The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-25
GENERAL TElEGRAMS.
GREAT OIL EXCITEMENT IN
MISSOURI.
Missourts Sunday Law Frightful
Disaster to An Excursion Party
From Baltimore - Seventy
Lives Lost.
OVERWHELMED wArEMrAnlNr. 81 LOUIS

THREATENED WATER FAMINE, ST LOUIS.
BALTIMORE, July ~ "A terrible calam-
ity uccurtcl at North Point liyoli. an
excursion resort on tn pattpsco, Ten miles
from this city about 10 O'Clock last night,
by which many lives were the number
being estimated M hrtwcCn sixty and
seventy The acoidcat WAS occu.iourd
10y the giving way vt the water portion
OF the pier ON which several hundred per-
SONS were Cungrcgatci, awaiting tue boat
to return To this city, Ihc locality il in
"a small bay, di,tHnt about two miles from
North Point light house. Il wa- formerly
known Is Holly Grave and was the first
regular excursion place lifted up near
the city fifteen years ago, and was the
most popular resort at thu' time and tor
several wears HttcrNNrd Nr,turd " the
excursion was giNcl To HNoli under the
management OF thu Mount ROYAL hunrv-
client society OF. the cath liz church of
turpu, Christi, ni which Father Starr Ia
pastor. The Mount Royal avenue and
Washer street excursion Went down on
the barge CuckHlc civ, which was lowed
by the tug Amanda Powell. The hugp
was formerly AN Old ruWu hu {, which had
been Mite mp with several ducks Tor TX
cursi"n luri uscS AMI used As such Tor
several years. Yesterday she made three
II ~ w wv l'HA''s INV lA"A ''lllE maui
from this city about seven o'c.O last
evening, ard reached lvnli before 10
O'Clock During the day she Ina taken
down about 500 persons, md on her last
trip about leo. \ Hrgr number OF those
who went Town during the day had re-
manned, intending tu return ON the last
trip. When the barge approached. all
those on shore made "a rush Tor the end OF
the wharf, which Is several hundred luet
long, and were closely pa kci together
At ihH gate about twrtN five feet from tue
end, imputcn'ly awaiting mmIttrncr
through the gate. A the barge cam
% ung,idr ana ,uu'h tine wharf, II sud-
denly and without warning gave way
and d lar portion ct the crowd wa, pre-
ripItatni / to tine water. which rs about
ten icct deep. Many we're able 10 save
thvm,olv', 10y lrcin. toward the shores
A. the outer cud oi the pier crumhlcd and
tell, darkness addict To the confusion ant
terror and little cuul be done ~ ,ner to
rescue the drowning, most Ot whom were
women and children The first news ui
the disaster reached this city "a little Iitrl =
O'Clock THIS morning when tie barge
landed at Henderson, wharf bringing %
number OF the bodies ui the drowned. tn
To this hour. IL Is said, -iNty-unc bodies
have been recovered.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
BALTIMORE. July 2l-Thc Sun, in nt
rNtru, says The boat had made thro,
trips To l'ivoli' hia morning. The first
hont took down one hundred, aud the .
o'clock boat one hundred aud twcuty,und
the Il p'clp k hont seventy five. Tins
latter bont reached the pic Mt $50 D. m.
and prepared to take all hands hu X 4,
{ tpu city NJ one , Rs requested by Father
| Sturr The cNrurAluuIsts knowing thai
/ tins WIS the only Oat gathered uu Lon.
| lhcr, where hey re- stopped 10y the
/ gn near the steamer Some yuuths tried
/ to climb over the gate, and u man an,
/ boy seate themselves uu It, with thci
/ legs hanging over This sudden move
mcut rod the rail To break and tw n
/ Iy-uue W re- thrown into tho water Tn,
crowd followed, ami with 4uddrI
/ crash and chorus of slrlck-, plltrr,
/ flew IN every direction, and about tw,
/ hundred people were struggling among
/ the broken tlmhcIs IN tru feet uf water
] The Noise aud cries ". re su loud tina
/ wntcrmcu heard them two mi cH AWAY
Spectators say the sc ne WAS Hlckcniug
/ The moon had not risen and the uull
light wHR Hhri by two frohlu coM al
lamps, Some Of the roHcucrH took III,
barge lanterns aud sent them on tn,
wharf. Two uf thom explode and nddc,
fresh terror to the scene. These an
/ deck throw life prcscrycra. stool
and bcuchcs ito the wntor ThoE,
stunned many and knocked them uscu
siblr. Othcrs let down plunk4 an,
ropes Understandable horrors and tcrru
rciRucd The shurls, curses, gronur
cries Tor God Il sake To save us wer
hcHrtrcndIuR. Prayers for hep wcr
offered The darkness mpodod Tia,
help rendered by hns' who Jumped int
the water Those whose swunmlu,
powers were the means of saving tin
lives Of others Wore Hs follows, tugcthr
with the number Of persona each saved
Gins, NJ. Conuor, Is, H. 4. lrtAputrcl
!, Patrick Beat s., q; John Cuucl, I
jacob Barnett, 10, jas, Burus, TO- Wu
Garry, 2; ChaE. Doylc and Capt Robert
Of the tug Amanda Powell -nvcd som
women pull, Il mp ON tin wharf and spm
dragged into RhllON water The move
mcnt of the barge caused wash thu
carried those battling with the waite
under the wharf Hui among the pile
The men mostly were hhlr tu Htmggl
uu'. Those mulce drowned were tryiu
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