The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 04, 1914, Image 3
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THOUSAND DROWN
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LAUREN'S NAN IN GOVERNOR'S
RACE TALKS Of THE ISSUES
BOAT RESTS ON BOTTOM
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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
AMID DENSE FOG
Empress of Ireland Bound for Liver-
pool From Quebec is Cut Wide
Open by the Collier Storstad and
__ Passengers Are Caught IJke Rats
• in a Trap—Vessel Carried 1,437
Persons and Few Over 400 Have
Been Accounted for—Dead Estl»
mated Between 078 and'1,100—
Wireless Messages Tell of Disaster,
The twin screw Canadian linef Em
press of Ireland, carrying 1,437 per
sons, passengers and crew, sank in
the darkness before dawn Friday in
the St. Lawrence river, near Rimou-
ski, Quebec, with a loss of perhaps
£ljOOO lives. Estimates of the dead
from C78 to more than 1,100.
lie vessel, bound from Quebec for
'TJVerpool, with 77 first, 206 second
EXPLAINS PARTY STAND
wilson Tells big business of
COUNTRIES ATTITUDE.
and &04 third class passengers, was
cut wide open by the collier Storstad
and sank within 20 minutes in 19
fathoms of water. Of
the majority appeared to be'mem
bers of thexrew or from the steerage.
Many were badly injured and p2 died
after being picked up.
The crash occurred about 2 o’clock
in the morning off Father Point,
Qebec. The collier, bound for Que
bec, struck the Empress of Ireland
on the port side about the middle of
the ship. She literally tore her way
back almost to the liner’s screws,
leaving a rent through which the
water poured in in such a deluge that
the sank before many of the passen
gers were aware of what had hap
pened.
Bri^f wireless calls for help sent
out by the Marconi operator were
heard by the pilot boat Eureka at
Rlmouskl, 10 miles from the scene,
and the Eureka, followed by the Lady
Evelyn, a mail tender, made all speed
for the spot. It was these two boats
that found afloat the few lifeboats
that were launched from the stricken
ship and picked up the survivors
they contained. Three hundred and
thirty-nine were saved by the Lady
Evelyn and 60 by the Eureka. Among
those saved was Capt. H. G. Kendall,
of the Empress.
Most of the first class passengers
apparently perished. Among those in
the first cabin were Sir Henry Seton-
Karr, a noted English lawyer and big 1
game hunter, and Laurence Irving, |
Is Anxious to Serve but Not to Injure
Business—There Must be Reforms
and Those Real Soon.|
Representatives of big business
Thursday heard from President Wil 1
son the administration’s view of and
attitude toward the business of the
country. While expressing a desire
to “serve and not to hinder or in
jure,’’ the president said the policy
the Democratic party is pursuing is
necessary to satisfy the conscience of
the country and its perception of the
prevailing conditions of business.
“The president said In reply to the
Illinois delegation,” says a White
House statement, “that, in his judg
ment, nothing was more dangerous
for business than, uncertainty; that
it had become evident through a long
series of years that a policy such as
the Democratic party was now pur
suing was absolutely necessary to sat
isfy the conscience of the country and
its perception of the prevailing con
ditions of biiGness, and that it was a
great deal better to do the thing mod
erately and soberly now than to wait
until more radical forces had accu
mulated and it was necessary to go
much further.
“The president also said that while
he was aware of the present depres-
t cse » aY CQ_| 8 ton of buoinoafl, there was abumtogt
evidence that it was merely psycho
logical, that there Is no material con
dition or substantial reason why the
business of the country should not be
is the most prosperous and expanding
condition. He urged upon his visi
tors the necessity of patriotic co-op
eration on the part of the business
men of the country in order to sup
port rather than to oppose the mod
erate processes of reform and to help
guide them by their own intimate
knowledge of business conditions and
processes.
“He told his visitors that It was
his earnest desire to serve and not to
hinder or injure the business of the
country in any way and that he be
lieved that upon reflecting they would
see that the course he was urging
would in the long run not only, but
in the short run also, be the wise and
serviceable course.”
The manufacturers were in Wash
ington attending the first National
Foreign Trade convention. Before the
convention held its, closing session,
more than 100 of Its delegates were
received by the president.
