The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-21
( Terrible Disaster on Lake Understanding OF
the steamboat u. II. Grimth-UPwards OF


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Cart R"hx vhicb ,s,s ssrs qua sns steamer Trim
SrTi A. Nth over 900 n. 80 1."1ay 'nor n.n5 iass
on bod 80 hnrnsd betwase So uos ,i vms'sn.s
| A. va;~ no ,be xstsr's - u $4,000, ol1ck on , mou
! go -. ~ - a.. or,siS.td r ~ mics OF Vleve-
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| 800 IL r..or,. .hout thirtv sss ,oi assist
& ne epor s,,.r nart;oalsyy. saved a IN all We
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su had p,ar.a =; oo ~ ~ap. S9oy'
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ss. e'en'hg ,sce' CO. aespaseh from nun
tor inc axt,sc,. "''' ''A' VIM" We "'"' WV io'
10 ~. W Ne $500, g. .u. ,,, ,v,,
=, ny y,fe ana four children are drowned! VIII be
men
The boat was insured in this citv for S2J 775 AZ
follows:-In the Aston Company. New York $4,000
North Western SO OOO Buffalo Mutual SO 900; Buff ilo
Merchants Mutual, SIS 600; Lexington S25OO: Column
bus So 275
Bye spencer of Ashtabula who was n passenger ON
the Grith we learn the folowng:-I saved vself by
sxismins ashore There wers 200 nnssenysrs on
board and out of that number so only wsre saved
sbors wn Was aooat @ OF mile from
of Cleveland The Gre was su ed 10 ba %
from the boilers or The furnace
The passengers wore thick around the boat and
great many that could NOT swim would hold an n
stbeIs nd own them as well as themselves II wa,
a sorrow full and hear rendng scene The manner in
which rot out of their way was by jumping about 20
feet int The water and tooi Sr.ct om, into The iaS
md then swan nm ljttl. distance IN ,et On, n, hs
reacb NJ otb.rs and tn tbam n,i,,n, ma do.r
then swan for the shore fe ~
There were about ave thousand people on shore when
reached H. rom Cleveland WiIIourbbv pains yiils
and Fairnort e''
R,,r 10 o,,,ock d NJ
sta.r,hoat Trov mat q, and va az ina.htd 70 ths
csrs FOR ths taiIo linz aaai,ion.l n.r,,nnisrs Wv
Iosr-Capt Roby wife and danght.r Miohael
Juno Sd engineer: Mr Mann whe.lsmsn TraIey Ist
porter Tilium Paulding saloon keepers; wife and
children eff w m Tincom r pnrks OF Besvsr pa.
C. Leonard. porter d. Weber. waiter Mira Wilkin,
son. and daughters of. Champion.
In all about $50 lost-l50 of whom were lying upon
the beach near the the disaster when the Troy
left.
Known to be saved. about 40 am ong whom Mr..
Stebbins the lst engineer the clerk, VIM. finoom,
and franklin Heth.
The Troy has nine dead bodies on board.
F,rvrS o,o,ocr M Tn. Dial, w.rs 4. In And Wa
learn by ID NJ Reed who was on board the Griffith tho
following additional particulars He SAYS there were
about forty cabin passengers only seven Of whom
saved thinks there have bee from inbred
and fifty TO thr-e hundred deck passengers mostly
German and only about thirty in all saved The fre
was v,o .GOo: half past three this Iorans
a,,,sh a. ,.I,Ia,,f ItIar,tn. az. .ss 49,. ~.
su,sn Without alarming the passengers but the
save rppnr.ies'y Tbs h"rr;csn dscs va. iitsraI,,
nacted v'h s,ssning snd whan ,h iro wa,
ppannna.s :. $500 .on,,rnS 81. ,',na., ..ns,.;n
nS ,aro Th ho., -" s,nani.,. haada
towards lana ana GROUNDED some oVo yards rom shore
But the neat had been so ths most OF the pas
sepgers haa jumped o'srponu pre'er.ng waIery