St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-15


added to the gruesome number that had
been carried by boat to Red Wing.
Knute Peterson's body was fonnd about
a mile up the shore this afternoon, but
the others were all taken out of or close
around the wreck. The watches OH the
different bodies had stopped at from
.S:15 to $50, showing pretty accurately
the time of the wreck, but Peterson's
watch had kept going for some
Three Hours in the Water
and stopped at 80. Maj. Fitzgerald,
surgeon of the regiment, who had
charge of the hospital corps and of the
arrangements for handling the bodies,
says that death was very quick in every
case and that there was scarcely any
evidence of there having been any
struggle on the part of the dying.
Neither had any Of the bodies any
bruises OF other marks Of injury upon
them. Death was quick and painless.
The fact that the militia were within
easy call undoubtedly resulted in the
saving of many lives, and the
willingness of the citizen sol
diery to work, their excellent
organization and the good management
of Gen. Mullen and Surgeons Fitzger-
aid, Clarke and Caine, were notable and
commendable. When morning came
the weary all-night workers were re-
placed by relief from their comrades
AMI the work went on Systematically
and tirelessly. The barge lay qui city
on the water just above town, and the
steamer, toppled over on the port side,
had drifted against her tow, aud to-
gether they lay, the shattered remind
ers of the storm's power and mans
weakness. With axes holes were
chopped in the decks and ropes fastened
to the bodies under the water and thes e
drawn to the surface, carried ashore and
turned over to the ambulance corps.
| The bodies of those who went down
with the steamer were taken out of the
cabin through hole cut in the deck in.
front of the pilot house and through the
cabin doors. Believing that still some
Bodies Were to BE Found
| in the half-dismantled wreck. Gen..
Mullen ordered the tearing away of the
upper works of the vessel and the push
ing of the wreck farther toward the
shore, where she was righted. This
| work was done by the Luella and the
Ethel Howard, and as soon as the wreck
| could be got at in its new position, Gen.
Mullen and his military helpers went
| all through the Sea Wing, recovering
three more bodies, bringing the total up
| to sixty-fve, and convinced themselves
that no more bodies were to be found
| there. The shattered old hulk was then
left to driftat will. and her broken and
| battered framework was in sad contrast
with the bright skies and smooth waters.
During the morning systematic patrol
Of the water over which the
hulls had drifted after being first
struck by the gale had been kept up
citizens of Lake City. After the last
| bodies had been taken from the wreck,
! Gen. Mullen pressed into service all the
row boats within reach, and, with four
| soldiers in each boat, began late this
| afternoon thorough dragging of the
| lake all about the scene of the disaster.
| No bodies were found late this after
noon, and at dark =
| Search Was Abandoned
| for the day. Dynamite will be used In
the morning. There were good many
who made use of the life preservers,
but probably none had as good or as
much use of them as had Robert
| Adams, the seveteen-year-olds son of DR..
Adams, of Lake City, and a
neighbor. whose home is In Red
Wing. They had three life preservers /,
and were in the water six hours before
being rescued. Young Adams could
swim, but his companion could not.
They had the good sense to float quietly
and not attempt to fight against the
waves to the shore. During the six
hours they were in the water, from 8 to
| 8, they were buffeted by the billows,
| and blown hither and yon by the gale.
They first drifted about mile down
past town, and then change in the
wind carried them up the river to
Frontenac, seven miles from here,
where they were rescued by DR.. Caine
and party, still alive and well, but con-
siderably the worse for their hard ex
perience.