The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-14
CAPSIZED ON THE ILLINOIS,.
4 LITTLE STEAMER. EMPzTEs ITsyPAs-
sENGERS INTO THE RIVER.

Tn,rte.- Bod,es Recovered and other We
t,rs are stiM In tho w,ater-The Disaster
T,used by . Tornado. which Upset the
Vessel In q Twiakiing-tTerrssle Scenes.
PEORIA. ILL.,. July 18.-Atopado which passed
ovor this city ut 10 o'clock hast night oapsized
the little excursion steamer Frankie Folsom.
sbo had Just left tho wharf on tho way to Lake
Y,ow Park. Nearly oil Of the sxcursionists,
about forty in number. were from Pokin.
whence the boat had started. stopping hero on
the way. Thirteen persons are known to have
been drowned. As soon as possible after the
tornado had passed in boats wGns out to
tho overturned vessel were taken nshore.
Herr Mfs 'ts' t.' %Ii asa Mrs. Fred Fisher. Miss
john john Ahrenas. PsfIn: Miss Mary Fsth. pekin:
b,i Mis on b al fS
4 sIgI.yyiIs, Pai, Mr'' kate B''So OF p'Ain'
h Two more bodies. names unknown. were re-
covered. Il is probable that there wore sew
'f Some thrilling stories are told By the men
who were brought of the boat. samuel Sut.
tRe BOAT and he heard her calling Tor him as
the cabin filled with water He Owed into the
to h to the For Roa
WIZ sslma n 6ass ' Also f Went into the and
AZ the Volume. Of water rushed into the
Sns man 1sn through Window only
land In the lske outside. Furniture was
1Say aRd ssa
~ Mr. Sutton. after rescuine, hi. vito: dragged
as i he chung to. the. rail-, when he found they
were dead. and. although in i. imminent nj danger
Ell IL
cd WHOM the boats reached him. LAT. p...,.
arc missing. and are supposed to DO among
When the tornado struck the lake and river
ie With 'merSymsEsrs; The ipfS o. thSP
gale dashed tho water into foam. and the fEail
s 81 shs fssssS up
Ss sSs q Nns n ye II shs ssa ar d s
so taEe 70 the wser and swim
S women and children we're the greatest suffer:
ers. People who were on the shore rescued
When the tornado he'd passed, the people.
rushed TO the shore Tho banks were E soon So,
water to reach land. but. utterly upsble to do
IN n'snSs TO assst tbs
were in use before the. storm came and for a
1ms not ct tRose Who
about In the water. Some lines were secured.
and some OF those who had managed to swim
or had hoated toward shore were helped
in this way. but lack Of experience IN casting
lines made efforts OF this, kind Of little avail.
h ana iriends Of many who were battling Tor III
in the water Their agony was intense: Now
and then an inverted small boat would float
ashore. These were quickly righted by men.
who fought for their possession: SDringing
to find that they were helpless. for when the
boats cwpsized tho oars were lost;
just before the storm struck the vessel the
approaching danger caused considerable
alarm among the pass ssssen ne 81, me larger
lousy awaited the coming OF tho tornado. A.
the boat cnreened they were thrown together
many striking tho water before 1t was FULLY
capsized. AS the volume OF water rushed into
the cabins FRANTIC efforts were made to escape
were struck By the chairs and tables and in
a At o'clock this morning there were eiGh,
y bodies Mt the morgue. taken on the steamer
Folsom. Five OF them were womep. The
caught near the escaping steam. and thell
TEXTURES are burned until they are unreoog'
The storm abated somewhat as the mornina
ns WsTo abe
were brought. and the bodies Of those In thu
cabin were taken out as rapidly as possible
The small boats. as they made the trips from
tho wreck to tho shore. carrying the bodies o
those reooyered. were mot by anxious IN
push through to tho morCue.
Al the bridge below lights were rugged. ant
anxious watchers were stationed to grappl
Tor any bodies seen floating down the river.