The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-05

eIdmber Rt Inst, so thoroughly exhausted
was his entire system. But after being
fully awaked he proved 10 be very In,
telligent young man Of about 25 years, q
pleasing face and very aGable manner
All his information was given in clear
concise manner and he impressed the re.
porter with being very careful TO have ev.
crything exact, but at the same time show.
ed no hesitation in telling all he
knew, so that bis story Is en-.
titled 10 a good deal OF credit, Owinr
10 the lateness OF the hour we could moi
get the stories Of the two boys who Were
with him in the house, nor did we learn
their names. Both, however, are from
Wellsrille.
TIE SCENE AT TIE BOAT
when the. reporters visited the sunker
vessel was horrible one. The boat lay 0
few hundred yards below Mingo, and no,
Tar from the Ohio shore, with her head ur
stream, and about two feet OF water in he,
cabin. She dipped slightly to the Dor,
side, and the furniture was floating aboul
in confusion, the piano being upside down
and some OF the chairs broken. The rail.
ing around the guards was more or less de.
molished by the passengers climbing up,
The reporters crossed to the boat in n
skif belonging 10 a fishing party from
Steubenville, camped near the scene Of The
disaster. Three OF these men, Walter 4 pp,
Fred Huffman and William Henry, saw
the accident. They say the Lomas coming
down, blew her whistle once, the Scioto
going up, blew twice, both signals meanipr
the same channel. r-l
The collision occurred about S O'Clock.
Persons on the shore saw that there Would
be collision before the boats struck, and
the three men named got into their ski]
and rowed out toward the boats. They
succeeded, when the crash came, in saving
the lives OF nine persons, but saw
three others drown without being
abe to do anything to save them. One
man sunk when the skiG was within iew
yards OF him. They then devoted them.
selves to taking off the terrified passengers,
and conveyed tiity-three TO shore.
Two other skifj, one occupied by John
Zimmerman and Joe Davis, aud the other
by Thomas Mcdonald and Wm II. Henry
also saved several lives.
The boat was in charge OF the watch.
man Charles B. Mccoy, and the cabin boy
John Denny. They told very intellicen,
story OF the affair. They said the Scio,C
was struck on the port side, about Is lee,
from the bow, the Lomas coming into ber
"head on" 4 large hole was knocked in
the Scioto's hull, and she filed almost i'm.
mediately and
WENT DOWN. At ONCE.
The watchman said he had little idea
| how many passengers were aboard. There
were certainly 400, and possibly upwards
OF 500. The scene when the collision oc.
cured was simply indescribable, the women
running about, c!inging to each other and
to the men, screaming for their children,
their husbands or friends. and the men,
their panic increased by the screaming oj
the women, were unable to collect ,bei,
wits SO as to do anything intelligibly.
The number OF persons in the water
probably at no one time exceeded 100, and
most OF these were saved. It is impossible
to even form an intellisen. opinion
OF the number oil persons drowned.
The Captains son, Dan, is missing,
and supposed to be drowned. A deckhand
whose name is not known, is also miss;u~,
DE lives at l.ockport, near Baersville,
Ohio. Several good swimmers swan 70
the West Virginia shore, four hundred
yards distant, andsome landed mile OF
more below.
The first man taken out OF the water
was the watchman, Mccoy, who was say
ed by App and his party. Ell. Bond, OF
steubenvIile, was also saved. Two, ladies'
tainted after being taken out.
Tie party returned to the city about IS
A. ~, the run being made in about 20 min
utes. Mr. J. NJ. Beleville, OF the P, W. 4
Ky. road, deserves the especial thanks OF
the newspapers, for the trouble he took TO
secure the facilities desired to reach the
scene OF the accident. --" =