The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-05

north from the dance hall, figured
greatly in the resuscitation of one, or
two persons who otherwise might
not have lived to tell the story Of the
sad event. The chautauqua manage
ment had thus shown wisdom in an
ticipating anything unforeseen and en-
expected in the way of sickness and
accident.
The great multitude surged in
swaying motion to get a first vision
of the foremost returning boat con-
tanning perhaps one, two, or several
of the unlucky victims. The first to
come within the cleaning band of
auto light that cast its Illuminating
ray far out from shore like a beacon
bore the drenched forms of two ladies
who were taken direct to the hotel
for care. These women were able to
keep afloat by clinging to the side of
the launch until help arrived. Very
soon after the arrival of the first
boat, another headed in containing a
man and a boy, the latter just a little
fellow, perhaps IL years old. Both
were alive and were piled with all
manner of questions concerning the
fatal accident. The third, a rowboat,
also drew near the east side of the
pier, where ehlpful hands on all sides
assisted in lifting the PROSTATE form
of a woman to the footing. This vic
tim was exhausted, but still breath
ing and receiving the of
her rescuers that she was all right.
where physicians and nurses worked
over her to gain return of conscious
ness. This sight, more than any pre-
ceding one, filled the anxious throng
with a tender pity, for began to dawn
upon all that it could not be long
before returning boats would begin
to bring back those whose forms con.
tanned no sign of life.
Conjecture went wild in the con.
flicting rumor that were scattered
First reports had the casualty list a.
high is 80, and it was not until I'll.
first few returning boats arrived Will
persons still alive that real estimate.
could be made up. Upon the return
of the fourth boat which had OF
board four persons, two of them boys
IL began to appear that the mortalit,
had not been as great as first sus
pected and up to this time n,
drowned person had been brought in
Then hope frightened, though gnaw
ing fear filled every breast, for Their,
were those on the chauatauqui
grounds who were grayely appre
hensive that either some relative o
some member of the family wa
among the Inflated crew that sough
only pleasure and recreation tina
: day. fearful eyes and aching heart
waited for the worst.
The approach of the new launc
; that searched the spot where the acc
dent occurred was the signal for ten!
ing nerves preparatory for the receI
6 ton of a gruesome find. From il
. hold, on reaching the landing, ther
> was lifted the form of one of the vie
TINS, cold in death. The worst fear
began to be realized from that mc
: nient on until morning when the totf
list of those drowned reached nearl
half a score, so far as could be con
piled.
In the pockets of the engineer, Be
I Olson, We're found the silver coir
, and tickets collected from passeI
gers, from which 1t appears tia
thirty-two persons had been aboar
the Reliance, sixteen of whom al
now known to have been rescued.
Scouting parties were busy a
night, following the disaster that hs
: shocked this city and the entire COZ