The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-29
FIVE KILLED AND THREE PER
SONS DROWNED.
". y. eedforo Nearly wen, 90 the
sottorn Nesteroay-Cofd wave
Checks the Rise.

Nhile the season q 1911 has
proven great success 10 the packet
companies and river coal combines
rom q shipping standpoint. L vas a
disastrous one In tho Nay OF sccf-
dents 10 coal fleets and packets Dur
.nE me past year Eve persons were
A4ied aboard coal boats In explosions.
~nile three we're drowned. Five
packets met With serious accidents.
and three coal boats were los,
me virginia o. the Pittsburgh.
cincinnati packet line. seems 70 be
followed BY hoodoo She has met
WIN more accidents than any other
packet now plying the wa,ers OF tho
ONO. After getting OF the corn6eld
near Ravenswood last year she broke
her hog.chain this season and had her
Smokesiacks and a portion OF her
cabin dismantled by running into A
wire cable. Her sister boat. IA.
Queen City. while moored al this port.
was blown against the Yacht float on
the Island shore. and while she o..
capped uninjured she smashed a mum.
Der OF yachts
Ihe Lucille Nop land. after meeting
with several accidents while opera-
ting IN this trade. vas taken 10 the
lower Ohio. where she almost burned
10 the waters edge. The BESSIE
Smith. formerly owned bv Captain
Fred kemple. and operated in the
local trade. was burned 10 the waters
edge AZ Parkersburg after being
taken from the Monongahela trade
Yesterday the II. X. Bedford. oper-
ating in the Pittsburgh Parkersburg
trade. had a narrow escape from 20
ing 10 the bottom. She was launched
from the temporary docks az Point
Pleasant for the purpose OF putting q
new hog chain in her. when she sud
denly broke in two near the middle.
She VAS sinking IA when the Oar
ling. Louise and French rushed to
her rescue and succeeded in keeping
her floating.
She vas quickly repaired and will
pass this port late today. en- route 10
Parkersburg. from Plttsburg
Three coal boats were lost during
the past season. The Iron Age. which
blew mp In the Pittsburgh pools.
proved the greatest disaster OF the
year Five persons aboard her were
killed
Pittsburgh and Memphis rivermen
az INV udih ~ pIOltt1 10 tdhF
over a number OF large packets and
operate them between Pittsburgh and
New Orleans. This will give Wheel
ing a market TO the Gulf trade As
they are not trying 10 take over the
Independent wharfboats. the men
back OF the movement do not antici-
pate any trouble from the govern
ment.
The Ohio registered IS feet inches
at the local port last evening AT :
O'Clock and was still rising Reports
from Pittsburgh were to the erect
that the Ohio was rising At that point
However. IL is not expected that a
stage OF more than Is feet will ma
ture here. The cold wave has had a
tendency 10 check the rising on the
tributaries. and the Monongahela and
Allegheny are both reported falling
The gale that swept over This sec
tion yesterday morning greatly de
I layed the packets. and as 2 result
many OF the boats scheduled were un-
able to reach this port. The Queen
City. due 10 pass down for Cincin-
natl. did not reach this port until an
early hour this morning she has
aboard a very heavy cargo. and ex-
poets 10 make up much of the lost
time.