The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

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The steamboats Ocean Spray and Keokuk were
burned about five miles above St. Lani/ on the 22nd inst.,
end twenty of the of the former as lout their
lives. The Omen pray, at the time she took firs, was resift
with the Hannibal City, and the widest mem to have
been canoed through the grossest cerelassnies. The follow-
tug of one of the passengers we copy from the St.
Louis Democrat
Mr. Denieton is from Lynchburg, Ohio, and was on his
way to Florence, on the Illinois rlver. He mays when the
boat started from St. Louis the Hannibal City backed out
just behind, and when tinder good headway Ow was about
100 yards in the rear. He mays that when the Ocean Spray
was within about a milt of wtt she took fire he saw the
Hannibal City gaining on her, and the commend was given
to put turpentine in the furnaces. assays he had been very
much Interested in the rase, end had token a paid= in
front, where the steps come down together, so that be could
see them firing up.T=llret threw fa reale, and then the
mate suggested to The imp** was by when the
order was prat, an some of the men went down into the
hold end brought up • barrel of turpentine, which had
been consigned to some person in Peoria. The men took
an au and split a hole in the head of the barrel, and then,
under orders of the mats, dipped the fluid out end threw it
over the coal that was lying by. This was not expeditious
enough, and the heed of the barrel was knocked Its, and •
bucket with • pie* of rope to it was used to dip out the
turpentine. The barrel at this time was standing not roans
than six feet from the furnace dome. After dipping with
the bucket and eprinkfing the cods, sticks of wood were
taken up and their ends
_plunged Into the barrel and then
laid down between the banal sad furnace. WM* lying
Mere one of the firemen, In pain oat his rake, jerked a
live ooal, as is supposed, on the wood, when it was hear
diately ignited sad blued up furionelp.
The mate swore at the men, sad ordered them to throw
water on the fire. The water seemed to drive the flames to
the barrel, which was soon all &Mina. The mete grew
furious, and, cursing the hands, aniseed them to men the
barrel overboard. In attempting to do this the barrel was
upset, end the burning fluid in en instant spread ape over
the deck, and poured in fiery torrents down into the hold.
At this Way of "Fire I" was shouted, and the alarm beau*
geese&
Yr. Desist= mays he immediately ran metafre for his
lugg ge, which was in state-room No. 26. He dragged his
teak and carpet-sack as far as the clerk's offioe, Whell ks
sew the dames coming in at Ike dear fa frost of them. Rs
dropped the trunk and umbrella, and made • dub for the
stairway through the flame.. Sawelerw, he says,he reached
the bottom of the metre, bat net wWesi havlsg ids
lak and eyebrows many beep aged. Hem, et the
terwsrl deck, he found a &read et amen all waft der the
beet to strike shore. HeJump& when the rest dd, sal
leaded leanly, he began be Yrs* In Ile riversll the piers d
weed or logs he could pair en the the.. While en the
shore he saw the women rushing over the top of the boat,
same on the hominess sad mew, even with their
children up on the Thum our Ow help, end scream.
log from the fright of the issesene. lan sew ens maths,
being three children to the edge of the heftier roof, the
oldest being probably 'bent to. yawl aid. Me lest might
the youngest in her mess, mat Amperage Mag.
It stook the shore with greetvend suet hem been
asebnely injured. The NOM odd nee threw as
for, sad it fell in the water, where its Mho balk peddling
above the surface, arrested the stesalion damns genii awns,
who reached in sad saved it. The third shMbedng se imam
fell farther from share, and wail peke* lime been
drowned but for some noble-leeerted men, who, having
fnoa the efforts of the heroic menthes, IMO he heed
and brought Wchild 00 the andiss and te the
shore. mother afterwards Impel into the water, and nue
rammed.

Oesieton says some bur or No Imam VIM hurl
dinging to one woman who was bolding on to the Mir of
the dear of the West.
The captain, eleek,oiLtiet,floSsale were saved. All the
cabin boys but one, were saved. Mr. Denieten MARLBOROI7OH-BTREST.
says that one of them wed hie *Wm and the others lays Hams, • young girl, living se servant at 78, Nor-
haring loot all, he genermilly oiled Ms onlbe woodrobo, towatmet, Fitaroy-agaan, was charged with otheapting to
ad took them out behind the trios to theme theft sisthlem. comatit said& The seemed be a stets of post
He saw one poor Irishmen sitting on s log crying over the nervous maltement.
lone Obis brother. lionsallatzsond said that about ono that morning ha was
Mr. DelditOD relate, that while the dimes were mew be going Ip-row, whoa be observed the prisoner
saw moms poor weals at the MMus just to tent ef the sitting on step of a doer, and se she looked very wildly
wheelbase. Those on shore shouted to Sr Whim& while about he wed up to her, cad found her with her bead_ sup
the attempted to do, but sr smith her *Msg, ad to bee throat, with her eyes wof wady out her bead.
smog in under the roiling down into the osighlsomon, Os doer eziuninatiou he band ohs bad a of Moos ribbon
where all was ma blame of die. tied so tightly round bar ask as almost lee Aoki her. Re
Mr. Denison thinks them moot have been km tits 012 tried to bath it, bit the_ imisenew resided despeately,
Nos lost. He thinks them were mos de or 70 making several atiespis to die blur. Owing two cabmen
in all, and a rood many of thine hub panagers.— se or* pem he ailed to them, but they would kenasp At
Herald, April 27. ins aeon for • countable, and the was Ste eir.