| Show MN M THREAT A AH AS H HORROR H n R GROWS w Sight of Steamer Vi Victims Vic I II I tims tires and Cries of Re Relatives Relatives Rela Rela- la tives fives Bring Fear o 06 Mob Violence on Crew raw PEORIA m. m July 6 With the bodies of seventy- seventy seven of the victims of the ill fated Columbia which sank in the Illinois river Friday night recovered at at 9 30 o'clock tonight the police estimate the total dead at By Associated Press EKIN Ill July G. G After G. After i iday a 1 aJL P JL day lar spent in collecting the dead from the wrecked excursion steamer L. L t 1 Columbia 41 1 many citizens u UJ uy LUC wS Ul b ll tonight gathered In saloons and other places and threatened to wreak vengeance ven ven- vengeance g-cance g on any of the ships ship's officers whom they should find Cind in any way at fault for the sinking of ot tho the ship I with the loss of ot a hundred or more lives JIves I Precautionary measures against an any mob violence were taken by th the elt city police Extra patrols patrols' were thrown about the streets street and th the closing of saloons was threatened If it itan an any untoward action wore were started Althou Although h no official Inquiry has been made to determine whether tho the fatal accident ent was duo to negligence of ot the navigators of ot the largo steamer steam steam- er bearing some persons down th the Illinois river relatives of ot those lost lostan an and others loudly loudl condemned members members members mem mem- bers of the crew as re responsible for tor forthe forthe the large loss of ot life liCe FEAR VIOLENCE We e have re sensed trouble and made our arran arrangements accordingly said O. 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W Frederick captain of ot tho the Pekin unit of the home guard It is likely it will be bo necessary to close saloon before tho the night is over Many dents of ot this city were victims of ot the tho disaster and our men are angry They The believe that the crew of ot th th Col Columbia had been drinking and were negligent en 1 While stretcher bearers carried carrie bodies up the main street scores o 05 women and children most of ot them In iri tears lined filed the curbs trying for tor glimpse of lost relatives f. f Somewhere In the distance a cornet was WM playing Nearer My 01 God to tp Thee and as aa each additional bo body was wa brought t. t u up l I I I tho the noise In tho the saloons increased FIND 70 BODIES A At t dusk more than seventy bodied hodie had been brought t down the river an and placed in tho the morgues for tiger tion Virtually all al'- al' were from Peking Pekin PekinA Pelt A were women and children Old time were being interrogated interrogated in in- in tonight by officials Investigating In in investigating the tho disaster in an effort to learn the condition of ot the tho sunken steamboat which the they asserted was condemned fifteen years ears ago They sal said the tho Columbia was placed on the ways for overhauling a few teW months month ago but little was waa clone don toward repair with exception of ot painting and interior decorations Th The vessel was launched at least forty years ears ago according to local r river river- 1 er men TALES OF HORROR Survivors stood about in little groups STOuPS tonight telling tales of ot heroism and horror When the fate of ot the boat bont seemed scaled according to witnesses wit wit- witnesses nesses Clyde Witcher a man embraced his wife then his two children chil dren and the little fam family I l perished clasped in each others other's arms Their bodies have ha been heen recovered HAD WIFE'S HAIR In the hands of ot tho the body of ot another man found late to today a was a quantity quantity quan quan- tit of or his wife's hair His attempt I to save her failed an and her bod body was wasI I brought up shortly after the searchers searchers' searchers search search- ers ers' found her husbands husband's corpse I When hen the crash came camo tho the musicians musicians mu mu- in the dance hall halt rushed to lo lothe the windows saI said William Newman I yelled at them an and induced thorn thom to re resume mme pla playing Suddenly the boat boa swung sharply about and In an nn Instant Instant In Instant In- In feet teet stant we were flooded My touche floor and I J pushed uP up so my mv head bead was above n water a Continued on pa page c 5 5 SCENES ENES OF HORROR I ATTEND SINKING I OF STEAMER Many Men Women and Children Are Trapped Between Decks Continued from page e 1 11 Then I broke a window p passed out my dancing l partner artner and with the aid ald of at Men len Murphy another passenger passenger pas pas- pasI I er succeeded In passing out afew a afew few more women and children Tho The ThoI I dead dead wore thick In that dance hall I I Government Guards Wrecked Steamer By United Press Preas PEORIA III m. July 6 6 The G.