Lebanon. Prizes OF
the week were awarded as follows:
Artillery target practice-first prize
to Louisville battery. Competitive
infantry drill, open TO the world
first prize to Porter Rifles, of this
city; second prize, Crescent Rifles,
New 0rloana COmnefitive drill for