The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-13
MISSISSIPPI PACKET STRIKES A
ROCK AND FOUNDERS.
MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF THE
BOAT LINE OWNER DROWN.
RIVER FILLED WITH DRiFTWooD

Two Women Known to Be Dead and
the Balance Of the Missing Have IN
questionably Lost Their Lives in
Disaster Near ST. Louis.
st. Louis, Mo-. May 12.-Thirteen
persons, seven of them passengers,
lost their lives in the sinking of the
steamer City of Saltillo in the Mis-
sissippi river at Glen Park, Mo-, last
night. The boat was thrown against a
rock by the swift current two hours
after her start from the wharf here.
Glen Park is twenty.four miles from
st. Louis.
The dead:
Rhea, Miss Ann, Nashville, Tenn.
Rhea, Mrs. Isaac T., Nashville,
Tenn, body recovered
Baker S. c., first clerk of the
steamer.
Harris, Mrs, Joseph, Nashville,
Tenn.
Patterson, Mrs. Archie, Chester, Ill.
Patterson, Archie, jr, 2 years old.
Pickett, William j., salesman, st.
Louis
Post Fowler, third clerk.
Wall, Miss Lena, Nashville, Tenn.
Head porter, name unknown.
Cabin boy, name unknown
Two roustabouts, names unknown.
Only two bodies, those of Mrs. Rhea
and a negro, have been recovered.
Chvalry Sent Them to Death.
At the inquest into the death of Mrs.
Rhea it was testified that the fact that
five women and boy were lost was
due to the chivalry of the men in obey
ing Captain Cranes order, Women
and children first!"
While the men stood back, the wom-
en- were first to attempt to cross the
gang plank after it touched ground.
At the same moment the current
forced the plank against tree and
threw all off the plank into the river
This Hero Drowned.
The witnesses all paid tribute to the
heroism of S. G. Baker, clerk of the
SaltillO. who was swept overheard and
drowned.
The coroner adjourned the inquest
until tomorrow.
Captain Harry Crane, in command
of the boat and one of the survivors,
announced this morning after check
ing up the passenger list that it was
almost certain those reported missing
We're dead.
The boat carried twcnty-seven pas
sengers, most of whom were women
and children, and a crew of thirty.
She left st. Louis at Z O'Clock with a
heavy cargo including number of
cattle and live stock, and the voyage
was considered precarious because of
the great amount of driftwood float
ing in the river, due to the annual
spring rise.
Wife and Daughter Of Boat Owner.
The two known dead were the wife
and daughter of Isaac T. Rhea, presi-
dent of the ST. Louis and Tennessee
River Packet company, owners of the
boat. Mrs. Rhea was dragged from
the water alive, but died within an
hour. The body of Miss Ann Rhea
was not recovered. Miss Louise Rhea,
another daughter, escaped. They
We're enroute to their home in Nash
Vile after visiting friends in st. Louis.
An Inaccessible Landing.
Glen Park, the scene of the acct
dent, is a river landing, the chief
buildings of which are general
store, boarding house and a cement
plant. The place is almost inacces'
sible to telegraph lines and the news
of the disaster came to st. Louis in
around about way from Kimmswick
and Sulphur Springs.
Pilots Fight Draw Desperately.
Shortly before reaching Glen Park
the Saltillo encountered a shoreward
draw. which was fought frantically by
the pilots. The engines were revers
ed, but the efforts to prevent the col
lision were unavailing. AS the big
boat swung from the current in shore
despite the reversed engines and the
rudder thrown hard over, she was
driven with increasing speed TOWARD
land and turned completely around.
An Awful Death Shrek.
With the noise of rending timber
and the shrieks of women and children
passengers, the cries of the crew anC
the believing of the cattle, the vesse
struck hidden rock and sank almos
in reach of land at point where thu
water was twenty feet deep.
Are Plunged Into Water.
Passengers and members of tn,
crew chung to the timbers, while thos
more fortunate lent their aid immedi
ately to the rescue of the helpless
The majority of the passengers wer
in their cabins. The collision cam
so suddenly they were plunged int
the water before they knew what ha
happened.
The Captain Goes for Aid.
Captain Crane of st. Louis, after hi