Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-02
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WAFER CHILLED him Il the marrow and
! hls'clothlng oloPgea his every movement
| A c'D'n BOY said tha5 the crew who were
IN the texas" were aroused from their
s'umDera by the flames, and thew were
compelled to dive hoadlong from the roof
OF the boat into the river, and many of
them We're burned to death while IN The
| water.
Dan Carroll, the steward. saws: "The
| hrst 'nt'nltItlon had Of the fire was when
! "aS awakened by Lew Rawlings | i'm
| hculaCely jumped on the roof from nv
room and there found the fire so strong it
Ahoched me down. Being unable to rise I
rolled over the best way / couli and
! fell into the river aud then swan
| 40 Jarda.' Mr.. Carroll il badly burned
ABOUT his back, arms, hands and face, and
| his right leg is also severely sprained. He
was takon to the hospital in d cab.
None OF tie men Gould say what was the
or'glu OF the fire. The general impress ion
however is that some careless smoker
thfe" Il cigarette among tha cotton bales
ana thereby caused the disaster
flnqLemlne was not sumbcYing when
Inc tire broke out aud almost the entire
town Hooked to the river bank and
watched the vessel burn. The struc-
81 ng unfortunatos who reached the
shor" were tak:n caro- of, and doctors and
others camo TO- their asst tanco and
tried to aliovin.s their suiferiu.s. The
City and Central hotels and private houses
threw open tbeir doors to the ii. rAted
people and fed and olotheI them
Iuo survivors tcleBruphed accounts
OF the disaster to their homes.
NO attempt was made to save uny
OF the steamers books or papers,
and every thing including the clothes of
III" crew aud passengers, WAS lost. Toe
boat burned rapidly, and in q short time
after the alarm was given she had burned
TO the writer's edge. The ..ull sunk and
nothing, was left OF the Hanna but floating
timber and blrAiug cotton.
ING survivors were all warm il their
praise Of the humane lcoplc OF P!aquemine
ana vicinity, VINO splrt,d no pain, and no
money 10 lUrnisI, then. with clothe, and
shtitcE after their terrible experience. W,
L. brulr, Gl"yor OF the cit,, was especially
kind to the surv v,ca.
The john H. Hanna was built IN Madi-
son, Ind, n B7C, and hailed from Louis
vile, Ky she was Of ST tons. I'D Was
owned by the puach;ta River G nso,dated
line. she was valued st $4,000, :,nd was
insured for Sl2, 600 in local aud tlrsigu
companies
LOSS OF TIE STEAMER ERICKSON.
SEArTLE, ". T., DC. 26-Part cu,ars Of
the burning Of the steamer Lief Erickson
OH a kali Point, tive miles west Of t.,;s
CITY, meAger news Of which was tel
et:raphcd Monday, say six and probably
seven ives were lost The Erickson pl!ed
between Seattle and = dney, Masoa Coua-
~ Inc tre broke out in the pilot hruse.
@horc, and tuore wore tn:rly-.hree
throughout tho interior
cabin. Captain John Niube, the owner
OF the boat was in command He left the
wheel house for The urpose Of launching
the Ii e raft but found passengers trying
TO put the raft overheard. In the strugg.e
TO rescue the raft from the PASSENGERS
Captain n mbe fell overheard with it
Meantime the passengers. putting on life
preservers and selling Irewood or any
thing else that would float, Jumped
overheard. Capta:a Niube saw his q eco,
Miss Annie Tollnar, daughter of Mrs.
Bertha Tnilner, of Sidney. struggling in
the water. He d i his utmost to push the
raft toward her, but she drowned ir less
than 100 feet away from him.
Ihe steamer Skagit Chief, en- route tc
Tacoma, Came to the re- cue and saved
seven persons. The steamer Monnp,ineer
So tho burning vessel four mics away.
and headed straight Cor her HALF a
mile from the Erickson tho Noun 1aineer
onnd people struggi ng in the wat. r.
Small boats We're lowered anu riocteer
persons were saved. An unknown. man !
was taken from the Wa or and G:e,i Il a
few minutes. He said Just before he died
that his wife was lost from the steamer.
The Erickson was valued at 100 ana was
n insured. She had light carg> The |
Moun t;ineer, with Survivors, arrived
here at Z o'clock Monday evening