The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27

and irving to get out. got
ho,d ~ q so,ing iady who had q cream
colored 6rcss on and carried her 10 the
most but there was nobody to take her up N
The wharf. In the struggle we got scpa- /,
,.ated and she was drowned. In re ex-
c;,emcnt we couldn't tell who was who.
and. 10 make II worse, the people on tho
boat kept throwing down p, erything they
could Law their hands or. They even threw
the coal-oil lamps overheard, and took
away what little Eight there was. A little
fellow who started TO swim from crowded
log to one not so crowded was struck by
stool. IL stunned him, and he was drown
ed. A man caught hold Of mo, and twisted
his legs around my body. ! tried to get
away. lie tried to stick. We bad regu-
lar fight. We sunk and struggled in the
mud. II liked to kill both of us, but i
managed to Get away and save myself"
Louis Lang, 81 Paramount avenue, en-
ployed on the tug, was witness OF the
disaster. The cries, he sad. were heard as
far distant as North-Foint lighthouse.
Yawl-bwats were soon sest out to the rescue
of the drowning people. His Account OF
the piteous cries and the death struggles
he witnessed is on the same order ~ those
already given. From the tug they saw
very fat woman floating from the wnari.
They hurried TO her rescue, but size was
already dead.
MR. MAGAN's soRRowFUL sTep.Y'
Mr.. Michael j. Magan, who lest all MS
near relatives in the calamity had a sor-
rowful story to tell when an AmertcGn re-
porter saw him Yesterday. He lost his vile,
two sisters. his eight-months-osd son, ana
his three-y ear-oId nephew. Ills infant sons
body has not been found.
"All / can say" said Mr. Magan, "is
that Pm heartbroken. Yes; i was there.
| never want to see such sight again. III
was fight of the weak against the strong,
and the old against the young, and they
didn't care whom they tramped to death,
SO they got out. My family went on the
bridge ahead OF me. When | heard the
crash | ran forward to see what was the
matter, and went right TO work. didn't
see any of my family except one OF my
sisters, whose body i took to the shore. L
did all | could to help the others. It's a
terrible loss to have one OF your family
die. but when you lose your wife, child,
two sisters, and nephew. it is-it is"
AT this point the tears came thick and fast,
and the reporter Withdrew.
No sadder household existed in the city
than 2G3 Park avenue. The dwelling Is
not large; the rooms are rather small. Two
lce-caskets, containing the remains OF John
and Anne McNeeny, husband and wife,
filled the room, and allowed room for the
friends to pass in and out. In the next
room, upon large table, laid two little
girls, Alice and Mamie, their daughters.
At the head OF the table stood Johnnie, the
only survivor OF the large family. He ten
derly removed the cloth from the faces OF
his dead sisters for the visitors who en-
tered, and stood watch over their dead
bodies. Johnnie's escape was miracu-
lous. 81 begged mother not TO go on
that bridge" he said, "fur it shook
so much that / was Altered OF it. She
went, though, and / went with her.
We was standin' close to the gate when
the bridge broke down. We all tumbled
all over one another IN the water. didn't
see nothing else of mother and Alice and
Mamie after fell. A man had hold of pa,
and was Just going to take him out, when
pa told him to 90 over to me and save me.
When the man got near me grabbed him
BY the coat-colar, and hung to him as fast
as | could. He swum around and got me
out.n When he was rescued he was COM
DIcIclN lnHOCtUt VI tNCil 'IobiSO
having disappeared in the struggle. Yes
terday he wore Il suit about three times too
large for him. To his fathers self-denal
he owes his life.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
As soon as possible the bodies taken from
the water were placed upon the barge, and
on its first trip to the city twenty-eight
OF them, with six hundred people, were
brought up to the city. As soon rs the
barge was unloaded at HenderSon's wharf
il returned to Tivoli. There upon the wharf
Law thirty-two bodies. which had been recoy-
cred after the departure of the barge. Hand
some young ladies, young men, boys and
girls were hudded together, some hay-
ing the expression of having died
in the greatest agony. Their hands were
cllnched and their faces contracted. At
least 800 women and children positively
refused to come up to the city on the barge,
but remained over until yesterday morning
to look after the missing ones and TO COM
fort those rescued. A large bonfire was
built Of benches, clothing, tables, chairs,
etc., in the woods to warm up those who
were saved. One man, whose wife was
taken with a chill, offered IS for one glass
OF whiskey, but was unable TO get it. Be-
sides, there was nothing TO eat, and a driz-
zling rain coming down for the space Of
| two hours compelled all TO take shelter in
the dancing pavilion.
A FATHERS SORROW TURNED TO JOY.
A remarkable case OF mistaken identity
occurred at Light-Street wharf Tuesday
morning when the barge returned with its
dead and living freight. son OF Mr..
i l.. ID1n tl.. III mol rnl af
north Calvert street, had announced his
intention of attending the Inflated eXcur-
sion. The youth, who is about twenty
years of age, left home at an early hour,
| and not having returned by O'Clock, his
father became alarmed. Harassed with
fears that something had happened, he
finally determined to find out the cause of
his continued absence. He quietly left the
house, and proceeded to the wharf. Just
as he arrived at the Landing the
barge hove in sight, and the old man
soon became aware OF the terrible disaster.
Eagerly he scanned each face rs the survi-
vors came ashore, but his son was not
among them. Wellnigh distracted and
fearing the worst, he looked for the missing
one among the dead who had been carried
ashore. Among the bodies was that of a
young man. No sooner did his ewes fall
upon the corpse than, with a loud cry. he
threw himself near the body and gave vent
to his grief. Those who witnessed the
narrowing scene feared that he would lose
his reason. The agony depicted on his
, countenance was terrible to behold and
'twiNt sobs and means he lamented his be-
reavement. Wrought up to pitch of en-
citement, he endeavored to take the cold
and clammy corpse in his arms to carry
1t home, but was prevented in this
by a policeman, who kindly though
firmly insisted that the body must remain
where II was until 1t had been viewed by
the coroner The half-crazad fotbar Ell