The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-04
DUBUQUE AGAIN
ALL NIGHT ON BAR
The Big Boat Tried to Make Her
Regular Trip to This City
but Struck Bar Above the
Quincy Bridge.
BIG PASSENGER LIST
Boat Spent all Night on Bar on Last
Trip-Happeninss Along the
River-AII Boats Having
Trouble.
BIG PASSENGER LIST

S 1unuquO 10 again III trouble.
This time she spent the night little
farther down the river as she could
not get up to her all night resting
place of the last trip. The big boat
made the trip from st. Louis to
Quincy without any great difficulty,
although she moved slowly and with
the greatest of caution. She reached
Quincy yesterday and started on up
the now shallow "big stream" for
Keokuk at 5 o'clock but had only pro-
ceeded about two miles above the
Quincy bridge when she struck the
bar near Cottonwood Island and stuck
fast She had not succeeded in work
ing off yet this morning and Captain
Steele at the Diamond 10 boat house
said this morning that he did not
know how soon another boat would
be sent to her assistance.
The Quincy Wing contains the fol-
lowing account of the accident: The
steamer, with one of the largest pas
senger lists of the season, left the
local port at 5 O'Clock yesterday after
noon on it's regular trip up stream and
had hardly gotten out of sight of the
city when the big boat rammed its
nose into the mud and was thereafter
unable to bulge.
The trip UP this far from st. Louis
was made fairly easy and although
the boat had to feel its way along the
channel to keep from hitting the hid
den sand bars which are threatening
to stick their heads above water at
nearly every point. at the present
time the captain of the boat had a
| premonition that trouble was going
to be experienced above this point
He wanted to be able to go as far
north as Burlington if possible and tC
make matters easier he ordered al
the life floats unlnaded at the loca
Diamond 10 boat house for the pur
pose OF making the load lighter and
to keep the boat from floating in the
water SO deep. No freight was takeI
aboard here for the north.
Just what efforts we're made to get
the boat off ground last evening
could not be learned. The Dubuque
went aground about 5:45 o'clock an6
although it was at a standstill for the
remainder of the night no tug was
sent from here to give her any as
| sistance. Although the water at tht
place is thought not to be too deel
| for a person to wade to shore nj
signs could be seen from the loca
bridge of people going ashore.
/ One of the crew of the Black HawJ
! that formerly ran, between Keokul
/ and Burlington hut at present is il
the Burlington-D Davenport trade start
ed out to finish bis fellow roustie
when the beat landed at Davenport
Armel with brick and load of Il
ouid courage he started for the boa
but was pulled by an officer of tn
Davenport police and taken to jail
He was given five days for his i'm
4 tation ia South American revolt
ton.
Captain Ratterman of Warsaw an
4 manager of the excursion business G
the White Collar Line showed up i
new light to some of his friend
the other night. Captain Ratterman i
charge of the Columbia took an e,
cursion of the Knights of Pythias on
of Davenport and the boat struck
bar and stuck. The orchestra wa
called upon to make things pleasar
which they did and the party dance
until $3.50 a m. Both orchestra an
dancers gave out about this time an
/, Captain Ratterman took charge. H
sat down to the piano and entertain
ed the excursionists with song an
joke until morning. New and ol
songs seemed to be in his reparte
and his audience wondered when s
busy man could find time to kee
in touch with a line so apparent
out of his regular work The BOZ
worked loose and arrived in Dave
> port about breakfast time.
]. s. Spencer of Dubuque has bee