Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-17

at the rail road depot, about SO bales of
cotton, nearly all Of which, together with
the money chest and most OF the cabin
furniture, we are glad 10 hear has been
saved,
On reaching the spot under whip and
spur, we Immediately bent our steps to-
ward the temporary hospital hastily pre-
pared for the reception Of such as might
be found to retain a spark of life. The
sight was such as we hope never to look
upon again. The floors Of the two large
ware rooms were literally strewn with lhe
wounded and dying, aud others pouring
in as fast as it was possible to convey
them-prsYing, groauing, bowling an9
wrilhing ID every possible contor'ion OF
physical agony. 10 the midst OF this con
fusion and din, up 10 their armpns IN
oil and cotton and bandages, we foun1
our praseworlhy physicians, like goou
Samariians, doing good quietly ana s''
len,ly, but with the energy and activity aP'
parently Of fifty PAIR of hAnds-nOW WASH,
ing burn, now dressing a wound' anu
anon splintering fractured limb II"
deed our citizens generally, every man
and mothers son, appeared only anxious
as to how they might render most ser
vice to the poor sufferers-whlte ano
: black, without distinction. The follow
inc are the most important particulars, az
far as we have been able 10 gather them
The crew consisted Of ! captain, l mate
2cIerks, 3 engineers, 2 pilots, carpen
ter, watchman. l chambermaid, 3 stew
ards, 8 cooks, Is fremen and deck
, hands,
Passengers-L. Thomas missing; Z
\ B. Montamat, commission merchant, N
= Orleans; and one small boy wounded
Deck Passengers, wounded, 2 not hurt
Capt. Laurant escaped unhuTt, MI
: Bessy, chief clerk, missing, and the sec
: ond clerk killed; John Tyson, chief eng
!, neer, badly wounded; VIM. Sumpter,2n
engineer, thrownl50or2o 0 yards throug
the roof and gable end of q house, int
the back yard against the fence, on
. arm torn off and fragments of his carcas
!, scattered over the trees; Wme NetsoI
3rd engineer. fireman, mate and cook
killed; Arnault J Levand, pilot, missing
Wm. Wall, pilot, killed; John Peterson
: mate, badly scadod, though likely
recover; Gabriel Pool, carpenter, missiD
watchman killed chambermaid saved vi
hurt: stewards all killed or missing, tw
e :, OF the cooks killed, and wounded; eigI
ffemen killed or missing -four deck han'
!. killed or missing.
1t may be well enough here to stat
!, : that those we have put down as missin:
= are doubtless dead, as every search hf
been made in the Sicirity to recover the
bodies in vain. They have doubtle:
!, found watery grave.
: The remains Of those picked up o.
:, shore were inferred decenily.
TIE watchman. white man, We
thrown,alve, 100 yards through the soil
wall of Barker's Hotel, into bed. II
: retained his senses perfectly for som
time after, but the poor fellow expire
= during the evening, The cabin boy wG
T" thrown about two hundred yards throug
the roof ofa shed, and was picked up
:. a rnangled condition.
y *Mr. Thomas, grocer of Bayou Sar
:" " had but Just takea leave Of his wife an
\ ! family aud stepped on board when II
~ ~ explOs on occurred. His wife and chil'
;" ;. and another lady and child, who happer
of ed tobe with her, hearing the uproa
VI v ran Immediately TO the front windows
., o ascertain the cause. They had scarce
70 70 done so, when, with dea afning cras
y driving third Of the entire roof in
- - descent, lay vast fragment ofthe boil
= on the very spot they had just Quilted.
!; P. s. Since the above W in tyne, y
y have learned the death oil another of Il
;" fremeh. And the body of Mr.. Besi
:, = was found about six miles below, wi
= one leg severed from his body.