-The The ill-fated ill Illinois river excursion st steamer amer Columbia Columbia Colum olum- bia bla which sank Frida Friday midnight five miles south of ot here was was under federal guard s tonight ht The United U States boat hoat Commanche from La Sallo Salle Ill pulled up pp alongside the I Columbia late this afternoon and Customs Inspector Schmitt placed placeda a guard on the sunken en vessels vessel's I hurricane deck which peers above the waters water's edge A rechecking of ot the dead recovered from the Columbia carl early tonight showed that seventy one bodies had been taken from the Of or this number all but two have been Iden Iden- Divers believe that of the passengers passengers pas pas- on the Columbia at least lost their 11 lives 5 This is a conservative estimate they said Thc They saw other bodies in the wreckage e. e Work o of re recovering recovering recovering re- re covering the dead was to continue all night ht if It electric lighting devices proved efficient I SEEK MORE BODIES I Tomorrow an attempt will be made mad to hoist the hurricane deck of ot the Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia In an attempt to recover an anybodies any anybodies bodies not taken from the boat tonight ht Three investigations as to the cause UFe of oC the sinking of ot the Columbia were wre started today County Count Coroner Clary of ot Tazewell county Impaneled a Jury jun early euly this morning to hold an inquest probably to start next week A state t te investigation will be made under C. C N N. who came from Springfield this afternoon Isis Ills investigation willbe will willbe be confined largely to life preservers I and l life boats The federal inspection will have P to do with the boat hoat Itself George B B. Bowen and R. R V. V Downs I federal officials arrived here from StLouis St SL Louis LouiE late today nd will meet with Coroner Clary In Pekin tonight I To Today's as lists of identified dead were ere undergoing a rechecking tonight Several Several Sev Sev- eral reported dead ead earlier In the da day turned up alive tonight BREAKS HOG CHAINS That the Columbia broke ono one of ot her great hog ho chains and an d buckled w as the opinion of river men men and arid local of officials of- of lf here tonight t When hen the Columbia T rammed the sandbar ne near r Wesley 1 city declared Chief of ot Police Rhoades of oC Peoria Porla the lie Impact broke one of ot her hog hos chains chain the steel rods arching from stem to stern on either side The man at the wheel instead of oC letting the boat la layon lay layon i Ion on the hank bank until it was Wl found whether she was a injured backed into dr Been D wa water wa- wa ater a I ter Then without the ho ch chain ln sun sun- port on one side she buckled and sank nl I voicing the same sam opinion pointed out th that t the Columbia was S badly wrecked when hen sho settled on th the bottom bollom of ot the river indicating that th the st steamer amer virtually had broken in to two when her pilot attempted l to back her heroff heroff heroff off th the sand bar har GONE IN THREE MINUTES I I Tn In Tn a fo for the theP vessel P sel struck truck a sand bar har barat barl harj j at l t 11 30 11 30 last 1 night Sh She I Is reported toi to I have sunk in three thrE minutes I Panic and confusion resulted when I the steamer r started to sink Five FI hundred hun dred red three sixty excursionists from fIl Kingston Z ton Mines were aboard Cool h beaded rid officers and pas pas- pa passengers attempted l to o t wom and children Tb T The boiler deck in was wa located tho bar hart was n I with rn man n n 1 II it s 's i feared fear of these e d The d dock ck I W wa was s lust l 1 shove l i it H w i from th this d deck that t most mast t of the bod bodies I were eTe recovered rc- rc TeI I covered today I Thos on tip h hurricane h deck were wre I pra all I of or indR Individual heroism on the part of or messengers ent ora r and nd wore or learn learned d ton Oar OPP woman who ho would woul r rot nt ot hf her r ramp Set ct et to fh th Igo I II i skin ln refused d to Jo l I. I vr th th hunt hont until the theon I ones on onnor nor morn cC seared TN were wre taken t off ocr I GOT A GOOD GOOD BATH nori rl bath h. h h hair hair- I. I all 11 Hep zee T i cot crot w a nr my mv I wa washed h d pmj nr pr wire fl flap r t I words t of or 4 old A var Kim Elmer Elmr p I I when be he wa rp ht nii I his I hp hI ind hel rl ina hl his anil 1 hurt was wa I k I his mothers mother's ho brut hol l h had hl l h been En tn n from th the 1 Twit rt yn r women lIrt not ot wait It fo fot r fn t M Irl fl into nto th ln r river r and anda a CY m n nii or oro oroa C-oroa Of r nien E rC h r r l lv v i un tin out of Or the Ater or nr I. 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I 1 on 1 1 I r nTh It- It fr nin In rehl AT V t T 1 1 n nH t l nna rl h J v h rr o r t worked 1101 11 p II T n m n n l r n r r no twill era I n h T tin r rj 0 n a-n ht nb t that t. t T TI thi 1 o n n 1 h base Pf En avoided l. l Pretty I tn t 1 19 o h- h Tom nm VM ft n- n w. w 1 ln 11 n nr r to fo T nil v l on 1 a tin t 1 esol pl Ti wog n P rn n fall 11 thou th felt fEl hot CIn In h lo ott r of Ih h ri rl nr hat h tt off to tho h ilea ilea- 1 cw 1 rr 1 h. h ociA ngo 10 t v l lr Meld r hl oh- oh cn- cn r Ar nl oho plia nt n ll lIt tinny 11 v r l' l t v. v nil li lo- lo Rahn- Rahn h N ri v V T r rn 1 r c Mehl Ihl said ho h shouted to toT tov 0 v T rb t f t f i i s I tan t t. t rt io at late The h boat hott was p O w T I Itt S T tr t r 1 Vl ton Inn CC l rV CI on th rho A p. p 1 hoa ol 01 n- n t 1 it ra hn-ra 0 f 1 4 a away a the living stranded on this I deck Divers have tolled toiled heroically to I recover reco the dead bodies Estimates of dead will be mere mere guesses it was w pointed out until the workers have I penetrated the boiler deck |
