The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07

bdi I1dIDOT, Me-, aug. IA score of
persons were killed to-day by the COL
lapse Of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert ferry
Among the bodies identified are:
MRS. WILLIAM MURRAY of
Brewer.
IRVING BRIDGES of West Han
cock
ALBERT COLSON of Levant.
MRS. ALONzO OAKES of Bangor.
JOSEPH MURPHY of Old Town.
MRS. HOLLIS ESTEY of Ellsworth.
CLIFFORD CUSHMAN of Corinth.
MISS LIZZIE WOOD of Bangor.
MISS LOUISA BARTLETT of Ban
gor.
MISS GRACE SUMNER of Bangor.
CHARLES w. DOWNES of Ellis
worth
F. F. SWEETZER, travelling sales
man, Portland.
ORA NJ. LANK, Danforth.
G. r. BENNETT, Brewer, and a wo-
man believed to be his wife.
MS. A. H. BILLINGS, Bangor.
MRS. S. C. SLOWER, Ellsworth.
MRS. GEORGE DERWENT, Bangor
MRS. GEORGE BENNETT, Brewer.
MISS LEWIS, Hampden, Me.
Unknown woman, believed to be a
saleswoman for a Boston publishing
house.
The Maine Central railroad to-day
ran excursions to Bar Harbor from all
sections of its line in Maine, the attrac-
ton being the warships, which We're
expected to-day.
All the morning long trains packed
with excursionists were rushing to Bar
Harbor. The train which left Bangor
at 1925 consisted of IL cars, jammed
with people. AT Mount Desert ferry,
the terminus of the line. the train is left
for the boat for an 1S-mile sail to Bar
Harbor. From the wharf a slip or
gang plank. 40 feet long and 10 feet
wide, ran out to the boat. The slip was
hinged at the inner end and was rails ID
or lowered to suit the tide. The whalf
extends on both sides, flush with the
end of the wooden gang plank. Five
timbers, by II inches, set vertically,
ran the length of the plank and these
were crossed by two-inch planks. 1t
is said that there was no support for
the plank between the hinges at the
outer end
When the excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was a
rush for the steamer. The first few
passengers had crossed the gang plank
safely, and it is estimated that 200 peo-
m q tIn nj nply Sud
denly they felt the plank give away be-
meath them. The long timber support
ing the plank broke in the middle. The
hinges held up one end and the chain
the other, while the broken ends of the
plank dropped and a struggling,
screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, Is feet below
the wharf, while few clung to the in
clined sides of the plank, but at least
$50 We're struggling in the water. The
piling of the wharf partially penned
them on three sides the boat lying at
the wharf closed the outer end of the
opening. After the first moment of
stupefaction the work of rescue began.
Ropes and life preservers We're thrown
to the crowd, but in the panic the peo-
pie in the water clutched one another,
and many sank thus in groups in a
death grip.
Many We're taken from the water un-
conscious and were revived with diff
Guilty. Doctors We're summoned from
all directions, but it was half an hour
before the first arrived. The freight
house at the ferry was turned into a
mOrgue the bodies being taken there
for Identification as fast as recovered
The exact number of dead will not be
known for some time yet, as strong
tide sweeps under the pier, and some
bodies may have been carried away by
al Il
out delay, was engaged in his search
until o'clock, but only II bodies were
found.
The coroner impaneled jury and the
inquest will begin in the morning.
The awful nature of the accident was
not comprehended for at least min
ute by those who We're the last to leave
the train, although the scene changed
suddenly from one of holiday gayety 10
a death struggle. When the first mo-
ment of the calamity had passed
panic seemed to seize those who were