The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-07
NEwsBOY's STORY.
Herbert Anderson OF Portland Visited
the Scene and Described 1t.

Herbert Anderson OF Portland Visited
the Scene and Described 1t.
The only person on the train arriving
here at 81 this morning who was at tine
some OF tie disaster was Herbert An6er
son. aged 10, who lives at No. 80 ELS
worth strest, and who was news agent
On tie excursion train which LETT here
n 20 a. IN. Sunday morning. Young
Anderson, who is very bright young
innn and observed well she spectacle at
tho Ferry. gave to the PRESS an inter-
esting account OF what he saw. his train
arrived at thu Ferry at $50 p. IN. Al
thpogh the accident happened at 1l.25
a. m the work of iescuing and reviyiDg
tie people taken from the water was still
aoIng on. a cargo of -four lad been
received at the freight depot the day be-
fore. and the doctors OF Bangor, all Of
whom had been brought in en- specia
train verS expeditiously, were using
these barrels for rolling tie people taken
from the water. They were wol king with
might and main, with exoellens results.
Young Anderson left the Ferry at $50 p.
M, and ON the train with him were
thirty-tAree people who had been rescued.
Several Of these lad been revived by be.
ing rolled on the barrels Ons lsshy lady
who had gone down twice ana bosn rss.
cued in an unconscious condition, had
Aeen revived aftsr half an hours work.
Her husband, who had hslpsd to rs5oue
hsr ami revive hsr, vas on the train Wit
her, and thsy were thankful &c Ap.e.
The work of rescuing aud revising went
on very systematically. The diver ex-
plorsd under the wharf slow and than
bringing mp to5H tbs doctors worked
away in this f.eighS shed. and grsa t
crowd stood silensIy on the wharf all the
time.
rae slip was rspairoi temporarily, and
tie Portland excursloI!sts passed aboard
the stea ner ard were token to Bar Har.
ior as orl finally plAnnsl. These excur-
sionists are dpe TO get tack this morning
a. fenr o'clotk on tbs midnight express
kcowp rs No. s.
YcarU Andassar, s.s..s,. -.-ss--4.-rr~..S.sss
IEiee stfeners we're engaged in ferrying
pecl IL ever 10 tho Sand. tut although
loadld to the greatest allowable capacity,
they were unable to take tn, people as
fast as the trains unloaded them onto the
wharf. About eleven O'Clock the wharf
was crowded rs full as 1t could hold. 1t
was high tide. which means that the
water was within ten feet Of the top of
Tie wharf, gang-plank had been run
down from the desk Of the steamer and
rested Oh tia middle of TIE slanttnQ slip.
so the people in RoinE aboard wa ked
Gown the incline OF the slip until they
reached the gang plank, which they then
asoended until they reached the steamer.
The crowd were Impatient, and were
pushing aboard aF fast as they could
Men. women and children were crowded
onto the slip and the gang-piank, WHOM
suddenly the airIngsrs OF tne slip snapped
BENEATH the tremendous weight, and
prscipitated those on the slip into the
water. ahen tho end of the gang FLANK
dropped an those on 1t were preclpitated
onto tho beads OF those already in the
water. Yonng Anderson says 1t was
estimated at the Ferry that fully one
hundred and fifty people went in. There
was a shrek from the unfortunates as
the slip broke; but the water siIeneei
the Information which he could gather
the crowd on the wharf behaved very
nicely. Two or three n no coul swim
plunged in ami travely assisted the i'm
perilled ones. Others reached down ropes
planks and ladders. The ferry slip being |
relatively small. the people In the water |
naturally hoated apart, and the wharf |
being of Dilinu tha ahlask of than, .xraro
able to cling TO piles, thus keeping them
selves above water. 1t was the opinion |
during the afternoon that considerable |
number OF children were among the |
number, and es-oourse these and sumo OF |
the women were not SO successful In |
availing themselves of these supports. OFT
course there Was much struggling, and
some who were so fortunate as to make |
progress in drawing themselves to safety.
were pulled back by the less fortunate |
ones.
Anderson tells of one man, whose name |
he does not know, who went in with his |
Wife. He managed to clutch rope with |
ore hand, and with the other ssizad his |
wife's head as she came up for the second |
time. At tho same Instant plank was |
thrown which struck her across the fore
head. In spite Of everything both wore
rescued, however.
Some OF those sho wers anaernsath
probably never ross to the surface; but
were crowded down by thoss above Thorn.
Tne steamer people worried efficiently
With those On the wharf IN rsscuinx peo-