Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-08-21
STEAMER GOLCONDA
SINKS IN OHIO RIVER
Many Passengers Reported
Drowned and Missing.
LIST OF THE FATALITIES

Boat Was Upset While Trying to Land
In Severe stsrm and Sank So Quick
" That the Passengers Had No
Chance to Save Themselves.
PADUCAH, Ky.s Aug. 20.-During a
severe storm last night the steamer city
of Golcenda upset while trying to land
at Orowells, miles from this city. The
boat turned over while the passengers
were at supper. There were about 60
persons aboard at the time
The following is a list of those drown
ed and missing:
Miss Lizzie Graham, Grahamsville,
KY.
Miss Trixie Graham, Grahamsville,
KY.
Mrs. Charles Davis, Smithfield.
Mrs W. A. Hogan and three chill.
dren, Paducah.
Colonel Turner, Smithfeld.
Charleyan Gordon, Smithfield.
Mrs. David Adams, Smithfield.
Watts Davis and wife, Livingston.
William Swabb, Smithfield.
Miss Lucy Barrett, Smithfield.
Clarence Slayden, Lola.
d. jackson, GOlcOnda.
August f. Kriepke, Golconda.
John Walters, Golconda.
Clarence Koker, Golcoda.
Firemen and three negro deckhands.
Engineer Hay den and son.
Joseph McAllister, St. Louis.
Two white men, unknown, peddlers
Mrs. Hutchinson, Evansville, Ind.
Three children.
d. Jackson.
W. Woode.
George Stanberry.
Howard RondO.
Several negro deckhands.
Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot E. E.
Peck swan to shore and rescued all in
sight.
Captain Peck stated that when the
boat struck there was no time to escape.
She went down on her side in 10 feet of
water, and what few were found strug-
Cling in the water clung to yawl and
reached shore After the wind had sub.
sided the crew rowed to the wreck and
attempted to rescue all the women on
IL
saved. The books will have to be found
before it can be determined who and
how many are lost.
The City OF GOlcOnda piled between
here and Elizabethtown, Ills. The boat
left Elizabethtown and was due to ar
rive here at z. p. IN. She had an unusu-
ally good passenger list, as she was the
only boat coming down yesterday.
mr. Ou
of Hampton, KY, escaped by breaking
the glass In the cabin.
The Illinois boat was valued at So, 500
and had been in the trade seven years.
The wife of the engineer, Mrs Hay
den, was the only one saved.
Captain Jesse Bauer said:
SIN my opinion the people in the
cabin were drowned instantly, as I did
not hear a scream come from the cabin.
Usually in suoh an accident the steam
boats will rock back and forth several
times before turning over, but the Col
cOnda went over without any of this,
and it all happened so quickly that it is
wonder any of us got out alive"
Two boats with three divers and sal
wage corps left here this morning for
work on the wrecked steamer. They
report since noon that the loss of life
will exceed 20 and that the revised list
can not be had untll the boat is raised
and the books as we'll as the bodies are
recovered. The divers report that the
cabin, which was closed when the storm
came up, was full of dead bodies. The
bodies recovered up to noon were those
of Miss Trixie Grimes, Miss Lucy Bar
nett and Mrs. Davis Adams.
The boat is 70 yards from the Ken.
lucky shore in 18 feet of water, head
down the stream. difficulty of access
every way and the recovery of the dead
bodies is proceeding very slowly.