The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-07-14

ed TO tue wreck. The crew and officers
OF the Loomis then exercised every effort
to rescue the unfortunate passengers.
and succeeded IN landing over 400 maxi
ing several trips, and continued to work
as long as WAS any who desired 10 leave.
AS soon az saw the accident jumped
into my skitf and started for the wreck.
When l got there got fye persons
within distance Of twenty-five feet, and
there we're two other skiffs below me.
picking them up. but don't know how
many they got. They were hallowing
all over now and then, and appcprcd to
be a great many in the wreck, but il was
too dark for me TO tell the number. I
then took the parties l reacued to the
Ohio side, and by that time the Loomis
had landed their party and returned to
the wreck.
MINao JUNCTION, ,Ju.y 5.--Noon. The
names of the lost, shat have been ascer.
tanned at this hour. are:
Captain Thomas's sou Ed. His body
was found at Brilliant, three miles
below: Lewis Harper, Stewart Piles,
Willie Booth. Charles Davidson, Joe,
Conners. all boys.
1t is reported that three or four Of the
Wellsville band are missing, also one or
two Of the deck hands. II is yet impos-
sible 20 give the names CT the missing.
but the total will NOT exceed twenty.
The bodies Of David Fugc and Stewart
Pipes, of Welsville, have just been
found, also the body of Il. Il. Beard
more, OF East Liverpool. The body Of
a boy by the name Of Smith, OF s5teuben.
J vile, was also just found.
SrEuBENvILLE, ONO, July 5--I D. III.
The scene of last nights wreck Of tho
Scioto is visited by hundreds to-day.
Ten dead bodies have been recoved on
this side and two bodies Of boys are
reported at Wellsburg, Captain Thomas
of the Sciota, was taken to Wheeling
this morning ON the Abner O'Neal. He
was almost crnzed over the loss Of his
sou. His son body was recovered at
Brilliant, three miles below.
The bodies Of David Fogo, Stewart
Pipes, Of Welisyille, r. E. Boardman, Of
East Liverpool. boy named Smith, Of
Steubenvile have been recovered, and
young girl from this city is missing.
Lewis Harper, Willie Boalt. Charles
Davidson and Joe Corners. residence un-
known, are missing, and two deck hands,
and perhaps four members Of the Wells.
, vile Band
Two boys, who swan ashore about &
mile and half below the disaster. say
, Fifty persons were with them on tho
lower deck. No one can approximate
the number Of lost II is not more than
, fifty nor less than twenty.
There are more than twenty known 10
be missing, and all chances for escape
} are heard from. Hundreds Of persons
from Wellsville and East Liverpool
: went down to the disaster this morn ing.
The list of missing is as follows:
Wellsville--John Stevenson, aged
twenty-five years; David Fogo, aged
tweuty-one years; Belle Brattop; SaIlie
Klddy; e. P. Sroith and wife aud two
children; Willie Ewing; Charles DAVID
son, twelve years; Joseph Conner, TWEEN.
ty-one years; Iren Farmer, Cit Thomp-
SOD, nineteen years, Lincoln Thompson,
twenty-five years; Annie Booth, Care
Beardman, W. Il. Estliue aud wife.
Willie Purell, John Christy, John
Tomlinson, Jacob Gibson and wife, DR..
Stevenson and three men named respec-
lively Kenneth Woods and Burke. Lew
Harper, Of Wellsville, was fatally hurt.
This list is more likely TO be sSellcd than
diminished.
MINao JUNCTION, o., July Sd p. ID.
The bodies of the following persons
have been recovered: g. Z. Sprage, Of
Hammondsville; Miss Bella Brandon.
David Fago, Sarah Kiddy, Stewart
Pipes, Edward Smith and Joe. Conner.
Wellsville; Miss MolIie Shields, L. r.
Burke, n. e. Beardmore, of East Liver.
pool, and Ed Thomas, son OF Captain
Thomas Of the Scioto.
The names Of the known missing are
Willie Booth, John Prosser, Charles
Davidson. Lewis Harper, and Charley
Leith, Charles 5wearengen, John
Stevenson; also about twenty-five mis-.
sing. The missing will consist Of pa.-
lies taking the boat between East Liver.
pool and Wheeling, and it is said few
from Wheeling took the boat up.
The bodies Of fifteen to twenty will
likely be found on the scioto as soon as
the boat is raised The bodies are be-
ing found very fast around aud about