Show SIXTY FIVE SIXTY fiVE WENT INT OO DOWN WHEN FIEN PIER COLLAPSED Excursionists Precipitated Int Into Lake and Eleven Are Known to HElve Been Drowned as Result of Accident l La By By the collapse of ofa a freight wharf here upon which about sixty five people had load rushed early Sunday Sunda evening to to board the excursion steamer Margaret on her return trip to New Orleans eleven en persons are known to be dead and a u rescue party Is searching for bodies of seven other persons who are miss- miss Ing All were residents of New Orleans Or Or- leans The rhe Margaret did not land at atthe atthe atthe the wharf to which she was accustomed accustomed tomed tamed to tie up Instead she ran Into a dock bunt built especially for skiffs and small craft This small wharf wa war pulled by the steamers ropes entirely away from the main pier and some soma twenty people went Into the lake In about eight feet of water The crieS cried and shrieks of those precipitated Into the lake lalm were heard all over this place and many men rushed to the wharf to join In the work of rescue The officers and crew of the Margaret rescued man many by throwing them lIfo |