Litchfield enquirer., 1850-06-27
TsErIbls Loss Of Liza
! ySsming Of The steower Gi6Tth on LdA
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ly1sming Of the Steower Griffith ca Ld1s
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On Sunday the 10th inst. the steamer
Griffith was burnt to the waters edge,
between Buffalo and Sandosky City
One of the mates who was saved, swan
ashore at Clevelaad. and gase many Of
che particulars Of the dreadful calamity
70 the editors Of that city. 4
CLEvELAxn, Monday, IL, A. NJ.
Mf. r. says that there were about 10
cabin passengers, only of whom were
saved. He thinks there must have been
from two hundred and fifty to three
hundred deck passengers, mostly Ger
man, and only about thirty in all saved.
The FIRE was discovered about half past
s, this morning. about the smoke pipes.
The crew endeavored to extinguish it
without alarming the passengers. but
the flames spread so rapidly. that the
cry was soon raised, {" save yonrselyesr'
The hurricane deck was literally pack.
ed with passengers sleeping, and when
the FIRE was announced as beyond. con-
arol, the utmost confusion ap.d terror
reigned. The boat was Immediately
headed towards land. and grounded
some 600 yards from shore. But the
heat had been so intense, that most Of
the passengers had iamped overheard,
preferrlng watery grave. to death by
The poor esnigrants were crowded for
ward apd literally pushed overheard by
those re.reating from the flames. Some
Lad presence of mind enough to throw
overheard their chests, and swim upon
1hen,, but nearly all were lost. Both
yawl boats were so badly burned as te
be useless.
When the Delaware left, several vaw
boats and skiffs were hooking up the
bodies. The beach was already strew.
ed with them for several rods. They
lay SO thick upon the bottom Of the
lake, and in such shallow water, that
they were finding them, and taking them
yssashore by the boat load. ..,,
T+ Capt. Roby had just had his life in /,
sured for $4,000. agss
s o'clock, p. M.
Further Incidcnts.-It is said that
one man was hooked up from the bottom
of the lake with an infant child elias sped
tightly in his arms. A group Of Eve 5r
SIX emigrants-men women and child.
rem. were found with their arms closely
locked together. evidently hay;.ag sank
in that condition. It's report ed that on
ly three women were saved
The Diamond has be-. d chartered by
the city. and has go'ae to bring the
bodies.
y was supposed .sshat most Of the
passengers jumped. overheard, but il APP
pears that the boat is literally covered
with the bo..ies 81 the burned.
lhA cltizer4 s in the vicinity of the
disaster. a.e doing all in their power to
make the survivors comfortable.
q las So trench is being dug to bury
these unfortunate persons,
Nartbsref the Burning Of tie Steam
N O.. p. Griffith AsHTABuLA, June
179 P. My Mr.. g. Spencer. of.
Ashtabula. who was . passenger ON the
Griffith, we learn the following:
al saved myself BY swimming ashore.
There were 500 passengers OH: board,
andsout Of that number 80 were saved.
The steamer was about 3-4ths Of mile
east Of Cleveland. The fire was suppo-
sed to have originated from the boilers
or the furnace,
The passengers were thick around
the hoat and a great many that could
not swim would hold on to others and /
drown them as well as themselves. III
was heart-rending scene. The manner
in which / got out Of their way. was by
jumping about 90 feet into the lake, and 4
then swan up little distance to get out
of the resch of others and to prevent
them pulling me down. ! then swan
for the shore.
There were about 5000 people on
shore, when / reached II. from Cleve-
land, Willoughby. Plainyille, and Fair
port"
GREAT TUNNEL.--The tunnel on the |
Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad, is one Of
the greatest works Of civil engineering
now going on in the. world. It is a few
miles from Morgantosn. West Virginia.
and passes through uaonntain mile
and a quarter wide. There are already |
sunk three shafts, some 90 by l6 f., and
rom IT'S TO 1875 deep. Hundreds Of
shantys give the place the appearance Of
new town in California.
u !" Pa, is beach good to eat p
Certainly not, Simon. Why do you
ask me such question as that ?"
Cause the newspapers says that
during the hot weather. the rich people
all sro and liza IN tho beach ,,