Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-27
WOE AND DEATH
Among the Shipwrecked People III INT
Hiekety and UnseawOrthy Steamer
Asia in Parry. Sound.
S;obts of Awful Horrors Experienced by
the One Woman Who Survived
the Storm.

Great Northern Transit Company is wen
exempli6ed by a conversation whieh to'k
Inc comnany. and Mr.. J. o. Miller recently.
Tnese Two gentlemen were at CoiiIngWood
when Suudav-school excuralon, consisting
of from 900 to 800 passengers, WAS going on
hoard the Northern Belle, licensed 10 carry
sixty-6ve pssseDgeTF. Mr.. Miller Ienou-
strate with Mr.. Cameron, and polnied oui
the very awkward position IN FbIcn ne
you'd be placed if an accident should hap.
psu. Mr.. Cameron replied that he would
Ike his chances and would take all on
DO ard who came along. On Inc passage 10
Parry Sound the same day Mr.. Miller had
a conversation with Capt. Taylor on the
same subject and reminded him thai the
Belle only allowed TO carry SKY
4 messengers, was classed for rivers only, and |
hat her right to run on Georgia Bay was |
questionable. Capt. Taylor seemed 10 feel |
his positiou, and said he demonstrated with |
Mr.. Cameron and Capt. Campbell, and told |
them they must take the responsibility II the
excursion party went on board. They said |
he must either take the excursion party or |
lose his place, and he had MS iAuiiiy 10
| support.
MISS MoRRIsoN's STATEMENT.
Miss Morrison is still very weak, and is
can6ued TO her bed, but she is considered
| out of danger. She was able this afternoon
| TO furnish a correspondent with the following
account OF the disaster. L went on board
| the Asia at Owen Sound. l had ticket Tor
Sauli Ste. Marie. The Asia reached Owen
Sound at IL O'Clock "Wednesday night, and
remained about an hour, taking in psssen-
GERS and freight | saw seven persons buy
| tickets at Owen SOund-fve men and two
women. One Of The women had child
| about year old with her. Two OF the men
| looked like commercial travellers and the
others like laborers. / knew none Of their
| how haar, oof N
| board there, but those were all observed.
/ I got a state-room along with two other
| Young ladies, one Miss McNab, who got on
1 board at Colliugwood. do not remember
| the name of the other. They were not com
panious, but the rooms were so full that the
| cabin-maid put them IN the dooble-herth and
4 gave me the other. / went to bed before the
boat touched at Presque Isle, but Mate Nc
| Donald told me in the morning that they
| took on hay but no passengers at Pressure
/ IsIe The mate was my cousin. 1t did
| not get very rough until g. O'Clock
| in the morning. was up then,
but was seasick, and took no break
i fast. / saw four women with children
| in the cabin-one had four, one had
! two. and two had one each. They we're two
| families, and had taken a deck passage. /
| noticed the four women and their children
| particularly. The women were all sick, and
The cabin maid was feeding the children.
| There may have been other ladies in the |
| open air. ! knew there was danger. L saw
| people putting on ile-preserveis. L lay |
| down and thought l would not move if the |
boat were sinking. The boat rolled on her |
side and / thought it was sinking, when | |
| Jumped up and went. into the adjoining |
| state-rnom, where a woman and two children |
| we're j found her asleep and awoke Ter, |
but l think she never left the cabin. Her |
children were a small one about two yesrs OF |
age and a child in arms l then put on |
lIfe-preseryer aud sat by the cabin-door. |
Before | went to my state-room asked the |
mate if there was any great danger. He
said there was a very heavy sea, but they had |
already thrown some horses overheard, and |
would throw eff all the freight they could. L
could hear a great noise made by the horses. |
THE STEAMER FOUNDERS.
had hopes the boat would be saved till
| saw water coming into the cabin. j was
on the upper side of the boat. She lay now
on her side. 1 took hold of the rail, slid
down into the water and sank. / came up
by the side of the captains boat. He took
me by the wrist, and the mate helped 10 pull
me up. My state-room companions were
both in the same boat, but no other women
or children. / saw the other two lifeboats
both full. The captain and mate had oars,
and tried 10 take care OF our boat. The
steamer now went down and left wrecksge
floating all around. / saw the other two
boats upset twice, and each time the number
of passengers was largely reduced. The
three boats drifted together for a short time.
heard those in the other boats call to the
captain for oars. One of the two boats had
no oars one had one, and our boat two. The
captain could spare none. Our boat went
along quite nicely for some minutes; the
others capsized almost immediately. They |
had nothing to help themselves with. I was
sitting in the bow of our boat looking back
ri he wreck / aaW the nj her fuo h0ats |
tip over three timer, and when l next saw
them they were empty, no one even clinging
10 their sides.
