Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-10
APPALLING ACCIDENT AT BAR
HARBoR (ME).
IN A POOL OF DEATH
Two Hundred Excursionists Plunge
into Deep Water at a Wharf-Fifty
are Injured Heroic Deeds of Men
and Boys Lessen the Loss by the
Disaster.

! The Maine Central railway with Bar
Harbor, when filled with a great crowd
! of eXcursionists, broke suddenly this
morning and qrecipitated over 200
+ people into the deep water below the
pier head. AT late hour tonight
! twenty bodies mad been recovered,
and the hotels are caring for fifty or
more of the injured.
( The accident is the most appalling
+ AND g~eH55alc sh1it-~ mas occurred IN
( the state Of Maine in many years.
The list of the dead Is as follows
/ Mrs. a. p, Cakes of Bangor Me.
Clifford Cushman Of Corinth. Me.
Melvin MCord Of Corlnth, Me.
l Miss Elizabeth Ward of Bangor.
/ Miss Grace Sumner OF Bangor.
Ora NJ. Lark of Danforth, Me.
| Mr.. G. H. Bennett Of Brewer, Me.
Mrs. G.. II. Bennett OF Brewer, Me.
Mrs. Charles Stoyer of Ellsworth,
| Me.
f. e. Sweetser of Portland, Me.
Mrs. Hollis Estes OF Ellsworth. Me.
Joseph Murphy Of Oldtown, Me.
Albert Colson of Levan, Me.
Irving Bridges of North Hancock,
Me.
Mrs. Billings of Bangor, Me-
Mrs. John 0. Donohue of Bangor,
Me.
Mrs. Derwent Of Bangor, Me.
Miss Louise Bartlett Of Bangor, Me
Mrs. William Murray of Brewer. Ne
Charles w. Doer of Ellsworth, Me-
The arrival OF the big warships Of
the North Atlantic squadron and the
celebration which always attends their
visit, is OF the most enthusiastic in
terest 10 every one within a hundred
miles Of Bar Harbor, and when they
came dozen excursions were ar
ranged to bring the great crowds from
the interior and up-country districts to
view the big sea fighters.
/ The mass of humanity began to foe.
! into town yesterday, and continued
until an early hour this morning.
, Elaborate preparations had been made
to welcome the fleet, and every build
ing was decorated with steamers Of
nationel eolors, enframing patriotic
pictures of the popular heroes, incmd-
ing Dewey, Sampson, Schley, and Nc
kindly. The summer residents en-
Enthusiastically rose to the occasion
ana the cottages are all bedecked with
the stars and stripes.
The excitement began this morning
with the first boat load Of people
/ which came across quite early. The
Maine Central railway had arranged
big series of monster excursions. and
the total number of persons who came
reached close to 5000. Most of the
visitors were from Bangor and the
many small towns that line the east
division. The regular train, which
leaves Bangor at S:25 o'clock, started
out with over 1000 people aboard,
af,er being delayed fifteen minutes at
the various points along the road,
hundreds of other eXcursIonlsts, who
never come out Of the woods except
on such an occasion as the visit of
Uncle Sans sea guardians. were
picked up, so that the train pulled by
two engines and numbering ten pas
senger coaches was soon running along
with scores Of people hanging from the
steps. crowding the platforms, and
packed tightly in the aisles.
The terminus Of the Maine Central
is the Mount Desert ferry, and a line
of steamboats, connects with Bar
Harbor. which is distant about eight
miles. When the train, Which was
the first Of the four excursions over
jnis road, reached the wharf, it was
learned that the Sapho, the larger of
the steamers which had been sent to
carry the people TO Bar Harbor, could
accommodate only about one-third of
the entire number. This news spread
rapidly through the train and the
many who wished TO cross with the
first started on a run for the slip
The Sapho lay at the foot of the first
slip under the trGinshed. ana within
hundred feet 81 the train.
The slip, which Is about thirty feet
long aud en feet wide. is built of
hickory beams, three inches thick and
a foot deep, Covering this Is a plank
ing OF oue-inch pine boards, and. as
a final support. are three one-inch iron
Orders running the entire length a
narrow gangplank connects with the
boat
The officials at the ferry realized
that the crush at the landing was
taken TO prevent the crowd from coli
lecting in too great numbers In the
slip for fear that Il mi ght possibly be
unable to bear the strain Although
there We're four men al the entrance
10 the slip endeavoring 10 keep the
people orderly ana make them 20 slow
IL and I'm moderate numbers down the
sangp'Gnk. the efforts were unavailing
With great shouting and laughing the
Thousand eNcursionists piled ont Of the
ears and simultaneously started on a
rush for the boat
In a minute the four men had been
swep. aside. and dar,ins onward the
crowd Of men, women and children
ran down the slip and crossed the mar