Show DEATH BY 4 1 I DROWNING H Detailed Report of the Peoria Disaster I < THE FRANKIE FOLSOM Goes Down not Over a Hundred Yards from Shore PASSENGERS WHO PBBI8HBD Sad and Fearful Scenes Witnessed Father Goes Crazy Over the Death eta onBow13oata MusIng Psonu July 13Tho following Is a connected con-nected story of the disaster here last nIght an Imperfect account of which was sent late last nigjit Tbo steamer Frank O Folsom came up from Pakin last evening with an excursion party to attend the production t pro-duction of the Last Days of Pompeii at Lake park Tho performance was over at 10 oclock and the passengers hurried back to the boat as a storm was coming up There were thirtytwo from Pekln and two got on at Peoria The crew numbered five When the boat reached the middle of tho stream the storm BURST WITH GREAT VIOLENCE Captain Edward Loesch attempted to head the boat for the shore and in doing so turned full broadside to tbo wind and the boat capsized Most of those on the declc rushed to the upper side of the vessel Captain Loesch assisted In the distribution of bo life preservers and broke in the window of tho cabin In which all the women were imprisoned having taken refuge there from tho storm Ho drew out three women ono of whom died very soon afterward THE CHIE3 Or THEP10PLE on board attracted attention from the shore and as the steamer quickly subsided boats put oat to rescue the imperilled people peo-ple in the boat The vessel lodged 100 yards from the shore in sixteen feet of water twothirds under The first boat that arrived was nearly esrampea4 by the half drowned pea plo woo tried to get on board The boatmen boat-men were compelled to drive the desperate people back with ours to eavo tile little craft Four persons were taken on board and brought ashore Other beats joipinff the work of rescue was rapidly carried forward for-ward As fast as tho people wero brought ashore they wera placed in hacks ana driven to places of shelter Twentysix were thus saved but it was hours bsfora anything like a correct statement of tho numbor of dead and missing could be obtained ob-tained Today business is almost suspended Half the population of Pekin and Peoria lined the river bank Samuel Sutton the circuit clerk of Taze I well county was in tho second boat of from the wreck Ho saved his wife by t diving down into the cabin of the sunken kboat He brought her up in a senseless condition but it is thought sho will live Alperman Galoon of Pekin lost a little son and is RAVING CRAZY As far aa known the list of drowned I numbers nine Sixteen persons are yet to hear rcm I In addition there wore ninapleasuro boats out on the river at tbe tIme of tbo storm Of these five turned up having had a dreadful experience in tho vlllovd I along the shore I Tho following is a list of the dead Rev J H McMiEN of Penton I Mae FRED FISHER and daughter Com Jour J AnrESDS MAlt FLArE MRS HESRT BtnsnicKEn l MRS W H MILLS all of Pentin LOTTIE SHADE bhelby ville Ill Tho body Ijast night Identified sC Laud Ford of Pekin is now known to havebeen a mistake nnd its identity is unknown S Kala Beebe of Pekin is missing and ia supposed to have been lost as is John Smith The officials are waiting for one of the largo river boats to rrivo when the Fol sam will be removed It is supposed that several bodlei are under it Tho river will be dragged today An inquest has began be-gan Several persons who were out in small boats at the time reported lest The search for the dead was prosecuted during the entire day but only one body was recovered that of Miss Lottie Reiutor aged 19 of Pekin It is positively known tuat at least two more are under the debris They areMiss Bcebo of Duluth Mba and Grant Happen of Eureka An unsuccessful effort was made to raise the Folscra this afternoon and release re-lease the bodies held underneath The inquest commenced today and three witnesses were examined There was nothing at all to show any responsibility for the disaster Norah Metcalf of Peain reported a brother missing A large number who sustained injuries arc in the hospital Nearly all the bodloa were today shipped to homes of relatives |