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The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
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Coroner's jury in Rock Island on Nov. 28 reports on Jennie Gilchrist steamboat accident: operated illegally at night, incompetent master/pilot, no lookout or rescue efforts, mate James Hier cowardly; recommends separate master and pilot roles.
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Rock Island, Nov. 28. The coroner's jury in the case of the Jennie Gilchrist to-day made a report. They found that the boat was run at night in violation of the law, being licensed as a day passenger steamer only. The boat was properly equipped and the engineer did his duty. Yet the master and pilot were incompetent. No lookout was on duty, and no word was sent to the passengers of their danger, and no effort was made to save the helpless woman. As to the mate, James Hier, we think he acted the part of a coward in not making an effort to save the passengers and crew, having nothing else to do, and it is the sense of this jury that the duties of a master and pilot should not be vested in one person on any steamer authorized to carry passengers upon the Mississippi river.
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Rock Island
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Nov. 28
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the boat was run at night in violation of law; master and pilot incompetent; no lookout; no warning or effort to save passengers including a helpless woman; mate james hier acted cowardly.
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Coroner's jury report found the Jennie Gilchrist, licensed as a day passenger steamer only, was improperly run at night. Boat properly equipped, engineer dutiful, but master and pilot incompetent. No lookout, no warning to passengers, no rescue efforts. Jury criticizes mate James Hier for cowardice and recommends against combining master and pilot duties on passenger steamers on the Mississippi.