Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-06
BY WIRE TODAY.
An Ohio River Collision which
Sinks a Boat.
Huron Holds q Qualification
Over it's Capital Success.
Partia! Destruction by Fire of the
Old FarweII Block, in Chicago.
A natal Collision.

"A haJak COLLISION.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 6-Ihe News
special from Lawenceburg states that,
between two and three this afternoon,
the steamers James w. Golf and Noun
tain Girl collided at Split Rock,two miles
from Aurora, sinking the latter and car
rying down seven men and about thirty
five horses. The Mountain Girl was
leased by a portion of the John Robin
son show travelling as a cheap priced cir
Gus and variety concern. 1t exhibited
at Lawrenceburg last night and was on
its way to Rising Sun when the disaster
occurred. The drowned men were con-
nected with the show. except q young
man named Dick Harrel, of Lawrence
burg, who was a deck hand.
Capt. d. l.. Thompson, in command
of the Mountain Girl, was at the wheel
when the boat started down the river.
He tells the story as follows:
l started ont to pilot the boat myself,
but as / was sick and could not stand at
the wheel the mate, named Smith, took
my place and | sat in the pilot house
with him, We had DO trouble as the
water was ample and Smith handled
the boat all right. l heard the Golf
whistle to pass to the left, which would
have put us on the Kentucky side of her
in passing and l noticed that Smith
, answered properly. l got ur
and looked and found the
boats were about to pass ell right. | sa'
down again and was astonished to hea,
three shrlll blasts from the Golf. which
meant imminent danger. L sprang tt
the wheel and found that the Mountain
Girl was apparently trying to pass owe
to the Indiana side, and the Golf wa
coming full against her. L did the bes
to stop the engines and did get perhap
two or three revolutions of the wheel TO
backing when the blow came. Th
Goff's bow struck us in front of th
boilers, about thirty feet fror
our bow, and the crash broke GU
hall s o that we Immediately took wate
| turned the boat's head toward th
Indiana shore and went as far as I conl.
but we sank in twelve feet of waite
This brought the water about q foe
above the cabin floor. The Golf instant
iy anne alongside and SO far as l kno1
everybody was taken off safely and pu
upon the Golf. 1 don't believe anybod
drowned. There was no occasion fc
drowning, unless they jumped owe
board from fright. l think the two me
still missing are the Mountain Girl.
did not speak to Smith to ask him no
the boat gotlturnedIacross the Goff's boy
THE RESCUED PASSENGERS.
Cincinnati, o., Now. 6-The steame
Golf, which collided with the Mountai
Girl early this morning, arrived her
with the men and women belonging I
the circus. They number thirty or forty
Two are said to be missing, but no on
can tell whether they were drowned
left aboard the Mountain Girl in I'll
confusion. The circus me
lost ten valuable trained horse
and a number of snakes. Their circr
property was nearly all on board IL
boat, where it will be injured by waite
The owners of the circus property wei
Holland & McMahone. The Mountai
Girl was owned by the Big Sandyipack,
company and valued at five thousand {
eight thousand dollars. 1t is thong
she can be easily raised.