Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-08-29
PARTICULARS
or the Late Disaster on the Ohio
River. Bodies Recovered.


terrible river disaster of last week
Nearly all the bodies have been
recovered by the divers. The dis
aster WAS certainly one Of the
worst that ever occurred on the
Ohio river.
The L. =. snagboat r. A. Wood |
ruff, had received permission from
headquarters To go To the wreck |
and raise it. The big steamer, |
with all the modern facilities to do |
such work, succeeded in turning
the Golconda partly over and lift
ed her close to shore.
The steamer did not cspsize, as
reported, but careened, resting at
an angle of 40 degrees. Her hull
projected three feet out OF the wa
ter. When the boat went over the
cabin tloated on the surface, but
early Tuesday morning the boat
settled down. The stacks were
buried in the mud, and made All
anchorage for the wreck.
The hull of the Golconda was
only three feet deep. About one
year ago she WAS condemned, but
her owner made certain repairs,
aud she was permitted by the ia
spectors 10 resume business; how
ever, the Golconda has always
been regarded as unsafe by river
people.
The Puducah Democrat says:
Local river men unite in saying
that the City Of Golconda should
never have been used rs n passen-
ger packet, being too narrow OF
beam for her upper works. This,
80 they say, made her topheavy,
I'm wieldy in a wind aud dangerous
except when carefully loaded and
in slnoothe water.
The work Of recovering bodies
began Tuesday morning. The bo-
DIV of Miss Barnett was rescued
from the same vicinity of the state
room AS that of the first corpse
rescued. The diver was forced TO
tear some of the clothing from her
body in order to bring her up.
Miss Barnett WAS an eighteen
year old orphan girl who was adop-
ted by her uncle Mr. David Adams,
whose wife also met death in the
disaster. She was the only daugh-
ter % Col. Thomas Barnett, de-
ceased, who left his daughter pro-
perty valued at $4,000 She aud
Mrs Adams were on route to the
city to prepare her clothing and
books for a term at the Hopkins
vile college, She attended that
college last year and contemplated
J returning to it at an early date.
From their position il seems that
both Miss Barnett and Miss Girl
mes rushed into the same state.
room when the flood reached the
cabin.
From the time of rescuing Miss
Barnett's body il was exactly an
hour, and thirty-two minutes be-
fore the corpse of Mrs, David Ad-
ANS was brought to the surface
and laid beside that of her niece.
She was dressed in conventional
black, while her kid gloves were
still covering her hands. Mrs Adj
ans was also taken from the same
ststeruom as the two other ladies
She was the seco I'd wife of David
| Adams, to whom she was married
ten years ago. She was Miss
Hibbs, daughter of Squire Hibbs
now deceased, before marriage.
She leaves the following step
daughters; Mrs. ii. IL, Hibbs, Will
liamsburg, Ky; Mrs. l.. G. Hibbs,
Birdsville. KY; Mrs G. Ii. Webb,
Jr., Smithland; l.. Il. Adams, HUI
ron, North Dakota; Mrs. M. ID.
Pressnell and Mr.. Lyman Adams,
of Smithland. Her sisters and
brothers are: Mrs. j. j. Fleming,
IL. c. Hibbs, Mrs Gray and Mrs.
In SLou,mall of LIVINGSTON conn.