The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-21
SKIFFS AID IN RESCUES
LITTLE TINE GIVEN PASSENGERS
TO SEEK SAFETY, AND LIFE
BOATS HAVE NO OARS
SURVIVORS SUFFER FOR HOURS
Kentuckian and His Entire Family
Destroyed in Disaster, and Not
ed steamer Captain Is
Among the Victims.

CAIRO, Ill, April 2O.-One of the worst
disasters in the history of river naviga-
ion, occurred shortly after 4 o'clock
his morning near Ogdens landing, near
his city. While nearly all on board
were asleep, the steamer City Of Pitts
burg, bound to Memphis, was discovered
On fire. and in a few moments was burn
ed to the waters edge.
The loss of over $4,000 on the steamer
does not include the cargo, both being a
total loss. The latest estimates are that
there were $50 persons aboard, and that
no more than half of them were saved,
many of the latter being burned or in
iured.
AS the register of the steamer was
burned no list can be given either of the
victims or the survivors, and in the con-
fusion it has been impossible to get COM
plete lists. Capt Phillips admits that
he death list may reach sixty.
The following is a partial list Of those
.ost;
MR.. ADAMS, Ohio, bound for St,
Louis.
MIR. DOWNS, Memphis.
TOM SMITH, steelNnan, Memphis.
PATRICK BURK, wife and six chill
'ren, CWensboro, KY, bound for More
house, Mo.
THREE CHILDEN of Mrs Fannie Nc
Cullom, of LeaVenworth, Ind.
JOE Riding and LUD JONES, strik-
RS, engineers, Cincinnati.
WILLIAM BOLLINGER, steward, Gin
.innati.
\ LITTLE GIRL, named Sweeney, of
0Wensboro. Ky.
L. II. Hunter, Litini, Pa.
List of the Missing.
The missing is a child of Pilot Al Prit-
.hard and Clay Breeze, and the wife and
lon of Archie NJ. Allen, of Pittsburg.
Among the crew missing are:
Z. Reddng, Cincinnati, striker engineer.
Fred ones, Newport, striker engineer.
Tcm smith Memphis, striker pilot.
William Bollinger, Cincinnati, first
steward.
ond steward.
John I!otts Cincinnati, cook.
Tony GilfOyle, Cincinnati, baker.
And the following members Of the crew
whose names are unknown:
First pantryman.
Three c0lOred tiremen.
Six cabin boys.
Two chambermaids.
Six or eight deck hands.
Two woman. passengers were severely
burned but will recover. They are:
Mrs S. r. Leach, of Bridgeport, Ohio,
burned about the hands.
Mrs Ellen FennemOre, Arbuckle, w.
Va. severely burned about face.
Mrs Fannie McCullom, of Leavenworth,
nd, lost three children.
known Saved Are Few.
Among the known saved are:
James Neville, Dayton, Ky, head boat
Emma Smith. Paducah, passenger.
Ardue NJ. Allen and wife, Pittsburg.
l.. NJ. McGraw, Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Judge MuIKey. of Metropolis, III.
Arthur Shelley. Bucker, Ky, watchman.
1TrsC inf nj
Va. badly burned, and daughter.
Margaret Bridges, Louisville, Ky.
Jennie Bessick, Lexington, Ky.
C. X. Stations and wife, Careyville, Ky.
Head Mate Sinners and wife.
Miss Leech, badly burned.
Pilot Pritchett, wife and child.
Miss Marie Lisler, CarroIlton, Ohio,
died after being brought on shore.)
Sylvester -Doss, also died after getting
IN shore.
The captain. clerks and engineers, two
engineers strikers, two cooks.
The bodies already recovered are as
follows:
CAPT. Yves. Doss.
Miss Maria Tissem.
Youngest girl of the McCullm children.
Passengers saved:
Emma Smith, Paducah, Ky.
Ardue NJ. Allen and wife, Pittsburg.
/. NJ McGraw, Louisville
Mrs. Judge Mulkey, Metropolis, III.
Mrs. Tunnmyer, Point Pleasant. w. Va.
Miss Tunnmyer, Point Pleasant.
Margaret Bridges, Louisville
Jennie Bessick. Lexington, Ky.
c. X. Stations and wife, Careysville,
The members of the crew saved were
as follows:
Capt. John NJ. Phillips master.
Capt Dana Scott, purser.
Q. D. Phillips second clerk.
Ben Bridges, third clerk.
Harry Doss and AL Pritchard, pilots.
Clate Crawford, chief engineer.
Harry Clauson. second engineer.
Arch Schriver, first mate.
James Chriss, second mate.
J.. r. MCGOWAN. second baker.
Fred RentZ. barkeeper.
James Neville, Dayton. Ky, boat car,
penter.
Arthur Shelly, Buclner, Ky.
Mrs. PritchaTd,
Skiffs Sent TO Rescue.
At Caledonia, three miles below the
scene of the disaster. the flames could be
plainly seen and the shouts of the pas
sengers heard, and the people put out in
skiffs to the wreck. They assisted in say
ing some Of the passengers am0lg these
MRS. ). K. Leach, Of Bridgeport, Ohio,
VINO was terribly burned about the head;
Mrs. Fennimore, of Arbuckle, w Va
who was burned about the hands and
face, and Mrs. Fannie McCulum of
LeaYenworth, Ind, who was burned about
the breast '''0N
Many passengers clung by fingertips to
the burning boat. with bodies subu1e~,~. ;
until. overcome by fire Of water, they
sank TO death.
Wesley Neeley, a fisherman, rescued
two from the wheel house. One was a
man and the other a woman The lat
ter clung to the boat until her hands
were burned.
Capt. Doss. who was drowned, was an
old river pilot. He was making the trIr
for pleasure with his son, Pilot Harry
Doss, and when his body was found .
mile or so below the wreck he had on al
his clothing and a life preserver. 1t is be-
lieNed that he died from the shock. Ht
COatIHGeA On ThArd Psse.