Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-12-01
Feffible STERN on tlle N..io.

FMI Particulars Great Loss IF Life
and Drsfis isEtion Of Coal Boats
II Is nothing new to record storms and
disasters on the Lakes. but Il storm on the
Ohio with terrible boss Of life and prep.
srty, IL Is nosei as startling. The follow
ing We sske from the Portsmouth Despatch
af Saturday:
Thursday night was one of the stormicst
We have experienced Tor several ears. The
wind blew hurricane at times, and rain
and snow .lsll alternately, while the dark
ness was intense We anticipated stme
accidents To the numerous fiat aid coal
hoats continually passing down; aud as
viii be seen by the foliuuiag from the 1fi-
bans II Clipper, our wors, tears have been
feaiized:
Two coal boats belonging to smithly and
Colvin. Of Pittsburgh, were lot last night in
the storm, eight or ten miles above this
place, aEd thirteen persons drowned. The
waves ran so high that they dashed entirely
over The boats, and when it was found i'm
possible to keep them ahuat, The men took
the skiff. but it was dashed into the bua,s
and they went down together. men
thea took plank, and were washed off
one by one. until all were lost, except Wm.
Cud,agtos, " ho pulled off his cravat aud
dashed himself to it. He hoated down to
Spingyille, aud was there thrown on shore.
The drowned we're naued John Thompson,
Joseph Thompson, John Sanders, James
Hays. Henrv Fern, Lemon McCarty, John
Williams, WIN Jackson, Geo. Rob, nson,
I 4 N u Il
McDonard aud Jesse Howell.
Williams had several thousand dullars
Ia gold aid silver with him, Il. purchase
laid with in the West. McCarty had
{ arge Of the boats cordington was in the
river five huurs before he could reach the
shore ! he bodts were for Louisville.
As the night MAS very stormy, We shall
doubtless hear I'll many other sea ous aeci-
dents. Mr.. Codington furms US that be-
f,re their boats went down, they heard cries
along shore for help
The body OF Lemon McCariy has since
ften fauhd = foarcd ashore on piece Of the
Foat " hirh had broken off Two trunks.
beloreing TO SINE Of the crew, had also
beeil, foutd.
A coal boat belonging TO H. w. Smith,
a. Brownsville. was sunk twenty miles
ab,e this place last night. She lad 49,
0,0 bushels of coal for the Cincinnati Gas
IN. No lives lost.
we learn, also, that five poor fellows
came into Riggs saw-lniIl, yesterday morn
lug, TO. maym and dry themselves They
had neither coats nor bats and had barely
escaped With theirlives by swimming from
their shaking coal boat to shore ibe boat
in tltir, care sunk in the bend abnve town.
PusrseR,Pr. "A man named VIM. Lloyd
was found foaiing On portion of boat,
apposi,e this place, aud was taken out, al
most dead; his recovery is doubtful.
The body Of Mccartney was shipped
I.st night on the Hibefnia, No. Q. to his
TREAD sin Pittsburgh We have obtained
a correct list oil the names Of those on
bard The ill-fated bbats, as TO lows.
John I-oag, John Sauderson, Joseph
Tho upson, Henry Oker, George Dunlavy
Henry Far ell, james Luag, James Hay,
lemon s.cCatIney, all drowned, and Hm.
Codingion aud John Thompson who were
,f.t owned These men were all from
Saw-mill Run, Pittsburgh Mr. o A.Lee.
a pilo on coal boat saved, says that he
heard, yestetda ~. OF nine boats, four above
I'D ise below this place, THAT were swamp
ed -,a.i within twenty miles.
The telegraph reports several baats that
were stove upon the rocks above Poreroy
The loss must have been immense, as there
we're, il is estimated, near five hundred
c.al boats on their way down.