Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-10
OUT OF THE DEPTHS
Come the Pallid Bodies of the Scio-
to Victims.
A Score Of FlOaters Picked Up on Saturday
and a Number Yesterday-Arsst Of
q Pilot Keller and Warrant for
Pilot ag-kotes.
THE STEAMER JOHN LoNAs LlBELED.


The intense popular interest aroused by
the Mingo horror OF last Tuesday night
does not diminish particle, but on the con-
trary appears to augment, and the diScoy-
cry of another body, or the movement of a
boat or an extra train in the direction OF
the wreck, only serves to whet the appe-
tites of the curious and to put the quid-
nuncs on the qti rtre for new revelations.
The tide Of people still turns in that direc-
tion, and the very small compensation for
the visit in no wise deters others
from following in the steps OF those
who have gone for nothing. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 5000 people have Visited
the scene of death since last Tuesday night,
and the desire to go is still unappeased.
Railroads have increased their facilities,
livery teams are at a premium, boats are
not obtainable, and even skiffs are brought
into use to transport the curious to Mingo
to see-well, practically, nothing at all.
The Scioto lies, or rather did on Saturday
morning, in nearly the same position as
when she went down on the evening
Of the fatal Fourth of July. Only
a portion of her upper deck was visible
when got here, and at this writing (Satur-
day 10 \. NJ she has been slightly changed,
so that she is in as deep water as then, but
lying directly across the river, on the Ohio
shore, only few rods nearer than at first.
Last night Capt. Booth definitely decided
to tow her ashore, and by bulkheading
raise and repair her. To do this it would
be necessary to call in the help Of other
boats, and the Belle Prince was sent for to
come up from Wheeling. The Annie L.,
Capt Doherty, of Steubenville, also came
down, while the Welcome lies near
by ready to give all the minor
assistance that she can. The diver tele-
graphed Tor by Capt Booth has arrived and
has gone all over the boiler deck of the
Scioto, but so far has not been able to turn
up any bodies on it, albeit many were sup
posed to have lodged there. The diver,
however. has made himself usefcl in a
number of ways, going down to attach
ropes to parts of the boat capable OF sus
tanning o heavy or sudden pull, and as
sisting those having the matter CT raising
the boat in charge by his advice and direc-!
tion. the result of years Of experience.
Raising the seioto.
Early this morning the Belle Prince and
Annie l.. began the work OF towing ashore
the sunken Scioto preparatory to bulk
heading and raising her. A pull or two re-
suited in turning her around from longi-
tudinal to lateral position, with reference
to the stern. Then she stopped and the
work began in earnest. Lines were run to
the shore and made fast to the trees. The
"rigger" engines of both boats were brought
into requisition and very little progress
made. but nothing that amounted to much
until the arrival of the Nail City. Capt.
David Davis which was coming down
stream with large tow. This was landed,
and the powerful tow boat set to work at
land ing the sunken steamer, assisted by all
the others. A number of other lines were
thrown out, and by o'clock the Scioto had
been moved forward to 4 distance Of only
fifty or sixty feet from the Ohio shore. The
bits of the Scioto broke at this point, and
some delay eusued, or until the diver had
gone down and made fast ropes to different
portions of the sunken boat. Another
pull then followed, and the boat
was finally landed at a satisfactory
distance from the shore, when she was
made fast and left. The other boats then
left, the Belle Prince going to Wheeling,
the Annie l.. to Steubenville and the Nail
City to her tow. Capt. David Davis had
charge of the work OF towing the boat
ashore, but he was ably assisted by Capt
Wm. Prince, of the Belle Prince, Capt.
Doherty, of the Annie l.. and Capt. John
X. Booth, of the Courier. who has been
on the ground, since the day after the col
lsion.
The Crowds.
All day Friday and Saturday there, was
an incessant going 20 and coming from the
boat. Skiffs have multiplied, and their
owners are becoming rich. Ice cream
venders and sandwich hawkers are all over
the shore, and no one would suspect from
the evidences of festiyity that there was
scene of death in the same county. The
Liverpool and Wellsville people come
down in crowds, while the surrounding
country contributes largely to the process
sion that one encounters at each turn.
Relics of the disaster are largely sought
after, and the irrepressible small boy is
doing a brisk trade in selling odd
pieces of the Scioto or her furni-
ture that the waters have cast
ashore or he has been able to steal when he
has been out in his Siif to the boat The
whistle ropes, sash, ornamental work
around the hurricane deck, slight uprights,
&c, have all been carried of as trophies of
visits, and, had not the officers interfered.
all that part of the boat left above the water
would have been stolen and taken away.
The Lost.
The search for the lost continues with
unabated vigor, hut not until Saturday
were the efforts OF the seekers rewarded
with any degree Of success. Then the
swollen and pallid corpses OF the drowned
began coming up at and below Wellsburg
and as far down as Moundsville and Sun
fish. At this city quite a number were
found and taken to Menders, where the re-
remains were cofined and forwarded, as per
instructions, to their late places OF resi-
dence.
Following is the list OF missing from the
places named below.
The Missing from welssyiIIe.
Louis F. Harper, SON OF David Harper,
aged -; member of the band
Stewart Pipes, son OF William Pipes, aged
Is.
George Pinkerton, aged IS on the Srd of
July; son Of Conductor Pinkerton, c. & P.
railroad.
Willie Ewing, aged 10, son OF Court Ew-
ing.
Charles Davidson, son OF Kenneth f.
Davidson, aged about Is; member OF the,
band.
John Stevenson, son OF Samuel Steven
son lof Stevenson & Co., aged Il: member
OF the class OF 50 Of East Liverpool high
school,
Two children of T. p. Smith, 1--WE have
elsewhere reported the finding of the bodies
y l.