Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-15
THE ACCIDENT ON THE hUl.

particulars ia relation. 10 the loss of he
Steamboat Swallow, in the Hudson river.
!, Is not known rs yet how ,nany persons
LOST their lives by. this. melancholy acci.
Gent, but II is general y thought that the
number will not, fall short of thirty, and
may DC as high, as fifty A correspond
entof the New York Commercial Adver>
tser. writing from Hudson, SAYS:
To-day "wednesday men are employs
ca IN hshing up the dead from IN { part of
the main deck 10 which they have access.
The ladies' cabin, where il is feared the
greatest number were drowned, is ut pre-
sent entirely beyond their reach. The
bodies Of five females and one man have
been got up and are laid upon the deck
Tor recognition In the hind Of one OF
hese--a young lady was found an elc.
gantly bound volume which she hal pras,
ped firmly in the agonies Of death. I,
was the mcmoir oil Mrs. Mary Lundie
duncan. and II the owner and reader OF
this book indicated her moral preferences
oy such rcading, we may hope that she
Is now communing with the spirit of the
Scottish pastors wife. The numbc r,who
peilshed on this sad occasion is estimated
ny some at ihy, and by oilers as high as
n HUNDRED. At'presen,, howe, eri nothing
c"r'nin Can &c known.
The following is an extract Of a,letter
published in the New York Tribune dated
at Hudson on Tuesday evening:
Judge Biker, Of Washington coun,y
was on DO ird, and saved himself by lump +.
ing from the bows upon the rock lie
states that two ladies, who were put un-
der his protection at Troy, ure missing.
They may have gone to New York in one
OF The other boats, but he is apprehensive
that they are yet IN the boat. One of
them is Miss Rhoda Thayer, vf Iloosick
rails henssa'ear county, sister TO James
> Thayer,of New York. The other la
dy is supposed TO be Mrs Lockwood, OF
Troy, lately married, and formerly Miss
Mary Ann Bishop, Of Hoosick Falls. An
old gentleman, MIR. Hoz n. Of Troy, i.
now on board looking for his wife-he
ell her In The cabin and knows $50 I was
told) that she is there now. One of the
young ladies'. whose body IS recovered.
was found with a novel Ohe Grumbler)
clenched in her hand. :
One oil The bodies recovered from The
wreck turns ont t. be that OF WIN. Davis.
son OF Nathaniel Davis, Esq of Albany.
aged %. He had succeeded in rescuinp
his sister from the threatened dunoer, and
had placed her on board the Rochester
but returning to seek for Mrs. CouklIng
who is YET m%issing) lost his own life in
The heroic effort to save others. DR.. Wood,
a dentist, OF Albany, lost two Sisters
MIS-. Parker, Of Utica, widow Of the lale
Milton Parker, is known to lie lost.
The Hudson Rcpublicanof " ednesday
evening says:
Two bodies have been recognised w
Their friends; one a Mrs. G. fin, Of West
Troy, and the Other Mrs. Walker of New
foIk. On the person Of ono other # the
ladies was found a card on which WAS
written in pencil Mrs. Sk,dmore," and
IN her poe ket a handkerchief marked with
lndel'ble ink, "H. Conkkin." The body
Is supposed 10 be that Of Mrs. Conkiin,
Of Albany.
We learn that in the pockets ~e
young man recovered yesterday mere
rail, .u"u " ""n "'sfge1oil Of bank bills.
and memoranda for The purchase of hard
ware. IL was presumed that he was a
western merchant proceeding to New
York 10 purchase goods.
Cn Mrs. Walker, whose body was found
.o'day, there was a poo ket book contain
ing a large sum Of m ney. Her husband
recognized her BY a miniature oil bim>
sen, attached to a gold chain, which sbeI
wore around her neck. Mr.. Walker. we |
understand, is n mercf ant OF New York.
VINO mas been on a collecting tour in the
western country for som. months past.
The scene before the coroner's Jury
today was exceedingly affecting, especi>
any when MIR. Walker gave his testimo.
over The body Of his life ess wife. A..
sa'd he could have saved her, and was mr.
gIDg her on toward the forward M RI of
The boat, when The captain came up TO him
ana SAID DE easy, there's no danger.m
''e released his hold on his wife's arm.
and no sooner had he done this ,han The
water rushed in, and she was swep, be.
You'd his reach.
Mrs. Coffin, who was found to-day. is
The mother Of Mr.. George Coffin, of West
Troy, who recognized The bodv nj his
VIE among those recover red Yesterday.
MI. Colin. by this disaster, has met with
, double loss.
MISS StuIbnck. Of Troy. and Miss
french, OF Bennington. who were report.
70 lost we are hnppy TO say are b th safe
Great apprehension exists as TO The fate
the son OF Gen. Ma,her, of the Nav
York Legislature.
INC Hon II. l.. Wyckof, member oil
ne Legislature from Brooklyn, ropored
among The missing. is alive.
POWER OF ELOOUENCE H.