The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-16

GREAT Loss on LrFr,


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LOUISIANA JUST putting out from me
t.S Z. 49, Z ~ 9owh 'he l'Ssr anu axe On
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hsf Douefs exploding and carrying away not only
~ oWh Sdph ana eecAa Dul easo tae laiooalu
side Of the St6rm and The starboard of the
ats7,.-, I, n, 1l....1 RI g.
siSna was pou"u 'U -
LOUIS aho nau on DOarl more man 'WO hundred
persons passengers ana crew, l ne storm was
just coming m rom Aou'sVrie' having ie'' Ine
principal part o. heF passengers al Laiaye''e' Inc
oostona arrived from Louisville on " eanesday
morning and many persons We're on heI decks to
look at the Lonislana as she went out The Leyee
was, q course, crowded with people, as y usually
IS when beat Is about arriving or departing The
loss OF Ire has, owing to all these circumstances
been enormous, and at present there is no possiol
ily OF saying how many persons were Slllea ana
wounded
we give below all the names tna' we can ga'hel'
and although but portion 81 the irghtol loss yeI
| il is an appalling number.
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$500 ,,.5,ol 400 AMONG these WAS recognised
~ e' Na'oiilNo'' - n,
a gentleman by the name Of Simeon W ollie, a rela-
tivesof Mr.. Isaac Hart. lie was passenger on
ooalu o. 'ile i1ou,Si''iia' gu ms way ~
rom uls p@ NJ p 'Op'u ~ , y, - Nm
g -. e. +, o,,,l,,,,,r,,d Al, ,r,lor s;,r,o5
o. JeMeHy iioill - -'e', o'p'' -''U az oi''
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CT s,.,t., ,,a,5sL,,; s,,.j, ,,.1s -,
named oha'leS ''uillEan' q ie"spe "'io was ou
'@ ~
reces iSe" y MS olo'iiei e.i's' sc i"
% be those OF RECEIVING clerks, ok Of spe NUMBER
are negroes.
az l'i,e1 % 'ioas
M. NJ H.
| AAU6 N.Y. ms A'+O1Ji 'i0 ~ t' ''i wv
clerk OF the storm; Evan hnoH, steward on the
same boat Lewis aeabm boy James Atkinson,
t,,+e ,e r;,rsr r-ssenerar ON the ,risis5,,
i'i''S On ul9 'iNT ", ,"'
1,'s p''p' u INV '''''V"" 'l'' -'0'' ''''" %
Baton Rouge.
The following is list Of the persons admitted
into the Charity Hospital, so far as their names
could be taken. Tweny-three individuals were
unable to give. any information, from great suffer-
| ing The injuries are all OF very severe nature
and the scene of agony in the different wards can
not be described
h snIg5 ~ F beo s n; hsnSeeky agsa g.
Henry Livingston. Isaac GarrisOn.
| saaaae Fox Keninohy,
tsliaan as 81. .A5Ilkenny county Ireland agSd *
Aliisy Ainley slave OF Moses Murray Georgia and bel
John Fv5ps- North Vale, England. aged rs
| william st,l 9n, Burke, rippeay aged TO-
glaass, small negro boy belonging to Capt Cannon
Henry iii5' fueFsr sfssouri. oppo,its Cbsse, m
jams m iias Is Juan Montreal VIM Nee
sam. slave d Can't Gnnaon.
James FyR Ii Tperi llgab r5ss s3sa asS5 "a
OF the immense number on the Louisiana we
can say but little The explosion carried many of
them far into the ait, and tossed the bleeding fap-
nents upon land and wave. The sight was a ter
rbe one depriVing even those that Witnessed il of
the faculty of transmitting The picture in words
But few moments INTERVIEWED between the explo-
sion and the sinking of the Louisiana which car,
RED with it all record of its crowded deck
Capt Cannon, the commander, was standing at
the time on the Levee as the boat was not to start
for fifteen minutes, He escaped with slight injury
but his brother E. Cannon, oil this city, was more
seriously hurt
or the wounded we have the following:
IauisoH Rea clerk for Nose. Greenwood Co.. bothegs
Nj, os " KS g Ss d eLs f9S a E " roSes
*. iPPluIed;. - -. - ,,-.,s.
hut he Was shading al he time on he deef Of he
i1ojHto"n piuains aaisu 70 M V Ollie on the Lou