The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-22

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PRoRIA, ILL.,, July l3.-The frankie
Folsom, an excursion boat from Pekin.
went down hero la o storm last night
with all on board.
At the time she had on board at least
forty people and but twenty of thoeo
were rescued alive.
All the rest are drowned and mt this
time, 1 II m, but two of those who
were drowned have been brought
ashore.
There Is nothing positive TO be
learned rs to the exact number of dead,
but IL must amount to almost II not
quite u score of people.
The boat was tipped completely over
and Is now floating bottom side up In
the middle of the lake
Who the others are II Is impossible ut
this time to find out.
- No escaped from the cabin.
Almost every row boat on the lake
was out ut tho time of the storm, and IL
Is feared many Pcorians have gone
down.
The boat was tipped completely over
and Ii now floating bottom side up In
the middle Of the lake. Mrs. Beebe, Of
Pekin, and u man by tho name of Miller,
said to have got on board in Peoria,
were the two who were found drowned.
Who the Others are, IL Is impossible
nj this time to find out.
Capt. Loesch, master Of the boat, gives
tive story Of the accident. lie brought
q party of about forty up from Pckin Ia
see Pains last Days Of Pompcii."
After the exhibition they pulled out,
and when in tho middle Of the river the
storm struck them In all its fury. with
scarcely a sign of warning. lie at
tempted to head the steamer toward the
shore md ~ no did 80, n terrible gust
of wind struck the craft and kecled IL
over in nineteen feet of water.
The scene which followed beggars de-
scription. Men and women were thrown
into the winter, but the larger part OF
them managed to reach the upper guard
and cling there until help reached them.
Their cries Of distress were heard from
the shore, and in spite Of the heavy
wind a number Of skiffs went to their
assistance and gradually they were
brought to shore.
He is sure the following are drowned,
for he saw their ~lifclcss bodies floating
In the water of the cabin:
Misses Fanny and Anna Poebcl
William Ripbcrger.
Mrs. William Wilcs.
John A. Hernds.
Miss Mary Flath. I
Mrs. Fred Fisher.
Miss Cora Fisher.
Mrs. Duisdeker and two girls un-
known.
Mrs. Bebec.
Killed By % Landslide.
PARIS, July 13.-At st. Gervais les
Bains q heavy landslip occurred in the
mountains that almost overhang the
village and without n moments warn.
ing u number of houses were buried be-
meath IN immense mass Of rock and
earth.
Already thirty dead have been taken
out Of the ruins. A number of persons
who had been badly injured were res
cued while some were taken out unhurt.
IL is thought there IRE more bodies un.
der the debris.
st. Gervais is n watering place and
Is n favorite summer resort. 1t lies In
the wooded ravine of Montjoie. half n
mile from the Chamoni road on the Bon
Nant, Nant being the name applied TO
all mountain streams In Savoy.
The disaster occurred ut 3 o'clock in
the morning, when nearly everyone
was asleep.
The Bionassay glacier, which ex.
tended from the northwest side Of
Mont Blanc, next became detached and
swept down the sidc of the mountain,
carrying the baths and the hamlet of
LeFayet away. There was no possible
chance for the people TO escape the
mass Of earth, rock and ice, and o great
number whose lives were crushed out
beneath the falling debris Of their
houses were swept into the river.
Over $50 bodies have been recovered
from the Arve and these with the thirty
taken from the ruins of houses bring
the death roll up to 1870. It is not be-
lieved that this will cover the entire
loss Of life as there are undoubtedly
many bodies buried under the masses Of
the debris that will never be recovered.