FAKE FUNERAL.
New York Police Officers Work Trick
on Slick Gamblers.
A hearse, conveying an empty cas-
son of the late Sir Henry Irving, and j ket, followed by automobiles decked
his wife, Mabel Hackney.' Of a party in mourning, stopped in front of Wil-
of 140 SjUyaUpn Army members on liam McCjun’s road h use near Forest
"Toard only 20 were rescued. They j Park, New York, Wednesday. A
tristy bunch of mourners entered.
Within ten minutes the mourners be
came deputy sheriffs, and the* house
was raided. ,’For ^ year complaints
word of the Empress of Ireland dis-j* 13 ^ come to Sheriff Zimmer of book-
aster came from Capt. Kendall, who | making and other forms of gambling
sent this wireless . message to Capt. I^ c( I urn s>
Walsh, marine superintendent of the! More than a dozen pickets were
Canadian Pacific at Montreal, Can-J continually on duty about the place,
ada:. “Empress of Ireland stopped by They bad pushbuttons in fence posts,
dense fog. Struck amidships in vital by which the house was notified when
had left for the conference In Lon-
FR-r^t \«nvs of Disaster.
^wWntreal. May 29.—First official
spot by collier Storstad.”
Later Capt. Kendall, In conveying
the intelligence to Capt. Walsh that
the Empress had gone down, said:
“Ship gone.”.
A special train was dispatched
at 8:30 to Father Point to bring back
the survivors. Capt. Kendall won
renown as the man who first detected
Crippen, the murderer, on.the steam
ship Montford. ,
Another Wireless Account.
The Marconi Co.’s operator at Ri-
mouski, Quebec, Friday gave the fol
lowing account of,the sinking of the
Empress of Ireland:
“The Empress of Ireland was ram
med this morning at 1:45 by the
Storstad, twenty miles out from
Father Point. The Empress sank
within ten minutes. The S. O. S.
signal sent out was received at Fath
er Point'and the government steam
ers Eureka and Lady Evelyn were
dispatched to the distressed vessel’s
assistance. The Empress of Ireland
listed and was unable to get many of
the boats out.
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“Capt. Kendall was saved, being
picked up on some^ wreckage by a
lifeboat 30 minutes after his ship had
foun^red. Both wireless operators,
it pursers, chief engineers and
Steward were saved. Chief of-
fic^ind purser are among the mlss-
ins,”
any person who looked like a deputy
sheriff appeared. Chief Deputy Pet
ers organized the funeral. The pick
ets were deceived. Once in the pface,
doors to gambling rooms were brok
en down and racing charts, poker
chips and dice were found. Seventy-
five men were captured.
WILL ENFORCE THE LAWS
Having Pledged the Requirements of
.1
the Party in Order to Become a
Candidate Solicitor Cooper Gives
Out a Statement to the People of
the State.
Fain.t Glimmer of Hope.
A message^ rece!vwll"at WonTreal by
the Canadian Pacific offices, from Rl-
mouski said that “all the passengers
have been picked up by the boata of
the Lady Evelyn and Eureka.”
K similar message was received by
LaPatrle, a French newspaper* from
% Rlmouskl correspondent He Mid
that 400 survivors had been landed
and that the Lady Evelyn and Eure
ka were going back to pick up the
remainder of the passengers, who
were In boats.
From the wording of the Canadian
Pacific message it could not be de
termined whether “all the passen
gers” meant all those on board the
Empress of Ireland or simply all
those who were able to make the life
boats.
677 Unaccounted For.
_ The collier Storstad has 3 60 sur
vivors from the Empress of Ireland
aboard, according to announcement
by the government signal service.
With approximately 400 landed at
Rlmouskl, this accounts for 760 souls
aboard the Empress, leaving 677 un
accounted for at 10 o’clock Friday
morning.
-- The text of the message received
by LaPatrle from Rlmouskl reads:
“Lady Evelyn and Eureka docked
at Rlmouskl with *400 ' passengers.
Captains both reported that all the
passertgera were raredV/n the life
boat? °f the Lady Evelyn.. Jjureka. in a .spirit of-barshne«s and-xiTidtc
and Empress o]f Ireland. As soon as
passengers are - disembarked both
steamers will leave for the scene of
the wreck to pick up other passen
gers.”
