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THE MASSACRE
Mich Nu ON lit toildoll
_ Nis Att Accident.
INQUIRY INTO NE CAUSES.
-An Egg -Shell Structure More
Than Double Loaded.
ESCAPE OF THE ENGINEER.
The Captain also Lands
iipon His Feet.
GRASP .11F A DROWNING MAN.
C011eeltieni of Incidents o •
"Alorbixi Ieltereret.
. INTERVIEWS - WITH CITIZENS.
Loetos, May 25.
Therepresenfative of the: Timee was the
first uewspaper Men outside the London
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-. press to erriVe.:aeehe seeps of the,accident.
Ile arei-Yed Lohel- en earlyemorning-
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- and preparele a geaphic account ; of the
• catastrophe, es "detailed -by eyeewitheesee
and sneviyore;but.ebtild- oely..send'e sum
•'enary Of itin- .last • nightel pa,per.
The blame for this delay etransMiesion
lay ,witlee the -,etgletriraPY 7 eel:ape:tiles,
eeed , -.under_ e thee, circumstances. was
excusable. Teesday. night
till Iate, Iest evening thethe teleoreph_ offices
were deloged-ewitleetiquinee tee to
dent frorie all (feet -tees of the:globe, and. as
privateetimesageea.lwitye get the peefeeence
it --Wee -'-etbeelittele- '-irepoeeible for our
reporter:to get his four column special
ereport teIegrephedi 'for.litSt night.
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• As lus- account_ oe the clisaster differs. in
mauy reepeets rieni Chat-. telegraphed- by
- the Press Association,- we give ita•main
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earlier despatches been supplied with slid off into the water, cutting away the
graphic details of it, and I need not repeat timbers supporting the upper deck. and
thein here. It suffices to say that tbe sur- carrying it along. There was just one
bow down. Then the boiler slid from its
fastenings, and went through the side. The
boiler carried six or eight of the main deck
eivors of the terrible catastrophe assure me great screech, mingled with a hissing stanchions away, and the top deck, crowded
the memory of the disaster and the scenes sound as the boiler went down, and with passengers came dewn with a create
they were the unwilling witnesses of will then an appalling silence ensued. The There were only about one hundred and
remain indelible on their memory till their tra,usformation that took place was almost fifty passengers on the lower deck, the
dying day. It was harrowing in the extreme. like a flash. I found myself standing up crowd above making the vessel top heavy.
What rendered the affair more lamentable to the midd
was the fact that the steamer
SO MANY' WOMEN A.NO LITTLE CII- 'LOREN WERE boys were
LOST. "My God 1
Gazing on the many ' prettily dressed reund and out of suc s
little oues lying in the last sleep of death vivors, one o
by the side of fathers and mothers, other on th
brothers and sisters, all taken off in the gether looke
climax of a happily spent holiday,. one •t1 tl
in . water on a small part- of He was on the promenade deck, where the
which formed a raft. - My greatest crowd was, and when the vessel
r me.. One of them said : went to pieces, he climbed upon the hurri-
pa, look at those few saved , cane deck. The stern went to the bottom,
a large crowd! " I turned the water being about ten feet deep and the
w two small groups of sue- I prow came up out of the water and
a portion of the wreck, the turned over just as if the vessel had
.shore. The number alto- 1 made a Somersault. He dragged a man
very small, as compared ! from under the deck, which was
on board. I. felt nerved crushing those beneath. A great many
would be indeed hardhearted if he did rot -with the strength of a lion, end succeeded ,had fallen into the water when the deck
sympathize with the agonized relatives n raising up with my Lecke portion of the gave way, and when the vessel Sunk they
who kept vigil through the long hours that ideck' and had it propped up with a -piece climbed on the floating deck, thereby
elapsed before arrangements were com-
of board. Then I put my hand down end ! pressing it down on the hundreds who were
Filmed for the removal of the victims -of the
catastrophe. Strange to say, notwithstand
picked up people in all conditions • struggling beneath and suffocating therm
one after ahother While standing Could the deck have been lifted a great
ing that the boiler and engines moved out
iu . the water I felt my . legs many lives would have been saved, but
eltheir pieces and toppled over with the -
grasped by numerous hands, which the struggles of those clinging to it pre.
