St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-30
No Casualties on the River in
the ST. Paul DiRi-
sion.
Officer Sullivan Exonerated
iop Shooting a Danger
Gus Character.
Seeking a Remedy to Prevent
Idiensss at tho State
PeniCentiapy.

Capt. George Hayes, supervising in
spector of steam vessels for the Fifth
district. embracing the Upper .Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries. above
Keokuk, To-; the Red River Of the
North, the. Missouri river and its tribu-
taries, above Yankton, OAK, and that
portion of Lake Superior bounded by
the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin,
has rendered his report for the year
viSing inspector general at Washington.
He sets forth that the season for craft
opened here with the landing of the
steamer Pittsburgh, April rs, and closed
with the departure of the Mary Morton,
October 6, 1883. There have been 80
steamers, with an aggregate tonnage of
6,229. 1879 barges and 81 RATS in the
trade at this port during the period en-
braced in the report, The number of
passengers landed at the st. Paul leyee
from April % to October 26, 1855, was
IS. 764. The freight handled this year
has been greater than for the past four
seasons. Low water set in about Al-
gust l, after which freight was materi
ally lessened. Before this year there
has never been any considerable rafting
done out of this port. Twenty-seten
RATS have been toWed out this season.
Six hundred and thirty-tive swings
are registered at the draw bridge, all of
which were made to accommodate
steamers plying the waters of the Mis-
sisSippi in trading.
Comparing these figures with those of
former years it shows an increase over
the last four seasons and decrease i'll
the casualties and loss of life. Not a
life has been lost or soul injured dur
ing all of last season III the st. Paul
branch of the Fifth district.
QJune l. 1888, the steamer Evansville
collapsed tlue at point five miles be-
low Winona. Mimi. whereby seven of
the crew were scalded, two of whom,
Frank Rabbit and John Scanlon, died
from the effects of their Injuries.
Aug. s, 1887. the steamer City of
Ashland, while towing a raft of logs,
took fire when about one mile south of
Chequamegon light. The steamer was
a total loss and one man, Frederick
Ebert, lost his life.
July 90, 1887. John Stanley. one Of the
crew of the steamer Isaac Staples, fell
overheard near Minnesota, Mimi, and
was drowned.
July IL, 1897, Henry Koehler. one of
the crew of steamer Pauline, fell over
board near Wahpeton, To-, and was
drowned.
July 4, 1887, Thomas S. Dodge. en-
gineer of steamer Emma. fell overheard
near Dubuque, To-, and was drowned.
These are the only fatalities reported
during the season for the whole of the
Fifth district.
An abstract of the supervisor gen
erals report to the secretary of the
treasury shows that the service Oct. 80,
1888, consisted of 14S officers and clerks.
During the year out Of 1878 applicants
for pilots licenses, 1886 passed sue
cessful examination for color blindness
and AZ were rejected. There were 103
masters. 26 mates, II pilots and III en-
gineers licensed for the st. Paul divl-
sion of the Fifth district during the ifs
cal year which ended June 80. 1888.
The total number of steam vessels in
spected, their aggregate tonnage and
the officers licensed for the division of
navigation pertaining to Western rivers
during the same fiscal year were
Steamers, lob; net tonnage, ISL, 524.56,
and $3.50 officers licensed.
The number Of lives lost throughout
| the United States for the year ending
| June 30, 1887. was 300; that of 1888, 202e,
! a decrease of Is. OF the number of
these lives lost, So were passengers and
| III were officers or persons employed Oh
| steamers.