Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-07

up and ran to the Ohio shore, land
ed her passengers, and then Ee-
tuin d to the wreck. The crew and
officers of the Tomas exercised every
effort to rescue the unfortunate pas
sengers and succeeded in landing
over 400, making several trips. A
soon as / saw the accident / jumped
into my skiff and started for the
wreck. When got there 1 got five
persons within distance of rs feet,
and there were two other skifs be-
low me picking them up, bat don't,
know how many they got They
we're hallooing all over, and there
appeared to be great many in the
wreck, but it was too dark for ne to
tell the number. then took the
parties l had rescued to the Ohio
side, and by that time the Lmas
landed a party and returned to the
wreck. l had just come home from
work as the boat came past and
could not tell how many there were
on board, but from what the parties
who landed told me, there we're from
$50 to $50 on the boat. From the
run of the conversation of those
who had been landed l gath
cred that from 500 to $50 were
landed. Three women were carried
ashore and died after having been
rescued. Two little boys and the as
sistant engineer of the Sciota were
rescued and stopped at Cox's. The
assistant engineer told me he thought
many lives were lost, as the lower
decks were crowded and the boat
sank instantly. A man and woman
passed within a hundred yards of my
house. He was holding her up and
crying for help, but my wife saw them
sink. The scene was terrible. l saw
at least fifty young ladies who had
been brought to the shore, who were
saved by their escorts swimming and
holding them up.
| ClNcINNATI, July ga Times
Star special from Mingo Junction,
Ohio, says: 1t is impossible to OBJ
tan the names of all the missing, but
it seems to be established that tho
number is not greater than twenty.
The following bodies have been re-
covered: David Fargo and Stewart
Piper of Wellsville, II. G. Beard of
East Liverpool, Blank Smith, boy
of Steubenville, Ohio, and Ed Thorn
as. Among the missing and not like
ly to have escaped alive are the fol-
lowing boys: Harper Stewart, Will
lie Booth, Charles Davidson and Joe
Corners. Three or four members of
the Westville Brass Band are report
ed missing.
> WHEELING, w. Va. July 6.-The
scene at the wreck of the Sciota, to-
day, almost beggars description, the
anguish Of those looking for lost
ones adding to the walls and sobs of
q those bending over the inanimate
forms of dead, loved ones recovered
from the water.
The Associated Press reporter ar
: rived at the scene at noon-at which
time only nine bodies had been re-
@ covered Both banks of the river
were lined with people, making q
= crowd of perhaps 2,OOOpersons. The
g work of dragging in the vicinity for
e bodies is still going on. -
William Mulholland, Of Wells
vile, Ohio, under whose auspices
the excursion on the ill-fated SciotO
was given, said that the boat took
on about 200 passengers at East Liv
erpool, and $50 at Wellsyille. The
= boat was very much crowded, AND
refused to stop at other points where
tickets had been sold.
Taking his statements with those
: of others it is safe to say that there
:" were 500 souls on board at the time
of the collision.
i Captain Smith, of Martins Ferry
g who was on the John Lomas, says tina
n when some distance from the Sciots
/, he noticed that the boats were goinl
to come together, and made prepare
o tons for the shock. Both steamers hat
e on full head of steam, the LOma
going down stream at the rate of /!
,s miles per hour, and the ascendin,
Sciota at the rate of II miles.
:, 1t seems to be the prevailing opin
:" ion that the collision resulted iron
c. misunderstanding or confusion O
I'd signals.