ONLY TWO SAVED.
l am sure none were saved except Thinks
and myself. Finally our boat upset, and we
lost both oars. We were then at the mercy
of the waves, and were upset four times in
all. There were eighteen persons in the boat
before she upset. Two women were lost the
first time. 1t became calmer near dark, and
the boat did not upset again. About this
time we picked up a floating oar, but were
too exhausted to use it. The mate told me
TO hold on to the lifeline whatever hap
pened. and 1 never let go. When the boat
upset hung on and came up with it.
DYING IN THE BOAT.
None OF the FIVE men died until after dark
The mate got upon his knees, and said he
could see land This cheered us all. The
captain cccAuCu fSI Eau, duu rCAuOm spOhC. |
None had hats or coats on but Thinks. had
neither hat nor shawl. We were all in the
water up TO our knees, but the water was not
up 10 the seats. III we had had bailing
dish we could have bailed out the boat after
the sea went down, but we had nothing TO do
it with. The men all died quietly, and
seemed 10 90 TO sleep. The mate put his
head up TO my face in the dark and asked
if it was me. L said yes. My hair was fly
ing around. He seized it in his death grasp
and pulled down my head. asked the cap |
tain, who was near, to release my hair. He
did go, and the mate soon breathed his last
We saw light at Byng Inlet about dark
and could see il all night, but drifting south {
shortly after the mate died and the captain
lay down. l tried 10 arouse The captain, but
be was dead. / think this was about mid
night. Mr.. Thinks and 1 kept up a CONVEX
sation. / was nervous, and feared that
Thinks would lay down his head like the
rest. asked him 10 come to the bow, but
ne said we would balance the boat better by
we were, and that he would
lot go TO sleep.
TAKING OUT THE DEAD. .
Daylight finally dawned and revealed the
'hore near by. Thinks worked the boat to-
ward the shore with the oar we had picked /
Up. 1t was a beautiful warm, morning, and
he sun warmed us and dried our cloth :
ng. We got on the rocks shortly after sun
|
sland, thinking we might find SEINE house.
could not walk, so we returned TO the boat. q
rinkis took the bodies out. j could not | L
elp him. He then pried the boat off with n
be oar. He then worked the boat down the
each, but made poor Roadway. Darkness b
oming on, was afraid it would get rough, ,
0 we landed, broke boughs for our bed and d
ut some under and some over US. L slept a
ome, but was nervous. We were up before Il
unrise, and got into our boat. 1t was calm b
hen. We rowed short time, but then I
ave it up, and went ashore and laid down
n the rocks and went to sleep. Al
DISCOVERED BY AN INDIAN II
An Indian came along and walked us up 8
nd asked if we were lost. We said we N
ere. His squaw was in boat. We asked al
i'm how far il was 10 a house. He said it | q
as twenty-five miles, and.a asked if we were
ungry. He then got some bread and pork er
ON his boat. / could not eat, but drank | it
,me cold tea. Thinks offered the Indian his th
atch TO lake us to Parry Sound. We had d.
ut little to eat on the way. The squaw CT
ade me bed in the boat, and slept there 81
unday night quite comfortably. Thinks 81;
ever gave up except Saturday morning, XII
hen we lay down on the rocks 10 die. /
fought OF the BABES in the Woods, " but saw m
, hope of rescue. fe
why She Said -Oo., an
Grayson Letter. 81
The other night overheard a real pretty wi
tile piece of loves labor won, and it made sa
y heart beat faster and brought back mem OF
les of the past. 1t happened down on the
irk end OF the piazza, next TO my open CO
indow: 4 fo
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