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GRANT vOYACERS
IN CRAVE PERIL
Portion Of Deck on Steamer
Falls, Carrying Down zoo.
ON WAY TO CELEBRATION
Although Crash Came Almost without
Warning. Only Three Persons Are
Injured -President's Narrow Escape

lnfni Pleasant. O.. April Is IRE :,
d+l,I HHrdng'~ adVen1ure>"m" mn.
mill. yo\a"e M the Ohio river /" par
,iripale in the one hundredlh "Ir'h"tH
anniversary of General Grant. hHft"N.
il ,.>,.aprd serious disaster When l''l
80 The lhird deck of HE steamer =
la,,i ou,pn crashed IT, the deck h'
Inv ,irr\in" with il some 2'f' l''f
sun>.
only half Il minutes warning -!
cracking limber> gave Il school '''i'.
dren'> band and many Others on lh'
deck below lime |" %el from h"d''
rhe crashing deck. only lhfT" Per
sons were injured.
Thai The President and Mrs. ll1E:.
inc and other distinguished person
soaS i'm The presidential party were
nor aboard the Island Queen Wa> Hl''
tn advice of government Inspectors
They advised the president hAkih-
the "trip on HE old pleasure h"ai "'
canse of her condition. t"n>run'h''.
rhe president and his party were IL
signed To the Cayuga. governments
boat. which lead the ffotilIa "i sever
steamers from cincinnati hearing be
tween 10000 and 10000 people.
The president did not learn of TIN
accident until after his arrival here
The accident on the Island queer
orclIrred as The steamer WAS paSSli1.
New Richmond. seven miles below
Point Pleasant. only timely ha!'
minutes warning after the first crash
in which he deck sank about Il loo
before il completely gave way prob
ably prevented serious catastrophe
The Cayuga. with the president al
board. leading The procession IEt'
cleared the village, New Richmond
citizens. however. did NOT know Of Ill
change in plans which PM The pres
dent aboard The Cayuga. They he@aI
firm" rockets ~ the Island Queen
with lis 1000 passengers. came abreast
Those on board crowded 10 the from
decks Ia witness the spectacle a>h"r"
Bands aboard We're playing ami every
body WAS in high spirits
Out of The clear sky there came III
crashing and grazing of timher> III
der The feet of The 300 on HE lhIE
deck. They felt the Moor sink. he
STOOD silent. apparently awe StfIrKri.
for half Il minute. Then came Il dea.
euing crash. The entire front dee
dropped still there WAS no panic.
Those who went down with the dec
remembered the Manchester, O., Schon
band had been playing immediatel.
under them. They We're - boys an'
girls. many boys in knee trousers
Were they killed: AS the 800 Scram
bled from the crushed deck the or
question on all lips was are the bah'
bows all killed." The question wd>
asked in whispers
But The half minutes warning say
ed the boys. At the first crash The!
began IN >curry toward the sLelsl
Some. however. did not make il n
lime and were caught. The chairs ol
which they had been seated, however
held The load for Il long second. Tila
second was long enough. however L
permit Them 10 crawl 10 safety before
the tons of timber and human weigh
crushed HE chairs.
The crash Of The falling deck r.
sounded from bow To Stern. Many
thought the steamer was sinking. oh
ers thought the boilers has rNpl"d"d
Women tainted and became hy>lerira!
Children screamed and men " =,
dumb. One girl. whose name r"ul'
not be learned. attempted III jun
overheard. Officers caught her.
The little band boys and girls RAJ
about with many crying seeking 1hri
companions. thinking some p"riIan,
had been buried under the debris
some. thinking other paris of Tia
Geek al>u had given way. began 50
H.: r. parents ar"I f"iruA.