Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-06
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES 10 TnE REcoRp-Usr
The River Disas,cr-Fut,her Details.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The River Disas;er-Futther Details.
WHEELING Nv. Va. July 5th.-It is i'm
possible TO ascertain, or even guess, the mum
Der of persons drowrei. Captain Thomas
son DIN is missing, and dece hand, name
unknown, was also drowned from the Sciota.
Tbs rest Of the crew are safe. The first man
taken out of the water was the Waterman,
Chss. Mccoy. The Tomas struck the
Sciota on the port side, fifteen feet from the
bow, and made large hole through the hull,
which filed rapidly, and she sank at once,
and is now lying at the bottom of the river.
The water is two feet deep in the cabin.
Charles Page, of Marietta, Ohio, stoker or
assistant engineer of the Sciots, s.id: We
started at half-psst 6 o'clock in the morning,
with large excursion party, who were eff
for 4th of July frolic and they went as far
down the river as Mouutsville, arriving
there about 1:30P VI and after lying there
about two hours, started for home, stopped
at Wheeling and Martins Ferry. The PEG.
pied hailed as we passed along the river,
but the Captain said we had enough
on board, and refused to take any
more, except at Steubenvile, where he took
on several passengers. When we collided
with the Tomas, as near as l can Judge from
what ntafu ptOple say, We lAu On iOdru
400 people at least, and probably 800. | was
on watch at the time of the accident, and
when the boats whistled for passing l noticed
that there was something wrong, but
thought nothing of it, and stepped out
on deck for second. When | saw the
Tomas right on us 1 rushed back to my en-
CINE, obeyed the bell to go baak, which wac
immediately followed by bell to stop, and
then seeing that the boat was sinking the en-
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then ! ran after my coat, When 1 got back
the skiff was 50 full of poor stricken people
that | knew it would sink, so | jumped into
the river and struck out for tho West
| Virginia shore. In looking around me
as | swan, | saw sight that
took the life out of me. The water was black
with struggling humanity, and the expression
OF faces was the most terrible you can imagine.
Men, women and children were crying
piteously for help. and some of the screams
so uunerved me that l could scarcely swim :;
struck out with all my might L soon
got out of sight of the crowd in the
water, there being but two boys near
me, who managed to reach the shore in
safety, with little help from nae. We swan
about mile altogether, and when we reached
the shore it was almost impossible for any of
us to stand up. As to how many were lost
L can form no idea, nor do l know what
caused the accident, or who is to blame. l
heard that one Of Captain Thomas little boys
was lost. Ned was his name, believe.
SOME OF THE DEAD AND MISSING.
CIYCISYATI, July 5.h-A special from
Mingo junction says: 1t is impossible to OBJ
tain the names of the missing, but it seems
well established that the number is not
greater than twenty. The following bodies
| bava baen recoverable David EaroO RI
Pipps, of WeIlsville r. G. Reed. of East
Liverpool; - Smith, boy, of Steubenville,
| o; T. lward Thomas. Among the missing
and not likely to have escaped alive are the
! following boys: Harper Stewart, Willie
Is 10Th, Charles Davidson and Joe Corners
Three or four members of the Wellsville
Brass Band are reported missing.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
MINGo JUNCTION, July 5th.-The following
have been found dead: Q. Z. Spriggs, Ham
mondsville Miss Belle Brandon, Dave
Cargo, Sarah Riddy, Stewart Pipes, Joseph
Common, Ed. Smith, all of Wellsville r. E.
Boardmap. E. P. Burke and Mollie Shields
Of East Liverpool Ed. Thomas, the Cap.
taih's boy. Probably fifteen more will be
found and perhaps twenty-five to fifty in all,
as the people in East Liverpool and Wells.
vile miss their friends. When the boat is
raised many bodies will be found. The party
was composed about equally of gentlemen
/ and ladies.
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD-oyER FIFTY YET
! MISSING.
STEUBENv1LLE (O.), July 5th.-Hundreds
| of people are attracted to the scene of the
wrecked Scioto. Some are in search of
missing loved ones others from curiosity.
One dead body has been recovered on the
Ohio side Two bodies of boys are reported
near Wellsburg.
Two boys were picked up on the Virginia
side, who had swan mile and a half below
the place of the accident. They say that
about fifty persons were on the lower deck
with them when the boat sunk, and many of
them were probably drowned.
