Evening journal., 1890-07-14

Others, came up and carried the boat over,
oil Of the people on board $50 OF more be
ing thrown into the water. some being
caught underneath and others thrown into
tie waves The boat turned bottom up
ward and only about twenty-five people
succeeded in clambering to places of safety
1pon the overturned craft Now aud then.
as a fash OF lightning lighted up the sur
face OF the lake, the sight OF an occasional
white dress Of a drowning woman or child
aas observable, but It was impossible for
those who witnessed the horrible sight to
lend any aid
Those remaining began calling for
help from the shore as soon as the
storm began 20 ahate and in half an hour
lights were observed fitting about on the
pier at Lake City. Just as the few sur
vivors We're beginning 10 hope that they
would be taken of, the boat again turned
over, this time on its side aud again all
Of the twenty-five remaining passengers
were hurled into the water. OF there sew
eral were drowned
Capt Howard's Brutality.
One man observed the forms Of two
women wedged in between stationary
seat and the side Of the boat, both pale in
death. Az the lightning CLEANS liz up
their upturned faces another ma saw two
little girls floating past him as he hung
with desperate Efforts to the steamers
side Hail an hour after the passage Of the
storm your reporter went 70 the dock where
the steamer Ethel Howard WAS anchored
safe from the storm. When ! asked Capt.
Howard If he was going out TO the rescue
he replied that he was not going 10 run his
boat away from the shore until the indica-
tions OF another approaching storm had
disappeared. He also said that he did not
propose TO run the risk Of losing his boat
in order TO look for dead people out on the
lake.
citizens Of Lake City who heard Capt.
Howard's remarks were most severe in
their denunciation of the position he as
sumed in the face OF the statements made
to him that every minute might mean the
saving Of half dozen lives. Many talked
Of taking the boat away from him by force,
but there were not enough TO put the plan
into execution, and other means OF rescue
were resorted to.
A Large List OF the Killed
In few minutes dozen or more row
boats were manned and put out from the
shore The upturned boat was az last dis
covered, the twenty OF more remaining
people clinging 70 the boat were rescued
and brought 10 the shore, most OF them be-
ing unable TO swim.
Among those who are known to have
been on board OF the steamer and who are
undoubtedly drowned are; Two children
of c. II. Roeder, Peter Corken, his wife,
five children aud hired girl; Fred Sherff,
wife and daughter Mrs. Capt withern
and two children; f. Christ, William
Blake and family Of three. Mrs. Hempt-
ling and daughter, Gus Beckmark, Miss
Flynn, Rose Adams, Ira Fulton
At Least 100 Drowned.
A full list Of the $50 passengers which
are pretty certain 70 have been drowned is
not obtainable az this writing. A large
majority Of them wers women and chill
dren, those being saved being nearly an
strong men who were able 70 swim and
cling 10 the boat after it lad capsized.
On the return from the capsized b0al
with three or four people who had been
rescued one Of the rowboats encountered
two floating bodies, each with a life pre-
server attached to them.
Later Fifty-nine bodies have been found
and laid out