The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-13

fall tonight and Sunday From lliy
erton 10 the mouth will continue ris
Ing during tho next 80 60 rs hours
The Mississippi-From Chester ty
Cairo win rise during The next q,
hours
The stage of tho river at I p. m
yesterday was sc showing a rise OF
l.G in twenty-four hours.
The Carrie v went 10 Buffalo Is
land for raft Tor the Weis-Peterson
Box company yesterday morning
The Mary Michaels went below
with one empty yesterday at 10 a. m,
The Ferd Herold had as one item
OF her cargo $500 sacks of cotton
seed, She left for Memphis this
morning with good trip,
The Paepcke departed with one
empty early yesterday morning for
Cauthersville
MIR, Phil Schied, chief engineer of
the MarQuand. has rendered his resig
nation,
The City of Cincinnati will probab.
ly be put in the Memphis trade in
place OF the Sunshine,
The Josie arrived from st. Louis at
p. m. yesterday with two empties
and the dredge Manic Barrett. She
left the dredge here and departed at
6 p m. She goes to Stumpy point for
logs for Liebke, of ST. Louis.
Farmers in the bottoms are begin
ming TO get interested in the water.
What's the water goin to do?" is the
question that many of them are ask.
ing. Mr., Smyth has figured out
about thirty-four feet for this section
which is eleven feet below the danger
line, At the present stage the river
is racing up Willow creek and Miner
slough and filling up the bottom be
hind East Cairo and Fillmore but il
will take a higher stage TO get on the
farms at East Cairo, which are closer
to the river where it is higher.
Tho crew OF the Sunshine arrived
Yesterday morning ON the Ferd Her
old. Details of the accident were
learned from them. The boat had
rounded to and was working into the
landing when a rouster ran out on
the forecastle and told the mate there
was fire aft The mate got one line
ashore, when the flames broke out
and general alarm was given. Mr.
J. r. Hollcraft. of Madison. Ind, was
the engineer on watch He says the
fire started on the stern, back at the
rudder. in an old locker. The wind
was blowing up the river and drove
the flames forward and he was com
PEELED 10 leave the engine room be
fore the landing was completed. The
line which had been gotten out was
an old inch and half line, aud when
the weight of the boat came on 1t in
the current, which was strong at that
place, 1t broke. letting her drift along
down the shore. The passengers and
crew had all been gotten down on the
main deck and were compelled 20
iumn off into the water as the boat
drifted. Among the passengers was
a Mrs. McNeely, bound for Memphis
who Is sixty years old and quite
large She was urged 10 jump and as
sisted ND the steep bank with no 9th
or than severe shock She was
able to continue her Journey On the
Rees Ice. The man drowned was
Leon EllwUod, a Canadian from Gin.
.cinnati He was a deckhand and was
in his bunk under the pilot house. He
was weak and sick and compelled to
Jump overheard on he outside. \
skiff was sent to his rescue, but in
his enfeebled condition he sank be
fore it could reach him. A farmer
got aboard at Hawesyille with his
wife and three children and all his
worldly goods. bound for Caruthers
vile. He got ffwith his wife and
children, but lost his stock. house
hold goods and farming implements
He had some moacy in trunk, which
was lost with the rest The pilot on
the watch below had to grope his
way out OF his room in the smoke. A
fireman on the watch below in his
bunk in the engine room. had to
break his way out through the tran
som lie is burned about the head and
hands He was sent to the marine
hospital here Two other men. sick
from exposure, wore sent to the ma
rinc hospital. The head clerk, Mr.
H. G. Taylor saved the books and
money, hut lost his personal effects
as did all Of the crew and passengers
A. w Smith, the porter, states that he
had number OF trunks in his charge
and they were all lost. The only
persons who got off the boat dry were
the four rousters who went out ,witR
the head fine At an early hour yes,
terday morning the crew Of rho sun
shine were at Capt Cassidy's office
TO be paid off. but it was 3 o'clock in