The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-15
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eemiHF 10 thu river unlief inll head n
u Hm aHa ehan ahpm half mllp fffm
Ninaa Junction tn inhn mnas waa
slshiel eumlnq dawn Tho rila ~ the
reletu whlsilei iot tho channel tmf
ewiHa ~ mlmnderianilna leth hsats
t,T,k the stmo ,iio. ihe toinas sifiklns fhs
seioiu and sinking hef IN nflcrn iect N vates
IN thfee minutes ir'm ne lime N ihc et'llslaa.
The seenes on lhu H,iDiu wcfo heaftfendinH.
ani The life struggles woic frlrhiiud H. l'rholdl
The taHias was only slightly dsables. and
vent ~ work NJ umci ~ save ihuau IN h#ri
The unfortunate selmo, Thls task wm rem
defrd easlef by ihN hrlrhi m onl pht anil M
dssila many live. wefe ssvta frem ihs fe##sa.
wntrLlsa ". Va. judy g.
The seene NJ The wreck ~ the reiotn to-day
almost heFTafa description. The anguish ~
thuse louklng fof lost ones was added 10 the
walls ani soils ~ ihoar bending ovef The insi,.
innate fufms Of deal lovvd uncs recovered
from tho water The Associated Press report.
~ arrived NJ tho sccnc NJ noon. ai whleh
time only nino bpdl = hal brcn recos.
erred. 18th banks ~ the rvcr werc lined
with people, making y crowd of perhaps
a0o per'ons The work Of dragging IN ihs
velnity fdr bodleA Il aiill going on,
William Muih,lland, OF wcllavlll', o., updsr
whose ansp eis the excursion IN tho Inflated
selolo was given, said that the boat took on
nbiu ltll passengers NJ East Liverpool and 80
VI wellsvilc. Tho bont wa, very much or,wi-
ei, and refused I, stop at oih,r point. where
tickets hid been nold, Tiklnv hlH statements
with others. n 4 safe tb say that ave- hundrc
souls were on board NJ the tim, of tho col
lisloD.
Captain I'm IN. II Martins Ferry who war
ON the John l,oma., says that, whom some dls
tanee from thr hcioto he noticed IN host,
were going to come togoihor. and made hii
preparations for the shock. 10th steamer
had ON q full head of s,cnm. the Lomas Eoins
down stream nj the ratc of fifteen miles pei
hour, ani thu ascending nciuto nj the rate o
twelve miles. II seems :, be the prevailing
opinion that the collision resulted from mls
understanding or confusion of signals.
several bodI,S arp known 10 bc In tho wreck
Tho steamer Welcome. of this city, left for tn
sceno OF the accident this afternoon to rende
aid IN recovering and raising the sunkel
steamer.
PITrsnuRGu, Pa. Julya
The Lomas appears 10 hnvc siena'ei nrst Nc
cordIpg 10 regulations with one blast, 10 pas
| on the left. In a few minutes the scloto rt
sponded with two and made for the middle o
the river. The Lomas then gave two whistles
but the boats kept comInR closer aud close
together. Orders wcr- given IN back tho o.
gines, but II was too latc TO do any good
The bouts o,mc together with a trcmcndou
crash, tho Lomas striking ihs scIoto on n
lnrboari or icfthani side Just about the ash
box. tearing Into her guards, aud making
large hole In the hull through which she brsn
taking water at rapid rate. Az may bc In
agined, tho confusion on b)ard was terrible
Tho number Of women aud children on bonr
was especially large, and ns tho iost beran
settle at once the scene was heartrcndInx
parents looking for tholr childson ana vi
versa. husbands for their WHY'S and wIves 4
their husbands. and prayers and cries nlls
the air. The officers, 10 their credit, tried |
keep the people rool, with the usual resuIt
such cases-nobody paid much attention
them. The boat began going down At ono
and IN three minutes there was Ave feet
waier In tho cabin. Those on tho lower de'
mot less than iitty IN number began jumplI
Into the river, and tho example was cont
EIous. Many followed them like flock
sheep, while others more cool made their Nj
10 the hurricane roof. where thern was safe
~ long B Il would hold up und
tho weight. There were dozen
hfiecn men lying drunk on the lower doc
and nll were doubtless hurried into cterni
without warning The river seemed blsck vi
human beings and debris " all kinds, and
will be days nj least before tho full extent
tho disaster ID known. There were three boa
In the excitement the first was oyefcrowd
and swamped, but II is believed that npnc
the inmates wero Lost. Tho other wo boa
were managed hotter. and I'D Eood work
rcscuins passengers. Tho Iom.s was p
Ing her crowd on the West Virginia shors, .
turned 10 the help Of those on the hurrieal
deck Of the scioso.
srxunEsvfLfE. o.. July 8
Following IL . correct Iist Of the mlssin
Wood Bailey, John Thomlinson. Wilson Pa
John Chnsty. Eugene Farmer. George
Thompson. Lincoln Wright. benjamin stsbbIr
Lincoln IIeardmorc. Stephen Kent, MIcha
EmmerlInE. Mn. Michael Emmsriinz. Day
Frecd, Charles IcIth. Charles swcsrinxcn, {
Thompson. n. " Eztiine and wife. Will
Pareil, Jacob Gibson and wife, James Me-
man Mrs Droy. and J. Groussl. all of "
Liverpool. Arthur Y. HoaEiand Mr.. llunfs'
g. b. Armstrong. lillian Ewing, Eiwaf
Thomas. Willie noDth. Charles Davidson. fsr'
n Harper, Jobn stevenson. " Y. smith ~
two children, ~ wcIIsviIlc. two Drosrcr by
Of stsubcnyills; Cornelius PIumcr wsshiaI
ton. Pa. Total. 10
bodies Recovered: Evnn p. Burke, Harl
d. Beardmorr, Miss Belle Brsnnon, NIss ~
lie shields. David FsRo, Edward Thyma
Charles rpraruc fsIIIr kiddy. Stewart Plps
Josrph Connor, Lincoln icarimorr. Hsrl
DcnncIly, Edward Duffy, Edward Smith. 7
fal. H.
The work Of hunting the dead bodies Is d,
| In ufuHfr=z.