St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-12
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Hundreds of Nova ScOtians Pre-.
cipitated Into Deep Water.

Hundreds of Nova Scotians Pre-.
cipitated Into Deep Water.
HALIFAX, N. s., July ia terrible
accident occurred in Dartmouth tonight
by which a number of people were
drowned. but the exact number of the
victims will not be known until to-mor-
row. The names of those whose bodies
have been recovered are:
PETER BOYLE, a veteran of the Crimeap
war.
Miss BESSIE FOSTER.
Miss fLICE SYNOTT.
JOHN BUNDY, colored boy.
The disaster happened by reason OF
the chain attached to ferry float Slip
ping out of place and allowing the
front of the bridge to sink and precpi-
tate crown of 600 or 700 men, women
and children into the water. The peo-
pie were crowded there waiting for
the new ferry steamer Annex, just
arrived from New York, to dock. When
the steamer got within two feet of the
landing, number of persons jun ped
on board, and at that moment the acci-
dent occurred. The outer end of the
bridge went down suddenly. and the
hOrrOr-stricken crowd slipped off into
the harbOr as though they were de-
scending slide, piling OH top of each
other, shrieking for help and scram-
bling for means of safety. For some
minutes there was confused mass Of
men, women and children
Struggling in the Water,
but the aceidenthad hardly happened
before dozen brave youths and men
leaped to the rescue without waiting to
throw aside their clothes. The drown
ing people were rapidly passed up to
the men standing above on the wharves,
and the rapidity with which the
reScuers performed their work re-
suited in a great majority of those
who fell in being saved from death.
There were many able swimmers In the
party, and these worked till exhausted
helping the people to land until there
were no more i'll sight upon the surface,
and those who could not be saved had
sunk out of sight. When the
crowd slipped off the landing
some hundreds, crowded to the sides of
the wharf and threw sticks and boards
to the struggling mass in the water,
while a number OF life preservers were
thrown to them from the steamer.
Many people were struck and injured
by flying boards, and all the bodies re-
covered bear cuts and bruises. State
mentS of spectators show that most of
those who fell in were women and chill
rem, and the scenes Immediately follow
ing the disaster were frighttul. Sew
eral men and their wives were thrown
in, and the former struggled heroically
to savestheir loved ones, succeeding in
every instance as far as known.
his wife, and managed to get her
out safely. A man named Brothe
saw his wife strugg ling in the dock,
and, leaping in, succeeded in saving
her life. A woman named Logan was
thrown into the water with young
child in her arms, and her efforts to
preserve the life of the infant were
heartrending. Both were finally
Brought Ashore Alive.
An elderly man named Edward Eos
ter and his daughter fell in together,
and the former was saved just in the
nick of time, but was so frantic over the
loss of his daughter that he could hardly
be dragged ashore. He was persuaded
that his daughter was safe; but the
poor girl was corpse when
taken out. When all those in sight
had been brought to land, tine work Of
graphing for the drowned ones was
commenced. Within two hours four
bodies had been recovered, but up to
midnight no other victims had been
found. 1t is believed that at least
three others were lost, but the
exact number cannot be told at
present Intense excitement pre-
vailed in Dartmouth and Halifax
when the news of the disaster spread
and thousands flocked to the scene,
where they remained till late hour
watching those working in the water.
Owing to the confusion it is impossible
to tell who are missing, but the number
cannot be large. Divers are now search
ing under the water for further Victims