The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-03-11
Prom ihe Dcha
Iossor the oregon.

Loss OF the oregon
s,o,sv. March %, at about ? o'elock
u, entering the chute Of Island
near Greenvillc. MI, the steamer
oregon. Capt. Montgomery from Louis
Vile TO New Orleans, which had pass
"A us but a short time before while
Ming TO. was discovered at the distance
q about a mile, her cabin, over the
boisrs, Pilot House &c, an entire
wreck, and had not only exploded ou'
was on fire. Before getting down 10
her, the Iroquois, bound up, had run
up 10 her and taken off all who could
be found on board, but on account OIL
the fire, was soon compelled 70 IeaVs
her. The yawls of the lroquois o
Empire State, run out lines . tne SnoIe
but the immense weight Of the boat
in a strong current, parted them in>
~stantlv and she drifted on down, and n
raIIv LODGED in the bend of the Island,
u,Lora she bp- - tn waters edge
and undonbi sooh slhk' me
-, u,ss M L the time of the
explosion. V oeins a. enn
ner. and the pass lvarlousiy STU
ated about the boz those who were
IN the after part We're, so far as can be
ascertained u~ndinjufed, and several Ia
dies who were in front of the pilot
house on the hurricane deck with chill
dren. on the very portion OF the boat
which was blown to pieces, are now
on board of this boat unhurt. The
following list comprises the names OF
all who were taken on board this boat
from the lroquois:
Mrs. Harmon and 2 childred, Indian
apolis'
Mrs. Hughes and l child, Bruly
Landing, Louisiana.
d. V. Gully, and lady Mrs. Bully,
4 children and 2 servants w. b. Pat
terson. all Of Kentucky.
r. B. Shelton, and lady, Versailles,
Kentucky. -
Miss Farrar, New Orleans.
w. P. Curd, lady and o George
Mathis, Lexington ny.
Mrs. Asher, A children, ana servant
New Orleans.
r. H. Philips, Mississippi.
Monroe Gibson, st. Louis.
DR.. Q~ueensberry, Caroline, Va.
]. R. Ennis, Houston Texas.
C. C. Woodward, Memphis
M. Wall, Viceksburg.
Patrick Fillee, a fireman.
Anderson Torrance, Lake Providence.
w. A. Montgomery, Gosport, La,
H. Wemplar
D. G. Rabb. Rising Sun, Ia. 2
M. A. McGregor, Terrehaute, la.
Charles Borland, Ohio.
L. L. Laycock. Baton Rouge.
w. A. Bedell, Columbus, Ga.
S. w. Vincent, Delaware.
The Barber of the Oregon and his
wife.
OF the the above name persons
the following are injured
Mr.. Cully's two servant women,
very BADLY ; one since died.
Mrs. Asher's youngest child since
died. and two servants very oaoly
since died.
Anderson Terrence badly scalded.
All the above are very bad, and
will hardly recover.
Montgomery and Wemplar are Slight
" wounded and the barber quite pad
Capt. Montgomery was reported with
his arm broke. Hisasurviving passen-
gers give him much praise for his Ell
forts to save them from the burning
boat. MIR. Brown, the first clerk is
missing. Mi. Mallikew, the second
clerk, is badly scalded, went up on the
Iroquois. The pilot and engineers are
saved. OF the balance of the crew
cannot obtain any reliable information
but many of the cabin crew and hands
are undoubtedly lost. Most of those
who were at the servants table IN the
forward part of the boat received inJu-
ry.
The cloud of steam was e from
this boat, but no noise was heard by
any one. Some of those on board OF
her a that there were two distinct
reports. about fifteen seconds apart.
Several saw one boiler go over board,
and afterwards float a moment on the
water. The mate who was on board
of her after the flames had nearly evel-
oped the whole boat, is confident that
he heard the voices of five or SIX dis
ferent persons, and it is the general
on;n;on of those who were saved that
from ten to fifteen dead or dying per,
sons were on board when the boat
burnt. 3
Richard Young, of Shelby county,
KY. is on the Iroquois. The 7
and names of those who remained Oh
board of the Iroquois is not known 10
q and tho date a., = azrroof acfImafA