Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-14
THIRTEEN KILLED.
Sad Ending Of a Long Island
Sound Excursion.
A Sudden Squall of Wind Strikes
the Steamer.
A Portion of the Hurricane
Deck Collapes.

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Barge Alongside, Burylng Nearly {
Hundred People in the Debris-Thir'
teen Dead Taken Out-AbOut Forty
Others InJured-Most of the Victim,
Women and Children.
| COLD SPRING HARBoR, l.. l., Aug
14.-The steamer Crystal Stream, with
the barge Republic III tow, and having
on board about 500 adults and as many
children, on the excursion of the EN-.
ployes of Theodore Kayser, dry goods
dealer, of 191 Graham avenue, Brook
lyn, E. D., arrived at the Cold Spring
harbor dock about o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, and an hour later was ready
to start away on the homeward trip to
Brooklyn. Most of the excursionists
We're on the barge, where the younger
people were dancing.
Struck by u Squall.
Just then some heavy clouds covered
the sky; then came squall, the wind
driving everything before it, The boat
hands, anticipating q shower, had lei
down the canvas curtains which are at
tached to the hurricane deck of the
barge and fastened them down to the
port side. This prevented the wind
from blowing through, and as one
strong gust struck the barge it lifted
the starhoard side of the hurricane deck
clear from its fastenings and supports
and forced it and the posts and parti.
tions in the center over to the port side.
AS it pushed over, the end of the deck
nearest the dock to which the barge was
fastened, dropped down upon the hun
dreds of women and children who had
crowded over to that side of the barge
in an effort to escape.
To the Rescue.
1t was in the midst of a terrible thun-
derstorm, and the waves ran high
Some persons think that the mast of the
barge on which the people were killed
was struck by lightning. But this is not
known.
The officers, deck hands and other
men on the steamer lost no time in
reaching the barge and doing all i'll their
power to rescue all whom they could
from the wreck.
Willing hands from the grove and
neighboring places were also soon at
work, and in fifteen minutes the fallen
deck was raised sufficiently to allow all
those who were alive and uninjured to
crawl out and the injured to be assisted
from the barge.
Thirteen Killed and Many Injured.
The lifeless bodies of thirteen were
found near the gunwale. All had had
the life crushed out of them by being
caught between the end of the fallen
deck and the guard rails. Six of them
were women, four were children, Three
were men-one of them the pilot. Forty
others were wounded.
The Victims.
The dead were brought to Brooklyn.
All were identified. They We're:
Mrs. Kate Faller, aged 40, of 70
Boeurm Place.
Kate Faller, aged 6, daughter of Mrs.
Faller.
Otto Faller, aged 1s months, son of
Mrs. Faller.
Miss Coonie Goetz, aged tS, ia Even
street
Robert Shuler, pilot of the barge.
Kate Kautz, aged 4, l99 Graham
avenue.
Lizzie Schemborn, aged 8, 1872 Graham
avenue.
Mrs. Pauline Prinz, aged 90, briggs
street.
Mrs. Anton Leberfnk, aged 20, 176
Graham avenue.
Henry Hoffman, address unknown.
Henry Randall, of Grand and Ninth
streets.
Hannah Holler, aged 90, 140 Boeurm
place.
Mrs. Charles Snider, Ala South Fifth
street.
The dead and many injured were
brought to the city on the steamer Crys-
tai Stream. A special with the rest Of
the injured and the excursionists who
had fortunately escaped unhurt, arrived
at an early hour Thursday morning.
The injured were all taken to their
homes. They numbered about forty, as
nearly as could be learned at the time,
and all were more or less seriously hurt.
Aaron Holler, brother of Hannah Hol-
Ter, who was killed, was the most Sc
verely hurt. 1t is thought he will die.