The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-06

gone, WAS afraid if she swure of she
would toppla ever. The steamer Pen
0uin, with Captain Hutchin-cn aboard,
arrived as so1n as they eould get up
lstesm and with fat took ofthe baggage
I saw Clay Gillespie in in . skifr, and he
assisted in getting ladies tp the .hore.
Dan Leach, took, line ashore, c. plain
Wood remained on the roof and All fl
Icers, so far a. known stood brsvtly at
their posts. Thom~s Co ne,s, tir<I mate.
WAS working mxntu!ly NJ ,ke lesk, and
remained at his pet uni! AL danger was
past. IL The deck ureW got ITO terra frma
IS soon as they could. Captain A. NJ.
Hutchinson, general manager Of the St.
ILouis and st. Paul Packet Comp ny,
said it was impossible 10 esti-
mate anything ike accurately the
amount OF damage done. There
was insurance about of $4,000
on the boat, which Is va. usd at $4,000.
The cargo consisted OF little IF every
thing. She Carried an Immense load,
and there was larg. amount Of potatoes
and grain aboard The first Captain
Hutchinson knew of the accident, was
when he heard the noiss on the levee.
He Jumped up from the table, and hur-
ried to the river, finding one span of the
bridge was gone, and the War Eagle
floating helpleSsly down the river.
The Wdr Eagle is now settled in about
seventeen feet Of water on the larboard
side, and seven feet on the starboard
side, with her held down stream. It
cannot be said, as yet, how badly
she is damaged. She is badly
broken in two places, especially where
she struck the piers. Don't think she
is badly broken, though leaking, and
one wheel ID entirely gone. think the
hull is not badly damaged and the cabin
is not injured. The engines also are in
good shape. A fiat il now alongside, aad
portion Of the cargo will be saved in
good order-probably one-third. Com.
modore Davidson will be up on tic
Gem City on Sunday. The particulars
of the damage and insurance cannot be
given for some time.
Keokuk, Ia, 5.-The wreck of tie
elegant passenger packet War E1agLe,
was visited by hundreds of people to-day.
Captain e. Il. Hutchinson, general |
manager Of he st. Louis Packet Com
pany, Is OF the opinion that the boat can |
be raised. The loss TO the bridge COM |
pany will be fully $3.50, 600; no insurance.
The Var Eagle was valued at $40 600. |
and insured for 5000. One-third Of the |
cargo was saved. No bodies have been
found. i is known that one man, large,
portly and veil dressed, jumped into the |
river and was drowned, going down Ehen
skif was within few feet of him a
eolored deck hand was struck by piece
thrown from the bridge and instantly
Killed, falling into the river. The
names are not known. OF the passengers
who were aboard the ill-fated steamer
at the time of the disaster fifty are
accounted for. Several persons were
doubtless drowned, but it is impossible
to give the names or numbers.
Chicago, 4.-The Var Eagle which
IS reported tS have been destroyed at
By striking the bridge, is a
young boat, having been built only
about three years ago. She is the fast 'st
boat on the upper river, and the finest,
her companion, the Golden Eagle, hav-
ing been burned below Louisiana, Mo-,
within year. These two boats. were
built expressly for passenger traffic be-
tween st. Paul and st. Louis, and made
their trips il an Incredibly short time.
They were models Of steam boat arehi-
recture, beautifully equipped, and were
he pride Of the corporation which put
them f)Ht, the Keokuk Northern Line.
Captain Ward says he tried to keep
the passengers on the boat, knowing
hey would be safer there than any
where else. He did not think anybody
was drowked, though several jumped
into tbs rivsr. There was no panic.
She had miscellaneous cargo of about
10, 600 pGekagss, zoe sacks OF potatoes,
and 425 sacks Of barley, for Quincy;
!, 900 saoks sf barley for st. Louis, and
:, OOO sacks ef potatoes for st. Louis.
There were three Wizard oil wagons and
len horses and four mules, aad 1000
packages Of sundries and 500 barrels of
-four for New Orleans, fifty barrels of
oatmeal aRd a miscellaneous assortment
Of freight. The cargo is mostly insured,
and with what will be saved, the loss
on the cargo will be light. While the
Var Eagle was heavily loaded, her
guards were sll of eighteen inches on.
Of the water, and she lacked fully 200
tons Of being loaded TO her full capa-
city.
Chicago, 5. - Journals Kankskee.
Illinois. sPseisl: Ludwig Berke and
Peter VohRer, lshorers in the employ of
The Illinois Central railroad bridge de-
partment. were carried over the dam on
lat boat this morning aud drowned.
Two companions were saved.
Rome, 5.-Several lives were lost in a
hurricane here.
Boston, 5.-The ship Nea0 Ere, of
Boston, from Hong Kong for San Fran
:Isco, was totally wrecked on Luzon
Island. No date is given. She was
I25 tons and insured in Boston for about
$4,000.
London, 4.-The mate and FIVE sea-
men OF ths German ship Hugo, before
exported ca fire while on voyage from
\ ewcastls. England, for San Francisco,
lave landed at Queenstown.
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