The Monticellonian., 1908-04-30


 UNIDENTIFIED GIRL, negro.
 LAWRENCE MARTIN, negro.
 The survivors were in extreme per- il for hours, but finally the overturn- ed craft drifted to shore, and the survivors were rescued by Capt E. survivors were rescued by Capt C.. E. Schaffer, who made three danger ous trips in his little gasoline boat Home Run." and transferred all who had not been swept off when the storm first broke, or dropped into the water from exhaustion and drowned, to shore and safety.
 The Miriam left this port Sunday afternoon At 3:30 o'clock she was five miles past the mouth of the St Francis river. and had entered the widest stretch of water in the Mis- sissippi between this point ard Mem phis, when her captain saw the ap- preaching storm and attempted to run to the bank, but while he was still in midstfeam the wind struck With hurricane force the wind lifted the
  around. throwing her living freight into the stream. The steamer capsized the moment she settled into tie wat CT. and her terrified and daZed passen- gers had barely time to climb upon the rail that was above the surface
 Captain Joyce was in the pilot house when the storm picked his craft from the water, and when she capsized he found the door damned Break ing the windows of his prison he fought his way to the surface of the water. and was hauled in after hard struggle.
 Clinging for two hours 10 the wreck of the steamer, with huge waves wash ing over them repeatedly and fearing that al any moment the boat might go down leaving them 10 drown IT the sterm-whipped waters of the Mis- sissippi, the passengers saw one af- ter another of their number give up the fght for life. and heard their cries for assistance as they sank. Men. women and children alike. irrespective of color or occupation. elaHg 10 the. common support. each one fighting desperately for lie Not 2 man could move 10 aid neiehhor.
 Each moment the waves threatened 10 engulf them all But when one woman. weakened ty tha strain and chilled by exposure. cried out for help, q heroic effort Was made 10 give her needed aid. but too late came the reseueFs. and before their very eyes Anna Golden of St. Louis released her hold, threw her hands upward in last appeal and disappeared.
 Sinking lower and lower, the steam CT grounded on a sandbar just before dusk and with night coming on and no prospect of relief, the remaining members of the passengers and crew lost hope, when the iittle gasoline boat Home Run" with it's captain. (. E. Shafer. appeared With his fran boat Sehaffer battled through the stretch of water between the shore and the wreck. daring what seemed to be certain death to rescue the wom. tI cHA t4A4lA4 tAA. AAt- N E lAF7H| Ol l4-H men were taken of and Hith the fall ing of the storm and Htght came other rescuers who brought the remainder to land
 Left destitute. with nothing but the clothes on their backs. the passengers huddled on the river bank in the marshx ground for almost 2i hours before they could be relieved and broueh, back 10 this city. News or the disaster did not reach here until % hours after rhe tragedy. and many Of the uufortunaJes were so weak thai they were placed under physicians care Monday nish-
 The storm swen, for n miles a strip five miles wide. Ereckfng church. es and residences a4d destroying crops.
 The launch which did s8eh valiant service in the work rescuing the help. less ones brought Captain Joyce 9 this city al noon Monday. and the Zehar Jr was immediately dispatched 10 their aid