upper deck, seemed to be reaching out veildly for some. vented any action. However, a great
THE ENGINEER (ROBERTSON). ESCAPED UNlttJItT. thing to seize hold of: My son Willie told many ofthose underneath had the presence
Ile Was, however, greatly terrified, aud so me -he lead the sepia experience. A woman of mind to dive, and thus they saved them-
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was his wife, who was.so overcome with aux- took him by the legwith one handand, by selves and swam ashore. He told two
iety for hie safety that serious consequences the coat with another. Her head was under. youne men who were passing to gel to the
were at one timeleated. Captain Rankin peath the water and seemed to be held city for help.
remained at the wheel till the ..nature of there by something. She died before she "-Captain, can you describe the boat ?"I
.the catastrophe was apparent, and then could be tore loose-. After -a while you asked.
Was amongst the first and most energetic' could see the people miming up to the sun, • "She was a flat-bottomed scow of about
in attemptino to 'rescue the shipwrecked. face in every directiotesome from among A 190 tons, and was built upon the river. She
passengers. r'Many were deuhtleee killed lot of- the mateliwood into -wbich the boat's was registered to carry 400passengers,
outright by the falling of the shivered hull had been splintered; some out from
and I do not think she had a greater num-
timbers and mese 'of human beings upon under the deck,. resting on the water. I ber than that at the time of the accident.
thein; others were crushed to the bottom thought at one time I would be dragged At all events I do not think there were.
of the river—never again to come out alive wider by the Weight of the persons who -500, for there would scarcely be standing
—by the passengers who,were fortimate had hold of _my legs. I could not get room if .such were the case. It has been
enough to be -uppermost. lliere can be no- releasedtmtil they all must have died; and saidthat there were 600 on board, out.
doubt that fully one-lialf of,those killed or I was. powerless to save them. . I think" that is not so, for the Main deck was not
drowned were • never afforded 'a- chance thosecrowded. She listed on the starboard all
in charge of the boat were to blame.
to save themselves.. .0thersnearly reached-. for allowing so many tago on bcierd.,.They the way up, and when the Water came on
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the shore, whew they were seized hy should. not have seaited out with such ;, .forwaril- another elemeut of danger arose.
features :
How [lie di:ceident_Deefirred.
110.N1,6%; Xav you, will have seen
by the ageonets•Wbieli have ;reached you,
there are various therifies as to •••
• : TOEIMASSACRE -
..•accident, no one here pretends-- to say it
- is. I heyecarefully investigated the met-
- ter- and eau anticipate the ,verdict of the
coroner 'a jury by stating that, - whoever
- may he to blaine, the catastrophe_ happened
through,geoes anderitranal negligence,. be
which. tbe peopled1adteeorneeo v.cetistemed
that `feW- Appeared to- fear - any, bad re-
sults. To thorotigliey tinaeretand theeinate
ter, it. ite ' necessa.ry „ to-. refer,
to the ' tonstraction :of - the • vessel.
The YeeSer Was .flAt-bottoneed -and did not,
draw oveaehree feet of water when. fully
leaded: Of cottriee slembad ho bold,- and
her engine and boilers were Ou-a -level With
the loweallecke There was.;
No PRETENCE. THATil TIIK STEAMER WAS STOETLY
• mart T
If there bad been. the -wooden' ettincbiOns
Df the upper dege would have- given the.
contention the lieJ. These were no, thicker
thaee an average Mansevrist and theywere
- several feet apart. When,asthe case
last oight,_ On this. frail structure were
crowded together several hundreds of pee--
- ple:—men; wonien and childrep-what else
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but acOliapse *could:have-been antieipate(11.-
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This was just What _took' piece. Despite
the fact Chit the iboat wafacenstructed' to
carry at the outside:3-00, there were between
•'f100 and .800 epassengers en ;board. ..It is
•--impossible- to. give - an- -exact estimate -of
.—the nuneber- of peeplet. on beard,: as at the
tinae of etlie.„.dattestrephe the efliceri had
• only. partially -c-ollected the_ tickets.
