The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-13
Tho Sciuto.
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WHEELING, w. VA, July Sit is impos'
sible to ascertain at this hour the number
Of persons drowned by the sinking OF the
excursion steamer Scioto after latter had
been in collision with steam-tug John
Tomas, near Mingo Junction, ONO, lsst
nipht. CAPTAIN Thomas, of the Don, is
missing. and a deck hand, name unknown
was drowned from the Scioto. The rest OF
the crew are safe, the first man taken out OF
The water being G. Mccoy, watchman. Inc
Lomas struck the SCiotO on the port sue
fifteen feet from her bow and made large
hole through which the hull 1llied raplnlN
and sank az once. The boat Is now lying
on the bottom of the river. The water Is
Two feet deep i'm her cabin. Charles Page,
of Marietta, Ohio, stOKer, or assistant engl,
neer of the Scioto, said that she started
from Eat Liverpool AT $50 o'clock III the
morning with a large excursion party, who
we're of tor
A FOURTH or JULY FRoLic, =,
and they went as far down as MouhdsVlllei
arriving there about 1870 p: IN. Aiter lying
about two hours we started nome, nneeiii,
inc and Martins Ferry people hailed MS all
along the river, but The captain sald We had
enough on board and he refused to take any
more except at Steubenville, where several
came aboard. When We cOllided with the
Lomas as near as | can judge from what |
heard people saying we had on board 4OO
persons at least, and possibly 90. 1 was
on watch at the time of the accluehi ana u
when the boats whistled for passing l
noticed that there was something wrong,
hut thought nothing Of II and stepped out
on deck Tor a second when / saw the Tomas
| right upon us. / rushed back TO the en-
/ yine and ,,beyed the bell to 20 back, WHICH
was Immediately followed by bell to STOP,
and then seeing that the boat was slnklhg
/ The engineer md ! threw skills into the
river. then ran alter my coat:
! When | got back the ska was so full
TEAR-sTmCKEN PEOPLE
that knew il would sink. 50 i Jumped IN
/ the river and struck out for the West Var.
yitia shore. In looking around me as
saam 1 saw the water Was black with strug
cling human beings The expression o.
their faces was frightful beyond description
Men. women and children were erylhs
uiteously for help. and some Of the scream'
| 40 uunervcd me that ! could scarcely swim
Tie current was strong and ] struck on
with All my might and soon got out OF sigh
| OF lie crowd in the water, there being bn
Two t,oys near me. who managed 20 reach
The shore ia safety with little help IRON
me We swan about a mile altogether
and when we reached the shore Il was al
most impossible iQr any Of ne 70 stand up
I AZ 20 how many were lost, ! can form ID
idea. nor 90 know what csused The acc
dent or who Is 10 blame
NOT 80 BAD.
Nrvoo JUNCTION. O.. July BIT is nov
bsIievef that the loss Of lives By the sink
fne III the sciofo will not exceed twenty.
II CIrurrArI. o., July IA special irof
Nfngo Junction SAYS i Il impossible % o.
f.in lie names Of all the missing, but II
well established that the number y nc
greater than twenty. 60,
Mrrg0 IUECrI0s. July BIT - hkel
~ fhe death list viii embrace betTee
t1srtv-fvs and fly persons. When %
ho.f 4 reanhed ID is believed
rUNHEE % n0urE
III L. discovered The il-fatet part
saemef equally divided 81 - 81, bot
- 49, h1Iies q th-es lafles only hal
been ilurd.
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