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,ub-thein.till3 a•eetifch;tereenitine.onin-v-illlevMr.theodionet-r as lidindieireA CIRCUS WRECKED.*Holland McMahon’s Circus exhibited in this city last Thursday.After the night performance they embarked on the little steamer Mountain Girl aud started down the river. When within about three miles of Rising Run the big Memphis packet James W. GatT ran into the circus boat, striking near the centre, and caused her to sink in deep water in a short time. The Gaff picked up the entire party, except two canvass-men, who are supposed to have been lost. Dick Harrell, of this city, shipped as a deck hand, and for a time it was thought he was drownel, but he turned up all right, havingjumped off the boat and walked to shore.The Captain of the Gaff says it was five minutes after one o’clock when they were signalled by the Mountain Girl. They answered very promptly, and all signals were exchanged properly, when to their dismay they saw the Mountain Girl cutting across their pathway. The reverse engine bells were rang and the wheel backed water, but too late, for with a terrible crash the Gaff broke into the sides of the little boat, fc'o 1 Then followed the yells and shrieks ied I of the crew and circus performers on the Girl, as they rushed out on the deck clad only in their night garments, and some of them jumping overboard. The crew of the Gaff began work at once, anti in a short time all that could bo scon in the wator wore dragged ou board.The Girl went to the bottom in less time than it takes to tell it, andwith her all the horses and circus paraphernalia went out of sight. The horses were very fine, aud one of them, “Comet,’” almost had the intelligence of a human being. The circus people will lose about $20,000. The cause of the accident will not bo known until it has been fully investigated officially. No blame is yetCj9 Vattached to either party. The regular pilot of the Girl was not at the wheel when the collision took place. Narrow escapes were experienced by the circus people. Alex Scabright, the tumbler, vaulted out through the cabin window and lauded right side up on the Gaff. The tight rope walker jumped into the river and:hetr.ityistinSirieddisa 20th stun ten lt;riveiJactmad111 vsMov•caimearljentiithepainAboihe ca vo •notThevVterm ri ver tu rnlt; da rk says-SOtl 1upon It isrencc*missipea t*( u nk nat'h,hnU1illiesof-hoadtob-wereadvarclin«the 1tlirov is sm revea sever ment, IVacti was t hat ii man the n mi net the no,itn,q*.ofle.■MOOlof succeeded in making the shore, butilloninhen-ryatthe frosty morning and his thin clothing caused him considerable suffering before he was taken in..A Register reporter took a look at the wreck on Friday afternoon. The boat lies quartering up stream, with about three feet of the hurricane deck out of water. The boat isa total wreck.[Tlv in wi followThe clc As if .1 LightnStrikesRcatinNoisilywith rCiilllin So sing: Follow: The mo Of unh The rorroclui O, nwtt
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Lawrenceburgh Register
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 12, 1885
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