The boiler went :through the side when I
tile death grasp ()biome unfortunate fellcev- lead." - : - .. ..-- --Hs ' ' -
were the:deck:- She was. staunch ehoughe. but
for a droweting inan's grasp elmeet inVarie an aged ceeple of London- -Smith. , the deek was supported.by uprights nue
able - reeulte in the death of the person passengers on the illfated"e'ectoria wheee
ning. along the gunwale and there were no
caught held of. . TO parental affectione she foundered in -tee eeeee on Teesday
trices. We - came down. the river sloWly,
anxiety to serve the little otteiee mese else . • .
eaerting: Thecouple were seated on . the
e with . the syphon .and . another pump
_be -credited not afew -details:- -Mother after south side : of .the vesset.upetairee et
.-motheremid-lather after Lather have been the. boat __careened, _ just before the rash Werethepuinps working to clear leak-
yee,!..king." e- . - - .1 .._ e--- .• e ' -:
receve.ied: with one eee ieore- little .00ee eitme, theoldgentleinalooked'aidund fee .
aoe ee 1" Asked. • •-- . -- ' e
-tightly chiseled iii their Arius, :reeolved that sintiethingeo. letipg -oe to,, and -asked . his _ ,
“ She was leekingatthe seenesee .
whether. living or ing . they • should not be, Wife. to do the senie....-The Words .searcele ' e
•divided.: - .. -_ a ' : - - ' ' . . .._„. Wes OA her-firetitrip Ter a4ked. • .
•e.g...i,ed .his - lips,' _w.lieee. - the- hurl -keen° eNo," he- said, ." she Made twe- teipeen
atue ay, twotrips . on- on ay een t ree-
caseef Me; l'..leetiton; the - lietteri, Opposite, 'direction-- frore :, theta. - - The
. . : trips before -this etappelied.0: - • -
passenger, and drawn -to thebottom to .-die,• air. anti eirs.Jansee 1,11111*, was At the wheel, and I went down with
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e When -the boat Started' frOrn Springbank,
• it was.seete she was overloaded, but all last
.seaeon'semilar loads- lied been carried from.
_ and to the: city, and the boat -authorities
Seemed_ • , • _
.,1'•Pintl,.P111141 Ileref_tvestzent.:' deck 'commenced- • • to - Move in en
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of Richmond etreet, iseone of the saddest -people Who - -amidships hurriedly • ;
e What depth of water was -there in her
incointection-Witlt the •disa.ster. Ile was 't•pairecl _ to the nortli eide. of the
w' hen she listed?"
near:the centre of the deck when the capsize eeesel, and a terrthle- scene • ensued.
" \Viten I ,sent the boy down the engineer
_teak educe and taking_le undee_ each Old and y,oung alike Were ,teettmeled
1' there. h f h' ' th
- • - rep ie that was al ..leartn s leng ..
arm . he !milk below theaeurfitee. with the under foot )3y the excited' cieWd' w Ohad of -water, in -the hold:"
'd,eterminetion to escape jf-poseible. it the freed -thernSelyeefrom the falling huerieatie - e There you attribute' _the loss of theeessel
enten.so struggle o.f -the-Pext few, Peenients dec-lce. and -atnedst -the- Most heartrending . -
to its leek_y_condition re ... • - -
Irelunl-lost his. tiacelittle_ones mid liellitne sereams and frantic yells of despair, crash' - . - . -•: - - -
self v.-a's fa. the act of .drowning below 44.the went the" tinab- eis of the veseele-is if it bed --" 8 e - - 1 1 -
Ye ,c lamely.; .W ien I found. hat-shewas taking water- I determined to run -lier
dc -while there. lie felt the bodv. of a :been- split- breenetens.ofea Wedge, and the -on the.-esatabati,.and wouid-houremained's
-a. ornate move past . nth, Au .seizieg bold of .passetegers die the side where Mr. and Mrs..
there until I ..obtained :assistanee.-- "When-
_t-he-edieefelie was drawn _out, -.S-ofne one 'Little -eat -Were hurled into the water in
: . the peasenge-es.ren to starboard to see the-.
