The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-24
APPALLING DISASTER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMER
STRIKES A ROCK
And 30 sunk-Thirty-F Five of Her Passehs-
ors and Crew Supposed to Have Been
Drowned, Including Women ana
Children.

owonshoro. Ky. Jan. Gothic big Ne"
Orleans packet, the State oil missouri
struck n rock near Alton, about ciocf
lost evening and went down in % feet OF
water She gave heavy lurch 1orwa[o
and rapidly sank. Four passengers on wv
city of Greensboro, passed mere tllls 49,, 49,
30 we're picked up near the hentuchs
ahS.o They swan for life on planks aho
reached the willows. One reached VI,
shore and the others remaineI on W,
many hours until rescued. ihey Metu
w. G, feathers, from Hopkins to Wa.a
KY, and man named uresViy ,hn otber
In Rock, Ills. The names OF lhe o'h'i
two could not be learned. -. ,,rrck
The officers report that the boat str9ch
q rock near the stern and gave suaIen
iurch forward. A yawl was iauhcne :, ~, Du .
On many people crowded into u thht II II" %
,oon snnk Az the boat lurched again q
second yawl was put off from the slli i -,
boot in which four women passengers M ~
some of the cabin passengers llah"s'u ~
get places. e.u. h,+ noonag-
ed to keep aHoat until he re9cneu o .I' near
lows. He saw four men uroW!leu Ono
M, hut was powerless to act. Ont
, ib1 was picked up by Doat
neorhv and several rescued passeHseia
were picked up further down ana tlhen W
7 louisville by the steamer, Tel Guy:
One yawi that was upset by irahllc
noesenGers was full of women ana ch n,l..n
and nil are thought TO be drowheu. =. n n,,J
were Is cabin and 80 deck passeHiS;'1 as aus
n crew Of 60 on board. Inc urNlHl'e pa
sengers think that mt least % W. VIZ, ~ ~ tbo
boat aooted away. The pilot house was
go"ted ashore at ROckport. Inc Guy 81
0wensboro got out part OF the lrelsn'
g., tho cabin deck. Mr.. Creamery re-
covored his OyercOat, winch ne hau Iclt
bebind when the boat sunk. In less man
10 minutes from the time when the po"I
struck she had gone down
At Rockport and here, as wen as aI az
intermediate points, the bank is llhed WIN,
skiffs picking up pieces OF lurhllurc ,, nint
watching for dead bodies, but the current
10 Too swift for small crafts to go far OUT;
No names of those drowned can be learned
here. The boat is total loss.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
Cincinnati, Jan. 2O.-Comm0dore Itiu-
Low and CAPTAIN Wise, officers OF the I'm
n;noti Nemphis and New Orleans Packet
c"mnonv. that owned the State of Mis-
souri. soy that they have reports from
their officers on the wrecked steamer,
stating that the boat and entire cargo
are n total loss, but they do not believe
any passengers were lost. 1t is Impossible
10 get track of all who reached either
hank Of the river, but they report mat the
officers are of the opinion that al the paS-
scnrcrs will be accounted for. One OF the
pilots tclcgraphed his family that they
had a hard time getting to shore, but that
no lives were lost. The state OF MIS-
souri, left this city last Friday. Most OF
her crew are from this city ana prlVat1
families, as well as to Commodore Laidley
and Captain Wise, say they are safe and
that no lives were lost. The EnqulrerS
spccinl says that the men were rescued
tonight below the scene of the wreck.
They had been clinging to trees. Inc
Commercial Gazette says seven passeh
gers were picked up in bad condition at
Hawcsvillc, Ky. Adviccs to both papers
up TO / 80 indicate that no lives were
lost.