Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-27

weakly Constructed Upper Works
Tho Snash Simply the Result
or Overlooking Somebody to
Blame.
LONDON. Ontario. May 27.-Up to last
evening 23S bodies had been recovered,
and It Was believed that several others
yet lay beneath the wreck or had been
carried away BY the current. Divsrs
have been employed. and several parties
with boats are still dragging the bed Of
the river.
In several easss entire families with
one OF tive exceptions are wiped out. A
sad instance il that Of Mr.. J. Coughlin.
whose children and grandchildren. nsn-
boring Ave. are lying dead In the house.
His daughter was married the day before
the accident. and both she and her hus.
band were drowned. Every kind Of
oofin II In use. and the dead are being
conveyed to the burying places BY every
class Of vehicle. The remains Of Mr..
VIM. Mcbride were conveyed In . light
wagon. followed by . procession . mile
long. Men can hardly speak to each
other without breaking down. The
scenes in the afflicted households are
terrible. Clsreymsn who have worked
nobly all through have become tired ont
and are unable to reach the graves fast
enough. In many cases members Of
| different families are put In one grave.
Different societies have been on hand
doing their uimost TO facilitate burial.
The longest procession yesterday was
that attending the remains OF Willie
Glass and Miss Cooper. who were
engaged to bs married next month.
They died together in the water. About
two hundred wsll-fllsd vehicles followed
their hsarsss which passed along side BY
side. The sesrchers for the dead raised
two little girls elssped tightly In each
others arms - they no doubt had fallen
together. Several cases Of robbins the
dead are reported.
The Captain said the boat was nine.
teen tons burthsn. . skow, fat.bottomed,
with Q capacity for 400 passengers. He
didn't think hs had over $50. The boat
Was we'll stanchioned but not braced.
and had ~hfs-saving apparatus for 400.
The boat leaked. q the engineer said Il
had water haf an arms length deep IN
the hold. The upper deck load Of pas
ssngsrs were agreeable when asked "a
keep quiet. but on the lower deck were
q lot Of unruly boys who INDUCED In
beer unrsstrainedly. The engineer. IRE
man, two dsckhands. purser aud Captain
were the entire crew. Nobody asked
him to run the boat ashore. Mr.. Par
ish, the manager Of the company. sayI
the boat was overloaded. He estimated
the passengers Ut from 500 to 600. Thu
vessel cost I 1900. No insurance sx'
ospt for Are.
r. G. Montgomery. . passenger, sayi
the boat Wa greatly overcowdsd. tn,
passengers were quiet and orderly
There was considerable water on thu
main deck ct the start. which accounts
for her listing to one side. When The
lurch came the stunohions snapped liz,
~pips-stsms and the whole wreck slc
down TO port on that side into th,
water. While he was hanging 10 an iroI
support hs saw scores OF men. womer
and children being drowned like rats II
. hole and heard pitsous shrisks OF
every hand without the power to rends'
aid. Mothers with eyes starting from
their sockets would madly beat III
water while their children hung abou
their necks. shriskiua until at las
smothersd BY water they went dow
with . sicksnins sursls beneath tn
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