had brokerte hole in. - the •,de. eke-- ' Ileis. `twee Pre.miscuous. -heaps-. - . Mese Lettlee,eaught- t- owa.-ho.ats. j was ..alarthed for the-. safety_ of
-pretty little cdpictrcu,119.weer,- Ilea seek to between- oneof the seats and the mire net --
the veseeI, -and ..asked. several' persons to
eise. no foor.e.._ . -. .-• ' -•. . ting :end. suet:Lined serious iej_ury. , to her
assist Inc in peeeailing upen. the crowd to
- A ieesperate-eitraiewe. ialelleite. . ,letek. :By (lint ofelified-work, and: afteree
- --- - - • - - keep- to: port. • Young .Parish, the'plueser,
eremendops end determined struggle ' for -
- Ne More desperate struggle_ for life ever
.liberty, 'ehe old gen-elentan 'succeeded- lu and several gentlemeespoke to the passene
'took plade- then- that -in _which. Nicholas gers, but without . effect? e If I had bad two
Wilsoo engaged iir. immediately -biter the -freeing his- lieleanate front' the net -work .minutesetime I:would have beeched.her-oe.
dieaster. Apprelien.cling the danger he told -4w1a.idsfivWeriynlIntillnet Nt,Vixt:hhaub.:.tre'td.O.ythheeht4..blOrroCii.gb,St)It: the sand- bank, where elle would .haee. ben.
his newly married wife to cling .to :the _ perfectly stile- 94. account of '• her flat
railing, tuidtterement later he fouudeatee °ie. bank'- and ---a". nan7C'eY- anne ' s'as 8than- bottoin. The:hanks up the river, where „I
self floundering in the Water.,--: :Strange :to -secured end 1.110wastaken home, where (die
- -tliSt heeamealarmed, etTe precipitate), and
Bee in a -precarious condition. e ---.- . .- -
say;.Mre...;WilseM was thrown-cilrectly into
t k . A cien-r.statentieng of th6.coon.,10, (....: .... cLocuoludldruaoaitibtehfiecsiffiltilder:b,.4anflkd.braWiAitTerilieurni'3twilaIs
his arms, and, seizing. her fiend - 1
. . y, he fi rtle, -
see what could be done for the brethren.
Accordingly, this morning, Bro. Mills and
fourteen others arrived in this city, where
they will stay until to -morrow evening.
Mr. Herbert Parish was the purser of the
boat. At first it was reported that he was
drowned, then it was said that he was
saved,but RO badly injured that he died. He
is still alive, though in a critical condition.
He struck in the water and started to swim
for shore. He was, however, too heavily
weighted with his clothes and on the
point of giving up, sinking, when he felt a
heavy blow on the head. The next thing
he remembers was waking up on the bank
of the river, and finding himself surrounded
by. sympathizing friends. He had been
rescued by a passing boat in the nick of
time.
Orville Smith, a fine young man, son of
Edward Smith, Westminster, whilst going
down for the last time, said to his sister,
who was also in the water: " I ern ready
to go," and in company with a lady cousin
and two lady friends went down to rise n'o
more. Tiltswas the -message his sister
who was Saved, was happily left to be thee
bearer.
Mr.
sirn
on Graham was early on the
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scene on Tuesday night and worked fran-
tically until the last man had left. At
daylight this morning he was on hand
again tend silently renewed his work. No
oue suspected that he had lost any friends
until some references were made to his
enthusiasm in the search, when -he. said,
"I've a boy down here," pointing with his
finger into the water. Ten minutes later
the object of -his search was found, and the
strong man wee had been so resolute
before broke down and wept like a child
over his dead boy. The scene was most
Nhaffecting.yen
Mr. W. II. Millman was found in
the water he had one ef his children clasped
tightly in each stem, and his appearance
indicated that he had died While trying to
ea,ve them.
Theieearthers for the deait thee moreieg-
raised two little girls clasped tightly i
eachrothereearms, as they, no doubt,
fallen together in the water,.
