The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-10
THE STEAMER ALPHA AGROUND.
stuck in ROmney Marsh With Five
Hundred ExcursiOnists-

The steamer Alpha. which left Thunder
bolt al $50 O'Clock yesterday morning for
Warsaw, with nearly 90 eXcursi0nists,
among them 81. Paurs Episcopal Sunday
school, went aground in Joe's cut about
y miles from Thunderbolt and about six
miles north Of Warsaw. on the trip down.
A cOlored fisherman reached ThunderbOlt
last night and reported leaving the steam
er aground at O'Clock in the afternoon
II was expected then that she would set
of al high water, which was o'clock last
night
The Savannah. Thunderbolt and
Isle Of Hope railway held its cars at Thun-
derbolt until midnight. Nothing had been
heard from the steamer at that hour and
the cars were run into the city and side
tracked just beyond the Bolton street
crossing, ready 10 go out as soon as any
news IS received from the eNcursl Onists.
Slpl- haWse said that DE would have the
cars back at ThunderbOlt al daylight
lAtlt was good deal OF anxiety in the
city for the excursi0nists when night
came and nothing had been seen or heard
or l4e steamer. There were close 10 800
people on board, The most Of whom We're
iaI;es and children. The steamer car
RED but 300 pounds of ice and the supply
OF wafer was limited, though 10 is likely
water was secured from Wilmington Is
Where the steamer went aground.
Capt. kilgore of the revenue cutter
b0ltWeil, which arrived from Beaufort
IN the afternoon learned Of the grounding
or the Alpha too late TO 90 TO her as
slstance last night, but he has everything
w readiness 10 leave az daylight this
morning and will bring UP the ex-
cursionlsts n the steamer cannot be pull
co OUT or the mud. The BoutWells pilot
came into the city after the cutter reach
ga Het anchorage but was sent Tor al
once, ana Capt. Kilgore will go 10 the re-
AeI OF the grounded steamer at 3 o'clock.
JOe's cut Is a narrow cut through Rom
hey marsh, and the eXcurslonists could
not nave spent very pleasant day,
coOpcQ up there without shade and sur
rounded by marshes. The steamer has linz
yea dccommoQatons Tor sleeping ana
there IS no telling how the people on board
passed the night.
Numbers of gentlemen whose families
Were on board, Were at ThunderbOlt up 10
mlullBnJ awaiting any signs of the be-
lated steamer, and most of them spent
me night there. The first report Of the
GROUNDING was received at IhunterbOit
ABOUT y oclock. one party of gentlemen
leIt az ~ O'Clock In 8n oyster boat 10 go
90 the steamer, and others went down
later on naphtha launches. If the AL
phd mas not gotten out of the mud by
% CLOCK THIS morning the eXcurs.OniSts
VIII be brought up by the Boutwell,.
AT o clock this morning word was re-
ceived from Thunderholt that nothing fur
Their had been heard from the steamer
Preparations were then being made for
the departure Of the Boutwell, between
and o'clock. The Coast Line railroad had
It's men in readiness 10 run out all the cars
heeued 10 bring in the eNcursionists as soon
as they reach Thunderbolt Many people
whose families were among the eXCur-
slonists, or who had friends on board the
steamer drove out after midnight 10 await
any news from them II was impossible
to obtain any information in the city and
the only information that had been re-
ceived from any source up TO a late hour
was that brought by the cOlored fishermen
who reached Thunderbolt at 9 o'clock.