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TWO WOMEN'S ESCAPE
When the steamer Dolphin was taken in hand by the wind,
and before being consigned to a watery resting place, it was dashed against one of the
piers of the Eads bridge, where the force of the storm held it for a moment. J. W.
Schoeffer, of General. Manager Ramsey's office of the Wabash was on the bridge at the
time, and saw two women crawl quickly from the steamer onto a ledge of rocks in the pier,
where they clung and huddled until a rope was thrown to them from above. The boat, a
moment or two after the women bad gotten clear of it, was again put in action by the
elements, turned upside down and capsized in the middle of the river.
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