The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-31

buoyancy of their dresses, the femsle bodies were
first recovered; Of the first fifteen bodice, we thiuh
| all were females or children, rls Err.
One Of the sad!est yet moat lovely pictures O
the scene of death the body OF beautiful
little girl, about Two years old, lylng on rougt
plank smiling ia the cold embrace VI death. Her
| BODY had not been recognized She was dressed
in light pink, her short sleeves loIpfd up with
coral beads, with gold clasps, on which were the
| initials j. Il. NJ. II. TEL .g. ....
While on the ground we heard relations Of a
| great number Of incidents. we have space only
| for some Of the more remarkable. ... ... ...
One fair boy, of about six or seven yeaia, had
| lost his mother, and his sorrows, yehemently ex-
pressed as he wandered around the burning en-
| bers, touched every heart. lie was finally taken
away BY some kind. hearted strangers, VINO pitied
his suiierings, and did what they could to relieve
them. Eu f@ , Il.
A lady found An infant lying deserted in the
loon, and with that kind OF impulse which distin-
| eushes woman, Immediately cndeavored TO cave
| IT, She was observed hanging by her hands to the
railing of the boat, sii keeping hold of the child
by taking part of its dress in her teeth She main
ainod this position until forced by the fire to drop
into the water, and in the confusion the child was
| lost The lady, however was saved, and acknow-
| lodged that she knew nothing of the parents Of the
child but had endeavored to save it, it wac I'M
| able ~ save itself
with his wife and daugn... and grandson, He
saved the latter. The wife, Oh becoming ware "
| the horrible condition Of the boat told him to save
| himself, that he could not save her, and to try
| would be disastrous to the lives OF both Water,
che remarked, was safer than fire, and he had bet
| ter choose the former. He jumped overheard, as
directed but still endeavored to save her, but with
out success. His daughter also sunk, and he saw
| no more of them. The grandson, little boy
about seven years of age, being able to swim a lit
| tie, was saved. ~. ..
| gentleman belonging to Newark, we are told,
managed to save his wife and nine children He
| shorc a. fast as they jumped overheard. When be
| finished his tack be became exhausted, and had TO
be conveyed to bis home. He left the of dis
aster apparently perfectly senseless.
A few minutes after the boat struck the bank,
when assistance from ell in reach was required. a
Boat was rowed from sloop in the river by two
6ends in the shnpe OF men, who had no sooner
reached the wreck than Si0stead Of saving fellow
| beings, they commence olering and steaiiiig
the vuluables of the1 srs then graspisg for
life. The gardener-aa4d o6achInan OF Mr.. Russell
Smith, who happened to be near the shore, wit.
messed the outrage, and managed to get on board
Of the boat. On gaining her they threw the heart
less scoundres from the boat and taking possession
OF her succeeded in rescuing considerable mum
Der of the distressed passengers.
| An lrshwoman, during the excitement, was de-
teCted in stealing pocket-bOok from the luggage
Of one of the deceased.
Stephen Allen. esq, and lady, were ON board,
and are supposed TO lie among the dead Mr. A.
was seen by Mr.. Jewett, of this city. on the deck
ing to hand him rope, and his attention being
drawn in another direction he lost sight OF the old
gentleman, and did not zee him aiterward. Mr..
Allen was director OF the Hudson River railroad
and about eighty four years of age. There is very
little doubt that he is among the drowned
! Among the many thrilling incidents was the
following Mr.. Elmore Thompson, Of No. $50
Henry street, New York, was in the ladies' cabin
with his vile and child about three months old,
when the alarm of fire was given. He rushed i'm
mediately upon deck, and discovering the smoke
issuing from the bod, went instantly back and
told his wife to follow him. lie had hardly got
upon the deck again before the vessel was rounded
toward the beach, and ready to strike. He dashed
one of the setees and hung il over the rail, aud
got over himself to place his wife upon il So as to
lower her, when some one OF the passengers strug-
Cling in the water by the side of the boat caught
hold of it His wife in the mean time became very
much alarmed and endeavored to get off the
wreck with her child in which she lost H. and then
chung 10 one OF the forward braces. She coon fell
into the water, and had sunken twice when her
| husband reached her, and SWAIN toward the shore.
He had got but few feet when immense sheets OF
fire commenced falling upon them both, and for
| tunately by this time some of the citizens in the
vicinity had torn down board fence, and hoated
it beside the boat. Ii was by this means ne finally
saved himself and wife.
The testimony on the coroner's inquest, as will
| be seen, tends to show great carelessness on the
part OF the commanders OF both The Henry Clay
and the Armenia. At Kingston, the passengers
state that the Henry Clay ran iu.S the Armenia,
that heavy beta rished on each Of the boats.
Capt Tal!man was eick in his state room when
| the ularIi OF fire was given; and, on hearing 1t,
| he appeared upon deck and gave orders On
reaching the shore he had 10 jump overheard, but
was rescued The clerk was alao obliged 10 jump
overb bard. He was rescued.
But little OF the furniture fret ght of the boat
was savcd The baggage Of most Of the passen-
gers was lest.
| A few moments after the landing of the boat in
her burning state, one OF the railroad trains came
along, and, stopping at the wreck, the passengers
| inthe cars were enabled to render the sufferers
considerable assistance. large number Of the
latter came in the same cars to this CITY, among
| whom was an unknown little girl about two years
of age, who died Immediately after being placed
| in the Several persons were slightly burnt
about the hands and lace while escaping.
! The HudsOn river trains, after the occurrence OF
the calamity, invariably stopped at the scene of
destruction to leave and take passengers There
| were it is supposed by this melancholy disaster
over fifty persons lost. The bodi,s will probably
all be recovered to-day. When our reporter left
| last night, men engaged in graphing, and
| several Of the friends Of the missing were waiting
on the beach in painful anxiety.
| The residence of Russell Smith. esq, afford
| ed comfortable home to many of the destitute
last night. large number of the passengers
were his guests.
The Armenia was some distance behind at the
| time of the fire. but she passed without atiording
or offering the least assistance at least We were
| told by many Of the passengers.
| The Henry Clay was beautiful boat. She was
almost new being built by Thomas Coliyer about
| two years ago. This was her second season on
| the river. She was owned by Thomas Collyer and
William Radford Co., and go far as we can learn
| fully insured, but in what companies we could not
learn, except that $4,000 was in the Stuyvesant.
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