Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-11-03
From the N. Y. Commercial ADV.
STEAMBOAT BURNT AND MANY
/ LIVES LOST

From the N. Y. Commercial Adv.
STEAMBOAT BURNT AND MANY
LIVES LOST.
We copy from the Boston Daily Advertiser
and Patriot, the following particulars Of a sad
disaster which has befallen the steamboat
Royal Tar, which plies between Portland aud
st. John, N. b.
Destruction of steamer Royal Tar, Of ST..
John, ". b. by fire, and loss of many iires.-
This fine steamer, 400 tons burthen, COM
manded by capt Reed, which has been plying
the last summer between st. John, N. b. and
, Portland, took fire on her passage to Portland,
at two L. NJ. on the 25th inst. in Penobscot
bay, within two miles Of the Fox Islands, and
was destroyed The fire took under deck,
and had got such ascendancy before il was
discov cred that the fire engine, which was
also under deck, could not be got out on &C.
count Of the intense heat, which also prevent
ed the men below from working the steam
engine sufficiently long to run her on shore.
The revenue cutter from Castine took Oft the
surviving passengers and crew. ii is thought
that as many as thirty lives are lost.
The following are the names and ages Of
passengers and crew lost, as far as ascertain
ed.
Il Cabin passengers-Messrs. s. Seller, J.
Price, A. Curtis, J. Ryan,.
Forward passengers-Chas. 26. and Mary
Curtain, 25, and child, Thos Mahony 26
Dennis O'Bren 26, John and Eliza Hogan,
Mary Hogan 26, Mary Dorrogh "a, Sarah
Smith, Malty Smith 25, and child, Peggy
Cochran %, Mary Cation, 23, Nicholas
Phremba q, Mary Hickey "a, Fanny o.
Bren 40, an old lady and boyle.
Crew lost-John Day and Chas. Ford,
seamen, Mary Burr, stcwardess-3. Total
lost as far as heard from 26.
CABIN passengers saved-J. u. Sherwood,
ESQ.,, Capt. Edw. Waite, Messrs. Owen Nc
Glendry, John Rice, s. Potter, Andrew Cur
rlson. John Hammond, John Ansley, James
Ii. Fowler. Henry Fuller, Andrew Fuller,
G. Fuller, Wheeler, Hodges, William Kipp,
J. Marlnon, NJ. Lowry, Hetherly, Stevens,
John Leighton Harrison, CrOson, Geo. Eaton,
Joshua Burgess, Vernon Gunison, Geo. Will
oughway, Miss Mary Linton-2.
Deck passengers saved-Owen Doherty,
Mary Muldoon, Ivan and Mary Martin, Pat
rick and Michael Moore, Michael and John
Dorian, Z. Hogan, Michael Mahoney, Mar
garel Grow, Richard Hcnsall John Turner
Miles Murphy-l4.
| Crew saved-Thos. Reed, master, Vim
Black, mate, Atkins, pilot, Marshal, engineer
II. Kchoe, Cd do, Michael Kehoe, fireman
Hugh Baney, do, and two other tiremen
VIM Conner and David, cooks, Henry Lufi
Geo. Nathway, and Owen Atkins, seamen
WIN. Brown, steward. Pat Daily, WIN. Nog
gins, aad John M'Elvey, boys, waiters-le
Total saved-59.
Since the above was in type, we have re
ceived the following from the Messrs. Toplifl
TopLIFr's News Room, !
BosToN, Oct. %, 9 o'clock, p. M.
Loss orMe British Steamer Royal Tar.
H Captain Thomas Towes, of the steamboa
Bangor, has politely furnished us with th'
following particulars of the loss OF the abOv'
vessel, obtained from one of the passengers
| The steamer Royal Tar, Thomas Reed
MASTER of and from st. Johns, N. B. for Port
land, left on Friday, 2lst inst. with about 81
to 100 passengers, including crew. On dec
were an elephant, two camels, several horses
aud number Of Gagged animals, comprising
a travelling caravan.
4 On Tuesday, 25th, when crossing Penob
| scot Bay, and within about two miles Of th
entrance of Fox Island thoroughfare, it wa
| found that the water was out Of the boiler
and as the wind was blowing a very heav,
| gale from N. w. ut the time, the boat wn
anchored for the purpose of filling the boilers
and in about an hour after (about two P. M.
she was discovered to be on fire.
/ The engineer with fifteen other person
imme diately jumped into the largest boat, ant
made for the nearest land to leeward, which
they reached in safety in about four hours
Capt. Reed promptly took possession of the
only remaining boat, and took position at a
short distance to the windward. Three gen
tlemen passengers, good swimmers, commit
ted themselves to the water, and were taker
up by Capt Reed.
III The cable was slipped and sail made OF
the boat with the hope Of reaching the shore
) but the flames spread so rapidly from aft t
forward, that her mainmast was consumed il
t a few minutes, and her tiller ropes bein
burnt away, she drifted broadside to tn
, wind, directly out to sea.
5 A signal Of distress had been made, and
: was fortunately discovered by the Revenu
Gutter, stationed at Castine, then about fou
or five miles to windward, and she prompt
bore up to her relief. Capt. Reed put 0
: board Of her the persons in his boat, and the
Immediately commenced taking off those re
naming on board the Royal Tar.
At this time she was a mass Of fame
nearly from stem to stern; a small space fol
ward which had not yet taken fire, with tn
bowsprit, bobstay, &c. was crowded with tn
survivors. Those on the quarter deck wer
driven overheard by the flames, and such a
survived were hanging to the davit tackles
} chains and ropes attashed 10 the rudder.
Many we're suspended by ropes, secure
on deck, but as the fire reached them, wer
Precipitated into the sea and drowned. Th
cutter unfortunately had no boat Of sufficien
SIZE to render any assistance in taking off tn
, sufferers, and having gunpowder on board
, Lieut. Dyer, in command, did not deem
prudent to approach very near the wreck
so that the work of rescue was nn,vo;dab,,