The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
JAIL at Ellsworth, tho county sea. OF
Fierce county, Wis, in which county
Diamond Bluff Is also located,
STORIES W THE SURVIVORS.
Reports that tho Captain md Crew Were
Druhk--Vnri0us Nun,0rs,

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LAKE CRY, MlSS, July 15.-Nothinp
new has developed along the lake shore
no bodies having been discovered up 10
noon, although dynamite was used Wig
orously and generally under the direc.
ton OF General Mullen, who had Captain
Derkey's steam yacht as headquarters.
A close watch was kept up along the
shore, but nothing was found. II ia
probable that no more bodies will DO
found Tor two or three days, and the
hopo ut Lake City is that not over a
dozen more arc in the lake, but at Red
Wing tho number has been placed at
two or three times that number.
Capt. Weihern, who has not been
seen since yesterday noon, told citizen
Of Red Wing TINT tho number on board
at the time Of the disaster would not
exceed ITO. The Red Wing man was
very much excited, denied the Captains
figures as over so below the truth and
accused both captain aud crew OF being
drunk and unfit to hnve charge OF boat
at such time. This meeting was, Of
course, soon known about town, and
may in part explain the charge Of
drunkenness that has been made. Still,
there Is no proof OF such q state OF
affairs. There were those on the barge
among tho passengers who had been
drinking and whose notions drove the
women and children 10 the cabin, and
this fact may be another ground for the
rumor. Another rumor that caused
gtea! indignation IVES that which accused
the captain Of ordering tho cabin door
locked und keeping the people out.
The captain was blamed for locking
the people up where death was sure to
come. Miss Aggie Barsron, OF Lake
City, who was one OF those who we're
rescued from the barge when it d,ittc,l
near shore. says all the women and child
rem We're ordered into the cabin from the
barge II would be natural thing for
the captain 10 do this, us it was inte ensely
dark and the rain and hail that were
falling made it extremely disagreeab!e 10
remain at the mercy OF the elements.
On the other hand the engineer told
City Marshal Tim Foley that the cap
tain thought the barge aafer than tho
Steamer aHd sent al order down to the
cabin for the women and children to 70
on the barge. Instead of'carryiDg the
order correctly the man told them to
stay in the cabin and lock the door,
which they did. Previous to that most
OF the women left the barge
for the steamer, telling the engi.
neer that party Of men
on the barge were dunk aud had been
acting in an Objectionable manner, and
they would not stay there. Whether
these be facts or not, it is certain that
the doors were shut, il not locked, when
the rescue:s reached tho steamer, and
everything indicated that they had been
closed throughout the gale. The entire
sobriety OF the engineer is questioned by
an old fisherman named Cook, who
escaped from the wreck. The engineer
further says that when the steamer
turned over he was on tho barge, from
which he stepped upon the up.tnrned
rail without discovering any one. Frank
Way, Of Trenton, sayB twenty-five or
more others clung 10 tho steamers bot
tom after she turned over, and that he
swan to place OF safety from there, but
his lady companion, Miss Mattic Fl lynn,
sank and has not yet been recovered.
Two OF his sisters also went down, but
Ouiy one bOuy has been rpcoverai |