Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-16

THE STORM.
No More Bodies Recovered at Lake
City.
LAKE CITY, July 15th.-The lake short
was made to reverberate this morning with
the thunder of dynamite, which wa.
brought into requisition in the hope that il
would be of help in bringing some of tht
as yet unrecovered bodies to the surface
The country people, who drove in from al
directions yesterday, were again on hand
and residents were also there at an early
hour. watching the workers. The military
guard was kept up all night at the beach
and they kept bacK the spectators to day
as they had done yesterday. A smiling sky
in no way reminded one of the great horror
that had come upon this whole section o.
the State.
Nothing new has developed along the
lake shore, no bodies having been recov
cred. 1t is probable no more bodies will
be found for two or three days, and the
hope of Lake City is that not over dozen
more are in the lake. But at Red Wing
the number is placed at two or three times
that figure,
Captain Wetheren, who has not been
seen here since yesterday noon, told citi
izen of Red Wing that the number or
board at the time of the disaster would
not exceed ITO. A Red Wing man denied
the Captains figures as over thirty below
the truth, and accused both the Captain
and the crew of being drunk and unfit tc
have charge of boat at such time. There
is no proof of such state of affairs. There
were those on the barge among the passen
gers who had been drinking, and whose
actions drove women and children to thu
cabin. This fact may be ground for thu
rumOr.
Another rumor that caused great indig
nation accused the Captain of ordering the
cabin door locked and keeping the people
inside. Miss Aggie Bartron, of Lake City
one of those rescued from the barge. saws
all the women and children were ordered
into the cabin from the barge. 1t would
be natural for the Captain to do this, as il
was intensely dark and the rain and hail
made it extremely dangerous to remain on
the barge. On the other aand, the engineer
says the Captain thought the barge safer
than the steamer and sent an order down
to the cabin for the women and children
to go on the barge. Instead of carrying
the order correctly, the man told them tc
stay in the cabin and lock the door, which
they did. Previous to that most of the
women had left the barge for the steamer
telling the engineer that party of men
on the barge were drunk and had been
acting in an objectionable manner, and
they would not stay there. Whether these
be facts or not, it is certain the doors were
shut, if not locked, when the rescuers
reached the steamer, and everything indi.
Gated tha: they had been throughout the
gale.
Judge Bayrell, of Argyle, who was on
the hnQt ppaifiuo avid
the charge of drunkenness. He SAYS the
Captain was not only sober, but was fully
conscious of the presence of the storm, al
though not fully appreciating its gravity.
The Captain walked through the cabin
quietly trying to calm the excited passen.
gers, telling them he did not think there
was any danger; but if any wished they
could put on life-preservers and prepare
for the worst possibility. A few minutes
later he once more made the sameI sug-
gestion. The charge against the crew pos
sibly originated in the behavior of few of
the drunken male passengers on the barge.
During the severity of the storm the
Captain wished those who were on the
barge at the mercy of the wind and rain
and hail to seek refuge in the cabin, but
later he considered the barge the safer
place, and ordered the women and chill
oASh W AOlhcNC tucIc Ills OTU6T WAS mlS-
carried or at least such seems to have been
the case.
Lawyer Greer of Lake City believed that
if the people had known that part of the
lake many could have escaped, and cites
the experience of Harry Mabey. Young
Msbey was on board the Sea Wing when
she drifted around below the point, where
she grounded for a short time on the bar.
knowing that the water there was shal.
low, he jumped overheard and reached
the land easily. From that bar the steamer
drifted along the shore, keeping about
forty or fifty yards out All along there
the bottom slopes very gradually down, so
nearly all could have reached shore had
they known this fact.
Captain Wetheren, of the ill-fated craft,
went across the river to his home in Dia-
mond Bluff, Wis. 1t is reported tonight
that he has been placed under arrest there
at the solici alton of his friends, who
feared possible violence.
NO INQUEST TO BE HELD.
This evening the Coroner's Jury assem-
bled and were about to begin the Inquest
when County Attorney Wilson said that
the statutes provided that the Coroner
could hold an inquest only where there
were marks of violence on the body. AS
there were none such in the present case,
no inquest could be held He said further
that he believed in taking into considera-
ton the frame of mind of the community.
1t is desirable not to hold an INQUEST now,
even if it could be held. He assured the
jurymen, as a citizen, that the matter
would be laid before the Grand jury at
once and a rigid investigation would be
had. The jury acted on his opinion, and
the Coroner dismissed them.
This evening one more body was found
that of Rita Vieths, aged 13.
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
ST. PAUL, July 15th-Thousand of curl
GUS people to-day visited the scene of Sum
day nights cyclone at Lake Geryais. The
search for the bodies of the three missing
victims has not yet resulted in success. All
day to-day parties of searchers were scour-
ing the woods and swamps in the vicinity.
or dredging the lake, but absolutely no
trace can be found of the bodies. The in
jured, with two or three exceptions, are do
ing well, and are all under the best of med.
ical care. Seven families that resided in the
path of the storm were left destitute and
depend upon the public for aid.
A DAY OF FUNERALS,
RED WING (Minn.), July 15th.-Sixty-
SIX bodies were brought here YESTERDAY
and laid out in an empty store-room, and
to this place of death came mourning
friends to claim their dead or look in vain
for the absent. All day long pine boxes
that suggested heartaches and heart bresk k