Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-13

THE DECK svootNtY GIVES
WAY.
~ Ends Ia the Death Many of the
Participants.

MfSEOLA, L.. l., August l2.-Thc
employee ~ Theodore Kaiser Of Ora.
ham Avenue, Brooklyn, went On an
excursion To LaureltDn Grove, Cold
Spring HhfuOr, today, ON the steamer
"Cry-tnl Stream" and the barge "ite.
public.r There 500 persons crowded
togcthcg on the upper deck Of the
barge. Suddenly heavy squall struck
the barge and the upper dcck rave way,
pinioning about hity persons. Four
teen persons were Instantly killed and
twenty or more wOundod. The Injured
WEIR taEeu TO Oyster bay f5r treat.
ment.
Eight women, four children and two
men are killed.
Jus, before leaving the Cold Spring
HarhOr dock Tor the return trip, after
all the passengers were aboard, u squall
came NJ. The boat hands, antlciIat-
Ing shower, lot down the canvas cur.
lains which ARE attached 10 the hurrl-
cane deck Of tho barge aud fast
! ened them down 10 the port
side. This prevented the wind from
blowing through, aud ~ one strong
gust struck thu barge It lifted the star.
board side OF the deck from It, iastcn.
ing- aud supports, aud forced II over
| 10 the top OF the port side. A. Il pushed
over tho uud VI the deck nearest the
ueck, ~ which the barge was fastened,
| II dropped down on the hundreds Of
women and children who had CROW iod
/ over h. that side OF tue barge In au
effort to escape. In a moment tho air
was rent with the
SCREAMS ASD AuONi2iSG CRIBS
Of the victim. whose lives were being
/ crushed uuu limbs broken.
| IL was Ia tue midst Of terrible
storm, aud the waves ran high. Some
persons think the mast u tho barge
was truck by lightning, hut this IL
not known. The Diilcerr, deck hands
nnd other meu ON tue steamer which
had the barge m tow Lost 40 time la
reaching the barge and doing NIL IN
| their power 10 rescue all they could
from the wreck. willing hands
from the Grove aud nuighboting
places were, also soon nj work,
and Ia fifteen minutes the deck was
raised sufficiently To allow nil hos'
alive 10 bc assisted from the barge. II
hal been hoped that none were killed,
but the lifolcss bodies NJ fourteen wer,
seon lying near the gunwale. All had
THEIR LIVES CRUSHED OUT
by being caught between the edge Of
tho fallen deck and the guard rails
Men, women aud children and even
strong men wcpt piteOusly as they
looked upon the dead or dying. Oh
the dead bodice, those recognized wet,
~ follows: LizEie Sohnmant, Mrs.
Pauline prinz, Hoffman, Mimi,
GuctL, Mrs. Lipcnilnger, katie kautzr
Robert Schiller, Amelia i.andgTai
Mary Schatf, Minnie Schaullen, Ami,
| Volt, Amelia Well, Louis Kurt
The pilot OF the barge, whose nam,
could not DO asceftained, was al-J
killed. lie was In the pilot.houst
when the wind threw the deck over
He was thrown over and fell between
the deck and tho boat.
Among the Injured are Charlie
Held, Mrs. Henry Issrlmein, Mn
! Herman.
The wounded were carefully carrie,
aboard the steamer, which conveyed
them 10 oyster Bay village, n distance
OF siN miles, where they were attended
by physicians. The bodies Of the deaf
were laid ON the deck Of the barge 4
await the arrival u tho coroner.
The place where tho accident &C
CURED II at the head Of Cold Sprlnl
harhog, aud Is u iavoritc picnitklnt
ground.
TITE APPALLING AND BAD RRsrLTs
ARE due entirely, II In said, tO tn
rotten condition Of the supports Of tn
deck. Many rxCnrslOuists carrie.
home with them pieces u the cente
posts which show they were perfect!
rotten at the sore. the barge itself, !
II said, ~ unsafe In other particular.
Mrs. Schamnnt, whose daughter lizkl
was among tho killed, says She wa
standing at the upper end OF the barge
She saw the storm coming anu was Try
ing 10 get TO shelter when the cyclon
came and Ripped Tie top Of tho harg
OIL, aud minute later saw her dnugh
tur's legs sticking out from between tn
guard rail anu tho odgo Of the deck
She could hear her screaming bu
could not help her. She does not know
. what became VI her sister, who wa
standing near her, aud Il ls feared sh,
was also killed.
George Peters, who is slightly In
Jurcd, said: every body had gone Of
board tue barge ami steamer and the.
were Just preparing 10 cast OF til
hawserr by which the barge was fast
ened To the dock, when
rIE cYCLoSE STRUCK THE nARGE
/, and threw II over on one side. The,
had rolled down the canvass on on
side 10 protect those on board from IN
rain, which was commencing 10 fal
when fearful gust Of wind lifted til
roof or pnd carried II, with tho pill,
: house and everything else, over again
, the side nearest the dock. A numbo
ofpcoplc were crushed beneath the edg
OF tho roof, whlch dropped when tn
supports were broken, and | thin
most Of those who were killed ha
their lives crushed out In that wa,
! | assisted number OF women an
children 10 get from under the collapse
Q root. | never witnessed such a torribl
sight"
Other accounts Of the accident AT
similar To the foregoing. When III
special train carrying the survivor
nome reached Brooklyn, u crowd {
90O0 gathered at the depot anxiousl
. awaiting news Of those near and dep
|. TO them. The coroner's jury this ever
ing viewed the bodies OF the dead, an
: gave permit ior their removal
| Hruuklyn.