The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-14
KANSAS MAKES A KICK SANK IN FIVE ANUIES|
RIVER STEAMER WENT DOWN IN
TWENTY-FIVE FEET OF
WATER
TWO BODIES ARE RECOVERED
BOTH THOSE OF PASSENGERS, OF
WHOM NONE OTHER is
THOUGHT TO BE LOST
A NUMBER OF CREW MISSING

GRAND TOWER, Ill, Nav 1S.-The
steamer City of Paducah sank in twenty
nVe 1eet OF water five minutes before 10
CLOCK last night in less than five min
utes after striking a snag, while back
ing out from Brunkhorst Landing. The
poules OF two passengers who were
drowned nave been recovered and tWen-
ty-tWo members Of the crew, most of
them negroes, are missing All of the
oIhcers were saved. First Mate Tobias
Royal, of st. Louis, says only about
WE'VE passengers were on board. and
an were saved except two. The BODY
Oh Dr' j. w. Bell, of Bells Landing.
Tenn, was taken out of his stale
room. Inc remains Of a young woman.
On Whlch was a visiting card reading
MRS. Harry l.. Allen, 1880 Eads avenue.
81 LOUIS Mo-, was recovered from her
stdte-room. Two friends travelling with
the drowned woman, who started back
10 81. LOUIS on the steamer Citv Of CIif
toIl' SAID that the young woman was
engaged to marry DR.. c. A. Meredith
o9o' Lee avenue, st. Louis Several hun,
urea dollars worth of jewelry was found
on her body. The passenger list has not
~ oeeH recovered diver is searching for
IT. only the Texas and the hurricane
deck are above water. which reaches go ~
the skylights of the cabins. All the sta+a0
rooms are completely filled with water
is A TOTAL WRECK.
ne steamer drifted a third Of a mile
eo the landing before she sank. The
- - tl mate says the boat went down with
80 IhTee minutes after striking the enao
he was on the cabin deck and escarsd
Wy 1plng through the skylight. If is
supposed that most of the nissinp, dec1,O
nahds' who were on the lower deck wero
washed down the river. The boat IiaS
uoWh about 100 feet from the TIinois
Shore' the forepart Of the hurricane dol,
total wreck. " oe
The coroner, C. e. Knauer of Nrnrnbvs
poro' Ill., is now holding an inonest VIII
III me dlVer Is searching for more bodias
-ioiiio'S johnston, Waterman Of A.
podl' VINO is said to be among tho 1os+
wa, was 90 years old and had been q stean''
Louis. ne AVed IN st.
SAVED THEIR LIVES.
,'CARBoNDALE, H., MAY 13-Tt y cs-
lima Yea ton ght that between twenty fiya
anu h1ty people were drowned in +bo
SINKING OF the City of Paducab near
~ uilh horst Landing. Between II and 70
Giock sunday night Miss Fannie RIoclr
go 49, ~ company with her parents Rev
ana Mrs. Block, was going fron, e.
Louis to EvansvAae, Ind. was ro,,sad
from sleep by a sudden Jar. She aslJad
ncr mother If her berth had broken ana
no no sooner mad the words passed her Inns
oilan water rushed into the APARTMENTS
ana they were compelled to act oIici-lI,
70 70 save their lives. With four Others
.ney escaped to the Illinois shore NV
nololhg TO drftwood and swimming. Rev
WI. BLOCK IS Jewish rabbi. The seven
survivors Of the catastrophe made tbeir
way down the river bank to Grand Tower
ana We're given lodging at the Trem ont
hotel' They lost all their clothes and
Valuabies and had nothing but blankets
about them. %
among the drowned were about twenty
nVe negro roustabouts. The top of the
BOAT can be seen above the water.
FRANK White, whose home is In Kan
in as 1 ~ got aboard the boat at Land
ing 70, north of Brunkhorst. He toid
the following story of the disaster:
Il got on the boat at Landing 7e n
20 10 cairo. The boat stopped at Lake
Ditch landing and took on several sacks
OF corn. We landed again at Brunkhorst
winch is only a few miles below Lake
Ditch, and took on corn. At both
places about seventeen sacks were load
ed. After the corn at Brunxhorst had
peen placed in board the boat started
down stream, and just as she mt off
struck a snag, tearing a big hole in
her AZ
The crew then tried to place the stern
or the boat toward the river, and while
turning her around she sunk. She is
about thirty feet from shore and her
cabin and pilot house are above water I
jumped into a skiff and made for the
shore. A Jewish rabbi his wife and
daughter, got into skiff and went to
Grand Tower
I don't know how many were aboard,
but think there were about twenty five
drowned. Among them We're two en-
gineers one white woman and about 6f-
teen negroes. There was great conf,i-
sion and it may be more are drowned. )"