The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-04
One Hundred Persons Supposed to Have
Been DrOwned-FataI Accident
to Tram-Car.
The Cholera Epidemic in Egypt
Spreading with Fatal Effect.
The Situation Petween Peru and Chilli
Two villages swallowed Up by an
Earthquake on the Isthmus.
ENGLISH CATASTROPHES.
A Vessel just Launched Sinks, with Loss
of One Hundred Lives.

A Vessel just Launched Sinks, with Loss
of One Hundred Lives.
LONDON, July 3,-Intelligence has just
reached here of terrible calamity during
the launch of the steamship Daphne, at Glas-
gov, to-day. While being launched she fell
over on her side precipitating a number of
people into the water According to the dis
patches thus far received sixty persons were
drowned.
Glasgow state that the Daphne which was
constructed for the coasting trade, is vessel
of 500 tons burden. Two hundred workmen
were on board when she capsized. The acci-
dent occurred in the middle of the river Clyde,
after launching. 1t is not exactly known
how many persons were drowned, but it is
! feared the number will reach over one hun
| dred.
Later dispatches from Glasgow say the
Duphne capsized near Renfrew, five miles
from Glasgow. Traffic in the Clyde is sus-
pended owing to the interruption to naviga-
ton by the upset ship. The Daphne left the
ways at a very fast rate, and when she gained
the water, she rolled from side to side.
Persons on board feared she would upset.
and ran to and fro. The vessel finally reeled
over and nearly disappeared beneath the
water.
Those who had maintained their positions
on that portion of the steamer not sub
merged did their utmost to save those who
were cast overheard AT the same time
other boats pulled TO help in the work of
rescuing the unfortunate people, and sue
ceeded in saving quite number. 1t is
known, however, that there were fifty per-
| sons 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 f1ocking to the scene of the
calamity
Another dispatch from Glasgow says the
cause of her capszing was that she had too
much top weight Steamers are dragging
\ the water for bodies of victims.
| The Daphne had all her machinery on
board when she was launched. A later dis
patch from Glasgow says that many OF the
persons who were precipitated into the water
swan to the shore.
The Daphne turned upside down before she
| sank. An eyewitness saw a great number
of men struggling in the water and shrieking
| for help, and many were bruised and covered
with blood, having been struck by debris
! aCCOuulS Vi lue Vi PERSONS ON DOdrQ
and the number lost continue to vary widely.
| Several bodies were found at the foot of the
ways, and divers are searching for other
| bodies. .,.-
Fifty-two names are published as those of
missing persons. As visitors were admitted
to view the launch it is believed that some
of them, names unknown, are among the
missing. Many dead bodies are visible
| through the portfolios of the ship. There
was rapid ebb tide, and it is feared that
| many bodies were carried to the sea. There
were large number of boys on board. Fore
man Joiner, who had charge OF twenty
workmen, says he has only seen three of his
men since the accident. The passage, by the
sunken ship, is unimpeded for small YES
sells, but dangerous for large Atlantic steam
ers
A number of men at the shipyard on the
opposite side of the river, who witnessed the
disaster but who were unable to render any
assistance at the time, say the whole occu-
| pied about three minutes. They Immediate
| ly set to work TO help the people struggling
in the water. They say some of the men on
| the Daphne jumped overheard, and Others
were thrown overheard; that quantity of
loose fitting fell from the deck and crushed
many unfortunates struggling in the water.
A number of swimmers were visible
| directly after the ship capsized
| but many of them were afterward
seen sinking Six were seen clinging to-
|
the steamer as she was sinking, but were
forced to desist by rush of steam from
portfolio. Some climbed upon the keel just
before the ship was submerged.
According to statements of witnesses and
survivors of the disaster, the vessel left the
slip too rapidly, causing her stern, which en-
| tered first, to sink deeply in the water. She
was then caught by the strong current of
the river, by which, as well as by her top
weight, she was caused to keel over so far
that the water entered her ports. The last
report from the scene of the disaster states
that seven bodies were identified.
A diver states that the companions way of
the Daphne is blocked up by solid mass of
bodies, one upon another. 1t appears that
the men who were at work below when the
ship went over rushed from their work and
became jammed in the passage-way. Some
bodies still have tools in their hands. The
diver thinks that there are still in the vessel
at least as many corpses rs have already
| been recovered. Forty-one bodies were
found last night, when darkness stopped the
search. The divers say they felt many more
|