Tug Pathfinder Sinks After Collision Near Long Bay
The tug Pathfinder ran into trouble and sank offshore near Long Bay with one crew member reported missing. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the incident and assess vessel safety.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
5
The tug Pathfinder ran into trouble and sank offshore near Long Bay with one crew member reported missing. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the incident and assess vessel safety.
Both captains were arrested to answer for the vessel collision. Investigators work to determine fault and gather details from the incident site and crew statements. Local authorities confirm charges will be prepared as the case proceeds in court.
Intense rivalry between Inman and Singer tug lines at Douxvurd culminates in a fatal collision. The Medinah struck the Inman Pathf inder as Joliet passed, causing the Pathfinder to capsize and sink. Fireman Jacob Asser perished. captains Dietziel and Brown were arrested.
Malvern Iowa September 3 the late M A Payne Fremont county millionaire and lifelong friend of Jefferson Davis was named secretary of the interior by the Confederacy but never served. He moved north to Fremont county where he built a fortune of 1 000 000 to 3 000 000 owning 16 000 acres. His will filed for probate lists bequests of 228 000 aside from real estate.
A Detroit Free Press dispatch notes Company D Fifth Infantry M N G under Captain E S Grierson left for Ishpeming. They will meet Company F at Houghton and all units arrive by 4 a m. Companies H Ironwood and G Marquette will join at the same time. Colonel Lyon will command the camp and make arrangements. Major Peterson and Adjutant Merton accompany the force.
Sioux City Iowa September 3 Attorneys have been retained by Dr R W Alexander a traveling patent medicine vendOr for a ten thousand dollar damage suit against the state board of pharmacy after his arrest for selling drugs without a state license Alexander holds a New York license and contends he cannot be bound elsewhere Dr W M Bear plans a twenty thousand dollar suit over a similar arrest at George Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa September 3 a new rate book raised city rates from 25 to 40 percent. No explanation given but likely due to lack of fire protection. At a meeting nearly all businessmen decided to move coverage to non board companies as policies expire or immediately.
Thousands of Germans joined a celebration at Milwaukee garden for the 25th anniversary of the battle of Sedan. The Deutsche Landwehr Maennesverein sponsored the event with a big afternoon parade followed by shrieking and general enjoyment, ending with a ball at the park.
Pierre news notes Judge Fuller received an application for a writ of error in the ex-State Treasurer Taylor case. Writ returnable September 10 with hearing set for September 12. Taylor is released on bond until that time.
Norfolk reports about 4000 acres of sugar beets laid by and in excellent condition. Recent rains have improved root development and promise harvest results above previous years.
Memorial exercises were held in Hinckley Minnesota on Sunday for the anniversary of the big fire a year ago. The ceremonies took place in the new city hall and drew a large attendance.
Kent requests a new trial after conviction in a wife murder case in Fareco North Dakota. An evening session was held as arguments began on the motion, with the state unable to close its case.
In Decatur Illinois on September 3 George P. Allen shot his wife and daughter Minnie Deffenbaugh. Minnie Deffenbaugh died from her wounds while the wife survived her injuries. Police detained the suspect as details emerge.
London reports a late summer lull in amusements as American travelers flood hotels and seek passage home. Three Americans stowed away on the steamer St. Louis but were discovered off the Needles and returned with the pilot. The current steamer is packed with homeward bound passengers.
Colonel John Bradbury and his wife completed a 92 day world tour begun as a 90 day wager. They missed a westbound Southampton steamer causing the two day delay. In Hong Kong a skirmish with anti foreign natives occurred and porters defended them with American aid. A monsoon in the Indian Ocean added to their voyage.
The treasury report for September shows excess expenditures over receipts of 3.69 million dollars, improving from last month. Customs receipts reach 15.64 million, bringing total receipts to 28.95 million as expenditures hover near 30 million. Officials expect September receipts to cover expenditures and project the year may still run a deficit, though smaller than prior years. The deficit last year was 43 million and the year before 70 million.
The St Louis Republic accuses Fred J Titus Charles Murphy and L D Cabanne of fixing three Class B events at the Diamond tournament under League of American Wheelmen sanction. Titus and Cabanne say Murphy broke the agreement while Terrill won the other race. The trio face suspension as the local racing board investigates.
Chicago The Irish-American community issues an official call for a convention to aid Ireland’s bid for self-government. The meeting is set for September 24 to 26 at a Young Men’s Christian Association hall with leaders like John F. Finerty and John P. Sutton urging unity and action.
Mrs. C P Barrows and W H Parsons of San Bernardino are named part heirs to a English estate valued at 80 million dollars The English government reportedly will divide the estate among 125 heirs with each of the two San Bernardino claimants receiving six hundred thousand dollars Lord Antrim was murdered in 1888 and left no heirs so the estate reverts to the heirs of John A Antrim who came to this country with William Penn
The Union Republican club with members from every state unfurled its banner and formally opened headquarters at Willard's hotel in Washington. The group plans active work from now through the 1896 campaign.
