Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-04-17
A DAY or WRECKS.

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A Dozen Persons Killed and Injured By a
| Collision Of Vessels Mt East saginaw
Wrecks In Pennsylvania = Loss of the
| Quctta.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, April IA "A
dozen passengers we're killed or badly
injured by pilots carelessness on the
Saginaw river yesterday.
The steamer Handy Boy, with large
number Of persons on board left here
in the afternoon for Bay City. The
captain went below to collect fares and
left the wheel in the hands of his fire.
man, Edward Trump. High water had
made the currents In the river unusually
rapid and as the boat swung toward the
Flint & Pare Marquette bridge Trump
lost control Of the helm and the vessel
headed directly for pier in the center
OF the bridge. Those on the boat saw
their danger, but not until the bridge
had been almost reached.
The boat struck the iron girders and
passed partly under, the force Of the
blow sweeping the upper deck cabin and
passengers into tho river. Passengers
below deck escaped with more or less
serious injury, butat least six who we're
above were drowned or killed by the col
lision. Several died in the wreckage in
sight OF those on shore.
At least fourteen persons we're thrown
into the river and only seven were res
cued. Among the missing are: Joseph
Cassidy, Miss May Haight aged twen-
ty-two, Mrs Catherine Nevins, mother
Of Rev. Father Gevins, OF Bay City.
Captain Dolson, who was in command,
his engineer, George Little, and Trump,
the man at the wheel, are in Jail,
charged with criminal carelessness. No
bodies have yet been recovered. A
number Of passengers we're slightly in
jured. ]. w. Thompson was badly hurt
and taken to the hospital
WRECKS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, April a. There we're
two collisions on the Pennsylvania yes
terday afternoon in which two men were
killed, two seriously injured and an
other badly hurt
The first occurred on the New York
branch near Ridge avenue station, at
about two o'clock, where two freight
trains collided by reason of wrong
signal being displayed. In this acci-
dent one engine was wrecked and the
engineer killed, all the rest OF the two
crews escaping.
A more serious wreck occurred three
hours later on the Delaware extension
OF the Pennsylvania at Hamburg sta
ton where fireman. OF one eIgine was
killed, the engineer seriously and per-
haps fatally injured, one brakeman dan
gerously hurt and another badly injured.
Loss OF THE QUETrA.
SAN Francisco. April a. by steamer
Mariposa from Australia additional de-
tails have been received of the wrecked
steamer Qnetta.
About nine o'clock on March 1 the
passengers we're startled by the sudden
stopping of the engines and the grating
OF the vessels keel on the sunken rock
In less than three minutes the Quetta
had sunk out Of sight, leaving 20l peo-
pie struggling in the waves. Some we're
borne under by the tangled riggings and
others more fortunate clnng to the flow
ing wreckage. One hundred and thir-
teen lives we're lost. OF t26 whites only
thirty escaped, while of the l65 Lascars
81 survived. Many Of the whites were
imprisoned in the state rooms
VESSEL AND FIVE LIVES LOST.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 14.-The
schooner Ethel, hence for Nassau with
an assorted cargo has been wrecked
near Cape Canaveral and those aboard
are lost II was learned here whore the
missing captain belonged that i've per /
sons were on board, Captain William D. |
Garvin and two men, both colored |
mis- Starr and John Gibson-the latter's !
wife, who went with him, and a colored |
boy named Charley. Captain Garvin
was an old sailor and owner of several |
vessels in the Nassaus and West Indies. /