Mr Dolbear the flout and feed dealer'
of Richmond street, was in, the ill-fated '
vessel, together with his wife and toter,
_children,' By some I_OlraQUIODS TMO.118'
eery - soul • of them escaped, one of the
little_ girls havingclung to 'a man's' coat
tail Like: everyone ,else, Mr. and 'Mrs.:,
Dolbear were- unable to tell 'how they
-reached the shore.
Several- cases of -robbing the dead are •
repoeted. Among the articles Missing is a *
_gold Watch and chain, which Mr. William
Millman'. had worn, and the gold necklace
Of a young lady.
A' Dr Dre_ Mitchell and ae reporter were.
passing over Kensington Bridge, at day
beeak, the former greeted Me: John John -
Sten; jun.,- of.Lobee-quite heartily and;said
you: are free from -thisanyway,
thank emk -yGloidttel'e -b‘o! -was. the lied -7ply, -6' I
- Two pretty little girleewho -were- taken
home by Father's -O'Mahony -andeleiernap,
were heard to speak • with great fieling-
coneerning the disaster e " I was -sure eye
were, ale .going, to drown when the water -
Came in upon us, soef teole little Mamie in
my annealed said4 Mamie, wee _cat' pray,
anyway !"." -
Mr, Hobbs, of London Last is happy Vi-
be able to inform . leis friends that his -
children, who were - 'deported as lost, have
turned up all right. The unfortunates who:
:we -re first identified Dy Mr Hobbs' neigh, -
bore as his children, Wore similar clothing,
a efoll crew of captain, Parser,. engineer:, and in that way the rumor got noised
firemen and two:deck hands. There vas a; abroad that Mrell's children were eateng -
boiler- mid 'also- two engines workine in those lost- •
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. - DISPOSED *0-- TAKE - Tfth
if the passeugerS- were. It is said that
Capt.leankin prevented a number of young.
- men. freen going- on heard at the; last
inonieet, on thathe hadealreadytoo-
laioe a. crowd- hilt he erred rnost grievonsly
when he left the .dock with such a load._
-All the way up the boat wee_ swaying frora
Bidet() side; and,. While some 'regarded -the
'rocking:with raticli hilarity„there were theee
On beard who were not' without alarm,
inerease-d-when the Witter'. came rushing ip
-• on. either fade of the lower deck.- At the
abrupt turn at the- Woodland- heed,. these
'at the Spring,bany dock saw, •
THE VICTORIA ..IVF; A FEARFUL
anal a leading cttezen proteetedagainstsuch
fielarge cargo in spell --as contingency. - But
Capt. leankip held on., Nearingthe Cove
Brulgeeand thebeed already referred to
the boat -was reeking badly, andthe captain
besought some' of those on the upper deck
to 010 the opposite side from where they
stood, 'Quite a Member did se, and RS they
Were'inoviegithetewas fearful (-Teak, the
stimehions crashed from under, and down'
wine-the:upper deck On the heads of 'those
below, throwing. its occupepts_ into ethe
Water and' kiltieg ()aright et- Mehl:king
. those 'onethe, lower -•deck who: were not
-- dashed into theWatee, -Scene - which
- followed Was eppaehng and ..heartrend
• _ring beyond e description. You ehave : in
Mit for shore : -On the way, a -etiOng, big Mee Alex. medical stiuleut, Who
nian, evercome with .fifireeeizedeltitri with: was interviewed by ft -reporter, etiys; _Lveas
tine unshakable geip. by the .throet. end on bowofthe lower deck of the. Victolia
hung there for dear life: -The Whole three When the accie_entehappeped, and when,.I
must _ ineeitahly -have ettele but for Mr.- sew the boatwassiiiking I climbed to the
Wilsopei.preeenee of miedin seizing the upper deck and dived- from there to the.
