The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-07-29

,s~eye t,ew 81 SHORE. fhosc IN tie stern
hsd ciiAer 10 hsp INTO the water Of PER
,sh iassAe flames. W
One 81 The passenger vho reachsd
The sissse said TIA, ~ ~ isrns1 Ne saw
the haass csvessSs . I'D sssndins On
the verge Of the upper deck, seemingiy
uncerssin whether u pessAh BY Gre or
xa,er. The hames and thick smoAc
seemed 10 wrap around him like = wind.
ing sisecs, till he disrearesl.
A f~w swi~ssss afs~r the bost struck
the hank. when assistance from I'll 10
reach ~ss required. boat ~ss ro~ed
ftosn q slUp in the river, BY two fends
in the shape Of men, who had no soones
resched The ", ~ct, than instead Of sav.
ing human beings, they commenced
plund~ring and stealing the sslusb!rs oi
The passengers, then struggling for life.
The gardner and ceachman At Mr. Rue
sell Smith, happened to be near the
sborc Witnessed the outrage, and man.
agr'l 10 get on boar,l the boat. On gain.
ing her they threw tie heartless sconn.
d,els FROM Tie Bnat. si,d tsking posses
s;oa Of her. eucc-ed~d In rrseuing con-
siderable number Of the distressed pas
srngrrs. -
&osiIard d. Colby. Of Mont pelier. W.
was Oh boSrd the sssasner, with his wife.
Bosh leaped in the river the lady was
dsowaed, fhs huqaoad IN msed. a
rrsiSes. q LAs N u nA.sd
~ IsflAstsll, ~ - Ssrd nh
~ NY sks waS 15xWntd. 3oAA =.
Thompson, II Lancaster, Pa. lost his
wife and Two children; himself. one
child and nurse was saved. Mr. T. wa.
just returning with his family from q
northern tour. a resident of Chicago
named Adam Murray with wife and one
child. all three jumped overheard /; the
husband WAS rescued oil, Ell, but nearly
exhausted ii- child aud mother wer,
drowned. Mr. $. Is. bancroft Of Phiia
delpl,ia, was on deck IN company viii
hi. lady, who had his arm. when the,
jumped owe, board. md III. wife drown.
ed. The body Of an unknown NAL,
child. neatly dressed, was taken on
Of The water dead. and brought ~ III,
city. ~ ai." -Ha9f p
A little girl. two years old. was take,
from the water, dend-her body had ro
been recognized. She was dressed II
light pink ; her short sleeves we've loop
ed up with coral beads, with gold cIasI
on which were the initials j. b. NJ
Another was boy about / l.2 veal
old. wearing a green coat, and black
beads around his neck.
All along the river for a mile or two
might be seen hats, shawls, fragments
Of dresses, bundles, &c. and now and
then human body washed ashore.
Twenty-Five bodies lad been recov,
rred-a few of whom had beer recog.
nized by their friends. Tie coroner
summoned jury last evening and pro
cseied 10 take testimony in the case
but little progress was made.
The Express Of this morning says:
There is no doubt in our mind from,
the information we have gathered. that
the rival steamboats, Henry Clay and
Armenia, were on a race almost from
the moment Of leaving Albany. and
that it was in consequence of this COM
test of speed between them that The ter.
rible catastrophe took place. So oh.
vious were the facts that they were ra.
cling. that several gentlemen Of high
charac,e, and respectability, and on the
responsibility Of some Of whom We make
this statement. went repeatedly to those
who had charge Of the Henry Clay and
earnestly demonstrated against the con.
tinuance Of the race, but in vain. They
were told there was no danger"
=. 5. A meeting Of the surviving
passengers was held this morning at the
Aston House, and a committee Of inves.
tisa,i)n was appointed. Resolutions
were also adopted, in which it is recon.
mended that counsel be employed to
consult with the District Attorney as ia
the propriety Of bringing criminal suit
against officers and owners.
The fact of racing is proved beyond
doubt. One passenger states that he
saw the fireman. feeding the furnace.
with pitch or some other inHanmable
material another said she was on fire
few weeks ago, under similar circum,
stances. Up to IL to-day. j, is said, for
~ bodies, mostly females, have been re-
covered.
The Henry Clay was beautiful boat
She was almost new, having been bull
about two years ago. She was valued
at $4,000, and WAS owned by Thoma.
Coliyer and William Radford, and 50
far as we can learn was fully insured.
We stated in part Of our edition tina
the body Of Mrs. Med aniels had beer
recovered. We since hear it contra
dic'ed, and that il has no, as yet beer
found.
Mar or RUTLAND.-We learn that
Mr.. j. b. Presdee, Of New York, j.
now in our village for the purpose o,
soliciting subscriptions for . map well
got up for our village and vicinity show.
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