The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-03-27
LOST ON RIVER AND RAD.
Passengers Perish in Wrecked Steam
boat and Pullman.
AN OHIO PACKET BOAT Sinks

The Lonyfellow Crashed Into . Bridgs
During Fog at Cincinnati, and sev.
eral Of the Passengers and Crew Were
Drowned---Fatal Railroad Accident to
Vestibuled Palace Cars ut Scotland, Ga.
The Cincinnati and New Orleans packet
boat Longfellow struck the channel span Of
the Chesapeake Bridge at Cincinnati, Ohio,
on her way down the river at o'clock a. m, ,
and sank within three minutes.
Three passengers and six Of the crew wers
drowned, four persons were injured, and
four on the day after the tragedy were miss
Ing. The passengers and crew numbered
about one hundred. Four persons wert
badly injured. Most Of them were rescued
by the towboat Hercules Carrel that was
helping the Longfellow to pick her way
through dense fog.
Those known to have been drowned aret
David Aldndge. Rome, N. T.; Mrs. W. J.
Ault, Dayton, Ohio; John l.. Carter, New.
port, Ky., first clerk Of the Longfellow; Gus
Chauvet, barkeeper ofthe Longfellow; James
Miller, porter, New Orleans; unknown girl,
sixteen years old. q u
Those missing were: DR.. Anderson, wo-
man physician, New York City; W. y. Ault,
Dayton, Ohio; - Readon, deckhand, Cin.i
cinnati; William Walker. Texas, tender on
the Longfellow; unknown deckhand.
The Longfellow was started In tow OF the
Hercules Carrel. When the boats were about
fifty yards above the bridge, the Longfellou
became unmanageable and In few minutee
she plunged against the bridge. ~
She was cut In two. The forward section
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remained afost few minutes. The Csrrel
stood alongside and took OF as many OF the
passengers and crew as possible. tI
The body Of the sixteen-year-od girl was
recovered at Troutman's, about eight miles
below Cincinnati. She was supposed to have
been an invalid from New York, who was on
her way South attended by DR.. Anderson.
When the force Of the shock was felt. the
colored roustabouts made wild rush 70,
tho Carrel, trampling passengers under foot
and throwing them aside In their rush for
safety. ..... a ~
Several OF the passengers resisted such
treatment, among them Ed. Shdmore, who
was aboard the Longfellow to see party OF
friends of Mr. Skidmore was In the lead Of
his party, and when the roustabouts made
their charge for the Carrel he realized that
he must fight for the lives Of the ladies and
his own.
Catching up life preserver he knocked
one Of the colored men down, and helping
his friends aboard the Carrel, he returned to
the Longfellow to see II he could offer any
assistance to others. he then saved two chill
dren and two more ladies, after which there
was only time to save himself before the boat
sank.
David Adridge, the invalid, who was
drowned. was the Superintendent Of Poor at
Rome, N. 7. He probably met his fate while
going back to the Longfellow after seeing
his wife safely to the Carrel.
The Longfellow was built In 1876 at Gin
cinnah, and named the q. p. Schenck. Its
tonnage was 6178, its length when built was
291 feet, and its beam was forty-two feet,
About two years ago 1t was heightened thirty
feet, and since then has been making regular
trips. It was valued at S22, 500, and was in
sured for $12, 500. The boat carried 500 tons
Of freight, mainly insured at Pittsburg.
Among the items were 500 threshing ma
chimes, .... =, =