Show DOZENS DROWNED the excursion steamer scioto on the ohio elver river is bunk to the ller Iller sid lil 1 1 I pa july 4 1 I intelli gence lias has just been received that the steamer with an excursion party of persona persons on hoard collided wit with li the john lomas near mingo junction ohio ono one hundred persons are expected drowned ono of ortho the survivors says tho the siolo aci oo 00 was coming up the river under a full ii head cad 0 of f steam and ali when on about half a mile from mingo junction tho the john lomas was sighted coming down the pilot of the scioto whistled for tho the channel hut but owing to a ini misunderstanding sunder both boats took tho the s samo side lomas striking the arioto sinking her in fifteen feet of water in three minutes froin from tho the timo time of the collision the scene on the was heartrending and the life struggles agles were f frightful i to behold the lomas was only slightly disabled and went to work woric tit at once to save those on board of the un fortunate unfortunate scioto this task was rendered easier by tho the b bri right moonlight and no doubt many lives were saved from this reason it is now believed has the fust fist report was exaggerated and that the loss of life docs does not exceed twenty persona persons arthur who lives at cross creelan eyo eye witness of the whole matter was standing in tho the door immediately med lately opposite where tho the collision on oc occur cured cd it was about 8 oclo ck tho the lomas lonias in passing the island chute whistled for preference of sides and ns as near as the witness can judge it was three minutes before tho the cioto answered and neither of them appeared to sheer offard off and almost immediately m tho the collision colli eien occurred lie ile continues A gene general confusion followed and I 1 saw people jumping from the hurricane deck and all parts odthe of alie steamer As far as I 1 could see the lomas struck the cioto isei oto forward for tho the firo blow over tho the bow of the sodoto tho the cioto sunk almost instantly st the lomas backed up as soon as possible the lomas ran t to 0 the ohio shore landed her gers and then returned to the wreck tho the crew and officers of the lamas lomas exercised every affert to rescue tho the unfortunate passengers and succeeded in landing on over or making several trips and continued the work As soon as I 1 saw the accident I 1 jumped into my ski and started for the wreck when I 1 got thero there I 1 got five avo persons within a distance of 23 25 feet 1 and thero were two other skiffs below me bicking picking them up but I 1 dont know how low many thoy they cot lot they were hallowin hallowing hallooing hallo all over and there appeared to to ko a great many in the wreck but it was too dark for mo me to tell the number I 1 then took the parti parties esl rescued to tho the ohio sido side and ud by that timo time the lomas landed a party part yand and returned to tho the wreck I 1 had just come homo home from work as tho the boat camo came past and could not tell how many were on board but from what the parties who had landed told mo me were from go to 70 persons on the boat from the run of tho the conversation of those who bad had landed I 1 gathered that from to were landed three women were carried ashore and died after they had been rescued two little boys and an assist assistant ailt engineer of the were rescued and stopped at coxs the assistant engineer told roe me thought many lives were lost as the lower docks were crowded and tho the boat sunk instantly A man and woman passed assad within a hundred in my house bouso lie was holding her up any and crying for help but my iny cifa saw them sink bink the scene was terrible I 1 saw at least 50 young ladies who had bad been brou brought lit to the shore bhore naho were saved by their escorts and holding them up the fireman of the scioto sc oo 00 testifies as follows when I 1 saw the lomas to the right fight of us I 1 rushed back to M my engine obeyed the bell to go back illich which was immediately followed by a bell to stop ind then seeing that the boat was engin engineer cerand and I 1 threw a skiff into the river and then I 1 ran after my coat when I 1 got back it was so full of poor stricken people that I 1 knew know it would sink so I 1 jumped into the river and struck out for the west virginia in looking around me as I 1 swam I 1 saw a sight that took the life out of me tho the water was black with struggling alln humanity and the expression 0 of tb tho 0 faces was tho the roost most terrible you can imagine men women and children I 1 crying piteously for help and somo of their screams so unnerved roe rue that I 1 could scarcely swim but tho current was very strong and as I 1 struck out with all my might I 1 soon got out forsight of the crowd in tho the water there being but two boys boy s near mo who ano managed to roach reach the shore in safety with a mile help from front mo inc wo we swam about amilo when we reached the shore it was 91 most impossible for any tiny of us its to stand up tip As to liow how many were lost I 1 can form no idea nor do I 1 know what caused tho the accident or who isto is to blame I 1 heard ono of capt thomas littles boys 60 Is was lost ned nod was his name I 1 bo believe |