St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09

fellow was crushed on bridge pier
and sank in less than five minutes.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
David Aldrich, Rome, N. Y, missing.
believed lost; First Clerk j. l.. Garter.
Newport, KY, certainly lost; Augustus
Chauvet, barkeeper, New Orleans,
surely lost, body not recovered; Mrs
w. j. Aull, Dayton, o., body recov-
cred; w. j. Aull, Dayton o., certainly
lost, body not recovered.
Unfortunately, the complete list of
the lost may never be known. All the
records of the steamer were lost with
her, and no passenger list is left ashore.
For hours there were rumors of the
loss of an invalid young woman from
New York, accompanied by female
physician, but the constant assertion
of the officers of the steamer that all
the passengers were rescued except Mr..
Aldrich, and the statement of passen-
rushing for safety. led to the hope that
the rumor was groundless.
Late in the afternoon, in a portion Of
the wrecl1 which had been landed some
distance below the city, the body of a
young woman was found. She wore a
satin night dress, and black skirt
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in the act of dressing. A small satchel
was in her hand, but it contained moth
ing to identify her.
The accident was one of peculiar hor-
ror. 1t was daylight, the fog had dis
appeared, the great steamer, fearful of
the peril of passing the bridge piers,
had been given the assistance of the
powerful towboat Hercules Carroll.
When almost upon the pier the pilot
found himself confronted with an
alarming condition. The powerful cross
c''"re"ts. which no foresight could
have located, caught the long steamer
like toy and turned the bow away
from the course he bad given it. AT
the same time the smoke from the
lowered chimney, which had been let
down to allow the boat to pass. under
the bridge, was wholly obscurifTg his
vision. The Hercules Carroll pilot be-
ing located almost behind the steamer
was also unable to see the boat s. po-.
sition, and more likely it was not
strong enough to turn its course
against the treacherous current. And
so the fated Longfellow was carried
like helpless thing against the cruel,
immovable pier and. crushed into a
wreck. So quick was the work of de-
struction that in five; minutes not a
Vestige of the great steamer was Wis
ible excerpts bits of wreckage floating
on the river. The carpenter had time
to go into the hold with a lantern,
whence he quickly returned with the
report that nothing could save the
Longfellow from Immediately sinking.
Capt. K. w. Wise, the president OF
the company, said II cannot tell how
it happened. I do not care for the
money loss; but it is the loss of life
that hurts, l felt safe when I ordered
the Carroll to help the Longfellow out
but it appears the cross current above
the piers is almost impossible to over
come. The Carroll has often taken
this and other. steamers through the
piers when they had not steam up.
The Longfellow was using steam. Por-
tons of the wrecked vessel have been
found and landed some miles below.
and it is possible some small portion
of the freight may be saved The
company has already arranged to take
such of the passengers who desire to
take the trip on the Buckeye State,
which will be due tomorrow and
go through to New Orleans The loss
of baggage, however, will seriously in
terfere with the movement of passen-
gers. Divers will search the wreck to
save whatever baggage may be found"