Evening journal., 1890-07-12
DEATH AT DARTMOUTH.
Five Hundred People Hurled
Into the Water.
FOUR BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND.


a1yriads Of Men, Women and children
Struggled for Life at the Foot Of a Ferry
Bridge-wounded by Boards Thrown
by Their Would BE Rescuers.
HALIFAX, n s., July l2-At Dartmouth
last night the ferry landing stage while
crowded with about 500 persons collapsed,
and they were thrown into the water. caus-
ing a large loss Of lie The disaster was
caused BY the slipping out Of place Of the
chain which held the foat up. The front
part Of the float was thus dropped suddenly
down. throwing the occupants into the
water. Many were drowned but the exact
number Of fatalities cannot yet be told.
The crowd, made up Of men, women and
children were waiting for the new ferry
steamer Annex, which was just about ar
irving from New York. As the boat ap-
preached near the landing some persons
jumped aboard
Hurled Into the Water.
The disturbance thus caused to the over
crowded landing stage seems to have
caused the accident; at least, it was just at
~.
the hundreds Of people on the stage began
to slide down into the water, those nearest
the end being buried beneath those fur
ther back, until there HAls solid mass OF
shriekiRg, struggling humanity packed as
closely IN the water as they had been on
the dock. For some minutes there was a
confused crowd Of men women and chill
dren struggling Ia the water.
The Work Of Rescue.
A dozen young men leaped to the rescn~
and the drowning people were rapidly
passed up TO men standing on the wharves.
The work OF the rescue was so rapidly per-
formed that great majority Of those who
ieil ln were saved from death. The rescuers
worked until exhausted helping the peo-
pie TO land until there were no more
visible, and those who could not be saved
had sunk out Of sight. When the crowd
slipped Off the landing stage hundreds of
people along the wharf threw boards ana
sticks 70 the unfortunate people In the
water and number OF life preservers were
thrown to them from the steamer.
Frightful scenes.
A great many Of them were injured bv
the fying boards, and all the bodies reeov-
cred have cuts and bruises Most Of those
.tN -NfA - NNiN H'hiti anu tnuAftn. ana
the scenes Immediately following the dis
aster we're frightful Several men and
their wives We're thrown in, and the men
made q heroic struggle TO save the lives OF
the women, and, as far as known. with
great success Harry Silver was thrown in
with his wife and managed TO get her out
safely. a man named Brodie saw his wife
struggling IL the dock, jumped ia and sue
cecded IN saving her life. "A woman named
Logan, with q young child, was thrown
into the water and made hard struggle to
keep the child above water until rescued.
She was successful, and they were brought
ashore alive.
But the Daughter Was Drowned.
Edward Foster an elderly man and his
daughter fell in together The man was
rescued alive, but the daughter was
drowned. When all the bodies in SIGHT
had been brought to land, the work Of
graphing for the drowned ones was com
menced. Within two hours after the acci-
dent four bodies had been recovered. Il is
believed that at least three or four others
were lost Divers are at work.
Names Of -Four OF the Dead -Tw9
The names Of those whose bodies have
thus far been recovered are. Miss Bessie.
daughter Of Edward Foster; Peter Boyle,
q Crimean veteran; Miss Allie, daughter
Of Michael Synott, and John Bundy, a coli
ored boy