Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-13
RECKED BY THE Wind
Ending Of a Pleasure Party on
Long Island.
bRTEEN PERSONS KILLED
Number Of Others Bruised and I1jured-A
4 ,tdsn Sale Strikes Barge and Causes the
ROof 10 Pail in, Crushing and Nang-
ling the EIeursiOnisis.

DID SPRING HARBoB, L. l., August
A terrible disaster occurred here
afternoon, by which fourteen per
eight women, four children and
q men lost their lives.
he steamer Crystal Stream, with the
ge Republic in tow, and having
lard about 500 adults and as many
ndren on the excursion Of the en-
yes Of Theodore Kaiser, drygOodS
Ter Of No. 197 Graham avenue,
( boklyn, E. D., arrived at the Cold
&. ing grove dock about ? o'clock, hav-
left South Sixth street, Brooklyn,
b.. at 1O:3O o'clock this morning.
tbut $3.50 the last whistles for
ga 70 get aboard were blown
IA the steamer, and at 3:45
F, n. everybody was ready to start.
larger portion of the excursionists
r. II on the barge where the you niger
s pie were dancing. Just then some
wv clouds covered the sky; then
be q squall, the wind driving every
ng before it. The boat hands antic-
tstin0 a shower had let down the can
"a curtains which are attached to the
~ rricane deck of the barge
s.a fastened tlNm down to the
ft side. This prevented the wind from
s wing through, and as one strong
.ost struck the barge it lifted
'bs starboard side Of the
,ffricape deck clear from its
Is fastenings and supports and forced
& md the posts and partitions In the
.entre over TO the port side. As 1t push
"a over, the end Of the deck nearest the
ioek TO which the barge was fastened,
iropped down upon the hundreds OF
.4ofpen and children who had crowded
,rar 10 that side of the barge In an
15rt to escape. In a moment the air
" Al rent with screams and agoRizing
,r'ss of the poor victims whose lives
rere being crushed out and limbs
nfoken.
"a was in the midst of a terrible
hinder storm and the waves ran high.
sone persons think that the mast OF
rs barge on which the people were
silied was struck by lightning; but this
5 pot known.
.trlcken and were running about the
boat screaming wildly. The sky was
lark and threatening. The sea was
'earfully wild. The scene was heart
ending in the extreme, and the excite
nent caused by the relatives and friends
,f those on the barge, who were in the
.ieamer, only added 70 the
sandemonium which prevailed. The
,ricers, deck hands, and other men on
.he steamer lost no time In reaching the
,srge and doing all In their power TO
'escue all whom they could from the
rreck. Willing hands from the grove
|bd neighboring places were also soon
d work, and in fifteen minutes the
Allen deck was raised sufficiently to
low all those who were alive and un-
blurred to crawl out, and the Injured to
- assisted from the barge.
IL had been hoped that none had been
.illed, but the lifeless bodies Of fourteen
4ere seen to be lying near the gunwale.
In had their lives crushed out OF them
y being caught between the edge OF
ho fallen deck and the guard sails.
hose who knew friends OF theirs were
1issing hurried away TO make room for
he hundreds who saw friend or rela-
I've dead, or injured. Women and
.bndren, and even strong men wept
.lteOusly as they looked upon the dead
4 diving. OF the dead bodies, those
rho were recognized are as follows:
lizzie Schamant, nine years, No. PA
briggs street.
Mrs. Pauline Prinz, thirty-tve years,
II briggs street.
Henry Hoffman, a man OF thirty-hve,
sliding at Graham avenue and SchOles
|Ifeet.
Minnie Goetz, sixteen years, OF Stagg
"a Even streets.
Mrs. Lipeninger, 196 Graham avenue.
Katie Kautze, four years, l92 Graham
venue.
The pilot Of the barge, whose name
,opld not be learned, was also killed.
he was in the pilot house when the
lind threw the deck over. DE was
hrown over and fell between the deck
nd the boat
Among the injured are: Charles
4eld. 231 johnson avenue, arm broken
nd other bruises.
Mrs. Henry Isselmanu, 100 Skillman
senue. foot broken and other injuries
Mr.. Zerrmann, Sc years old, OF No
iO Jackson street, seriously hurt In
be chest and ribs.
/ The wounded were carefully carried
hoard of the Crystal Stream, which
bRveyed them to Oyster Bay village
fstance OF six miles, where they re-
|eiyed medical aid. The steamer then
eturned here and carried anotner ioao
! Oyster Bay, and again third load.
The place where the disaster occurred
! at the head OF Cold Spring haroor'
|bt far from Laureltoa, and is a iaVorlte
hcpic ground. The falling OF the deck
j the barge and the sad results that ioi-
lived are, It is said, due entirely 70 tne
bitten condition of the supports. Many
q the excursionists carried home WIN
bem pieces Of the eentfe posts, Wnien
bow that they were perfectly rotten 70
be core. The barge Itself, It is said' Is
|hSaie in other particularl
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