The navy department has chosen next Thursday for the ballistic test of the Iowa side armor plate. The test aims to prove armor quality and demonstrate the resistance of the new battleships, marking a major milestone for the fleet.
The government ordered wing dams on the Mississippi River above DusvuQueE will be finished next week. Two additional en shape (in shape) dams are ordered and will also be completed.
The first performance of Fitzgerald Murphy's play The Silver Lining drew a crowded Chicago Opera House. Audiences lauded the free silver speeches by the actors while some “gold bugs” hissed, the crowd remained supportive of the author.
In Kenton Ohio on September 3 the Democrats of Harding county vote two thirds to endorse free coinage of silver and repudiate the state platform adopted at Springfield.
Milwaukee reporter states F. W. Anderson, 32, an Eau Claire attorney, ended his life by turning on the gas in his Globe hotel room. The death occurred September 3 in Milwaukee.
In New York on September 3 a race for the last 100 miles of the Southampton passage saw the American line steamer St Louis overtake the Hamburg American steamer Augusta Victoria as they neared Quarantine, finishing with the St Louis ahead by several lengths.
In Milwaukee Terre Haute defeated the home team 6 to 5 while Grand Rapids beat Minneapolis 19 to 6 on the same day in the Western League.
A Berlin dispatch via Tiflis quotes the Vossische Zeitung that 5,000 troops and 1,000 Kurds under Sako Pasha attacked Kemakh and nearby villages. They plundered churches and monasteries and burned houses.
Major Baldwin of the Chippewa Indian commission has arrived in Washington but did not visit the interior department due to travel fatigue. He says Charlie Towne is rallying Republicans and Populists to form free silver clubs across the state, and Baldwin signals a desire to seek the Democratic nomination in the Sixth district next year.
Jealousy leads to a double shooting in Quincy with Henry Boling and Rosa Swearingen fatally wounded by Dora Heiwagon after Boling courted both women and rode with Mrs Swearingen. The incident followed a buggy ride, marking a tragic love triangle case.
Cleveland resident James Beckmeister plunged five stories from The World building and died on the sidewalk. The impact crushed bystander John Nickson, breaking his back and both legs. The incident occurred in downtown Cleveland on September 2.
On a Minnesota farm near Repwoop Fats, the threshing machine at Lawrence King’s field exploded while in operation. The upper section was blown off and scattered. No deaths or serious injuries among the threshers occurred. Authorities suspect a dynamite cartridge secretly placed in the grain stack.
A cloudburst near San Marcial on the Santa Fe road ruined twenty houses in the town and many in surrounding farms. No lives were lost but about 600 poor families were left homeless.
The body of Robert W. Inman was found on the beach at South Beach after he drowned from his yacht Adelaide following a collision with the steamer Perseus Monday night.
In Mepora North Dakota on September 2 parties arrived claiming they have found the gold deposit sought by Wyoming buyers for years. The deposit is described as very rich though details remain sparse and the exact location is disputed among claimants.
Washington August 31. McKinley supporters claim Senator Quay will become Republican national committee chairman if McKinley is nominated. Quay drew strong outside help from McKinley allies during the Pennsylvania contest.
The Rev. Dr. D. H. Wheeler, after ten years at Allegheny College Meadville Pa, accepts the chair of sacred rhetoric at Garrett Biblical Institute Northwestern University Chicago August 31 1890?
Mrs A H Garfield wife of the eloper swore out a warrant charging her husband with criminal assault his companion is under the age of consent Sheriff Haas is expected to return with Garfield by Thursday evening The penalty for Garfield's crime is not less than five years.
Milwaukee news releases confirm Burton Hanson is appointed general solicitor of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. He succeeds John T. Fish who resigned about a year ago.
CasseLron North Dakota August 29. Messenger Morrissey of the Great Northern Express company was caught by an engine pilot at Everest and had his leg amputated at the knee.
H P Sears left the corner of Washington boulevard and Halsted street at 4 30 a m to attempt the Chicago New York pride record as a crowd of local cyclists looked on.
Two cholera cases reported in Grimsby England. Edward A Hill editor of Springfield Homestead is dead. Frost touches northern Minnesota and North Dakota. General Parker author of Lee surrender is dead. Buffalo Academy of Music burns. Mexican National Railway washed out above Saltillo. ten bridges gone. Beerbohm Tree dislocates shoulder at Hull. Howard of the A R U confirms ex Mayor Hopkins advised the 1894 railroad strike.
Ad claims fatigue and languor come from impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood restore appetite and strengthen nerves. Also mentions Hood's Pills as easy to take with 25c price.
In the December 1804 issue Harper’s announces The Simpletons by Thomas Hardy to begin and run through November 1895. It promises Trilby level enthusiasm and previews the Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte. A profusely illustrated Charleston and the Carolinas feature will start in January.
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