An Excursion Horror. 14 Persons Killed and Drowned.
On Monday night, 28th ult., the Tolchester excursion steamer, with 1,450 people on board, while in the Patapsco River near Fort Carroll came into collision with the Bay-line steamer Virginia. In an instant the merry crowd on the excursion steamer were stricken with an awful panic and trampled each other underfoot in their efforts to get out of each other's way. It is said that some of the women became so frightened that they jumped overboard and were engulfed in the waters of the Patapsco. ...
There are 11 persons reported missing, as follows:
... Wm. Hass, aged 7 years.
