Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-19

once, and over sixty had been taken out
by daylight. The scene of the disaster
is across the line from Lake City toward
Red Wing, and as most of the victims
were from that city, the coroner was
notified and fifty two bodies taken there
this morning, after being first viewed
by him at the lake side.
During the night fifty-fve bodies
were recovered, and this morning up to
10 o'clock seven more had been pulled
out. Under command of Adjutant-Gen-
eral Mullen the militia were drafted
into service, and worked nobly on the
wreck.
The barge was wrecked back of the
point which is known as Maiden Rock,
and is anchored there. The wreck of
the steamer occurred off this point,
and the very greatly dismantled wreck
drifted over against the barge. She
lay over on the port side and wa-
broken almost into kindling wood, al
though enough of the framework re-
NAMED to hold together and work on
At half past 10 the bodies of woman
and child, to which ropes had been at
tached, were drawn from the water.
The child was the daughter
of John Winters, of Red Wing. Fred.
SEWERS, blacksmith, was taken out,
of sixty-ive bodies already found, or
probably about half the total number
drowned. Corp. B. L. Perry, of st.
Paul, saw the wreck early last night,
and at once fastened to the shore
to render such assistance as was
possible. Finding man stand
ing near boat on the shore, he asked
to be taken out into the storm to the
overturning boat. Being refused he
threatened to kill unless his orders were
obeyed, and with the help Of his I'M
willing assistant he saved the lives of
fifteen or sixteen women. Adjt.-Gen.
Mullen says the man has earned COM
mission.
From early morning patrol of row.
boats was kept up all over the neighbor-
hood of the wreck, looking for bodies.
Several were found in that way last
night and small boy was found then,
floating and yelling, three miles down
the lake from the scene of the disaster.
Battery A, Of ST.. Paul, kept up a can
nonading all day to-day, trying to
raise bodies, but without success.
The little steam tug Wanderer tried
unsuccessfully to pull the wreck apart,
and then the Ethel Howard came up
the river, and with the valuable aid of
the Luella pulled apart the frame of
what had been the top of the steamer.
The Luella then pulled the Sea Wing up
out of the water, releasing
three bodies, one woman and two
young man. Alice Palmer, of Trenton,
was one of these, but the two men had
not bnen identified up TO l o'clock.
That makes total of sixty~eight bodies
now found.
1t seems certain that at least 125 lives
were lost in the disaster at Lake Pepin.
About seventy bodies have already been
recovered, and it is thought that at least
fifty more bodies are fast in the wreck at
the bottom of the lake.
1t was stated this afternoon that to
keep the water out Of the cabin and to
keep the people under shelter Capt.
Wethern had locked the door of the
cabin. If this is true it may explain
much of the loss of life, although the
loss would still have been very heavy.
Estimates vary as to the total number of
steamer and barge when they
started to return to Red Wing, very few
remaining behind on account of the
storm, although many protested against
the proposal to steam up the lake III the
face of such gale as was then blowing.
Of the whole number it is known posi-
lively that fifty were saved. More
may have escaped, but only this many
are known at this time to be
safe. That would leave about $50
victims of the disaster, but every one
hopes the number may not 60 beyond
125. A good number are still in the
wreck, and a great many are in the bot
tom Of the lake where the gale first
struck the steamer. Just how many
will not be known for some time yet,
possibly for several days.
In Lake City the damage to property
by the cyclone is great, although no ia
talities have been reported. Collins
Bros. saw>and planning mill is totally de-
molished. The roof of the Opera House,
owned by Mr.. Hanisch, was carried
away, and the stores underneath more
or less damaged by the rain and hail.
Young & Co.. dry goods block is badly
demolished. Part Of the Lyons block
was demolished, and goods in the
stores damaged. The roof of the build
ing in which the telegram Office is locat-
ed is gone, and the lower floors were
damaged Gillett & Beck's starch fac
tory is almost total wreck. The streets
of the city are filed with fallen trees
and parts of buildings that had been
earned through the air.
AT this hour f2:15 P. NJ sixty person
are known to have been saved, and it
is thought the death roll may be inside
of 100.
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD.