The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-06-28
NEW SERIES---VOL.s 5. Nos .e.
BURNING q Il. ssTlGAMER dRIFFIFn.

| We nnd IN Inc cleveland IdeFGIH apd
True Democrat fuller accounts of the
late dreadful disaster than have been
published by telegraph. q f
There were in all 326 persons on board
-256 steerage passengers, 46 cabin, aud
I25 of the crew. There were fifteen la
dies and children in the cabin, only one
of whom was saved. Only about 40 Of
the whole number were saved. sss @
The fire was discovered abont,4 o.
clock in the morning. OF the cause
nothing is known. The True Democrat
says: arrf sri uitr.ea
The saved unfortunately, can explain
nothing. They were asleep and in bed
All they know is. that about 8 O'clock
or about daybreak-.he alarm Of fire was
given. The shore was in sight. Hope
said it could be reached, and all were
still. But when the bar was struck,
hope was converted into despair, and,
wildly, death by fire was stunned omeel
death amid the waters. The passengers
plunged into the lake, aud'but few were
saved.
The Herald says
She was about three miles from shore
The Cd Mate, then on watch, gave orders
to run her ashore. The boat was then
HEADED for the shore. and when about
half mile fiom shore, she struck bar,
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and before the flames burst out above
Immediately after she struck The flames
burst out in forward aud after cabin aud
Pilot house. An officer gave word to
the passengers to save themselves. Cap
Roby gave orders for the wood piles to
be thrown over, which was done The
cabin and deck passengers were then
Jumping over in crowds. The Captain
remained on board, on the upper deck
forward Of wheel house until the flames
i. drove him off, He then threw DIVER his
wife. children; moiherin law. and the
BARRIERS wife, aud jumped in himself,
and remained Oh the surface moment
with his wife in his arms, when they sank
together. '' O.
No cabin ladies' saved except the bar
ber's wife,
4 We copy below several facts and Incl
dents from The True Democrdt: wv ~ .''
!, Mr.. Atkinson states that ~henh heard
the first alarm, which was about 3 o'clocl
he Immediately jumped up, saw that the
/ boat was hopelessly on fire.
He endeavored then to, save himself
j aid did SO, .y 2 .Wil..R ft.e .la
While on the fender, he heard the
shrieks of those consumed by flames
f and saw numbers perish in the water.
The bndes of Two children fell thro
, the deck, bilrned To death. fe,t raaat.
+ MIR. Parks, P NJ at Rochester. was
{ one On board aid did all he could to save
the unforiunate. He heard their shreki
st"save me! save me! aud at one time time
. was So uverwhe lined with lhe cries o
= the sufferers that he FELT like giving up.
/ The emigran,s aroused by the alarm
S of FIRE, sprang overheard, and they have
been found six Of eight log gethcr Iinket
. in the close embrace of death. An Eng
. ish woman and her four children. VIII,
, had been sent for by the husband a resi-
5 dent of this city, had risen eaily am
:. dressed themselves in their best To gree
: the husband and father--all were lost.
: The row of curpses aloug the beach
$ with green leaves laid over the face {
+ each, aud the limbs distorted, was Oh
b we hope never again To witness.
t. The scene on the lake shore was me
d anchply in the extreme. aoa.s..r.
i $50 bodies were stiewed along. Th
1t boats would gather up s aud 6 togethe
from the bottom of The lake. In The deaf
8 struggle they had clasped each other
IS 6rmest grip. ...s .s....... s.... l.,
|. A long trench was dug and in that III
10 poor emigrants were buried! BURY m
g child here" said lone parent. La
IS my wife there" husky spoke bereave
r. husband. And babes aud children, an
t. men and women. from Ireland, Englan
y and Germany. we're buried together III
i. der the same sod, near the spot wheI
their lives were so suddenly taken.
10 This was the first trip Cap. Roby ha
& made
ia The people on the shore were ali,
r. with anxiety, and did all they could to r.
re lieve them. .... sa s.. ,...
m After daylight search was made for Il
4. bodies. TIVE and weretak ken up
,e time; and they were laid upon the shor
te Ii WIS sad sightto behold. Their =
m quinn, the moaning of the surf; the
death place the wild lake shore. Stran
III er and rehtiVe, lay there. young and ol
i. as quietly aud still as if in their temp
i. nought had burned save what might
q. incense in Heaven!
NJ, No books were saved. A list ther
4 fore of the names Of passengers cam
j. be given. These we must catch up
we can. The accident has been atten
IA ed with fearful loss Of lfe-as fe;
= ful as any we have had and every mea
n should be takeh-not only 10 pay eve
a respect to- the dead-but to ascertain t
"a cause of the disaster and the names
- those who have perished.
la ADVENTURE OF OLD AeE.--Among I
ne passengers who arrived a, Boston f
he days ago, was Michael Mulloney. ag
. l03 years, He is native ofKikenr
80 Ireland. which he left so years ago.
'"' comes to this countrytn visit his chiIdrt
= and is going to Providence. R. l., whe
he one resides, and he homes To reach Mic