In the woqfi of Hlmrod: “Where’s
that flyt” _ Y /^Tv-
Solicitor R. A. Cooper Thursday
filed his pledge as a candidate for
governor In the coming primary, and
sent his assessment to the treasurer
of the State Democratic executive
committee. Unless he is delayed by
reason of attending court, which com
venes about June 15, Mr. Cooper
stated that he expects to take part
in the opening meeting of the cam
paign.
Solicitor Cooper was asked Thurs
day is he cared to make any pubsic
statement at this time with reference
to his candidacy. 'He said:
“The people of the State seem to
expect that each candidate shall give
out his platform. I wish to say in
the outset that I sincerely trust that
the campaign on which we are about
to enter may be free from factional
ism and partisan strife, and that
each candidate m?/' be measured by
the standard of his fitness for public
service. There are too many ques
tions of vital importance to the peo
ple of this State, which should be
discussed in the campaign, for us to
devote our time to a wrangle over
.factionalloin- difference.
“I am simply stating a self-evident
proposition when I say that the most
important question before our people
to-day ia the .education of the white
children of the State—providing the
opportunity for every white child in
the State to secure the rudiments of
an education, fitting him or her for
the duties of life. We should con
tinue to raise the standard of our
common schools until they each pro
vide an education equal to that now
afforded by our best graded and high
schools.
“It is a sad commentary on our
State, but It is, nevertheless, true,
so I am Informed, that we could not
accommoate In our schools the white
children of the State. I believe the
State should at once provide ample
facilities for the education of the chil
dren, and then we will be in a posi
tion to enact and enforce a compul
sory school attendance law. ~
“It would be useless to attempt to
compel (he attendance of all children
of school age when we are without
facilities to accommodate them. Com
pulsory education is well on Its way,
but first let the State give the people
the opportunity, and provide the facil
ities, and then the compulsiofi part of
it. A majority of the children of this
State only receive such education as
our common schools afford, and they
should he the very best in our power
to give them. . o ,
“Attention given to our
present system of assessing property
for taxation. It is impossible to go
fully into the question in a short
statement of this kind, but I believe
that some plan can and ought to be
devised by which we can approxi
mately secure equality in our assess
ments.
“ft is conceded on every hand that
there is no more important matjar
than the improvement of our piffilic
highways. The farmer’s transporta
tion tax is one of his chief difficul
ties. The building of good roads
will not only enhance the value of
farm property, and add to the com
forts and convenience of farm life,
but will increase the prosperity of
the nation along all lines, 'in this
connection I think that Clemson col
lege, which is, or ought to he, the
source of our agricultural training,
should establish and operate demon
stration farm schools in every county
in the State.
“In this way the averag^farmer
could improve his method of farm
ing and also ikke advantage of the
many economies in the preparation
of soil, use of fertilizers, etc. Clem
son is doing a great work, but its,
benefits can be further extended
along the lines I have suggested. I
hope that the national government
will, with as little delay as possible,
enact a rural creijjt Iqw so that-our
farmers, many of wKom do not now
own their-farms, may become home
owners. These, and many other mat
ters which look to our material pros
perity, ought to and will beconsid-
ered.
“The chief function of the gov
ernor of the State is to look after the
enforcement of the law. If elected
governor It shall be my controlling
purpose, without fear or favor, to se<
that the laws are duly enforredy no
In some sections. o< the Stale,-but
from the mounUinth Itrthe sea f'not
COMBATTING RABIES
A '
1
itN
tlveness, but In -mercy. This beih£
the chief duty ’of the govexqoiv It
should be the paramount issue In the
campaign for- the selection of a gov
ernor.” -i ■ \
NO REAL DEFINITE INCREASE IN
OUR STATE.
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Suggestions and Instructions as to
What Should be Done If Dog Bites
Persons by State Bacteriologist.
Sonm time ago Dr. A. F. Coward,
State Bacteriologist, made an address
before some doctores at Florence on
“The Rabies Situation in South Car
olina’,, and while it was technical In
part', we are copying below extract
ed paragraphs from the talk.
