The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-07
TWENTY WERE DROWNED
Terrible Accident to Party Of Pleasure
Seekers.
MANY PERSONS WERE BADLY INJURED
A sin Lending from the Dock TO
Boat Broke, Precipit"uhR ~"
People Into the Water.


ferry.
Seventeen were drowned and three died
Of their terrible experience In the water
ora Injuries while struggling for life.
Following is list OF the dead:
MRS. WILLIAM MURRAY OF brewer
IRVING BRIDGES OF west haheoeh'
ALBERT CoLsoN OF Tuwant
MRS. A. p. CAKES OF Bangor.
MISS GRACE SUMNER OF Bangor
JOSEPH MURPHY of oidtown.
MRS. H. WESLEY OF Ellsworth
cIJFFoRp CusHMAN of Corinth.
MISS LIZZIE WARD of Bangor
G. w. DOWNS OF Ellsworth, 49,,
y n sWETzER. travelling salesman roi'-
and.
DRAM LANK of Danforth. or
q II JENNETT AND WIFE oil b'eMe''
MRs. CHARLES SLOWER OF ellsworth.
MELVIN M'CoRD of corinth'
MRS. H. H. BILLINGS Of Bangor
MRS. GEORGE DERWENT OF Bangor
MISS LEWIS of Hampton. Name -
Unknown WOMAN. neheved ~ pe
woman for Boston puonsn'iE
The Maine Central railroad ran eAeu'
sions 10 Bar Harbor from all see'ion' -
he line in Maine. the attraction o-'N5
the warships which were expeceeu ne'
,oaav All the morning long trains pacNeu
win excursionsts were rushihs W '''
uarhor The train which LEFT bangor a.
o.os coneisted of twelve cars lamneu WIN
ne, nile. AT Mount Desert teIi w.,
terminus of the line, the tram ielI ~,
boat for an eight mile san to par iiai 49,, III
From the wharf sip OF sane "a a.,
forty feet long and ten feet VIDE ieu w
~ ~. boat The slip was hinged at the
inner end and was raised or loWeteu "
sui, tho tide. The wharf extends on ooln
sides flush of the end OF the "oouen $50
nlank. Five timbers, four uy ~, -
inches. set vertically, ran the iehsth U. ~.
nIank and these weM crossed oy wv
- n,ankinr. 1t is said that there was
no siipport for the plank between Tue
hinges at the outer end p.,ao,
When the excursion train from paNso.
arrived at the ferry there was lusn ~.
the steamer Sappho. a Few passehsei,s
crossed the gangway safely ana IT 10 co,
mated that 200 people were Hiass,u % Give
nlank Suddenly they felt the pam s','
way beneath them. The long TIMBER sup
nortinp the plank broke In lne miuuie
The hinges held up one end anu tue S"' ~,
The other, while the broken ehaS ol NV
blank dropped and j struggling scream a
mass OF humanity was plunseu ny sa
water fifteen feet below the wharf a ley
c,unv To the inclined sides OF the piahh
hui at least $50 were struggling IN IN
water The piling of the wnsih pa, pau ~,
penned them in on three sues anu w
boat lying at the wharf closed the otne
end of the opening. After the hisI H I'm,
~ st,,nefaction the work of rescue begal
Rones and life preeervers were thrown
,ba crowd but in the panic the peopi
On tho water ciutched one another an
many sank thus in groups in death graz
pie. ,,,ora mn
MANY taken from the water were ur
conscious and were revived with allhcult =
Doctors were summoned from all dlret
Tins but ii was half an hour before IN
Nrst arrived The freight house NJ IN
ferry was turned into morgue the o0aI'
belng taken there for identification as Ia
as recovered BY noon seventeen hau oee
recovered Three others were taken 0
board the sappho and died on the way
Bar Harbor, The exact nhmuer Oh ueu
will not be known for some time yet Us
strong wind sweeps under the pier al
SINE bodies may have been caIrleu awY
by it, The diver, who was SCI 10 WI
without delay was engaged IN MS seu,'
until o'clock, but only seventeen ooui
were found The coroner impaneleu Ju
and the inquest will begin in the morhin
The awful nature of the accident was
comprehended for at least minute
those who were the last to leave the tral
although the scene changed instantly ~.
tbe first moment of the calamity had pa
cd n manic seemed to seize those who We
safe and they drew back from the Gu
of the water but for only moment
then the cooler heads in the crowa hi'
especially among the officers ana crew
the steamer aSSerteu themselves W
work OF rescue began
Eve witnesses differ In their estlm
of the number OF people VINO were car
OF the number OF people VINO were y
ried down when the plank prohe, pu ',
rushing from the train to the steam
Those who fell into the water were mo
iy pulled out by main force put no'
few were gotten out by Do
which were Immediately mann
There was wild exciemeh'
beard. for each excursonist J
rush,np In and among his or her neighf
In quest of relatives and friends. In
hurry and hustle OF alightinG from
train husbands and wives, parents
children had become separated ana SCI
alton at that moment meant eart-pre
ing suspense. MRS, Estey, onu ~ -
victims, was one OF these while apart
her husband lost ner life, while MT. n
was saved. although thrown into the wa
In the course Of the neyt half hour
eral bodies were recovered from the W
and those we're taken to the nearby ire
house and laid out waiting identinca'
1t was gruesome sight ana pititui
az hentificatlons were made.
The steamer Cynthia came from
Harbor with four physicians and sp'
train was hurried from Bangor with
siclans and nurses. President Wilsol
the Maine Central railway was nea
hand when the disaster occurred ans
gave orders to spare no exertloh III
Iieying the distress. Many people
been Injured In the struggle on the
Of the wharf.
The sufferers from injuries VIII no
"a numerous as those who suffered
shock and exposure. due to the immel
IN the water. OF these several were
ported tonight to be In critical state
B. Sweeney OF Bangor was taken TO !
BLUFFS, suffering from pneumonia; Gs
SpauIdIng of Orino was also at the I
and may not recover; Mrs. George 81
OF Oldworth will recover. although
case was once pronounced hopeless
the bodies In the freight house had
identiAed tho coroner gave permissit
have them removed and relatives
friends soon after took each In charge
aftandoS VI khafr reaDoctiV0 homes.