The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-05-12
RIVER BOAT
Sinks; 10
DROWN
One Man Saved Mother,
Two Little Sisters and
Nurse, One at a Time.

IT'S iuifrd ffeNasl
SIT. LOUIS. Mo. May l. -1hlr-
teen persons were drowned when
the river packet city OF Salililo
sank Ia 20 feet q water or Glen
Rock. a miles south 81 here IN the
Mississippi river, The accident oe-
curred tate last night The number
~ dead Was learned this morning
when the survivors Of the accident
were counted only one body. That
of Mrs Isaac Rcah. wife Of the pres
idcnt 90 the Tennessee River Packet
company. owners ~ the vessel. has
been recovered
The Dead.
The dead. Mra Isaac Reah. Miss
Annie Rcah. n g. Baker. purser 81
the Snitliia. Mrs. Joseph Harris.
Nashville. Tenn Mira Archie Pat
tcTHon and her son, Archie. years
~ aEo. VIM. Pickett, travelling
salesman 81 Louis Fowler Post
boat clerk for the sal,llio: Miss Lena
Wall Nashville. Tenn. the head
porter. cabin boy and two rausta-
bouts u the saltillo,
Mrs. Reah h the wife and Miss
Annie neah the daughter ~ Isaac
Reah, president ~ the Tennessee
River Packet company, owners 81
the Saltilio.
The city % saitlllo left So t.ouls
a. : O'Clock last niKht. bound Tor
river ports on the Tennessee shore.
Of the Mississippi She carried -
passengers and q egcw ~ g. The
packet was commanded by Captain
Perry Crane. THE river o. very hieh,
and arcaf quantities ~ driftwood.
swept down stream hy tht swirl cur
rent. made the trip hazardous
one Every pT.eap,ion was taken
II IL declared, o. avoid danger hut
III the darkness shortly bufafc 10
o'clock last night tho steamer
struck rock off the shofe near
sulphur Springs
Extent OF Damage.
u was impossible "a determine tn
the darkness lust how much dam
age had becn done At first the
passengers wrru panic stricken. bat
were calmsd by thu officers - tbs
packet The steamer hung on the
rock Tor a time. then began 20 tiii
rapidly. and Il Was found thms her
position Was peflioua
When the packet struck the rock
the crew. seeing the steamer Was
In great danger. attempted to run
out the gang plank. They believed
~ would be- possible to reach shore.
or at least set The passengers into
shallow water so they could wade
10 land.
Panic stricken passengers rushed
on the gang plank before 4 could
be run out ita fall length aud many
81 those who vent down we're In
this number.
Some Of the passengers we're
sleeping when the accident occurred
and they died in their atatcrooms
Others jumped overheard and most
Of these were rescued
The steamer filled rapidly ard
the seacuegn had little time 10 save
the passengers.
The Hero Of Wreck.
VIM n. Barnhardf Of ST. Louis
proved one Of the heroes OF the
night He was accompanied BY his
mother. bis two little sisters and
their nurse. lie jumped into the
water and swan ashore with hls
mother. returned and saved his two
sisters. then made third trip aud
saved the nurse lie repeatedly re.
entered the water In attempts to
save others, but his efforts we're
fruitless. and at last. exhausted. he
was forced 20 give up.
Mrs Archie Patterson thought
only of her little son Snaichlng
him from his bed she ran on deck
and with her little son clasped IN
her arms. jumped overheard and
struggled toward shore She was
borne down by the current aud
sank. her baby sun clasped to her
breast.