Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-30
Dreadful Steamboat NfsastGr!!
Anto!nette Douglass Blown mp
Ttcsnty Hrs or Thirty Lirss LvsS

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The Mobile papers bring u the details
of another Of those awful disasters which,
go r. suuputiy occnr ~ orr enutharn1rateta
the EXPOSE, of the boilers Of the
steamer Antoinette Douglass, at Tate
Shoals, on The 2lst November. The ie.
lowing are the particulars from the Herald,
Of the 27th: o o
II npuenrs That previous to The onrnr-
renee the Douglass was WING AGROUND On
! Iate's ElionIs, aud while her captain was
| making every effort to get her over it, she
buIs on" of her boilers witt, u terrific o..
p'osion At o. time, the g~'eateo part 1t
the passengers (n%nmleriur SON" liunlr"h
aud twen'v-hv") were tlsts asleep. The
noise instantly woke them, aud those
who were ,ullurt fed to the deck in the
greatest terror. The ernllinr steam ruak-
Cd ~tt,rony', and pnveiurpi aII parts ut the
Io,t. With great difficulty, q numh"r 90
the passengers with several ,t tho Wuuii-
Ied, nel in tbVir ui.lt clothes to q barge
laden with cotton, witch the npnrIn@s
had IN tow. This was crt loose from
the wreck aud went drifting down the
stream.
Fortunately. the steamboat Arkansas
No. o, Capt James. A. Greer, was Ivlrn
about n mile Hh,Ye the scene uf the
dlsaeteS. aud I,nntint tl,esevpInsinn. n'nl
appreisnlirg the cause OCT, eli" irnn'e-
liateIy got up steam aud Went to the
rescue. She soon reached the burning
ruirSanl took Of rlroae Of the passengers
who were Oh Titus, IN all probability,
satunu many uf llnul from It wHtery g,aFe,
or, perhaps. more i@torrIir'e ,lpati, i,y fire.
She Inv airnraIic untll the hurricane root
If the D,nriass wai onveirpel IL flames.
at the Imminent lra%ard, it - said, Of her
owFAafety. Sln li,pn drltel down sud
took oil those who wcte on the barge
whicE, WINS en-, Iro4o,
Shortly nttnr. ti,a.srenm'pnt WIN BrFd-
street ranne a'ont7deon nd offered every
assistt8,e IN all II the survivors. ulsny
of whom took passage on board Of hoe
II l9 stated that there 3tere about a,ua
hundred aud twenty i've passengers on
board OF the tS'iGIn@s. OF those we
ave accounts ri ss''t'e nne'y-n'e. lf'e
Others, 1t IL s'rl"'ed, were Killed either
by TIC eHpIo9h, or IN t'"lr terror, ;''h
to l'ie water anh W"'" 'sg'Wn'd0 t''e
effects OF the pnss;u2or7 were almost: on-
i,rrIy destroyed We. hear that Com.
Nture. who was t%trn"rSs them, savr,k his
baggage. i11" ra;'e's aud books ot2iilS
boat were o''" '"~!
lh"""tt"h d"ttr:'y"d - reported at 'knnt
eight hundred htlr7. the liI''g Wnas: ~"
Douglas had "n per h'r%", 'h'fe 'EnS"
son" fourteen h%n':|red h',"s t oE%et''ar :
We hive received n "C,nl" adIr*zorJ
tSthe pUh''C irorl which we ul'taln the
''''', p'''"' '"'@' a~'''''"H'1' IT - 9!1'e'
hyrt,n.n ~, a..I ,n,1o -" ,.a
Of the r,,a..n,rn.| WITH, we're ,n tho b,a,
and rnvs n very :,,ol, commitment ii tho
coma ra and h,,rS,nitv Of tie Car,nin ,l
tho ArIu,ueoa ii, !. ,Ian,es A. t,,re.
It We feel " if :oys that vo ara ,,n,
.disrharyiuu our d}liy. w,,h,nt hoa,;ny =
v,D,nm and l,olrtialt testimony h, the
promr,ncss. cnor.ynml efficiency nl ynnun
ta.n,in t,rcrr Il tho Arkon.ns No =
for he reiipt l,o attended to ~ aud ~, At
,l,rted tplluw.uaS1pn,o,s. lie observes. -.
he viii doubtless ~sccr,ye, the patronage ,f
a ennnmuitv 81; doom , GutrIrstrI IN all
sucl, acts ol Jizj,,tcre~,rj h~anayo,enco 3"
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