Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-25

facts. He calls himself 80 cordial Christian
evolutionist," but does not agree with the ag-
nosticism of Spencer. Hurley and Tyndall.
He believes the animal part Of man is evolved
from beings below him, while in his spiritual
nature he is G son of God. Msn, he says, is
not sinful by nature, but voluntarily. He
does not believe in the fall of Adam or the
Inheritance of his guilt. DR.. Kennard dined
with Bsecher this evening.
FrIghtful Calamity near Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, July 24th.-A terrible calam-
ity occurred at North Point on on excursion
on the Patspsco, ten miles from this city, by
which many lives were lost and a number,
estimated between sixty and seventy,
wounded. The accident was oocasioned By
the giving way of the cutter porticn of the
pier, on which several hundred persons were
eoDgregsted awaiting. the boat to return to
| this city. The locality il p small bay, dis
| tant about two miles from North Point light
house. II was formerly known As Holy
! Grove, snd was the first excursion place fit-
/ ted up fifteen years ago. and was a popular
resort at that time and for several years af-
te.ward. Yesterdays excursion was given
under the management OF the Mount Roysl
Beneficial Society Of Corpus Christi, of
which Father Star is pastor. The Mount
Royal avenue and Washington excursion
went down on the barge Cockade City, which
was towed by the tug Amanda Howell. The
barge was formerly an old canal boat, and
was reftted with double decks for
excursion purposes. and used fer such
several Year,. The boat started last
evening between 6 and o'clock,
and reached Tivoli before 10 o'clock.
During the day she had taken Oh about 500
persons, and on her last trip about 1000. A
large number Of those who went down during
| the day remained. intending TO return on her
last trip. When the barge approached al
these made a rush fer the end Of the wharf,
which was sevsral feet long, and were closely
packed al the gate, about twenty feet from
| the end, impatisntly woitiDg As the barge
came alongside and struck the wharf it sud-
denly, and without any warning gave way,
and large portion fell into the water which
is about ten feet deep. Many able TO save
themselves were fleeing toward shore ss the
outer end of the pier cEumbied and fell.
| Darkness added TO the confusion, and little
could be done at once to rescue the drowning,
most of whom were women and children.
The first news Of the disaster resohed the city
little after o'clock this morning, when the
barge landed al Henderson's wharf, bringing
q number of the bodies of the drowned. Up
to this hour, it is said, 81 bodies have been
[sECoND DIsPAToR.l
BALTIMORE, July 24.h.-Up TO noon 65
bodies have been brought to She city. All
except four have been identified. The list,
so far as asct rtsined. shows greater proper
tion OF young ladies and children.
THIRD DIsPAToH.l
! BALTIMORE, July 24th.-The San, in on
extra Issued sfter 10 o'clock, says the boat
had made three trips to TivoIi. The morning
boat took down 100, the O'Clock bost !, 200,
and the o'clock boat IS. This latter boat
reached the pier at 800 and prepared to
take al hands back to the city st once. as re-
| quested by Father Starr. The excarsionists.
knowing this was the only boat. dashed
along the pier until they were stopped by the
| gate near the steamer. Some youths tried to
climb over the gate, and msn and hoy
| seated themselves on the rail With their legs
hanging over. A too sudden movement
caused the rail TO break, and the two were
thrown into the water. a commotion fol-
| lowed, aud there was sudden crash. One
chorused shrek went up, splinters few in
| every direction, and ahous 200 people were
| struggling among the broken timbers in eight
feet Of water. The noise and cries were so
loud that watermen heard then two miles
away. Those who witnessed the scene state
thst it was sickening The moon had gone
down. and the only light was that shed by
two feeble coal oil lamps. Soma of the
rescuers took barge lanterns and set them on
| the wharf. Two of them exploded and
added fresh terror to the scene. Thcss on the
deck of the barge threw life preserYers, stools
and benches into the water. Thess struck q
great many and knocked then iasersible
Others let down plsnks and ropes inai5erim.
iustely, and terror reigned There we're
shrieks, curses, groans, cries for God to save
us. and heart-rending prayers for h9lp. Dark
ness impeded the help rendered oy those who
jumped into the water. Those whose swim
ming powers were tle means of saving the
lives of others were as follows, together with
the number Of persons each saved Charles
N. Connor, 6; Z. A. Fitzpatrick, 4; Patrick
Butler, 6: John Connell, 4; Jacob Barnet,
10; James Burns, 10; VIM. Carey, 2;
Chris. Doyle and Captain Roberts, Of the
tug Amanda Powell, 60. Some women were
pulled upon the wharf and some dragged into
shallow water. The movements Of the barge
caused a wash that carried those battling
with the water under the wharf and among
the piles. The men were mostly able to
struggle out. Those males drowned were
trying to help the women and children. At
ter the confusion was over huge fire was
built on the shore for those who had been
] saved, and their clothes were soon drying
| Dredging for bodies then commenced, and
2S were found up to 10 o'clock. when Father
Starr took upon himself the responsibility of
ordering the boat up to Baltimore. snd it
came up and went back at daybreak
FOURTH DIsPATcH.I
BALTIMORE, July Ash.-At 8 o'clock this
evening Coroner Morgit began an inquest, at
which Father Starr. pastor of the Church Of
Corpus Christi, was present. Jacob Ben
nett testified that he is a special officer ct
| TivoE locked the gates on the wharf at s
in the evening, by order of the protectors of
the peace, to keep the people from getting
on the wharf; refused some young ladies,
who wished to return to the grounds through
the first gates, because he feared others
would get through the boat reached the
wharf between 10 and IL; witness then
opened the gates and people rushed
through; he begged them TO keep back,
as the wharf was nos the best ; soon
after he heard crash; ran back and saw
number of people in the water; palled off bis
clothes, went into the water, aud rescued
| twelve persons; alse recovered three dead
bodies did not consider the wharf secure
with such crowd there were about 700 per-
Sons on the wharf when it fsll fully 300
were In the water the flooring had
been repaired this season the break
occurred between the two gates, where
the boat lands; examined the place
where the break occurred; found the
timbers rotten there were six to eight
lights on the wharf; they burned brightly;
did not think more than $50 people could
stand on the space where the break occurred
had full view Of the accident; saw the
been rush Of people many more would
have been thrown into the water; thought
it fair estimate that thers were l 300 peo-
pie on the excursion pier, from one end to the
other; after the crash found the outer gate
open, though il was closed Eve minutes before.
Pitcher which Went 20 lhe wem Once
Too Often-Captain Webb Drowned.
BUFFALO, July 24sh.-Captsin Mathew
Webb, the roted English swimmer, perished
in his attempt to swim the Niagara river
whirlpool rapids this afternoon. He was
, rowed in q skiff TO q point in the river oppo-
site the old Maid OF the Mist landing, by
John McClay, ferryman at the falls, and
lesped from the boat at two minutes past 4.
The daring swimmer passed by the rapids all
right, keeping in the middle Of the stream.
When he struck the whirlpool ne was rushed
to the American side, where the waves, it is
estimated. are from thirty to forty feet high.
The last seen of him he was throwing up one
arm. His intention had b9en to pass the
whirlpool on the Canada eide. His shoot Of
the rapids was extremely thrilling. The re-
fusal of the railroads and hotels to have any
thing TO do with what they termed His
going to his death" rendered the affair
financially failure. gbe river has been
searched for two miles beiow the whirlpool