Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-13
DOWN TO DEATH.
A FnFhlful Accident a. the Launching sf
the steamer Daphns, Near henffsw,
Hcotland-One Hundred and firy Per
sons Relieved 90 Have neen Drowned.


the steamer Daphne, Near nenfrew,
seotiand-One Hundred and Fifty Per
sous Relieved 90 Have neen Drowned.
Losnos, Esq, Julya
Afflghtful calamity occurred at Glasgow
to-day during the launching oi the steam
ship Daphne. While being launched sho
fell over on her side, preciplialing a num-
Der Of people Into the water. She was con'
struclei for the coastlng trade, and ia .
Vessel Of go tons burden. Two hundred
workmcn were on board when she cap
sized. The accident occurred In tho mid
die OF the river Clyde after the launching.
A later dispatch from Glasgow says that
the Daphne cspsized near Renfrew, five
miles from Glasgow. Traihe IN the Clyde
Is suspended owing 10 the Interruption 10
navigation by the capslzed steamer She
had all her machinery on board when she
was launched. The Daphne left the ways
At a very fast rate, and when she
gained tho water she rolled from side
TO side. The persons on board, fearing
she would capsize, ran TO and fro. The
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appeared beneath the water, Those who
maiisalned positions on the portion of the
steamer not submerged, did their utmost TO
save those who we're cast overheard. AZ
the Same time boats pulled out to assist In
the work Of rescning the unfortunate peo'
pie, and succeeded IN saving quite a
number II Is known, however, that there
were fifty persons below In the Daphne
when the vessel went over, and they must
all have been drowned. Crowds OF grief
stricken relatives OF the victims are flock.
Ing 20 the arcne. Another dispatch from
Glasgow says that the cause Of the capsiz
ing was that the Daphne had too much top
weight. Steamers are dragging the water
for the bodies Of the victims. Several Of
tho people Who were taken from the water
alone were so weak that Il was necessary
to remove them to the inhfmary The |
steamer is now under water, with the fifty |
bodies before mentioned on board OF her. /
Many OF the persons who were precipitated
into the water swan 10 the sh0rei
Tho Daphne turned upside down bcf0r9 |
she sank. An eyewitness saw a great num- (
Der OF men struggling in the water and
bhrleking for help. Many were bruised and |
covered with blood, Several bodies wess
found at the foot Of the ways, Divers are
searching fot ether bodies, According to
statements 6f witnesses and survivors Of
the disaster, the vessel left the slip too rap.
idly, causing hef STERN, which entered first,
to sink deeply in the water. nhs was then
caught by the strong current Of the river
by which, as woll as by her top weight, she
was caused to keel over so far that water
entered her ports.
A divrr stetes that tho companionway
of the Daphne is blocked up by a solid
mass Of bodies, one upon another II
appears that the mon who were at work
below when the ship went ever rushed from
their work and became jammed in the pas
sagewHyi Some bodies still have tools in
hands. Divers think ther6 are IN the vessel
at least as many corpses as have already
been recovered. Forty.one bodies had been
found last night when darkness stopped
The search. Divers say they felt many
m5fs hgiies, The bodies Of thirty.eight
victims Of the disaster bnvs been identified
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It is now estimated that one hundred and
fifty persons were drowned by the sinking
pf the Daphne. The diver reports that the
1odies II ths hold of the Daphne arc SO
'losely packed that he Wds Unable toremoye
hem Preparations are being MADE to
'aise the vessel. Fifty-twO. bodies have
,een recovered.