Captain Thomas, of the Scioto, is crazed
with grief at the loss OF his son, and is be.
numbed with cold from his f.uitless search in
water in the cabin for his badly, which has
since been found at Brilliant Station.
The death roll will probably exceed fifty.
| There are more than this number missing,
and all chances for escape are heard from.
Hundreds of persons went from Wellsviile
and East Liverpool down to the scene of the
disaster this morning The list of missing is
as follows: Wellsville-John Stevenson,
aged % years; David Fargo, q years Belle
Brandon, Sallie Kiddy, E. z. Smith, wife
and two children, Willie Ewing, Charles Da-
wilson, twelve children; Joseph Conner, p
years. East Liverpool-Ireue Farmer
! Thompson, 10 years; LiucJ lin Thompson, %;
Annie Booth Carrie Boardman, NJ E. Est
line and wife, Willie Perrell, John Christy,
John Tornlinson, Jacob Gibson and wife, DR..
| Stevenson and three men named respectively
Kennett, Woods and Burke. Lewis Harper
of Wellsville was fatally hurt. This list it is
more likely will be swelled than diminished.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
WHEELING, July 5.h.-The scene of the
wreck of the Scioto to-day almost beggars
description, the anguish of those looking for
their lost ones, adding to the walls and sobs
of those bending over the inanimate forms of
dead loved eres recovered from the water.
An Associated Press reporter arrived at
the scene at noon, at which time only nine
| bodies had been recovered. Both banks of
the river are lined with people, making
crowd CT perhaps 1000 persons. The work
of dragging in the vicinity for the bodies is
still going on.
: William Mulholland, of Wellsville, Ohio,
under whose auspices the excursion on the i'll
| fated Scioto was given, said the boat took on
board about 200 passengers ut East Liver
pool and $50 ct Wellsville. The boat was
very much crowded, and refused to stop at
other points where tickets had been sold.
| Taking his statement, with others, it is safe
time of the collision
Captain Smith, of Martins Ferry, who was
on the John Lomas, says that when some dis
lance from the Scioto he noticed the boats
were going TO come together, and made pre-
parations for the shock. Both steamers had
on full heads of steam, the Lomas going down
stream at the rate of fifteen miles per hour,
and the ascending Scioto at the rate of twelve
miles. There seems to bs aprevailing opinion
El,Ex H.. Ia I'll
standing or confusion of signals.
CORRECTED LIST OF THE MISSING.
STEUBENvnLE, July 5th.-Following is a
corrected list of the missing: Wood Bailey.
John Tomlinson, Wilson Paul, John Christy,
Eugene Farmer, j. C. Thompson, Lincoln
Wright, Benjamin Stebbius, Lincoln Board
man, Stephen Kent Michael Emmerling,
Mrq. Michael Emmerling, David Freed,
Charles Leith, Charles Swearipger, c. T.
Thompson, T. L. Estline and wife, Willie
PArell, Jacob Gibson and wife, James New
man, Miss Droy and John Hoaglsnd-all of
East Liverpool. Arthur E. Hoagland, Mr..
Hunter, G. B. Armstrong, William Ewing,
Edward Thomas, E. IL. Smith and two
children-of Wellsville. Two Brosser boys
of Steubenville, and Cornelius Plumer, of
Washington. Pa. fetal, 40.
The bodies recovered were those of Evan
P. Burk, Harry Il. Beardmore, Miss Belle
Brannon, Nellie Shields. David Fago, Ed
ward Thomas. Charles Sprague, Sallie Kiddy,
Stewart Pipes, Joseph Conner, Lincoln
Beardmore, Harry Donnelly, Edward Duffy,
Edward Smith. Total, Il.
The work Of hunting for dead bodies ia still
in progress. The Coroner of Jefferson county
is on the ground, and will commence an in
quest on the bodies to morrow. The investi-
CATION by the Government inspectors will
take place at Wheeling
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 5th.-Cameron of Wis.
consin moved to dispense with the calendar fer
the purpose of taking up the bill for the re-
lief OF Ben. Holiday.
The Senate refused to table the motion by
z9 to % and agreed to consider the bill by 81
to "a.
T'ba ,n;noritv hapan tn flibuster exnlaining