New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-29
TERRIBLE CAThSIf02HE!
BURNING or THE STEAMBOAT
HENRY C1AY!
GREAT Loss or LIFE!
articulars OF the Tire.
NAMES Of THE DEAD.
COECNER'S INQUEST.
ZNCID EIITS or ESCAPE.
SC. &c. c.
CORONER'S INQUEST.

Cu' 10y " oostd tIrI Yesterday afternoon
with tie r. port that the North river steamer Frq.
~ Cioy had blown up oud been buried and that
! hundreds # lives had been lost The story vas
at first thought to be hoax, similar to that last
season concerning the Reindeer; but by the SIC.
ccssye arrival Of the Hudson River Railroad
trains, the story WIS confirmed and an immense
excite meut Immediately followed.
The HHrV Clay hattie t0'7Vy dcytroysl By
! f,e. at a place siorf distance bs15- I0ukers.
o1d 4 great rr,eJer ofpvs0as hat lost their Hrcs
Ly FIRE or jy d-o"aiag.
Our r porters left in the 6P. NJ. train snI re-
manned on 'hc ground until halcpast O'Clock.
during which time tr0fy.h-o or trsaty three
bodies bad teen recovered, anl the work Of Crap
ping was stil. gong on.
TIE particulars and incidents Of this terrible ca
ts,.ro1te are briefly detailed below.
The Henry rla, lof- albany a. o'clock v,star-
dag woIIirg, ha'irc on board, as near as coulI be
asccrtared, some 800 passengers. The armenia
lti. tie same place a few minutes a.,crSard Ca
he pasag down the river there was, az Wit
nCssos testify. continuous strife or race between
the two boats At ore time the Clay Gro vded
the Armenia almost upon the western shore and
forced her to drop asten, &c. The passengers
on board the IL. C. finally became ggeatly allmsd
on account of the racing, and some time before
the fire a number Of ladies were crying and run
niue about the cabin, as if sensible that some On
tastrophe was Impending. Some of the officers
Of tie boat went among them assured them tlat
there was no danger, and tried 20 pacify them.
We are assured that the race had been 50 holly
contested that the boats had purposely missed
some of their landings. The runners Of the boats
at the various landings appear to have been aware
Of the racing since they were freely Offering bets
upon their layortes.
However, no accident or outrage occurred I'M
til a few minutes after the Henry Clay passed
YonLers, when it was discovered that the wood
work Near the boilers and 1ues was on fire. The
alarm spread, but the officers of the boat GuI-
ciou.ly, without doubtj told the passengers that
.hecrc was no danger.
The pilot, however, saw that no time was to ~
ltst, and headed the boat for the eastern shore.
Tie river here s nearly two miles wide and the
boat IN her regular course would have been nile
and halt from the east bank
Before reaching the shore, the flames had
spread so as almost to prevent communication be-
wen INC 'O'' ""' at P'''' VI '"o 0''''
at about three or qnaHerP6st three O. cio ':iI
the boat came ashore lying "s fsht 1"s''9
ne H'e', ana 'ne DO" uIl''us " t.,
ieot On Dry lana, ana Pu"s''e WIN
i"iee hto t'e IaIo"u c.i''i''''"' WINCH '''0''
come six or eight feet high.
The shock oyeTthiew the smoAeppe' displaced
e'o'yt"'"s ""'"'' ''''' "'''' 400 q '''o {" enc
spreading OF thc names " me ,''' ~" 40 'N5"
~" ''y NV 7','''' iIo','III oil ,i, 80,
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board tno,e Oh 'le oo" goa 81 ''''
can 10 h"P 'he Others uon'u renee "'i -
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