“The rapid increase in rabies in
our State is the subject of frequent
comment; that there Is a real definite
increase no one will deny after going
into the facts. Investigation shows,
however, that this is only our share
Of a general increase in the. disease
over the entire country. The disease
has now crossed the 'Rockies and
reached our Pacific coast, where It
was unknown a few years ago. The
human cases, however, are probably
increasing, although the number of
persons bitten is increasing every
year. This is due to the fact that
practically all bitten 'persons now
seek the Pasteur treatment, which,
while not infallible, certainly reduces
the incidence of the disease markedly
—falling*only in severe cases, and
only occasionally in those.
"Compared to typhoid fever, meas
les, or even small pox, rabies does not
seem important in morbidity or mor
tality columns, but the staggering
fact of a 100 per cent, mortality out
weighs argument, and maintains that
ijidescribable, near - superstitious
dread of the disease which has ac
companied it down to us through the
centuries since its first recognition.
— . ■ . - To -amnmartzuv ws^m utit’ggft-
clude that our state is now doing all
that can be reasonably expected to
wards the supression of rabies. Sen
timent and ignorance alone obstruct
our progress, and these must be dealt
with by local authorities and by per-
Local authorities andetaoin shrdlu
Local muzzling and quarantine are
ta the disposal of every organized
community—in the rural districts a
better understanding of the disease
in man and animals will lead to a
more intelligent handling of its out
breaks.
“In conclusion, we wish to empha
size once more the proper procedure
when persons are bitten by animals
suspected of rabies.
“First, don’t kill the dot?, unlees he
can be obtained In no other way
Confine, him, treat him well. If he
.remains well for one week thereafter
he diii not-have rabies when the bit
ing was done, and there is no danger
to the bitten person. If he becomes
sick or dies, sendr the head to the
“Laboratory, State Board of Health,
Columbia, S. C.,’’ and prepay express.
At the same time write a letter stat
ing symptoms number 'of persons
bitten. Diagnosis will .be made and
treatment, with instructions, will be
sent by first mail If possible. An an
ti-toxin syringe will be necessary; a
convenient one is that from an out-of-
date diptheria anti-toxin package,
which must be emptied, freed from
paraffin, and thoroughly boiled, with
needle attached. .
“Second, the . patienUs—wounds
should be treated with pure nitric
acid or pure formalin if seen within
four hours. Do not use ointment or
silver nitrate.
“The dog’s head should he wrapped
in a cloth which has been wrung out
of 1-500 bichloride'’of mercury solu
tion and placed in a tightly closed
tin bucket. If ice is used it should be
placed in an o«ter bucket into which
the smaller bucket is placed. Don’t
put ice in contact with the head.
speed,- continued Capt. Kendall, grasping the girls held them until
MKT DEATH BRAVELY.
How Author and His Wife Went
Down on the Empress.
The tragic death of Laurence Ir
ving, author and actor, oh board the
ill-fated Empress of Ireland, was de
scribed by F. E. A.bbott of Toronto,
the last man to see him alive. “I
met him first in the passageway,” he
said, “and he skid calmly: Ts the
boat going down?’ I said it looked
like it. ’Dearie,’ Irving then said to
his wife, ‘hurry. There is no time
to lose.’
"Mrs. Irving began to cry and as
the actor reached for a life belt the
boat suddenly lurched and he was
thrown against the door ofTils'cabin.
His face was .bloody and Mrs. Itvlng
was frantic.
" ’Keep cool,’ he warned her, but
she persisted In holding her arms
around him. He forced the lift belt
over her, pushed her out of the door
and practically carried her upstairs.
I asked If I could help and Irving
said: ‘Look after yourself first, old
man, but God bless you all the
same.’ ’’
v Negiro Killed by Train.
’ Silas Williams, .a young negro of
Rerinett.'rrtttp, ’was killed Thursday
afteynofcn Jiy a Bennetlsville hn-d
Cheraw railroad passenger train.
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The managers of some businesses
we the biggest loafer* Ta it
Wofford Gets $33,000.
