The daily crescent., 1850-06-28

colpts of Y, Itjsfa Nv ielegranh we have aleaalv
nnhIisbed.
fFtss, ~ pnt5sle Exo44s lime Is :
We learn from Cleveland thatthe sissnsr fsstf-
fish Capt Rohv which left here GU Sunday rnorr,
ing last for Toledo. with over two hundred rssfr
gers, mostly emigranfs, on board, was burned bel
tween 3 and O'clock on Monday morning to the
waters edge. destroying the lives az some tso
hundred persons. she was withir twenty sniIsa ~
Cleveland when the FIRE orginaisd. Capi. Roby
and family, we regret to learn, are among the losi
The mate swam on shore and reached Cleveland
for assisance. HelepoFtsabout thirty saved IN All.
We hore 10 have fuller particulars before We ~, n
press. The Griffith was new boat Of snesli,,,o
dimensions, and Of excellent character with the
travelling public. She had Just been purcha sed hv
Capt Roby, worth officer, who had entered Il,
command Of her This, we think, was his fiyst
tfip and il has proved OF dres iful fatality "a
self and an interesting family, all of whom IaIl
victims 10 the fire or tloci -
Up to O'Clock yesterday al. srnoon We copld oh.
tain no further particulars, except that the propeller
Delaware had been to the wreck, and that The
s;rtv y, ''S' ~ iu'1eu ana
Frankl;n Heatb formarlv ~ ME .;.,,
board with his family. His brnfhsr is,ss EIs ~
Of this ctv last evening received A.
pieh from him dated Ashtabna Ohio 5rol ';, III,
We make the foowing extract Nv Ss.s ;s s's'sd ,,i
four chiIdrer, ara 5rosvned viii "a q; R,,f s',,u =,
morrow morning Have the bodies with me
hs hoa, ;asnrsd r.; III; ;s c. s.,ls -,
folloWs--Ln the Aslor Conr INV FewYork c60on
North Western. S60c0: BufSalo Mn,nai = S0 Sec0o
RntJsio Msrchssnss, M,,,,sf Sscon goeov
s25Co: Columbus, s2275. 'o'''
Bv G. Spencer. Of Ashtabula who was . ,assa,,
Ger On the i.6 we larn s - q ,assel,
myself bv swimming ashore There sssra ~ =
hundred passengers on board, and out Of ,hat nun.
her fifty only We're saved The steamer was about
lhreesiorlls ot ia mle sl from shore when she was
The fire was supposed TO have originated from the
boilers or the furnace.
The passengers we're thick around the boat, and
great many tnat could not SWIM would hold 10
Others, and drown them rs well as themselves. Il
was a sorrowf1l and hears-rending scene. The
,aIl;el "a winch got gu. oI 5helr way was by
Junp.ig aDont tWen'y lesL lnto me water and took
oul ''o ane shS anu .nen swan up little
,o ses ~: y ne leacu VI otnefs, and 70
~ hn.s s''e'i Pu'iis 'ie 'ileh sWam LOT
s"1 Tlas 1uo,e
vban raschsd on shore
Painsvilla ana Fa;r,o,, se''u' y inousioy'
,4 Ep,r ~ o,o,oot
Steamboat TROY inst in and W.. ;srs Sndshtsd u
the clerk for the following additional ns
Loa.-Capt. Robv. wiie 4 nd ,langbsar Nlicb..l
limo Al engineer H. Mann ~. ~
Isl Mortar Frillnm and panld;,r aI S, 10y,
WIFI ana cEildren ~ W. Tnan,, aa'' Z He1psis'
Of Beaver. Pa: G. sonard rortsr N yvsh0s' stns'
waiter; Mrs. Wilkinson. and danob,ers of
Champion y -
WA Min
upon the beach near H., scene ~ the isastar ,hs
the Troy left
Known 10 be saved about 40 among whom are
Mr.. Stebbins, the LIST engineer: the CLERK. Wm
Ifncom. and Franklin Heath.
The Troy has nine dead be dies on hoard
By telepranb;c d;sys,cb n ,hs To,,;sa;lI. r,.,,
rier ,ve have tbe
:, si.s sol.os~ins auuitioial partcuiars oil
tne burning OF tEe Grltfith:
r., ~ 80 Ts,,.. CINCINNATI, June l6,
ny u tie Steamer 5iintn ne following account
10 COPIED rom the cleveland democrat;
Dea'n nas visited US IN fearful form and with
terrible ehect ne steamer Y. r. Gnffith was
consumed ABOUT daylight yesterday morning, and
iear some two hundred souls have perished by fire
and water When hrst the alarm was given the
passengers were cool and collected, and it was
thought could reach land, for which she was steer
ing but the steamer struck upon a sand bar half a
mile from shore, and then panic reipned the pas-
sengers, according to those who were saved became
wild with despair and plunged madly into the
water, as if life was safe there death also came IN
them amid the gurgling sounds of tia watery
waste, and by scores left their home on EARTH for
their home, we Iaeaven The cause of the
fire is unknown, and unfortunately we can explain
nothing. The passengers were all asleep, and all
those who were saved know, is that about three
o'clock, or near day-break, the alarm Of FIRE was
given, and shore in sight, which il was thought
could be reached and al were quiet but when the
boat struck the bar, ali hope Of safety was con.
verted into despair and the evident death bv FIRE
was Stunned to meet death amid the waste Of
waters. The passengers plunged into the lake and
but few were saved. The number of souls on board
is stated steeraoe nassen0ers o56 cab;r AZ 80
crew 25, making a total Of 326.
r. G. Parks, of Rochester, Pa, was on board al
the time, and is among the survivors The ac.
count we have given, is as he related il tons. Mr
Parks was upat A. M, and at that time the fire was
burning near the rims of the chimneys. The boat
was about three miles from land. The second
mate ordered the boat TO be headed for the shore,
which was done, and when the boat grounded, the
flames mad not burst out IN the forward part of the
caon but Immediately aoait the pilot house all was
eNFeiopeu n hames' me. command was then glv-
III ~ a,'e Passengers u saEs lhehseVes and many
oseiooaiu' po'l rom .ne eapin ana me
.oei nSnh' anu N cIowus .. nearly twenty at
a y I.e men Delow 70
b.. ~ ~ W. ~ su ,os 81 ~ hIe
bis ~ near
I'll affsr II ,hs III
threw the he rbar,s via III no,ha,
M ,b faI "a IT, Hi,e e S.l'lu'
mained far tins m shs snrisce f fha hay
with bis wife in his arms thev both san ,ss,b.r
Not female or child ont ~ teen Svrs 80 1sd
the exception Of the barber's WIFE rbsre vsr !,
least $50 enierants on board chieflv from Fagland
and Germany. The number Of those saved WAS
about 40. Mr.. Parks.was on the wheel, he conId
not swim, and while three scores fioated around
him, shrieking wildly, Save mel Save me 2 he
could do nothing and felt Ii e giving nm hui with
few others, he held on and thestruggle was soon
over, when all was quiet, save the sound Of The
waters as they beat against the charred hull Of the
stparnar