fellow with. his. 'teeth:A-ed. biting with all London' "tide'. A man .coming ---behind, I
bieeforce., : The hold as then telexed,' and threw apost to him, and he .grabbed aiid
Withweakenedeetrength and still .--befirine get him to shore when he again bit into
his wife in his laths he Struggled -towards the water And 1 pulled -Ilene- out Wh'en
theelioree .But A few feet had been pissed lookedeerouncl Isaw the people ctewling On
however, before hewaS.a.oain seized withei 'to. the hurricane deck, and imene instance
death -like grip by a drowning man and in A littleboy eanglit ite- women around the
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the struggle he lost his wife.- Ile- reached ) .neek..aad pulled - her back In In -conipeny
the shore.exhatisted; and looked about to Weth Mr Wee.-.Eegliehe We threw in seine
_see Iris" wife Saved- iu. some. unaccountable 'long pieces of fence, by which meant( a
way -eed be - hie 'side.- Both then leecarde great._ iluenber. were fieved.-: I ,eute me.
unconscious. - shoe laces: off end- thtew in ehoeti
off, :and swam back AO the wreck_ And
- Low.- In !he 1:n1liulie Conisiumlfy. - .
saved Mee. Jos- 'Reeves, wife of Mr:. JOS.
- c:k. goodly proportion of the -victims. ae Reeves. of the fire department- - rocuring
long to -thm
e -Ito-an- -. Cleat -Olio ecentriuniey. •
".• eeh-oat, 'I -saved .--.MiSR ...Meredith, d of
7be _ mimes of . 25 have -.Already e been Lotiden, end-Mee:Mae Nicolas -Nilson was
returnedfor:13urial,'and theservices are .taken off at -the-sante tim. ee .-S-eMeg where
gning• inrwardT;this'' iqter-linen' -4 -Priest-Mt.. Meredifle„Weet _down, I tereeiere the
attetedeat the house ten11. another_ at the peeticiii. of the hurricane deck ; but he WaS
cemetery-- It is probehle- that. f•ieeep :or too far 'geneto resuscitate.- The -seglifewee
-eighteotberehlee yet to ' beiclerfeified. And: , frightful—a:Mixed -wail of despeirfilledleete.
returned. .011 Friday, in ".the- forenoon,. ti:
e del and heads were . continually coningto
-sOreenineserviee Wid-be held- in St.-.P.etee's
Cathedral; afesieted- in by all the priests, thee surface in ..te helf-cafoked conditione
'I'llescetie wait Buell that I shall neyee forget.
and it is expected His Lordship the Bishop
An ifftervlew -C11P1. Rankin.
WILL delieera ser_trion. appropnate to the •
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occasion.
This Morning I called npon Capt. Ran-
' •A Po
lace f Buried.
• kill), who expressed himself quite willing to
Very_many have expressedthe idee that make a statement of the circurastances
the victime should be interred in one plot, conttectd with the disaster. After deficrib.
and this Morning Mr. D. Giese, Q.C., and ing the -trine to Springbank, he , said that
Mr.:A. B. put the idea_ in Practical before lie could emptybis load of .passen-
shape' A PInt- of land- was seethed in gem and head the boat out, a large elowd-
Mniint Pleasant Cemetery 4)1. mthe use jumped 011 board, swarming 011,er the Vessel,
any who may feel disposed to ail the
selves of it as -a place of burial for their
friende. Arrangements havebeen made that
the expense shall be borne by the city.
The calamity being of such a public nature,
-the proposal for a general place 'ef ruter
menteis a good one • '
flituleinenf. of Me. Wm. Duffield.
Mr, Wm. Duffield, who hasrelatives
living in Hamilton, was on board -with his
two sons, JamesandWilliam; and makes,
in substance, the following statement :
--When •I joined the beet - at Springbank;
Saw that the upper deck was. too -full, but
had 40 age that the lower one was in the
same conaleon. I afterwards , noticed
that on 'Dote- ' ...decks the . people
were standing as thick. -el my fingers . -There
was -net room enough between them
for one to move from °nee"- (et- the boat to
the, other. The lower -deck was ,..aek to
'the wat'er'S keel, and an the heaving
-tion which wee set up water, rolled ri
afpong-the peeple's: feet, Which caused theen
_to. change theit positions, and this increased.