- Thp . general education board
New York Friday .announced among
other gifts; a benefaction of 133,900
to Wofford co
DEATH TOY TOLD
COUIEISTORSTADS BLAIEO BT
CAPTAIN IF RUMEN SUP
ANSWERED HIS SIGNALS
Captain Kendall Vividly Describes
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Incidents Leading Up to Stupen
dous Tragedy In St. Lawrence Riv
er. Latest Count Places List
Dead at 064.
LOSE UYES FOR GttLS
TO SAVE COMPAlTOOnB MEN 1
FROM SINKING BOAT.
of
While financial tabulations of cas
ualties In the sinking of the steamer
Empress of Ireland were being made
Saturday showing that 403 of her
passengers and crew had been res
cued, and -944 bad perished, Capt.
Henry George Kendall of the liner
was teltthg his story of the disaster
at an inquiry conducted by Coroner
Pinault at Rlmouskl, Quebec.
Capt. Kendall in substance declar
ed he had taken all possible precau
tions against a collision. His ship
had been stopped and he gave the
requisite slgnAl when the Danish col
lier Storstad, which sank the Em
press, was two miles away, but the
collier had kept on through the fog
that settled down soon after the two
vessels sighted each o|her and had
rammed the Empress while the lat
ter vpssel was motionless.
Capt. Kendall took up his story of
the disaster from the point at which
the Empress cf Ireland, hound from
Quebec for Liverpool, had dropped
her piWt Thursday night at Father
Point. “We then proceeded full
Bout Filled With Party Unable to
Swim Begins to Leak and Hi
- Lighten Load by Accepting
Sacrificing their lives that the lives
of four companions, two of them,
girls, might be saved, three young
men, none of whom' could swim,
'leaped Into the Delaware river near
Philadelphia, from a sinking rowboat
late Sunday and were drowned. The
story of their heroism was told to
day by the survivors. The dead are:
John Moucheh, Raymond Tlzey and
John Murphy. The saved are: Geo
rge German, Sarah German, Mary
Mary German and John Nevile.
Tlnzey and Sarah German were en- t
gaged to be married. Accpmpained
by the other members of the party,
they visited the New Jersey side of
me river In a large rohoat. They
were more than 100 yards from shore
when It was noticed that the craft
was filling. Despite efforts of the
seven occupants to ball the .boat with
their caps, it soon'became evident
that unless the load was lightened, ,
the boat would sink before the shore
could bo reached.
None of the party could swim, but
all of the men volunteered to jump
out. Sarah German begged the Tln
zey boy not to risk It, but lie was the
first to spring over the (oat’s side,
followed by Moucheh and Murphy.
In spite of the sacrifice the boat
capsized shortly after the three men
bad disappeared in the water and the
four other occupants were thrown
into the river. Neville and German
clung to the overturned craft and
the party was rescued by a motor-
boat.
RIVERA ATAY PUT.
After passing Rock Point gas bhoy 1
sigh ter the steamer Storstad, It then
being clear. . ”
“The Storstad was about one
point, 12 degrees, on my starboard
bow, I saw a slight for bank com
ing gradually' from the land and
knew it would pass between the Stor
stad and myself. The Storstad was
about two miles away. Then the fog
came and the Storstad’s lights dis
appeared. I stopped my ship; At
the same time I blew three short
blasts on the steamer's whistle,
meaning ‘I am going full speed as
tern.’ The Storstad answered.
“I then blew two long blasts,
meaning 'My ship wai under way but
stopped and h’as no way upon her.'
He answered me again. It was still
foggy. About-, two minutes after
ward I saw red and green lights.
He would then be about one ship’s
length away from me. \I shouted to
him through the megaphone to full
full speed astern. At the same < time
I had my engine full speed ahead
with my helm hard aport with the
object of avoiding, if possible, the
shock. Almost at the same time she
came right in and cut me down in a
line between the funnels.
“I shoute dt'o the Storstad to keep
full speed ahead to fill the hole he
had made. He backed away. The
ship began to fill and listed over
rapidly. When he struck me I had
stopped my engines. I then rang full
speed ahead again, with theujibject
of running her on shore. Almost
Immediately the engines stopped, the
ship filling and going over all the
time.
