Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-25
SIXTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
AN UNSAFE PIER PTIrNcES
CROWD INTO ETERNITY.

SPRINGS
Death TraP-CathOIic Excursionists
to Baltimore Suburb the Victims~
Most of the Lost Are Women and
Children.
BALTIMORE, July PA terrible ca.
lamlty occurred at North Point. Tiyoli.
an excursion resort on the Patapsco
river, ten miles from this city. about 10
O'CLOCK last night, by which many lives
were Iost, the number being estimated at
between 60 and 20. The accident was 90
casIoned by the giving away of the outer
porIloh OF the pier, on which sew
eral hundred persons We're congre-
gated awaiting the boat to return tn
this city. The locality is on a small hay
INSTANT ABOUT two miles from North Point
lighthouse. 1t was formerly known as
HOLY GroYe, and was the first rnOu1ar
excursion place fitted up near the city
ABOUT nIteen years ago, and was the most
popular resort at that time and for several
years afterward. Yesterday an exclIr
sion was given to Tivoli, under the man
aagement of the Mount Royal Beneficial
society of the Catholic Church Of
corpus christi, of which Father Starr is
pastor. The Mount ROYAL avenue and
Mosher street eXcursionists went down
on the barge COckade City, which was
lowed 0y the tug Amanda Powell. The
barge was formerly an old canal boat.
which had been fitted I'D with several
| aecks Tor excursion purposes, and has
Deen used as such for several wears
yesterday she made three trips. the last
Delng made from this city between
ana O'Clock last evening.
and reached Tivoli before 10 O'Clock,
IDouoTlng ~ the day she had taken down about
oUV persons, and on her last trip about
IVO. A large number of those who went
doWn during the day had remained. in |
tending to return on the last trim. When !
the barge approached all those on shore |
maze rush for the end of the wharf. |
whlch is several hundred feet |
lonS, ana were closely packed together /
at the gate, about twenty-five feet from |
the end, impatiently awaiting admittance |
tnrough the gate. AS the barge came /
alongside and struck the wharf il sudden
~ and without warning gave way. and a
large portion of the crowd were precipi
tated into the water, which is about ten
IeeC ueep. Many were able to save them
serves by tleeing toward the shore as the
outer end of the pier crumbled and fell.
darkness added to the confusion and ter
Tor, ana little could be done at once TO
rescue the drowning, most of whom were
women and children.
Inc first news of the disaster reached
thls city little after 2 O'Clock this morn
!
son Whar1, bringing number of bodies
OF the drowned.
Up TO noon 90 bodies has been brought
10 TINS city, all of which, except four.
nave been identified. The following is
the list with the ages so far as ascer-
tanned. 1t will be seen the greater pro-
PoTllon were young ladies and children:
John McArany, Mrs. John McAranv and
inIanI, Mrs. Crouch and two children.
Mrs THOMAS Mclaughlin and three chill
qren, aged 13, 10 and 9 years. Mrs. Keller.
MIS-; heDecca Erman and daughter Belle. |
aged 1T, Miss Mary Burns, Miss Kate
colbert, Miss Laura Imearer, Maggie |
thompson, Maggie Burns, Wilhelmina
W lllIOn, Agnes Feehan, Mary Newman.
Mary McGahan, Mary Spies. aged Isl ;
Rosa Mcbride, Maggie Lynch, aged TO-
Mary Lynch, aged 20, Mary and Jennie
carey, sisters, aged 30 and %. Minnie
aged II, Margaret McGaban.
aged 30, Bridget Gaffry, aged %, Winfield /
5atry, aged q, Mamie O'Neil, aged 3. I
fannle l.. Maria, Mary Linburg, two sis {
,9 ,ers II named Parr, Annie Owens, Mollie ! !
murphy, Mary Hughes agad It. Olivia {
ocuiI, an infant, Mary HammiU 7
aged Is, Alice Ryan, Johanna /
oConnell, Mary Giblin, Elizabeth Con- {
11eefs, aged p, Annie Miller, aged %,
EIizabt nj zabeth bockman, aged 60, and daughter
LdllZaDeth, aged 49,, Patrick RYAN. aged :
5S, James Owens, w. H. 2. Jacobs.
lnomas ,. Moseman, Daniel Giblens, an !
ntant, Albert Ross, aged 40. Jessie Sum T
wait, Henry Linburg and infant. William G
former, aged Is, Bernard GateIy. Ed !
Var9 Collahan and Annie Weidel. The !
1arues resided in almost every section of {
he .II Guy, DeIng members Of Catholic
in different localities. a
Inc San in an ''eXtra," issued after one e
), CLOCK, says: ''The boat had made three 7
rips 10 IlVOh. The morning boat took +
own 100, the two o'clock boat j. 200. and tbe O
TX O'Clock boat 70. This latter boat reach c
q tne pier at $3.50 O'Clock, and prepared r
take all hands back to the city at once q
. rG;9uested by Father Starr. The ex- !.
uTslonlsts Knowing that this was the Is
MY boat dashed along the pier until 81
ney were stopped by the rate. e,
ear the steamer. Some noisy youths c'
Iled 10 climb over the gate, and a man
nd BOY seated themselves on the rail. 9
'lth their legs hanging. A sudden move a,
lent caused the rail to break. and the | n,
No were thrown into the water. Com +,
loIlOn followed this, but before efforts 81
ad even taken shape to save them there IN
as crash and chOrused Shrek Splin- III
RS New in every direction, and about 60
Vo hundred people were struggling of
nong broken timbers IN eight feet of m
ater. The noise and cries We're so loud in
lat water men heard them two miles an
way. Those who witnessed the scene dI
ate that 1t was sickening. The moon H.
id gone down and the only light was ca
at shed by two feeble coal oil lamDs. co
'me OF the rescuers took the barge lam di
rms ana set them on the wharf Two of SIC
EN- exploded and added fresh horrors to en- en-
Z scene Ihose on the decks of the as,
rge threw life preservers, stools and tio
inches into the water. These struck a cal
od many on the head and Knocked col
em insensible. Others let down he
anks and ropes. An indescribable Ire
pelessness and terror reigned There NJ
ere shrleks, curses, grOans, cries for otI
,d 10 save us" understanding PRAYERS POI
help. Darkness impeded the help ito
ldered by those who jumped into the tin
tier. The movements of the barge COZ
used wash that carried those who she 5Is
re battling the water under the wharf tbe
d among the piles. The men were he
'StlY able to struggle out. Those dut
lies who were drowned were as
ing 10 help women and chill 4ei
er, huge fire was built on the shore o2ff ~ 7
those who had been saved, and their abo
thes were soon drying. Dragging for 7
Oodles was then commenced" DIR.
ne CorOner's inquest into the disaster thi.
san TINS evening. The testimony indi Gei
es thaC the accident was due to the nee
dltlOn OF the pier. The piles sunnort- con
Che 3,I moor were shown to be about ten ven
= Inc moor was patched in number rigl
places, and the timbers supporting it G
re badly rotted. A piece of one Of :. "A ~ :
ngers was exhibited = me only Ilon l
" was as be the & disaster hhes has
constant use, and tie crowds uDOn it was
re often as great as 70 day. No ex-T con-
nation has been given as to what was pass
immediate cause of the collapse of sibl
pier. There seems to have been no upo
se other than the weight of the people TEN
m it. IN
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