Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
ALL IDENTIFIED.
Victims of the Bar Harbor
Accident Are All Known.
No More Bodies Recovered and No
More Thought to Be Lost.
Sensational Stories Of Escape-The Corrected
List OF The Dead.

Bar Harbor, Aug. "A careful ex'
animation by divers Of the vicinity ol
the Mt. Desert ferry slip, the scene OF
Sundays terrible accident, and investi-
cation on shore by the officials of tbs
| Maine Central Railroad and others, VI
to 10 o'clock, Monday forenoon. seemed
TO indicate that the 20 victims reported
in last nights Associated Press dis
patches are all who perishcd as re-
suit of the catastrophe. IL seemed
probable, this morning. however. that a
Mr. Southland of Bangor. who was seri-
ously injured. is not likely to recover
but aside from two other persons who
are suffering from pneumonia, those
hurt yesterday We're reported TO be II
a favorable condition.
Very early Monday morning. the
physicians and those interested in the
Maine Central Railroad Company's af-
fairs We're busy attending to the in
jured. who were quartercd near the
ferry. Several of these persons had
recovered sufficiently to be sent to
their homes and. aside from Mr.. South
ard and the pneumonia patients. the
majority needed but little attention.
The dead We're all removed from the
ferry. Sunday night, and Monday
morning the last of the bodies We're
sent to their proper destinations. Ar
rangements had been made for the
ferry to resume its trips, and traffic
progressed as usual.
Frank L. Sweetser one of the lost.
was about 81 years old and a native
Of Pownal. He was the son Of Edwin
Sweetser, who died when Frank was
two years old. For the past five
years Frank had been a clerk in the
general freight office of the Maine
Central and recently was promoted to
the charge OF the lost freight depart
ment. He was a member of Bramhall
Lodge, X. of P. and of the Railroad
Relief Association. He was for many
years sexton of the West End Con-
gregatiOnal church, and took an active
interest in church matters. His mother,
and sister survive him, and he was
engaged to be married to a young lady
in Pownal. The mother is the wife of
Col. f. c. Milliken, the sister is the
wife of Mr.. c. T. Simmons. shipping
clerk for Edwards & Walker.
Charles f. Williams of Portland.
who was in the accident says: We were
packed in on that slip like sardines in
a box. The first thing | heard was a
crack, followed by another and the
planks beneath my feet seemed to go
out from under me. 1t was gradual
settling at first. Some of the crowd in
voluntarily attempted to get off the
Slip. There was no crying out or shout
ing, and no panic. Suddenly the slip
broke in two and | dropped with the
rest of the crowd about Is feet into the
cold water. l went down. down. down,
and began to kick to get to the surface
When | got to the top of the water all
that | could see around me was a sea
of faces, some of them distorted with
fear but the most of them only looked
surprised. l believe there We're in all
200 people or more in the water around
me. l kept treading water for a MN
ute or so. 1t was the coolest bravest
crowd | ever saw. The men around me
We're helping the women keep above
water and all the excitement seemed to
be on the wharf Suddenly some one
on the top of the wharf pushed down
a long board to us. / made a grab at
this. was yanked out of the water and
onto the wharf. When / got there they
hustled me through the crowd towards
the Bluff hotel.
Before l was pulled out of the water
l saw Mrs. Frederick H. Thompson of
WoOdfords. floating under the wharf.
Finally she reached a pile and clung to
it. l saw Fred NJ. Thompson, her son,
clinging to another pile near her
Arthur Z. Forbes of the oxford
Democrat also saved the lives of sew
eral people. OF the 200 or more people.
about 175 We're pulled out in this way.
How many were crowded to the bottom
and to death cannot say. The acts of
heroism l witnessed all about me We're
remarkable.
During the afternoon. Chief Engi-
neer Dunn of the Maine Central Rail-
road, visited the slip to make measure
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