Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-24
OVER A HUNDRED LOST.
River Steamer City of Pittsburg
Burned and Sunk at Tur-
ner's Landing, KY.
FIRE CUTS OFF ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS
Women and ChiIdren-One of the
Thrilling Incidents of the Disas-
ter Was Mans Rescue of Wife and
Baby

Cairo, ILL.,, April 222-Although no
complete list of either the victims or
OF the survivors is yet obtainable, in
vestigation Monday indicates that al
most one-half of the $50 people on
the City of Pittsburg We're lost when
that Inflated steamer was burned
Sunday at Ogden's Landing, between
this city and Paducah.
Many of those who were brought
to this city are suffering from in
juries, exposure and fright. The
number aboard was about equally di-
vided between passengers and crew,
the latter suffering the greater loss
in casualties. The names Of many of
the "rOustabOuts'' were not known
and the number drowned or burned
is not likely ever to be ascertained.
Where Fire Started.
The fire started in the lower part
of the steamer, in the freight mate
rial or possibly in the engine room
and shut off the means of escape
there while passengers jumped over
board from the upper decks. Within
ten minutes of the discovery of fire
at four a. M, survivors say the up
Per decks were swept by flames and
passengers were penned in on all
sides, even the life preservers being
cut off by the flames.
The Deadly Panic
The panic that followed caused a
ehsued if the officers could have con-
trolled the terror-stricken people.
Some rushed through the flames and
perished; others tainted and sank
down, to be cremated. Many in their
robes, some of them atire, jumped
overheard and were drowned.
Witness Terrible Scenes.
Those that got into the boats saw
others drowning as their overcrowded
craft pulled to shore. The barely clad
survivors on the shore not only wit
messed horrifying scenes around the
charred hull. but also suffered from
early morning till relief came in the
afternoon. The captain says there
were 66 passengers, not including
dozen babies.
Greatest Loss Among the Women.
There were as many women as men
in the cabin, and the indicati are
that the greater percentage of losses
was among the women and children.
As the register with all other records
was burned and the survivors scat
tered in every direction, there is great
1,e-4
vivors.
Many Bodies VIII Never Be Found.
1t is conceded that many bodies will
never be recovered, so that there will
never be complete list of the vic
Tins. It is thought that many charred
bodies will be found in the hull of the
burned steamer when the mass of en-
bers ceases burning so that the search
for the remains can be made.
One of the Thrilling Incidents.
One of the thrilling experiences Of
the disaster was that of DR.. NJ. 7.
Daugherty, who. with his wife and
baby, was en- route from Marion, KY,
to Charleston, Mo. He placed life
preserver around his wife, another
on h1mSelf, ana taxing ms DaDy Ill
his arms lowered himself to the wa
ter by a rope. Then he held on until
his wife followed, with their baby
clinging with her arms about his
neck. They started for shore, but
the swift current carried them down
nearly two miles before they were
rescued by people on the bank. The
child had in the meantime become
exhausted with cold and was uncon-
scious. Her grasp relaxed, but her
father grasped her night dress in his
teeth and held her head out of the
water. When they were rescued he,
too, was nearly exhausted, but when
the child was resuscitated he was
happy.