Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-16

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injured hy an explosion of powder in one of The
burning buildings, aud one by the falling Of fire
hook The calmness Of the weather, when The fire
broke out, prevented much greater destruction.
GA disastrous fire occurred an Z ,nesvilIe Ohio,
on the 1ih Loss esiimptd al $4,000. The
dwelling houses of Mr. Parks. Z ,sman. and Mrs.
Prnfz, besides sevesal stores, were CONSUMED.
John Cooper, son of Judge Cooper, was found
Cea !, su ppooed from o,e -oxcitement. Aduetieer.
Loss of inc swallow
Correspondence efths "Bufato Only Pilot"
Troy, April 9Th. 1915
Gent rived il this city hrs afternoon at
) o'clocF, aud fad that much excitement exists.
produced by the loss of the fire steamboat Sudl-
iOic the news Of which reached here this MORN
Ing You vii! find in the Albany Ereniag Jour
nal Of this evening. an account of the disaster -
lnis, am informed. is erroneous in many particu-
lars 1t il stated in the Journal that Mrs Star.
buck, of Troy, among The dead. Tlis learn
10 he an error.
o. the ARRIVAL of t.A iidings here. the steam
boat John lIisoa Immediately started f,r the scene
e he DIS .sier, and have waited until this hour
in lepes OK getting more fall particulars. but she
las not gel arrived. .SiplI she come up during
,be ai:.li shall gathsf what can in the morning,
AID add Ia shl> in Z. S.
prepared f he Troy Daily Wig of tn-n,orrow
4l,uruiug h','il Is Isnvs.d here f. the
'hesic ace, n'l received yea. aid far VIII ch 1 al,
ut,iehta kindness OF he edi.ar of that paper
! Ms. II stson.
me slsaalbpai 2pai'J,c left this CRY FOR Nsw-
: York ou Mped' y afi,rlpoa. sh. | "a a large
';u.gle. % passengers on b ard $40. The
niari rel ~ very d,tiS ~ilh a:castona sIIaii~ ri
.asa. Abant : a'cinrI, e l,na.. while uutr fall
- vas, srnk . h d;,e oi .frclss ln>, narih of
~ 81, al Afilens. of2si'i TN ri's If Hudson.
! Ehe b - of i.e htnt reed e implicitly of
water, catISi z h" = er:, la be pr"pyiionaliy de-
pressed usd-r wa.e:.
81 ne steamboats, Rochester ard Express were a
short distance astern of The ittcdlloc hen she
struck. They aong sd. viii great alacriy
and took of her passe gers. La their tri.ht.
number of the passengers j ,mped overheard and
were picked un by the SIN II b als of the Swallorc.
! The citizens OF Hudson and A hens also came t"
he assistance Of The Passengers in boats aud car
rier many ofthem SHIRE al those places. Had
the passengers been aware at the time of the ac-
cdent of The exact position of the boat, all nf them
might have been taken If -wiih"nt weli,ng even
The soss OF their shoes The rock which the
Sacqt'od stuck IL or ID feet out Of wafer.
! The bow of the boat Il, the very top of The
ruck aud remlinei there ut the last accounts.
The bull of The boat is brukea in Two near The
forward gabgwav.
Afer she Sratow struck, her Stern sunk very
rapidly; So much That several persons we're
eAiIlcaied from the state rooms on The promenade
deck. by cutting hnles thr. ush the 20 f. Capf.
Squire exhibited throughout the whole atfair the
most Commend .ble Goodness aud energy IN his eff.
! forts TO save the lives of his passengers
1.-The Sicafio,o was purchased las, summer hy
| the Troy aud New York Steamboat Co. fer $24,
QUO. During the last winter she was thoroughly
repaired and greatly improved in svery respect.
She was built IN 1885. and was in excellent cot,-
'Il'lon. The loss will be heavy one to her own
ers. as she was not Insured. She was valued at
about $50 400.
"lhe Albany will be pat on the lice in place of
the Srallor.
''Among he passengers on the Srallop from
THIS CITY, were John Pane, lady. daughter and son,
John l., Thomson and lady. N Sarbuck and Mrs.
Benjamin S'arburk, Mrs. Townsend. NJ. Will,
MT. and Mrs. llayner. Mr.. FeIIowes. WIN. c. L.
Richards, and large humber of others whose
names we have not ascertained.
~ b We earr, that other passenger,
MIS- Franch, of Detroit, is missing and is supposed
to be lost.''
The weather is exceedingly cold hero tonight
-as cold think. any We have had at Buffalo
the past Winter'
1 be travel on the railroad is now immerse.-
he rain which Jeff Ullca this morning consisttd
OF eient long passenger cars-containing, as |
was informed by the conductor, over 800 passen.
gers.
WEDNESDAY. April 9th-6 A. NJ.
me Mason returned last night at ii o'clock
bringing the bodies Of persons. viz: Mr.. Gen.
Coffin, OF West Troy 2 Misses Wood, of ALBANY
Mss Briggs. of Troy, and man and woman uo-
, known. Onthe wo,nan's finger was silver thin.
, bic marked "F. II. c." The Troy Whie Of
thus morning states that the body of Mrs. SarbucI
OF THIS cry, was among The number brought up.
but ihis IS mistake it is not yet known whether
she was drowned. 4 gentleman informs me tina,
i he saved himself by Jumping some feet down
! upon the Island.
Ny Informant says that the boat must have
e been under great Roadway al the time, Al her bow
/ ran be;weon 80 and 40 feet on the island. Il will
i probably never be known how many lives were
lost The following letter was written yesterday
: afternoon By the Steward ofthe SUallou, and NC