Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27

the crowd, remarkiDg, eff you don't keel
over to the port side,
YOU WILL HAVE TO SWIM FOR 1T. !"
At this several more of the passengers moved
over to the port side and the boat suddenly
righted and then listed heavily to the port
side, which was not more than forty feet from
the bank. Down she went with astonishing
rapidity, and to save themselves those on the
promenade deck clutched the stanchions that
supported the awning overhead, but they
snapped like pipe-stems, and moment later
the supports of the promenade deck gave way
and the wreck slid down to the port or shore
| side of the hull into the water. Montgomery
caught hold of an iron rod or bracket of some
kind in the awning, and holding to this man
aged to keep his head above water for some
seconds after the collapsed promenade dec
! 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 others
WERE PERIsHING, DROWNING LIKE RATS
| in hole, while the awning to which he
was. clinging was rapidly sinking and burying
beneath it men, women and children, whose
piteous shrieks rent the air on every side.
Mothers would beat the water madly with
their hands and with eyes starting from their
sockets, would utter shrek after shrek till at
last a half smethered cry that ended in a sick
ening gurgle told they had gone down beneath
the flood, but even this was not the
MOST HORRIBLE
of Montgomery's experiences. While he still
held his head above the water he could feel
drowning children, whose little heads were
swept under the water some seconds before
his own, clutching at his legs in what he well
knew were their dying struggles. Drowning
mothers grasped him frantl cally and piteously
implored his help. Montgomery asserts there
vas no lettering 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
rallied suddenly to port and went
to pieces, just as one would swoop house OF
cards off q table. Montgomery is of the opin-
ion that the upset would not be 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 swept down by the sudden
collapse of the upper works and buried in the
wreck. Strong men and prattling children
were alike helpless.
A CITY OF THE DEAD.
To-day this is q city of the dead. Business
is practically suspended, except such branches
as are connected with arrangements for funer-
al matters. In the poorer quarters of the city
the authorities have been giving away coffins.
Medical men have nobly responded to the calls
made upon them. The mayor and other Off
GERS have put forth every effort
to meet the emergency, and SO far as money
and friendly aid can mitigate grief nothing
will be lacking. Citizens were shocked at the
sight of fair women and tender children being
od fbro,, oh tho p1h1io cfraefs on draws or
IN carts, but it was not until wholesale order
had been given by the mayor that sufficient
pine could be obtained to enclose the remains
of the lost ones.
INTENSE GLOOM.
LONDON, Ont, May 25.-The intense gloom
pervading the community here to-day was un-
relieved by the brightness of the sun. From
an early hour bells were toIling and funeral
professions vending through every street on
the way to the several cemeteries. All busi-
ness places are closed and the city wears an
aspect of the Sabbath with night solemnlty
pervading all. No one speaks or thinks of
anything else than the great calamity, and it
has had paralyzing effect on all classes of
citizens. It has been decided to erect me-
mortal in Mount Pleasant cemetery. All day
one could not walk block without meeting
some solemn procession.
ADDITIONAL DEAD.
Emma j. Box. Annie May. Daniel Dillon,
a young Englishman lately out. Elias Chap
man. One of Mrs. Rye's boys. John
Vickers, of Kokomo.
There are many strangers on the streets
from the country and neighboring towns. In
several cases entire families, with one or two
exceptions, were wiped out. One instance,
that of Mr.. Jas. Coughlins, whose children
and grand children, numbering five, are lying
dead in the house of his daughter Jennie, who
was married to young man named Swassie the
day before the accident. The couple were both
drowned. The family of W. II. Hall loses
five in one house. Every kind of coffins are
in use, and the dead are being conveyed to the
burying grounds by every class OF vehicles:
The remains of Mr.. William Mcbride, carried
in light wagon, followed by procession a
mile long Men can hardly fpeak to each
other without breaking down. The scenes in
the
AFFLICTED HOUSES ARE TERRIBLE
and trying to the strongest nerves. Clergy
men who worked nobly all through are tired
out and can't reach the graves fast enough.
There are many cases of members of different
families put in ore grave. Benevolent socie-
ties are on hand and doing their utmost to fa-
cilitate burials.
The longest procession to-day was that
attending the remains of Wi]lius Gloss and
Miss Cooper, who were engaged to be mar
ried next month, who died together in the
water. A couple of hundred well filled vehicles
followed the hearses, which passed along side
by side. The
sEARCHERs FOR THE DEAD
tLis morning raised two little girls, clasped
tight in each others arms, as they no doubt
fell in together. Several cases of robbing
the dead are reported. Among the
articles missing is gold watch and
chain which Mr.. Millman had
worn, and gold necklace of a young lady.
| The ''for hire'' wagons were busily engaged,
and in some cases to make as much money as
possible. The corpses were hurried into the
houses in an unceremonious manner and the
drivers hurried off for another load. In one
case the driver broughta a body to certain
number, and finding no person in and the door
locked pitched the body through the window,
and left it until the people came home.
John Curran, a man who was resuscitated
on the night of the Gala nifty, died this morn
! ing. He is supposed to have succumbed to
| internal injuries.
| A civic deputation arrived to-day from St.
Thomas and ST. Mary's bringing memorials oi
deep sympathy.
! Some bodies lie as yet uncoffined for lack
of means, several car loads of cofins have ar.
rived and the difficulty has been overcome