St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-22
wind. The boat ran toward the Mime.

wind. The boat ran toward the Mime
sofa shore for several minutes until
sudden Squall, coming straight down
the lake, caught and capsiZed her in
stantly. He did not know anything
more until he found himself in the
water, inside the pilot house. He
put his feet against the wheel
and forced himself through the glass,
and then swan to the surface and
climbed onto the wreck with the assist
ance OF Warn Sparks. The boat drifted,
bottom up, for time, and then he
thought the pilot house struck the bot
tom, which caused the boat to turn on
its side. By the turning of the boat all
those on the hull were washed off. He
swan to shore, intending to get skitf,
but when he got to shore was SO eX-
hausted that lie had to be helped out of
the water. He remained at house to
which he was taken until daylight, when
ne went to the side of the lake opposite
the wreck.
The Clerks Story.
E. NJ. Niles, the clerk, testified that On
starting out in the morning IL passen-
gers were taken on at Diamond Bluff,
% at Trenton and ia at Red Wing, max
ing 147 in all. There were about twenty
more on board when we started back
and when the storm struck. II
was standing inside the cabin
when the storm struck us. The
boat tipped so quickly that / slid
to the other side of the cabin. | crawled
on my hands and knees out of the door
and then erawled to the upper side. The
boat was then about on her side. l saw
the boat was coming over on me. [
jumped backward into the lake, and
came to the surface as the guard and
railing of the high side was going un-
der water. l then climbed upon the
hull. helped lady from Red Wing
and boy onto the hull. There were
about fifty on the hull. jumped Off
the hull and swan to the barge.
What the Fireman Did.
81. M. Hope. fireman, jumped OH the
barge. Just as the boat turned over
some one called out: '.For Gods sake.
cut the ropes!' He jumped back and
got an ak and cut two Of them. About
twenty people got on the barge after
the boat tipped over. There were
thirty-fve OF forty Oh the barge after
tnat.
was assistant engineer on the Sea Wing.
petent master and pilot of river steam
erS. He said 81 left the engine run
ming. The boat tipped over too soon to
give me time to stop it. l went out on
the lower side of the boat and got into
the water, caught on to the guards and
went around with the boat. When I
came up left the boat and got on to
the barge, on which l went to Shore"
eff there had been another barge
lashed to the other side of the steamer
would it have capslZed?" he was asked.
''In my judgment it would have either
capSiZed Or the cabin would have been
blown off" He further stated in an
SWer to questions that there was moth
ing that could have been done to avert
the accident.
A Pilots Yarn.
In the examination of T. G. Eaton,
pilot on the Ethel Howard, he said he
thought the weather very unfavorable
that evening. Was watching the wealth
tied our boat. the Ethel Howard, at p.
M, and watched the approaching storm.
| was aboard the Sea Wing an hour be-
fore leaving Lake City. There was
warning of an approaching storm when
she left. l was to have left with
the Ethel Howard at Z, but on
account Of the bad-looking weather we
would not go. In my Judgment it was
not safe for the Sea Wing to leave at
the time she did. Lake Pepin is con-
sidered dangerous lake to navigate.
l think no steamer on the Mississippi
would have stood the storm. l consid-
erod the Sea Wing a good, staunch,
seaworthy boat. | was surprised to
she did to start"
A Passengers View.
George Cook, of Red Wing, who was
a passenger on the Sea Wing, heard one
of the deck hands tell Capt. Wethereu