The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-06-24

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Mr.. r. G. Parks, Postmaster of Roches-
ter, Pa, and well known 10 our citizens
was aboard, and one o! the saved. We siva
his account as he gave it TO US:
He was aroused at or near a A. M. The
fire was then burning in the rims of The
chimnrys Of the boat They were distant
from, land three miles. The 2nd mate ord, r
ed the boat ashore, which was Immediately
obeyed.
When within half mile Of the shore she
grounded. The flames had not then burst
out in the forward part of the Cabin. But
Immediately after, the pilot house was en-
yeloppd.
The command was then given, from one
Of the officers, 10 the p.ealngers 10 save
tbs HtSs l.sS.
The Captain remained on the upper deck,
near his state-room, forward of the wheel
house. After all The passengers had jumped
overheard the Captain threw the barb, rs
wife, his mother, wife and child, into the
lake and plunged in himself. He r. main-
ed a moment on the surface, when with lis
wife in bis arms they both sank together.
They were, at least, according 10 MIR.
Parks estimute, two hundred and fifty emi.
grants !-(chiehy from England unJ Gerrna-
N.Y. Iorty-five or fifty cabin passengers. be.
sides the crew, numbering twenty five.
The nulnbrr Of those saved on the beuch,
was only forty!
MIR. Park was on the wheel He could
not swim. While there, scores fioated a.
round him, shrie king madly, Save me! Save
me He could do nothing He felt like
giving up. But with II tew Others he held
on, and SION the struggle was over, and ull
was quiet save the sound Of the waters as
they beat against the charred hull Of the
steamer. tt
This was the first trip Capt. Roby had
made.
The people on the shore were alive with
anxiety, and did all they could 10 relieve
them. A'a }se .,d
After daylight, search was made for The
| bodies. Two or three were taken up at O.
time, and they were laid upon the shore.
The scene on the shore was me lsncboly in
the extreme. One hundred and filty bodies
were strewed along. = .,..,
A long trench was dug, and in. that ths
poor emlgrsnts were buried. .-
Prof. A. I Sharp, Of 'Willoughby, am
John q. Stockley,, OF our city, were on the
spot early, taking care Of The dead anu lheis
property.
No booRs were saved.
The Mayor Of the city, q number OF the
Council, and near one bundled Of our cit :
zrns, chartered the steamer Diamond, AMI
left at a quarter-past 3P, NJ, yesterday, for
the scene Of the disaster. with material and
mechanics 10 make coffins 10 buIyrthe drsJ-
IN The Griffith was on the ToItdoun Bufa
20 line--Mas owned BY Roby & Sludd-fotd.
and nearly new.
Captain Roby had bis life insured for siz
thousand dollars iSs
The Troy took some eight bodies to Buff
la, and the Scow Sylph brought ten To lhis
city.
]. R. Munson, low, thick set man. had
SLIGO in his pocket, nine $lO0 bills on the
Mechanics Association in The City oil New
York bound Tor Toledo.
Marsh, rom Massachuse It's, was bout
% years Of age--body not iound-had god
watch.
A man with y. M on his shirt. Anoth.
er with F. L.
Francis Hugle, Baden, GERMANY.
The names of the foreigners lost cannot
be ascertaine9. They will not b, less tbs d
2SO--we fear the number will be larger
AN ENGLISH COLONY.
Robert Hall, saved. Lost wife and fou
children, mother, two sisters and two broth
ers.-1hey were from Ely, Cambridgeshire
William Walker, saved, from u CImpridge
cambridgeshire, England. Lost wiie ant
one child. 'jii
A child named Salina Money, Of The sam,
place, was saved.