The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-02-05

over after. and gave the boy my place. SWAN
10 IL aad got on n. / was on t until about
half past ooe o'clock. About that time /
drifted bach 10 the steamboat and got on 10
her. There were then ten or twelve. persons
hanging 10 different parts of the boat Mr..
Hampstead was ons Of them, and one Of the
fireman by the meme Of Baum; job Sands, a
waiter; Harry Reed. the man that 6rst woke
me. and a small English hoy, another coal
HEAVIER. his name was William; there was a
deck hand by the name Of Charles that was
all the names knew. the rest were ~ sup
pose, passengers and some walters. There
were no ladies. siad there until three o.
clock when she sunk. | stsid about mid
ships, near where the fire originated. We
stood on the top Of tho hips. which are put on
the boat to keep her from rolliug, aud are made
Of solid timber. running fore aad aft the boat
near the whole length Of her, under the guards !;
bur the guards At this time were burned off; ]
stood there until she sunk. After she began
TO I'll the rest jumped of, kfter she sunk
swan TO piece OF the guard and with four
others got on IL, who all p~rished before day.
light. One Of them WAS Harry Reed, and
George the fremsn--the other was the boy |
had given my place on the ruddsr--the other
! dos't know. ! thiuk they all persisted with
the cold. shook them around, tried to exer--
else them and rub them. | remained on the
piece of guard Till Y o'clock in the afternoon.
when ] was taken of by the sloop Msrchaui.
Captain Meeker, and was taken into South
Port. where had The best care taken Of me
possible. ! was in my senses all the time, |
swung my cap to the sloop. bat they had seen
me hefors. My feet were badly frozen. with
my fingers touched little with the Frost
Have besn with tho Lexington ever siace she
commenced burning coal. Have known her TO
be on fire on The ed January. on the main deck
alongside Of the boiler. Ii originated from
some sparks which flew up and caught the deck.
IL did not burn SO much a. 10 make blaze on
deck. IL bnrnt a corner Of a box which was
there, but did not damage the goods which
were in il. Never know her on fire at any 9th
er time. When the door Of the furnace is o.
pened the sparks from the coal does not come
out, unless the dsmper is down. which we al
ways keep open and fastened open. Never
saw the blaze come out ot the furnace except !
when the dAmpsr was down. Was on board
Of the Lexington on the trip on which Mr.. |
Frederick Hampstead was the engineer. The
boat nor the wood on board the boat was m
FIRE during that trip. TO my knowledge. ! was
up the last half of the night on that trip, the
passage down. We did not have the blower
on, because il was broke; saw no bricks blown
1o"p AT "Hs 'Hie' Inv Joinet ""s ~ WIN ""
board at that time. was putting up a baggage
room. aud at work round the engine. Never
saw the casing to the steam chimney on fire
should think | should have heard OF il IL there
had been fire on board. Never heard Of any
cotton being on fire either on tho wharf along
'ide the boat or on board the boat. Have seen
he chimney red hot. have seen blue flame
'ome out Of the top OF the chimney, probably
IS much as six feet. Have been a fireman 4 Ii
ears in different boats, and in boats where
oal las been used; don't consider a boat IN
my more danger with blower than without
me. have seen the Jaekson's pipe red hot from
op 10 bottom. and the flame come out Of the
'ipe 10 or - feet. There was plen,y Of hose
o go all arouad the boat, should think there
Sas abont seventy 1--we passengers on board.
We can max. more steam with blowers than
~iihout; ~b@a wr are carrying 10 or - |
inches steam. take off the blower and the steam I
will run down so as to stop on her centre in a
'hor time have seen tho steam run down from
g inches TO an inch and half in twenty min
iros after tho blower was taken of.