”1 had, in the meantime, given or
ders to get the lifeboats launched. I
told the chief officer to tell the wire
less operator to send out distress sig
nals. He told me this had .been
done. I said: ‘Get the boats out as
quick as possible.’ That was the last
I saw of the officer. In about three
to five minutes after that the ship
turned over and foundered. I was
shot into the sea myself and taken
down with the suction. The next
thing I remember was seizing a piece
of grating.. Some men pulled me
into a lifeboat, which already had
about 30 people In It.
“Wo nulled around an’d picked up
20 or 25 more and put ajiout 10
around the side in the water with
ropes around their, wrists, hanging
on. We then pulled to the Storstad.
$ got all the people on board the
Storstad and then left her with six
of the crew and went back. When
we got there everybody had gone.”
“What caused the collision?” ask
ed the coroner.
“The Storstad running into v the
Empress, which was stopped^” anr
swered Kendall.
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Capt. Kendall, when he shotfted to
the Storstad’s captain to stand fast,
he received no answer. It was Im
possible for him not to have heard,
he added. "I shouted-five times; I
also shouted: 'Keep ahead,’ ” said
Capt. Kendall, “and if he did not
hear me he should have done It any
way, as a seaman should have known
that.” , <■
"There was wind?” he was asked.
“It was quite still.”
'“How many boats were there on
the ffmpT 1 *—?* 1 . —
:l!Betwecn 30 and 40. There were rhe*vnw eo. criavaii
Roosevelt Declares River He Discov
ered Wss Unknown.
Col. Roosevelt appeared before a
Washington geographical society
Tuesday night and declared that he
had discovered a river In South
America, among the wilds of Brazil.
Scientists, the colonel declared, had
attempted to dispute hie discovery.
Tracing on a blackboard with a piece
of chalk the river of his finding, he
declared emphatically:
*T say, w« put It on the map, and
I mean what I say. >No Tn»p has
ever yet shown this river. Scientists
have said we might have travereed
the river Ta Pajose or the river
Madeira, but the fact Is that some ef
our party went down ontf river and
some went down the ether, while we
went down a river between them
which no map maker ever saw. I
can direct any man where to find
this river and rivers stay put, so that
the discovery we have made may be
verified.”
The colonel described In detail the
hardships of his trip into the Brazil
ian wilds and particularly the hard
ships endured in navigating the rap-
dis of the “River of Doubt”. In the
upper part of the river, he sald.Jthe-
rapids were so severe that It fequtred
42 days for the party to traverse
degree^from 11:45 south to 10:45
south. During the hazardous trip
they Ipst nearly all their food and
belongings.
MOB MEMBERS ARRESTED.
Six Men of Aiken County Will Face
Trial for Alleged Offenses.
Weells Heath, Monroe Weathere-
bee, Bud Redd, Joe Craig, L. Redd
and Lonnie CraigraH white, of Aiken,
were bound over Saturday morning
after a preliminary hearing to the
court of general sessions on a charge
of assault, with intent to kill and
shooting into a dwelling house. The
preliminary was the afthermath of
the recent disorder on the Hitchcock
plantation in Aiken county, baout
eight miles from Aiken, when the
farm hands went on strike. Bond
was given in the sum of $200 each.
When the farm hands struck, one
old negro man, Calvin Williams, who
lived on the place, refused to quit
work* His home was visited one
night -by a mob and it was testified ‘
at the hearing that more than 1,000
shots were fired ln|o the house. The
place was completely wrecked, but no
one was Injured by the bullet* as the
negrodfl fled. The mob then visited
the home of Manager. Williams of the
Hitchcock plantation, pinned crepo
on his door„ and tagged the fence
with papers bearing threatening In
scriptions. ~ The six white men are
charged with being members of the
mob.
Finds Wife Dead.
When A. J. Chapman, a grocer of
B|con, Ga., discovered the dead body \
of his wife In his home Wednesday
boats for everybody. She had boats
for l000 people.” \ , '
“There was no tfanlc among the
pewnsArs or crew. About four boats
were launched. As the ship sank
these boats floated away. The peo-
bullet into his brain with fatal re
sults. ' 7
^ Small Boy is Drowned.
While a group of his playmates.
NH watched on the bank of the Cbatta-
ple who were saved were saved 1>y heochee-river at Columbus, <3*l, .
the JBmpresa’ boat* and the wreck- Corbett, eight year* old, was <
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