The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-08-21
Burning or the Henry Clay,
Loss Of about One Hundred Lie,

The Northern PaP'is Co"e 70 "
with accounts OF the turning OF ,ae IT.,
or Henry Clay, on the Hudson river
the dreadful loss of life attending the j.
dent We condeuse the following part
lars:
The steamers Henry Clay and Arm,
lef, Alban, at : o'clock On the mornl,
the os,h ult.. for New FORK. each crow
win passengers, the former having betv.s
four and i've hundred on board. The hrg4
belonged 10 rival lines, and IT is stated q 81
meuc,d raciur from the start. All the IA
inrs were missed In the eagernes Of
race. until Hudson was reached, wh.r
Henry Clay was Obliged To wait unit
Armenia had landed her passengers
freight. SEor,l, after leaving Hudson,
Clay came u2 with the Armenia, sn1
into her, each striving to make he Il
landing iir.t. TIE Armenia WI. ilnally
lived to back out, o. prever, herself 81
being run ashore.
Tie hea, in the engine room Of the CD
had by this time become So Intense lhs3
was almost impossible to pass from on.
OF tn. boat To the other, aud many Of
passengers had demonstrated with the II
GERS apalns, the fearful risk they were u
ming, and requested that the race sba
cease. They received eyasIve or nsu
answers, however, and ,hc race con,lnl
About a quarter before y o'clock, JUS
a. -
ter passing the village OF 'ohheh
thrilling cry OF IRE resonhuea 'fon
centre oi tne vessel B'ahee 'o"aNf1
enein" room showed column OF ny
pouring up from one OF 'he ha,ches
most simultaneously, IN. nai'es '.apeu i
the hold near the bouef foo''fe' ana u
than one minute the ehtlfe vicinity OF
machinery was envelopes IN hrmes, cu'f
oil aIl communication between 'ofsa
sd ait. \ Western stea'Hooat cape
who was on board, expressed ms co'Nf7
that tar, rosIn, or some other highly 'ut4
mahle matter must have be-n IN use 10 i
boierroom Tor inel, AS "ood-e'eh h.1
As was every par, OF the vessel near
machinery by the unusual hfes OF the
4 1 l.,
could not, by ANY possibility, nave igul
-. ,.,'t,n - af,.. 49, g.,
seconds "hlch elapsed amer the hfst y
and before communication lore ana All \
cut on. lhis testimony is contfIneet
other gentlemen
Panic and confusion now assumed
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mariners LEFT, b,t a moment h.,o,. /,
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c,,,,ps ,nd prny,tsuere miupl.d in MAJ
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,,s..n,.,. .,d sim, onf fem, y,ew
',.,h., ,h, Lo,. e,,lcul,,..d :, u.d,,s
no.,a,.,ou and ,tf,ctu.l .Torts for s,le,s
4 cry Tor oh. boats was rni,@d
M ho,ts rould IA, C,und ", c.ppo,
ce,,n,n that , s,npl. yavl or I'M, boa,
on boar. the steamer If there wa,
surb We are assured that non, was bros
IN use. Nor can we learn that there
any effective appara,u. ca board with ID
To ,sIlnp.,sb a sr,. 4, all syens. "A
effort to save the vessel L.car,e 40 upI
hopeless, uNhin five nsu,e, after
flames broke out TIM, il was abando4
aud tn. steamers head was. turned tow
the east bank of the river in order to
her ashore Ihe necessity Tor this nd
ment at the ear,e., momen. was iulIy
parent