The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-15

from the shore, though the high waves had
not yet subsided. and after they had been
securing the lake for quarter of an hour
the uIturned boat was discovered. The
twenty or more remaining people clingiug
to the boat were rescued and brought to
shore, most OF them being men who could
swim.
SOME OF THE DROWNED.
Among those known to have been on
board the steamer, and who are undoubt-
edly drowned, are:
Two children of c. Fl. Rehdor, who was
on the barge.
Peter Gerken. his wife, five children, and
his hired girl.
Mrs Capt Wethern and her two chill
dren.
Fred Christ.
William w. Blaker ami his family of
three.
Mrs. Hemptfling and daughter.
A Miss Flynn.
Basee Adams.
Ida Fulton.
THE STORM IN THE CITY.
In Lake City the damage to property by
the cyclone is great, although no fatalities
are reported.
Collins Bzos.' saw and planning mill was
totally demolished
The roof Of the opera house, owned by
stores underneath it were more or less dam
aged by rain and hail
Young q Co.'s dry goods block is badly
demolished.
Part of the License block was demolished
and the goods in its stores damaged.
The roof Of building in which the tele-
graph office is located is gone, and the lower
floors were damaged.
Gallett & Beck's sash factory is almost a
total wreck
The streets of the city are filled with
fallen trees and parts of buildings that have
been carried through the air
Up TO 2o'clock this morning seventy-four
bodies had been found in the lake.
FLoATED SEVEN MILES.
LAKE CITY, MINI, July IA, II P. NJ
Among the incidents of last nights disaster
1t Is told that two boys, aged II, who were
| on the steamer, secured life preservers, ,,and
when thro wn into the water they remained
| quiet, floating with the wind and
waves, and we're picked up after
six hours immersion at Front End, seven
| miles from the scene of the accident, alive
aud in good condition. That so many lives
were saved and so many
bodies quickly recovered is largely
due to the presence of the militia a mile be-
low town; The regiment were soon at the
| river bank and they worked heroically all
night TO save life, and all day to-day to re-
cover bodies.
A revised list of those known to be dead
IN the steamer disaster gives a total of
sixty-elght. Among these are the wife and
two children Of the captain of the boat.
THE CoRPsEs AT RED WING.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July IA, 10 A. M
The Journals Red Wing, Mimi, special
says; The bodies of those drowned in
Lake Pepin last night, to the number of
| tfty-two, arrived in this city about
o'clock this morning. The whole town was
in mourning Immediately after the arrival
Of the steamer. The bodies were hurried to
the respective homes of the deceased per-
| sons"
AT LEAST SIXTY SAVED.
LAKE GERvAIs, MINI, July IA, 215 P.
| NAT this hour, 2:15 o'clock D. M, sixty
persons are known to have been saved, and
1t is thought that the death roll may be
inside of 100. The wind which did all the
mischief was a perfectly straight blow
aud no cyclone. 1t now appears that the
storm had risen before the boat
started from the camp ground, and
| quite number of excursionists refused tc
undertake the homeward journey, but the
officers of the the boat saw no danger in the
blow as it then was, and started out. The
| direct force of the wind was such as to
make the boat helpless and beat the waters
of the lake into great waves. The wreck is
being pulled to pieces to-day by
other steamers, and by this means several
bodies have been recovered. One small boy
was found floating and yelling three miles
| down the lake from the scene of the disas-
ter and rescued. 1t is doubtful if it will
ever be known how many lives were lost in
this disaster.