New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-30
ACCOUNTS BY PASSENGERS.
INDIGNATION MEETING.
CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST.
FACTS AED RUMORS.
Scenes, Incidents, &C., Sc.

most nnumerable incidents, all ofwhich would pc
;nts resting but We have not room for 1.-THE OF
them. We append from personal narratives, from
the notes Of our reporters, and from other papers,
as many items Of general importance as we have
room for.
We have positive assurances that the
statement in regard to the Armenia's going
by without rendering assistance is entirely IN
correct. She did stop lowered her boats and
rendered all possible assistance. By the
rival of her boats, many Of the passengers cling
ing TO the burning boat, or struggling in the water
were saved. One of the men employed on board
the Armenia jumped overheard and saved mans
life.
Miss MARY RHODES, residing in the City
of Brooklyn, was rescued from the water, with
serious burns about her face and breast. She
was placed on board of the steamer Armenia and
brought to the City.
WILLIS B. PRESCOTT and his son, John
W., of Louisiana, were seriously injured and
taken on board of the steamer Armenia.
JAMES J. JEssUP, the clerk OF the
steamer, was in the water, and had narrow es-
CAPE of his life. MIR. Jessup states that he had
no record of the names of the passengers and,
further, that all the books, documents and monies
in the Office were lost.
Capt. J. F. TALLMAN, Commander of the
Henry Clay, was on board, labOring under severe
illness. In his efforts to save others, after the
fire broke out he was in the water long time;
when taken out, he was unable to speak. lie was
brought to the City in the steamer Armenia. lt
is feared that he will not recover.
The priHcipal pilot of the Inflated
steamer had his wife in the wheel-house, where
she remained until the vessel struck, when he
caught hold of her and jumped upon the shore
L A planter named EDWARD COOPER, resi-
ding at Memphis, Tenn, was overheard, and being
an excellent swimmer, he rescued several females
and then saved himself.
An incident worthy of note occurred at
the time of the panic. A gallant young man named
Fpw.Rps. who was on the tatirail, aft, observing
a Young lady in great danger from the fire, ex-
claimed. "Wnl you 60 with me into the water
and run the risk of being drowned, or will you be
burned to death ~ The female accepted the
noble offer, and both were saved.
A Mr.. WAY, of Wellsville, Ohio, was
among the passengers. When the Henry Clay
first struck he swan ashore, procured raft of
several loose boards and returned to save his wife,
The drowning creatures about him, in their strug-
giles for safety, broke up his raft, aud compelled him
TO abandon it. The loose boards sustained quite a
number of the sufferers above water until help
came. Mr. Way got under the steamers guard
again. and sustained his wife and two other ladies'
until the small boats came up.
Before the Engineer (,lr. JACOB ZIMMERMAN
was compelled to leave bis post, he arranged the
valve properly, and left the machinery in fail mo-
ton. The engine worked well until the vessel
struck, when the machinery stopped with crash
probably from the giving way of the timbers sup
porting it. When the Engineer and firemen
reached the forward deck, they fell overpowered
by the heat and suiocation to which they had
been subjected.
We have heard of one or two instances
of persons who were proviientially prevented from
taking passage by the fated boat Among them
were gentleman and his wife residing in the up
per part Of the City. They came on board the
Henry Clay at Albany, when they ascertained
that their baggage had been by mistake placed on
booEd another boat. While endeavoring to pro-
cure its remoya' they were informed that the
Henry Clay had already cast off its fastenings and
they were thus compelled to remain on the other
boat much against their will.
Among the injured is Miss Tucker, niece
of w. b. Prescott, Esq, who was returning with
his family from the Springs. She now lies at the
Wayerly Hotel, in Broadway, having been jumped
| upon by the crowd, after being thrown from the
upper to the lower deck and thence upon the
shore. Her physician, DIR. Reese, has been in a.
tendance through the night, and expresses great
apprehension that her internal injuries are beyond
remedy. Mr.. Prescott, his lady and nephew es-
capped serious injury.
Abraham Crist, ESQ.,, a well-known
lawyer, reseing in Brooklyn, is supposed 70 have
lost his life by the burning of the Henry Clay, on
"Wednesday. Ills wife and daughter were on
board with him, and they returned home safe
on the same evening, bat the husband and father
has not since been heard Of 1t is thought hs was
drowned.
Among those who narrowly escaped
were Mr.. A. II. Cough and his sister Ann f.
Cough, Of this City they were in the stern TIL
after the boat struck and then succeeded in walk.
ng along the narrow edge of the guards, outside
he bulwark, till the flames forced them to jump
nto or 10 feet Of water, whence they sue
cteded in reaching the shore safely. DIR. G. thinks
nearly all Of them aft could have been landed safe
in lis manner Dir. Cough is Of the opinion
shat but few, if any, burned in the cabins, as
he was the last one that left the after Gent g
| Cabin.
The bodies of two children, one a boy
of three years Of age the other boy about twelve
months old, who had been killed at the time of the
burning of the steamer Henry Clay, were on
Wednesday night brought to the depot of the