The Forrest City times., 1901-08-23
The Drowned and Missing.

were at supper. There were about 60
persons aboard at the time.
The Drowned and Missing.
Thirty-five persons were drowned
or are missing The list follows:
Miss Lizzie Graham, Grahamsville,
Ky.
Miss Trixie Grimes, Grahamsville.
Mrs. Charles Davis, Smithfield.
Mrs w. \. Hogan and three chill
dren, Paducah.
Col. Turner, Smithfeld.
Charlyan Gordon, Smithfield.
Mrs. Davis Adams, Smithfield.
Smith Davis and wife, Livingston.
VIM. Webb, Springfield
Miss Lucy Barnett, Smithfield.
Clarence Slayden, Lola.
August +. kriepke, Golconda.
John Walters, Golconda.
Clarence Coker, Golconda.
Fireman and three colored deck
hands.
Engineer Hayden and son.
Joseph McAllister, st. Louis.
Two white men, unknown peddlers.
Mrs. Hutchinson, Evansville Ind.
Three unknown children.
ID. jackson.
w. Wood
George Stanberry.
Howard Rondo.
No Time to Escape.
Capt. Jesse Bauer and Pilot f. e.
Peck succeeded in rescuing many peo-
pie. Capt. Peck stated that when the
boat struck there was no time to
escape; she went down on her side in
ten feet of water, and that few
clung to a yawl and reached the
shore. After the wind had subsided
somewhat, those of the crew who
had escaped rowcd to the wreck, but
found no one, and of all the women
on board, only Mrs. Hayden, wife of
the engineer, is known to have been
saved. Capt. Peck states that the
books will have to be found before
| it can be determined who and how
many are lost.
| Escaped Through n window.
Fl. +. Worten and n. S. Quarter
nous, of Hampton, Ky, escaped
through cabin window.
The City of Golconda piled between
this city and Eliza bethtown, Ill. The
boat left Eliza zabethtown at p. m.
and was due to arrive here at 7 p. Iu.
She had an unusually good passenger
list, as she was the only boat coming
down Monday. The ill-fated boat was
valued at $4,000, and had been in the
trade several years.
Didn't Hear a Scream.
Capt. Jesse Bauer said: "In my
opinion the people in the cabin were
drowned instantly, as ! did not hear
a scream come from the cabin. Usu
ally in such accidents a steamboat
will rock back and forth several
times before turning over, but the
Golconda went over without any of
this, and it all happened so quickly
that il is a wonder any of us got out
| alive
Frank Enders, one of the passen-
gers, corroborated by several others,
declares that the effort to land
brought the side of the boat around
| so that the wind struck it with full
| force. There had been almost a gale
| blowing for ten minutes, and one man
who could not swim, went to the pilot
house and begged the pilot to land.
When he finally did consent to land,
the hurricane, visible as huge black,
cloud, sweeping across the river,
struck the boat as it swung around in
position least able to resist it.
Early Tuesday morning the work
of searching for the remains began,
the party being led by Thomas Gra-
ham, county clerk, and Luther Gra-
ham, his brother, whose sister was
among the dead. Three bodies were
recovered in the forenoon, those OF
Miss Trixie Grimes, Miss Lucy Barnett
and Mrs. David Adams. Mrs Barnett's
face was badly lacerated.
Tuesday afternoon the bodies of
Miss Graham and Mrs. w A. Hogan
and Lucille, her six-year-old daugh-
ter. were recovered. The position OF
the limbs and the expression of the
faces, as well as scratches and bruises,
indicated a fierce struggle when the
prisoners were caught in the little
cabin like rats.
Groups of sadvisaged people dot
the wharf here all day awaiting It'd
ings from the rescuers. while the par
lors of the Richmond hotel were filled
with weeping women.
The boat is being dismantled in or
der that the dead NAV be reached