The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-08
STILL SEARCHING
FOR THE DEAD UNDER THE WATERS.
The Narrowing Setnts At The Wreck Of tho Seioto.
Four More Bodles Found iestsrdAy. Which
Swells the Total 10 oSIAeteen-Au Old II.
lots Opinion u the Disaster.

llISGo JUNCTION, w., july .-four Oou-
les were recovered up to $ o'clock this
morning; John Chris,y, John Tomlinson,
OF East Liverpool, Ed. Duffy, Of Steubcn-
vile, Wm. Ewing, Of Wellsvile. A diver
arrived from Cincinnati at . A. NJ. lie dis.
covered several bodies but as yet is una
able to raise them. Lincoln Wright,
found several days ago, who was identi-
tied last evening, was laying Mt Steu.
benville while his friends were NJ,
the fwreck looking for him. The
body had been taken four miles
distant, and it Is said Il friend asked for
admit,ance and was refused. lie wanted
10 see II he could recognize the body the
undertaken was trying al experiment OF
embalming on. This undertaken has intro
duced this enbalming business. Some OF
the bodies were found over mile below
the wreck. Total recovered nineteen !;
total missing yet ilty.two. These are the
only persons that, ut least four TO ten per.
sons can voucll for rs to each person miss.
ing. There Is nothing new except one
thousand people are on the ground from
curiosity.
A Miss Flora Culp, from Somerset, Ohio,
is missing. This lady took the train Oh
the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh OIL the morn
ing OF July 9Th, and was unconscious. We
hopes oltindine her alive between Min
go Junction and Pittsburgh. At this hour,
1880 o'clock, the diver reports that 10
bodies can he found in and about the
wreck, and all will likely be found between
this point and Wheeling, or little below.
LATER DISPATCH.
MISGo JUNCTION, O., July This has
been morning OF activity ut the Scioto
wreck. Up till the closing Of the search
last night at dark no additional bodies we're
found. Al daylight this morning the
search was renewed, and with better sue
cess. Up to eight o'clock the bodies OF
Willie Ewing, OF Wellsvile, Ohio; Ed
Duffy. OF steubeuville, Ohio; John Christy,
OF East Liverpool, Ohio, and John I'omliu-
son, OF East Liverpool, were recovered. A
diver from Cincinnati was brought here
this morning by the owners OF the Scioto,
anti is now making a thorough exami-
nation around the wrecked boat.
Around the boat outside has been
thoroughly searched, and nothing so lar
but pair Of shoes has been found. Ar.
rangements have been made to search the
boiler deck and the interior OF the boat,
when, OF any bodies remain in these parts,
they will be recovered. The bodies found
this morning were caught by grapp!ers
from one to two miles below the Scioto, at
Georges Eddy. A large number oil skiils
are down. at that point, where force Of
men with hooks have been srappliny all
morning. The dead ard missing will now
number over seventy. There is but little
hope that the Toss will fall short OF 100.
The scenes ut the wreck arc distr essiny.
The friends OF the missing ones are here
day and night, aud the agony they suffer
80 o"otteA wi PSF ID DIOuSut 10 tie SuOre
for recognition, can only be imagined,
The bodies as fast Us claimed, are taken to
steubenvile for boxing All trains ar.
irving here bring large crowds from the
adjacent towns. 1t is the purpose OF the
owner Of the Scioto to examine the
wrecked boat to ascertain whether the
sunken vessel will be raised or wrecked.
The captain OF the Scioto yesterday turned
over the vessel to the crowd. They boarded
her and il was utterly impossible TO pro-
tect the vessel. is now believed that il
the search Of the Scioto had been with.
held until the competent diver had come
the results would have been better.
The diver has Just come up from the
boiler deck, after halfan hours exploration
OF the stern of the boiler deck, hayin.
found no bodies there. The hopes CT find.
ing many in the wreck are growing weaker.
SrErEESvIllE, O., July -Four more
bodies have been recovered ut NIinco since
last evening up to noon to-day, namely.
John Tomlinson and John r. Christie, East
Liverpool; Wm. Ewing. Wellsyille; Ed.
Duffy, Seubenvillc. This morning diver
searched about the sides OF the boat. but
found no bodies. He will 20 through the
engine and freight rooms this afternoon il
possible.