The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-17
TIN MIN DROWNED
By the Upsetting ola Small Ferry
boat at Cleveland,
NEARLY ALL LEAVE FAMILIES.

fhe Men Were Returning from Their
Tug Rocked Their Little Graft and They
Became Panic stricken.
CLEVELAND, July 17.-Several lives were
lost in an accident which occurred about
7:3O o'clock last evening on the old river
bed near the ore docks of the Cleveland
and Pittsburg Railway company. The ore
handlers had just quit work for the day
ard were whiting their turns to cross the
branch Of the river on the fat bottomed
ferryboat which they had provided for
their own use A number of men had
crossed, ana the last time at least twenty
men crowded upon it. The boat, which
was about thirty feet long and not more
than four feet wide, would carry safely
not more than dozen persons The
stream is not wide, however, and the
hurrying ore handlers had no thought OF
danger.
When the boat was about half way over
1t began to sink. Then as the men rushed
TO the side it turned over and all the occu-
pants were thrown into the water. Those
who remained on the shore threw life pre-
servers and planks to the unfortunate men,
but most of them sank like lead. A few
however, managed TO swim ashore, while
one or two were picked up by tug. The
life saving crew, whose station is near the
scene of the accident, wos summoned at
once, and the work of recovering the
bodies from the river was begun Within
half an hour ten cOrpSeS had been laid
side by side upon the dock.
Richard Masten, chief engineer of the
steamer Bessemer which the men had
been unloading, was on the ferryb0at
when it overturned. He thinks there must
have been thirty or more men on the frail
craft. The boat was floating all right he
says, until the steamer AragOn, a big ore
carrier, came down the river The swell
from that vessel caused it to rock and the
men became alarmed Many of them
rushed to the side and jumped overheard
before the boat capsized The wash from
the Aragon carried them under the water
and several of them were drowned before
help could reach them.
"The men struggled frantically,' said
Masten, "to save themselves but they
seemed powerless. When l saw that the
boat was going over l decided TO stay with
it. That is what saved my life I let the
boat turn over on me, and by putting my
head above the water underneath it l es-
] tultl Jlc SNtll lIOlu Ilt Sltdliltf una
came out all right"
! Two boys, Bernard Patton, aged H. ANA
Martin Corrigan, aged Is, were in the
boat, and both saved themselves by swim
ming to the shore.
! Following is q list of the dead at the
morgue: William Saunders, married, one
| child August Hasten, married, several
children Michael Lynch, married Fritz
Bartel aged 2l years, single Chris Ger
lach 45 years old, married, two children ;
| Jacob Prokup, aged about 40, married ;
/ Carl Bohrmeistcr, about 80 married only
three or four months; julius Erke, mar
riod, several children; Christ Gehren, mar
ried, several children; Charles Kraus, aged
about 35, widower, several children Ed
ward Ryan, 3S years old Charles Spocrlle,
aged 40 years, wife and seven children
/ Charles Nuquen, aged dabout35 years, mar.
ried, several children,
William BUelow, a pressman, went
down to the river TO see the excitement,
fell off an abutment near the Detroit boat
landing and was drowned.
1t is believed that all the bodies have
been recovered, though it is possible that
one or two more victims may be added to
the list,