Show rock island ill 27 A little atter 10 to night tho the jen jennie n ae oil gg chilst cu left rock island with thirteen passengers anil and sixteen mon moll of a LIOW crow aboard it 16 passed through the budge bridge and an I 1 got about half a mile above it at 10 1010 10 tho the cing engineer ineer discovered that thab tho the rod red blitch is is used to reverse the wheel was brok bicken on find and tho the boat at bouce began drifting ra eidly down stream tho the swollen river nver gave tin the current cm rent additional force nn alfi ia r wilily tho the cratt craft went docu to da 1 st ruction whon when tho the mr nt at once rushed life into tho the cabin tolling telling thol tha passengers pas of the accident which had hap happened enod and urging them to tit nt toco dued tako take refuge on barges he notified tho the pilot of what ft hat had happened who exclaiming chiming ox tor for god sake bake po do so something and blow blew thew the whistle bistle for foi danger the plot pilot then loft left lis his wheel giving gning it a turn for port arkil and mado made tracks for a barge crying cr ing as he wont down stairs savo save your lives sho she is is going komg to strike stal 0 the bridgel bridge in the cabin everybody was waa frantic vi women omen were crying crying and men about as sho she drifted upon the urged on by the swollen current she partly curti turned old over and presented hor fir starboard sido side to tho the obstructing pier kiei tho bow line was fastened to a ilat jl it ahead and when it was cast off tho the flat swung to tho the right and the line went cut with a rush A negro named jim smalley Sm alloy was at that mo ino monk ment climbing over 0 or the bow of tho the barge and the line being between his logs legs bo be was thrown overboard but skelton grabbed him by tho the trousers and landed him aboard a very aston dished but highly grateful begio negro when the adania struck tho the brido bridge she be hit a n little aft of the an and d broko broke them in in at once th the 0 steam began to rush out and for a lor moment markt the pi prospect aspect of being scald ed was B as added to that of being drowned the scene at that moment was terrible the only chance to breathe was by laying lading down and putting their mouths months to holes in in the dock in the cabins they could co ald hoar bear cries cries and moans moana of fated passengers who hod had tood stood 8 there while the crew on the forecastle beio appealing loudly for help they could bo be seen and at that time no help boll could bo be given af after ter tho the bridge was pissed passed tho the work ot of rescuing rebelling those on the boat began begaii the he first engineer wat was pulled aboard then the cle clerk rk and inq one negro the wind earned lod the barge over toward the davenport shore and in in the course of a short time they drifted down on to the island outside of paige dickson gos cos RIM mill where it stranded the ivanel had heard the cries cries for help and left rock Is W land on its errand enand of succor in about twenty minutes it camo came upon tho the stranded bia biago baige go and rescued its twelve passengers from their situation car r ying crying them back to rock book island besides beides e the twelve saved on the barge there were five picked up on an the lo 10 iowa wa shore who bad displayed remarkable pluck in in the cabin there were iov cov enteen lost the ste steamer atner had in in tow low one barge and aad one flat boat the officials of the tennia jinnie Gilch ried are severely con censured by the surviving surviving passengers for their lack of ability to cope with tho the acci dent the officers with the acea tion of the clerk mado made their own personal safety the first matter afim of i im and allowed tho the passengers to look out ont for themselves it i is oleo alss admitted that tho the boat was overloaded with pass passengers on gers and fri freight gl Et carryl carrying lag more than she could iu successfully ally handle the mast serious charge however is 19 made by one ot of the ow BUT vividn iving passengers to the effect that the crow hael including the second pilot were under the influence of 11 liquor |