The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-01
six y-Six lives lest i" Five MIN
utes Near Baltimore

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the members Of the Catholic Church OF
Corpus Christi. They were taken down
TO Tlvoli on the barge Cockade City,
towed BY q tug which had made three
trips during the day and as this was the
last homeward trip a rush was made to
get aboard as o as the barge was fast
eped TO the pier. Father w. h. Starr.
The pastor and the two gate keepers, jacob
Bonnet and John Conner, vainly tried to
keep the people back, out, as usual IN
,uch cases, their cautions we're not re
sarded and merrily and with no dire
oreboding that death lay SO near the
;iIrung pressed forward to their fate.
H AWFUL CRASH.
Some noisy youth tried to climb over
The gate gu the pier, and a man and a
boy seated themselves on a rail with
heir legs hanging down. A too sudden
movement caused the rail t. break and
the two we're thrown into the water. A
sudden commOtioD followed this result.
but before 1t had even taken shape to
ave them there was a sudden crash aud
. chorused shrek that was piiable To
hear. Splinters few in every direction
and about two hundred people were strug-
Cling amoug the broken timbers ia eight
leet Of WAFER. The noise and the cries
we're so loud that watermen heard them
Two miles away. Those who witnessed
the Gene state that it was sicke ing.
YOUNG PEOPLE DROWNING.
Most of those on the broken pier were
young people A number were rendered
UNCONSCIOUS by injuries from the timber
Ut the pier, others from fright, but there
vas a large portion of those thus thrown
nro the water who struggled desperately
Tor their lives Many sank in the water
from exhaustion, others were pulled down
by those who we're drowning. while. by
the efforts of their friends, a large pro
portion were rescued aud brought safely
t. land Herman Walters, an expert
swimmer, saved several women and chill
dren. and other swimmers labOred hard
10 r~escuing the living and bringing the
uodies Of the dead to the grove.
sCENRs OF ANGUISH.
AS each body was brought to the shore
there was a terrible scene. Strong men
we're wild with grief as wife or child was
lail at their feet, and mothers wept with
that woe which passelh all other earthly
mo, her's lament for her chill
dren women tainted here and there aDd
we're minis cred to by kindly hands. and
there wtr. chil iren cfying bitterly toi
the paren.s who had persisted III their
slxnI The only hight available was that
shed ly Two feeble coal oil lamps. Some
II the r, scuers took the barge lanterns
and sci them on the wharf. Two ofthese
lanterns exploded and added fresh terror
to the scene.
ORTS TO SAVE LIFE.
Those on he desk Of tie barge threw
lie reservoirs, stools and beuches int
The water. These struck a grear Ii any
on the head and Knocked Lem insc ISL
bic. Others let down planks anG rol ~.
An indescribable hopelessness an, IL
ror reigned-shrieks. curses, groaLs.
cries Tor God to save them, heartrcnding
pray ers for help. The comparativ.
darkness impeded the help rendered b,
those who jumped into the water.
Many OF the nen drowned persisted i'll
trying to save the women and children.
HEARTRENDING INCIDENTS.
AS one after another of the bodies
were brought to the surface and landed
the grief Of their friends was pititul to
witness. Husbands saw their wives
AND little ones brought up cold and life
less brothers discovered their sisters
among the mass of bodies. Some who
had thought that their dear ones were
lost fairly danced with JOY discovered
them among the saved, while others
looked i'll vain to find THEN friends or
relatives among the living throng.
Strong men and weak women tainted
away at the horrible sights, and the
scene IN the wharf just after the acci
,ent beggars description. About IS
lodies were taken out of the water the
first hour after the accident, twenty
nine of which were placed on the deck
of the barge, side by side, and the boat
started back to Baltimore after mid
night.