the herching•motion of the craft. -11owever
the - boat was brought so ..ta; as it was.on
her journey I 'minuet imagine -es She . did
evell-tobold out so long Under such a heavy
straie. At the tatal moment the beat wise a
lurch, which dielodgedthehoiler;whieliWati
-set upon the lower deck,- without any other
support or -fastening; as I helievethan the
rode connection fore and aft. :When the
hoateareened, the hOiler and connectione
a -
directcoenection on board. •
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Mr. Ftyer, from Montreal, lied just been -
"Were you Asked when .hitlf way down' married two weeks', and bad come here to
the river to land your passengets owing to wind up his honeymoon. "Ie. went down
the perilous 'condition of the boat?" ' with his wife in his arms; "in death they
a:No, -the word ',danger was not men- were not -divided." .-Me. Fryer-, sen., and.
netted that I beard, and . no 'one seemed to his niece were also lost. • 'eree 1. "
be appeehensive. The people forward of _Mr. Wm- Duffield (formerly -of this city)
the pilot -house altered their position when wag -saved bythe alin°st -siverlinnian ex'
spoken to, but those oil the lower deck eetiens of his son Willie, aged 20. The
would not pay any heed to what was said father had gone 'down, apparently to rise
to thetn, even -although. patieengers: WeBi DO more, when his son --ail excellent swim-
helow'and represented to then] that their mer—dived down, and by earnest-exertiens
conduct endangered the boat They were brought him up and landed him safe on
a pretty hard crowd.". Shore. .,• - -
Deck hand Forker .was at the ca,pelein's One of the most remarkable escapes was
house, and told the reporter that when the that made by the wife and Six children_ of •
water was ;epee -deep- on the lower -deck he Me- P.M Lawrison, Hamilton Roade-for- . •
'beseeched the crowd for God's sake to move merly of ,St George. Mrs. Lawrison can
over to the other side. 'They absolutely hardly tell haw she and her fairiely.glet on
_refused, saying, If_ we go down you go shore. Her eldest eon says lie let elip his e
with us." He saw that she. Would be lost- boots' -voluntarily, when some one 'Beized .
'so he cried out, “Well, I'm going to sa-ve thein' in endeavoring to get out of the .
myself, and Jumped over the wires on the seethingmass
otiti..6head,
aeeof h3umand,but
eut
gs.1...eHe was
port Side of the main - deck and - swam also
ashoee. - reached shore RS did also his:mother and.
A-woinan whose -bead was fastened- in- br_o_thers and. sisters. _ • 'e
the wires' of the. deck was rescued by A Hamilton 'Road girl, na.rned Milne,
Forker,logether with two children. • rescued a baby alive. ets mother liful gone.
down with the crowd, never to rise again.
'incidents. The girleconeideraieler took the infant-
-By the .eepress Which reached London at .probably not --ever -12 menthe .la—to Iter
6 fie tnto came _a -couple .14 Toronto home, wrapped _in clothing of which she.
undertakers, who were evidently- afimed had to steip -herself. The foundling is now
thatitheir London brethren would not be all right; but no One has claimed it. Did
able to overtake the extra walla father and -mother -both go -down?
•
• Mr: EichardeBrewnee a gentleman well _ The fate Of, the Hall fatifily, residing on
known in Hamilton, and an Old_ resident gill streetewawaparticularlysad onc—e
here was saved through the timely sug- out of the house being drowned, -viz., Mi-
-B
Hallhiswife and child, andtheirsera" •
Brown was eittiug at the Aie er"when the
creak was heaideeThe .bey criede"lump,
Mr. Browne, or you may he. lnirt !" The
injunction WAS obeyed, and 'Mr. Browne
.sureiees. e •
Overcrowding on the beats on the Thames
has been the siecenavigation was.
