Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-25
Ushersd Into Eternity Without a
Moments Warning.
The SAD ENDING OF AN EXCURSION.
Helpless Women and Little Children Strug-
Cling in a River in Vain Try
ing to Escape a Wa
terry Grave.
DARKNESS ADDS TO THE CONFUSION
And the Teror-Stricken People are Utter
b Powerless to Render Any Assist
ance to Their Unfortunate
Friends and Relatives.

BALTIMORE, July pa terrible calamity
occurred at North Point Tivoli, an ex-
cursion resort on the Patapsco ten miles
from this city, about 10 o'clock last night,
by which many lives were lost, the num-
Der being estimated at between go and 20.
The accident was occasioned by the giving
way of the outer portion of the pier on
which several hundred persons were con-
gregatsd, awaiting the boat to return to
the city. The locality is on small bay,
distant about two miles from the North
Point lighthouse 1t was formerly known
as Holly Grove, and was the first regular
excursion place fitted up near the city,
about fifteen years ago, and was the most
popular resort at that time and for several
wears afterward. Yesterday
An Excursion
was given to TiyolI under the management
OF the Mt. Royal Beneficial Society of the
Catholic Church OF Corpus Christi, OF which
Father Starr is the pastor, at Mt. Royal
avenue and Mosher street. The excursion
lists went down on the barge Cockade City,
which was towed by the tug Amanda
Powell. The barge was formerly an old
canal boat, which had been fitted up with
several decks for excursion purposes, aud
has been used as such for several years.
Yesterday she made three trips, the last
being made from this city between six and
seven O'Clock last evening, and reachei
Tiyoli before ten o'clock. During the day
She had taken down about five hundred
parsons and on her last trip about one hum
lred large number Of those who went
down during the day had remained, in
ttuuing to return on the last trip. When
tie barge approached all those on shore
Made q Rush
for the end of the wharf, which is several
hundred feet long, and were closely packed
together at the gate, about twenty live ieet
fr IN the end, impatiently awaiting sd-
mittance through the gate. As the barge
came alongside and struck the wharf, 1t
suddenly, and without warning, gave way
and a large portion Of the crowd was pre-
cipitated into the water, which is about
ten feet deep. Many were able TO save
themselves by fleeing toward the shore as
the outer end OF the pier crumbled and
| fell The darkness added to the confusion
! and terror, and little could be done at once
| to rescue the drowning most OF whom
were women and children.
The First News of the Disaster
| reached this city little after two this
morning, when the barge landed at Hen
| derson's wharf bringing a number of the
/ hutieS Of the drowned. Up to this hour
| il is said sixty one bodies have been re-
! covered.
Urto nosa sixty i've bodies have been
| brought TO the city. All, except four,
! have been identified. Following is the
! list, with ages SO far as sscertained. 1t
! will be seen that the greater proportion
| were Young ladies' and children; John
| NcAnsnv, Mrs John McAnany and in
| fant; Mrs. Crouch and two children, Katie
| end Lena; Mrs. Thomas Mclaughlin
and three children, Katie, Mary and
! jobs, aged thirteen, ten and nine years;
! Mrs. Keller Mrs. Rebecca Erman and
| daughter, Belle sged 10; Miss Mary Burns,
! Miss Kate Colbert, Miss Laura Swearer,
! Maggie Thompson, Maggie Burns, Wilhel-
| nina William, Agnes Feehan, Mary New
| man, Mary McGshsn, Mary Spies aged Is;
| Rosie Mcbride, Maggie Lynch, aged 10;
! Mary Lynch, aged ~; Mary and Jennie
| Cary, sisters, aged 90 and - Minnie Kind
nest aged II; Margaret MeGlhan, aged 30;
Bridget Galfrey, aged %; Winfield Galley,
| sged y; Minnie O'Nei !, aged ); Fannie Le-
maria. Marie Lindows, two sisters
named Parr, Annie Owens, Mary Muir
| phy, Mary Hughes, aged IL; Olivia
| Sy6ull on infant; Mary uammill, sged -;
| Alice RYAN. Johanna O'Connell, Mary Glib
| lin, Elizabeth COnnors, aged -; Annie
| Miller, 8ged %: Elizabeth BOckmsn, aged
br. ard her daughter Elizabeth, aged -;
| Prick Ryan, sged So; James Ovens, w.
| H. = Jacobs, ThOs. 5. MOseman, Daniel
| G.tbirs. infant Albert Ross, sged 40:
| Jesse Dumwalt, Henry LonbUrg. VIM. Gar
ner, aged Is; Bernard Gately, Edward,
| Culahan. and Annie Weidel. They re.
| SIDED in almost every section OF the city.
| being members OF Catholic Churches in
| different localities.
The News OF the Calamity.
As soon as the bodies had been deposited
| Oh The wharf the barge went back 10 TIvoi,
| and before O'Clock this morning had re
turned 10 IIenderson's wharf with her sec.
| ond load Of dead bodies, numbering over
| 50. BY this time the news of the calamity
/ had spread throughout the city. and thOus.
| ands gathered at the wharf aud in tae vi
/ cinity. Throughout the night many per-
sons fathers, mothers, brothers and friends
| connected with the excUrSionists had gath
| cred at the Light street wharf, where the
| barge usually lands, anEiously awaiting her
| arrival and apprehendIng q disaster when
/ the boat did not come at her usual time.
| As the hours wore on psst midnight and
| there were yet
NO Tidings OF Their Friends,
! their fears were increased almost to con.
! viCtOn that some dreadful accident had
betallen the party. At a later hour their
issrs were realized when the facts became
| known. As fast as the bodies were identi.
fed BY relations and friends they were
| taken 10 their respective homes.
! The unidentified bodies were carried to
| the Eastern Police Station, TO remain IN
Il! recognized or otherwise disposed OF.
The Coroner will commence en- official in
| vestigation this evening. Statements in
! regard 10 the Immediate cause OF the acci-
jeul are conflicting. 1t is stated by some
that the barge was already lyin; along'ide
the wharf, and gang plank being run out
when i, gave way and that it fell from the
sheer weight of the crowd upon it. Others
| are Of the opinion that the wharf was
carried away by contsc. with the barge.
The Coroner's Inquest,
BALrINosE, July 2L-The bodies at the
Eastern Police Station were identified this
afternoon as those OF Alfred Burgan, aged
Is; Miss Kate Ives, aged %; two children
as those Of John McAuany, leaving alive
but one Of that family, little boy 6 years
old, Who was rescued. Toe bodies OF two
more children said to have been found,
but only one OF them, q
child Of Bernard McGahan, has reached
the city at 5 o'clock this evening.
Coroner Morft begun the inquest at which
rather Starr, pssGCr OF the church of Cor
Pus Chrlsn was present jacob Bonnet
! testified that he is q special officer at the
IiNolI; that be locked the gates on the
wharf about o'clock in the evening by
order OF the proprietor of the placs TO
| keep the people from getting on the wharf;
tnst ne refused some young ladies who
wished to return to the grounds through
the 1rst gate because he feared Others
would get through; that the
Boat Reached the wharf
between 10 and IL o'clock Witness then
opened the gates and the people rushed
through. BE begged them to keep back rs
the wharf was not the best. Soou after he
heard crash and ran back aud q saw a
number OF people in the water. He pulled
on his clothes and went into the water and
rescued ten or twelve persons. He also
recovered three dead bodies. He did NOT
| consider the wharf secure win sueh