The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-30
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The Henry Clay Disaster. .
Further Particulars Of the Destruction Of the Steame,
Henry ClGy-Greot Loss Of Life.
New YoRK, July 29.-Twenty. three bodies OF
tho passengers on board the steamer Henry Clay
at the time of her destruction were recovered last
night, including those of fifteen females. The
following are their names Mrs. Bancroft, wife OF
Stacey Bancroft, merchant, of Phiadelphia; Mr..
and Mrs. Owen Fennell, Of Wilmington, North
Carolina; A. G. Downing, editor of the Agricul-
turist, Newburgh, N. Y; VIM. 8. Ray, wife, and
daughter, of CINCINNATI; George X. Marcher, re
sidenco unknown; Professor Bartlett, of the Cole
gate Institute at Poughkeepsie; Stephen Allen,
ex-Mayor of New York, and wife; Mrs. Bailey,
wife of Professor Bailey, of West Point, and two
children; John L. Thompson, of Lancaster, Pa;
Miss Moore, of Tennessee; Mrs. Murray and
child. wife of Adam Murray. of Chicago, Illinois;
William H Whitlock. of New York; Mrs L. S.
Haskell, of Laurel Hill, N. J., seriously burnt;
Miss Tucker, Of Milledgevile, Georgia.; and Will
liz B. Prescott, of Louisiana.
Among those saved were Anna M. Wilson, A.
Foreman, n Foreman. J. G. Martin, and Miss M.
Wilson. (the latter slightly injured,) of Norfolk,
Virginia, and James Henry, of Baltimore. There
are also fifty or sixty passengers still missing,
many Of whom doubtless persisted.
At the time the fro broke out most of the pas
sengers asleep in their berths, it being just
to have been of the moot appalling and heart
rcnding character. Husbands, wives, children.
and friends, were rushing to and fro seeking each
other, whilst the flames were pursuing them and
driving them asunder. a.. '..
The testimony taken before the coroner's Jury
renders it certain that the boat was racing with the
America. and that the fire originated from the in
tense heat. .as.ir.~ :. d.. .G.... ... ~. XIX.
lot of baggage for which no owners can be
found is marked ON. A. F., Wilmington
Miss n. Clements, Wilmington;" "L. Z b q,
unsk1 n D.
The captain and engineer will doubtless be ar.
rooted and made to answer for their rccklessness.
The boat wa Hn worth $6oooo and was only in.
Radford and Captain ColIyer.
[sEcoND DEsPATcH.] ...
New YoRK, July 49, Fifty more dead bodies have
been recovered from the wreck Of the Henry CLAW
making 90 fare loss of nearly seventy lives. A
gentleman who has just como from the scene Of
the disaster says there are now fifty dead bodies
lying along the shore. Most of those who persisted
were females.
(THIRD pEsPATcH.l
New YoRK, July ga gentleman who was a
passenger on the Henry Clay thinks that at least
one hundred lives were lost. He says that a hun
dred were sitting at the dinner table in the cabin
when the alarm was given. He thinks from the
rapidity with which the fire spread, and the fact
that all tho doors opened inwardly, that nearly
all must have Perished He himself knew twenty
two Philadelphians on board, and he has not seen
two since. The sister of Hawthorne the novelist,
il among the lost. She was very accomplished
woman, an invalid, returning from the Springs.
Downing, the horticultural, was on his way to
Newport.
The coroner's inquest is progressing.
meeting of the surviving passengers of the un-
fortunate steamboat took place at the Astor House
this morning. A committee Of investigation was
appointed, and resolutions strongly condemning
the captains Of both boats were passed. The fact
Of racing was fully proved, and II was said that
the furnaces were filled with tar-pitch Il 10 sta
ted that the boat was on fire once before under
similar circumstances.
[rouRrH pEsPATcH.l
Nsw YoRK, July 29.-J. J. Speed, of Baltimore,
an eminent lawyer, is among the victims,
Arrival OF tho Steamer Europa-Threo
Days Later from Europe.
New YonK, July 29.-The steamer Europa ar
rived at her wharf at half past one O'Clock this
afternoon, bringing dates from Liverpool to the
18th instant She brings forty seven passengers.
The Europa passed the Niagara on the 18th, and
= large steamer on the 18Th, supposed to be the
Atlantic. U"..a. ..
The steamer Franklin arrived al Southampton
on the l4th. .f.
ENGLAND.
Tho elections for Parliament are over; and out
OF 46l members ascertained to be elected only 1877
arc favorable to the ministry. ID. ss-..
Serious election riots had occurred in Cork, Linn
erick, Belfast, and elsewhere in Ireland. The
military bad been called out and many persons
shot, ..... ... ..r.
LONDON, July 1.-THE latest returns show a
ministerial gain Of 10, leaving still n majority
against it Of IS. ae a'a Is
{ FRANCE
Alden Mira, the Arab chief, had escaped from
the fortress of Ham, but it is reported was subse-
qucntly recaptured. ..
BELGIUM. ....
The resignation Of the Belgian Cabinet had been
accepted, and new one was about to be nomi.
mated.
SWITZERLAND.
The treaty of commerce between this country and
the United States md been completed, and Dudley
Mann, the United states Commissioner, had left
for homo.
ITALY.
letter. from Kossuth had been seized in Italy
and sent to Austria. In Lombardy many arrests
had been made.
The India mail brings accounts Of the capture
81 the town Of Bcsscin by the British. The Bur.