. _
and even climbing to the top,deck. In a gestion .f-a-Hellmuth College boy._ Mr.
very few minutes _the _vessel was over-.
crowded; and he informed the passengers
that he would not leave the wharf ueless
part of the crowd left the -vessel. From
15 to 20 people got off, the remainder
of the crowd began calling out why he was.
not leavirig.. Shortly, afterwards they
started, and the -vessel. went ,along splen- .possible. Last season- there were-severel
didly ' - need- - they got --opposite the narrow eseapeta • . - - . - ' - -
. .
cemeteeye . -where he'. noticed a a 'little : Little- Ifeterietta Hogithe aged 9 year,s,.
differenteketion in the beet ; as he had to. seeing her . 12 -year -Old • _Meter - drowning;
(deer -.hiinselfe: though'. capefiiii : of • the -Seized bold of a little ribbon .finci=.11oWer on
, -
Neese], be cceild-not..goebelovi: to ascertaie the letter's breast anct .tenaciously held 011
the trouble. A little boy belonging to one - teeteintil reseued herself by Mr. N. Hickey::
of the passengers Was with leite en the pilot. Rev. Father Tiernan- took possession of the
'hotis.o, at the tune; and he_ asked him to go .. little-sae/ea one fted;weappiegher carefully
'deceit. and ask the engineer if there was any .' in "a blanket, returned . her to bee parents
danger. --The boetatethie time vas 'listing efe-Waterloo _streetetewhona-ehe delivered
at the.etarbotirde and Water beta° in at her, the tittle token of ti, lose sister.-....--
"kici*fierf3. She refesed - to, right, and: .lie - . Little Mere Merhersonedaughter-ot Mre
sent the bey down again to itek 11therewas .Arch. Mellte.esotewent to London least
-epy *danger or if. •elte was Making Water.. On Monday tovisither- littleemleins, (Ade-
--; 4"-.engiiiierlitiid that Melees •she Was _get_ _-dren- of...Mr....Monition.- -.Yesterday they
-
mi an• eeen- keel -there. waswasdanger. : He w-ent to SprileehankeAnd tettiened en elle
thendetermaed to nen her '
oli a fiend bank ill4ated Vieterei to meet their late. Meter,
cloSe-towbereithe-eceident -happened. At Nellie; Johnnie it, Welwillbe laid side
that there was'. oreitlerowdeend,he by side this neelteee.... •- -,
. . • . ._
told them- to MOVe over ... elle port 'Aide:- At e - Quite a ntraeber-ef..theinembers Of the
this. time two row bouts- eedown the -Ancient Order of orteters are numbered
streftin,-- and as they Wereerao.,„
e -e • - .'
the 'among the 'victims. . On. hearing -the news
attention. of -,the ..Paseeleeere - Iv ...e.; Sub -Chief Ranger.
in, all --Wan:Ding.. manlier' and Weli,t,poTt-, to send _a deputation up- e ee-- a - - a
'rush' .„tp to, 1I11.
disaster
atteraoted.. .The. crowd-. made: a of Ingersoll, call,e- ,e, meeting _: of.
the'. poet side, and -she- .. -heeled .. over Court,- 11..l'allifi - of Lean°. It Was decided'.
hi -law, John Wall, and las wife. •
Some of the bodies diseoyered yesterday ` -
afternoon I were _ decomposing Tepidly. e
Decomposition eats in much 'more rapidly -
in partially .warmed water, such. asthatm
tbe Thames, then in the open air. -
--Five ladies living in theneighborhood et.
Talbot street north say they owe their --
safety entirely to tbe fact that they could.
-swim. -Among Others were ;Widow
John Maynard, who Bays that site. owed '
her safety entirely to the fact that when .
the accident took place rhe jumped away
from the crowd and sveani to the shore. If -
she had been unable to -Swim her doom was '
-sealed. There were; however, many firste
class swinamere lost. - They ' were :either.
killed or lofit their lied; through the piling
on of bodies on tbetn. • e
Probably the- most extraordinary escape •
recorded was that of Mr. W. D. Eckert,
the Head Mister of • the . London East
_
School, a partial record of whose
experiences in the water has already been
published in my cereeespondence. • Mr.
Eckert had to make ----A• terrible effort to.
escape. _Beside him .w.ent.down Mi. Marc. -
dith, feen., who Was a heavily -built man.
Grasping for something to raise himself by,
Mr. Meredith seized hold of Mr. Eckert by
the neck almost getting on his back. It
, ,
was a death -grip, for apparently Mr: Mere-
dith' was already insensible. To secure hie.
, own safety, Mr. Eckert had to get' the