The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-21
STRUCK A ROCK And SUNK.
4 Mississippi River Steamer Lost With
Thirty to FOTty-lile Lives.

r4s scene Of the Accident 100 Miles
above Owensboro, Ky.-one of the
Survivors of the Wreck Thinks the
steamer Refused to Answer her Helm
and Ran Away From the Pilot She
went to the Bottom in Less Than
twenty Minutes After She Struck.
-e boro Ky. Jan. 20.-Brier ana
t-aa-ary details Of the destruction of
-- t.e passenger steamer State of Mis-
tr yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Atom Ind. 100 miles above here have been
sef. She struck a rock and sank in
-r.--e fecl OF water. The reports say
t least thirty-seven passengers
vs- rowned, but no names were given.
state of Missouri was a very long
s.-- wheeler plying between Cincinnati
Sow Orleans. She had on board
ar'v large cargo of freight and 100 pas
including a crew of 90. on the
Or. of Owensboro, which passed here
lt. were four of the passengers who
a5 been rescued from trees Two of
au were W. c. Leathers Of Hopkins
,ciu. Kentucky, and Mr. Gregory Of
C1t5 n-the-Rock, ILL., The names Of the
c.a.- two were not learned.
1'r Leathers thinks that at least thirty
-se people were drowned. He saw four
mon 60 under within five feet of him.
flt the current was so swift ne could
render no assistance. Mr.. Leathers says
there were fifteen cabin passengers, thirty
* passengers and a crew OF sixty on
board.
The steamer Tell City, bound for Louis
,Ne hove in sight early this morning
arI took most of the survivors to Louis
IAe terrific current running at the time
can partly be appreciated by the fact that
II. vreckage began passing here early
ra-lag. which would indicate at least 10
miles am hour. The normal is about
four miles.
Alton Ind, where the wreck occurred, /
IS tr.y-eight miles from telegraph
4uoa, with no railroads. The news se-
cured came by steamers passing here to-
day.
louisville, Ky, Jan. 2O-The steamer
Ye. CITY of the Louisville and T-,-avs,-f11,
'n-. --a arrived here at o'clock tonight
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a8s Of sto9r, - " iuil
SON Pilot Tiur,iae 81, - ~
was at the wheel, moved across
- river from the Indiana to the Ken
near The water ed~e ana ~. 80 ~ ~
n.a on deck tbouebt he v,as ,,of,e- ~ NV,
onto ii head foremost b,l+ r. -7o,,.-'i ~ '''
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md knowing thar bfa dan7aoe Rad -
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boats nose SWING back IN sbors T lea,9aJ
into the water waist deem CARRYING tbe
line with me. carried tbe eTd ro,7,,4 ~,
tr-4 but il was rotten and scor, e-a,-e w.
aaI then the boats beag ev,5re9 ON {nt6
Tie river again her boilars rassa1 nm an
-a-.r rear ends ana tn laes tbor 4,,-o,+--
minutes the boat had zone tn riaoes
Meantime the men named saved two
lives bv pluneiner into tba- v,,to~ 80
swimming ashore Poi0o IN, +bo ~
ta1l the best view of he vrrecl- Of ~
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man ] am satisfied The boa+ ran 80,
from the piIot as ebe ia ~, -,
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