Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-17

Safely Accommodate.
Cleveland, Chic, July 16.-Several
lives were lost in an accident which oc-
Cured about 1880 o'clock this evening
on the river near the Gre docks OF
the Cleveland and PitJsburg Railway
Co. The GRE handlers had quit work
land were waiting to cross the branch
of the river en- the aat bOttomed ferry
boat which they had provided for their
own use. When the ferry reached the
deck, at least twenty men crowded up
on II. The boat which was about 30
feet long and not more than four feet
wide would carry safely not more than
a dozen persons. The boat was pushed
from the shore and was being propelled
across. When il was about half way
over il began to SILK. Then as the men
rushed 10 the side, it turned over. All
The occupants We're thrown into the
water. Those who remained on the
shore, alarmed at the capsizing of the
little craft, at once threw life preservers
and planks to the unfortunate men, but
most of them sank like lead. 4 few,
however, managed to swim ashore,
while one or TWO were picked up by
tug. The first report Of the accident
placed the number Of dead at twenty
two. but that proved to have been an
exa ggeration. The life saving crew,
whose station is near the scene Of the
accident. was summoned al once and the
work of recovering the bodies from the
river was begun. Within half an hour
seven corpses had been gotten out.
Richard Maslen, Chlef cnghleer OF the
steamer Bessemor, which the men mad
been unloading, was on the ferry when
n overturned He thinks there must
have been thirty or more men on tins
frail craft. The boat was floating all
riglt, he says, until the steamer Ara
eOn. a big ore carrier, came down the
river The swell from that vessel
caused it 10 Icck ard the men became
alarmed. Many Of them rushed TO tae
side and jumped overheard before The
beat capized. The washl from the Ara
eon carried them under the water and
several OF them were drowned before
help could reach t'hem. 'rhe men
srUgg'el frantically," said Masts1, TO
save themselves, but Ehey seemed pow
erless. When ( saw That the boat was
going over, decided to stay wiJh 1t.
That is what saved. my life | let the
boat turn over cn me, and by putting
my hlsud above the water underneath tt,
I escaped the swell rom tha steamer
and came out all right
Two boys, Bernard Patton, aged 10,
and Martin CCrrigan. aged l6, were In
the boat, and both saved themselves by
swimming TO the shore.
After the ten bodies f,ad been taken
from the wafer, they were conveyed 10
THE morgue for iGsnoiicaacn. None
OF atp men who were drowned lived
Crac The place ghrTe the accident oc-
Cured, and although a great crowd Of
curiosity seekers had assembled, no
body who saw the bodies as Uhey were
taken from The Iiver was able to iden-
tify single cne Of dlem.
Following is a list of the dead at the
morgue:
WILLIAM SAUNDERS.
AUGUST HASTEN.
MICHAEL LYNCH.
FRITZ BARTEL.
CHRIS GERLACH.
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CARL BOHRMEISTER.
JULIUS ERKE.
CHRIST. GEUREN.
CHARLES KRAUS.
EDWARD RYAN
CHARLES SPOERKE.
CHARLES NUOUEN.
An UNKNOWN MAN at Hogan &
shearer's morgue, who had not been iiea-
| titled up TO midnight.
! VIM. Buelow. a pressman, went down 70
the river to see the excitement fell of an
abutment near the Detroit boat landing
| and was drowned.
The river IS still being dragged for more
bodies
There were many pathetic scenes about
I the morgue while relatives Of the dead man
were identifying them. 1t IS believed at
Il o'clock that all the bodies have been r.
! covard, though II Is possible that one Of
two more victims may be added to the list.