Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-05
THE SUNKEN BOAT

excursion three umes, WITHOUT Ah 49, 1900
THE SuNKEh BOAT.
How IL Appeared After the COLT =
The sunken Boat.
The boat is lying on herport side, eetiJ
careened, resting upon the water ana YIN
in from ten to twelve feet of water. 11e =
living or the ground, while the No. =
rushir~ ..-.-s -; me cabin and % =!
deck. Nearly everything Of a pd
nature has been carried overheard. =
tables, life-saying apparatus, mS q -
furniture of the broken 49, ~
swimming around within the 500
So great must have besN ~
shock and terrified the psenDr'
t1at they resorted to every means N tasii
desperation to save themselves, 9Rd PES
lected the only rational means, uf tne
life preservers, which abounded all 0teg the
boat, their use having evidently not been
known to the panic stricken PASSENGER.
The whole interior of the cabin hdtsnaat'
eled, and there is not an intact PARTITION OF
room on the cabin deck. On the hprxicme
deck there was an indiscrfnin,te
mass. Ladies clothing lay essyuhsre.
The instruments of the musiciana LAY pfok-
en- and silent, while the bass VOL was ~.
duced to bunch of kindiing WOOD. bound
together by its own strings. Hoop sklFts,
Giles of clothing lay everyEhees. and
la
of the sudden transformation
from feeling of security ands 4leeedte. %
one of CONSERVATION, panic nmea oeAtp.
Everywhere the presence ofyouth and
gaiety could be suggested, from t1e dny
glove that lay about the deck 70 thas eAiiS
trimmed hat, and other feminine articles
that are trod upon at each. etep. From
the wheel house forward the Whole ol
the left or port side was h1k broken
in and through the aperture the WRITER'S
had rushed in and carried all oetofe' mem.
The stanchions went down like Btnvs before
the full force of the bow OF the I0mas ana
and the desks thus having been nehexe9o OF
their supports gave way on tnst Sc,
The Loss. So3essasl ftaf
The boat is not thought, 70 b . total
wreck, as her machinery and mach Of her
hull are in good condition. She 10 the
property of the Wheeling and Parkersbnrg
Transportation Company, which. within
last year, purchased her from Capt VIM.
Dillon, Of this city, who had been running
her in the Wheeling ana ntam2ns,
Wheeling and sistersyille, AVID lsttetly In
the Wheeling and Marietta trade. She is
not a very new boat, neither - she very
old, Capt. Dillon having practically re.
newed her machinery whsn he purchased
her. which was also not very long before
the date of her sale to hef, present owners.
The is perhaps the fastest benton the Upper
Ohio. and on this account was very desira-
Bile as passenger and excursion packet.
Notes. ses.4g
Col. J. NJ. Belleyille, agent q this CITY OF
the P, W. & Ky. road has placed the press
of this city under lasting obligations on &C.
count of the promptness and alacrity with
which he left his bed md responded to
their requests for facilities TO get 70 the
scene of the disaster. He came over and
personally supervised and superintended
the details of the trip and went with the
train. The writer cannot forego the pleas.
ure also of testifying TO the courteous treat
ment at the hands, of the train officers, en-.
gineer, fremen, engine wiper, ETC., for fur
thering our trip.
Some of the usual nuisances in the shape
of interlopers boarded the train despite
declared.
keep them off.
along in good time and did much to re-
lieve the cold and dampness of the saved.
The John Tomas lost no time in going
to work to save the drowning, and made
repeated trips to and from the shore.
VIM. App and VIM. Henry, of Steuben-
Vile, Fred. Hoffman, of Wheeling, and
another party of fishermen in camp at the
place of the disaster came out in their
boats and succeeded in carrying ffty-three
ashore and saving nine from death who
were struggling in the water.
Some thief stole the box containing the
money on board the boat and succeeded In
getting ashore with it.
Some one, either very cold or very mean,
stole the blankets belonging to the fisher
men who, at great. risk, saved so many
lives.
A large number of chairs were recovered
and taken to shore by the fishers.
THE Tomas was not to blame" was the
unanimous verdict of all whom we encoun-
tered last night.
An officer of the Lomas was rendered o
drink of liquor, last night by a person in
sympathy with his drenched and chilled
condition, but the offer was declined with
the remark: mo sir, that was the cause of
this night trouble"
The folks at Martins Ferry were in an
ecstasy of agony until the arrival of the
Tomas with all on board.
There was not single beat on the Scioto
last night TO send out for the reporters,
and good round sum was levied upon
the men that did bring them over.
w. s. Meek OF the Times, Col. Irwin,
Capt. Abe Lash, George Robinson, and An
derson Ralston, Jr., were the Martins
Ferry representatives on the press train.
DR.. A. r. Ong, OF Martins Ferry, sue
ceeded by his own individual efforts in
pulling six men out of the water, while
VIM. Mann, OF the same place, contributed
largely to the saving of life.
The ladies on board the Tomas stood the
shock well, and did all they could to rem
der assistance.
The unanimous reply of all the Martins
Ferry delegation to the query, Whose
fault was it?' was "The Scioto's. We
wbistled for sides and she ran into u.s."
DR.. Ong says he thinks that the drowned
vi uot eycaed Al and NAV mt On nyor 1S