Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
TIE MARYLAND HORROR

Tho Collapse OF . Rotten Pier N...
timore Throws Nearly o peon,. YAK
tho Water-A Large Number NJ ne Int
Recovered. eorpses
BALTIMORE, Md, JULY ..
A terrible calamity occurred at tho No. 80,
Point Tivoli, an excursion resort on tba ~
tapsco, ten miles from the city, about .'
o'clock Monday night, by which many ,;v u'
were lost. The number is estimated a. w
tween sixty and seventy. The accident " w.
occasioned by the giving way of the m, "a'
portion of the pier on which seyer,, Ivy
bred persons had congregated. aua a.'
ing the boat to return to this S" o;al
The locality is on a small bav n.y. ~.
tant about two miles from North po JUS,
Lighthouse. 1t was formerly know ,oMs
Holly Grove, and was the first excnrs;. ~
place fitted up about fifteen years aro a"a
was the most popular resort at that tim, a WI,
Tor several years afterward. Monday :" u
excursion was given to Tivoli, under t y.
management of the Mt, Royal Benefc;smuss
Society of the Catholic Church of Corsay
Christi, corner OF Mount Royal avenue .pus
Mosher street, Of which Father Star is nns
tor.
The excursion went down on the har,s
Cockade City, which was lowed by the tn.
Amanda Howell. The barge was formsr1s
an old canal-boat refitted with double decs,
for excursion purposes, and used for snoh
for several years. Monday she made thrsa
trips, the last being made from this civ ba'
tween six and seven O'Clock in the eyeninr
and reached Tivoli before ten o'clon?'
During the day she had taken about 500 nar'
sons, and on her last trip about 100. Alars.
number of those who went down during t5s
day had remained, intending to return nv nv
the last trip.
When the barge approached, all those on
shore made a rush for the end of the wharf
which is several feet long, and were close
ly packed at the gate, about TWENTY-FIVE
feet from the end, impatiently awaiting ad.
mittance. AS the barge. came along side
and struck the wharf it suddenly and with.
out warning gave way, and a large portion Of
the crowd was precipitated into the water
which is about ten feet deep at that pont
Of the wharf. Many were able to save
themselves by fleeing toward the shore AL
the outer end of the pier crumbled and fell
The darkness added to the confusion and|
terror, and little could be done at once to
rescue the drowning, most of whom were
women and children.
Liz llSG llcNS VI VIC uiSdSlcT reached the
city a little after two o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing, when the barge landed at Henderson's
Wharf, bringing a number of the bodies Of
the drowned.
The scene at Henderson's Wharf, where
the Coclkade City arrived with her first load
OF dead at two O'clock Tuesday morning,
was affecting. Many friends of those who
had gone on the excursion had gathered,
being uneasy at the unusual delay. Anxious
parents, 0 II and daughters at once began 10
make inquiries, and agoniZing cries Went up,
as they found their fears verified, and learned
that some of their friends We're among
the dead. During the morning the crowd
increased and the sorrowful scenes grew in
number. Most of the cases were women
aud very many cases young girls. In many
instances their faces were discolored and
blood ooZed from their nostrils. When car.
ried off the boat the bodies were laid side
by side in the shed OH the wharf. The
faces were covered with cloths, and thu
hands were crossed Oh their breasts. AL
the undertaken wagons Obtainable were Sc
cured, and the work of taking the identificL
victims to their homes so suddenly cas-
into gloom was begun. The Cockade CITY
left at 4:3S a. H.. for the scene of the
disaster again. 1t had left many BOLTS
there and about two hundred of the excur.
s%ionists. Those left behind were in large
part women and children, and they passed
a terrible night, mostly in the open air.. A
large fire was built, and around this the
shivering ones gathered to dry their clothes