The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-08-12
TURNING OF THE HENRY Clay.


BURNING Us THE HENRY CLAY
Las, week we published telegraph DIES
patch relating 10 tho burning q this steam
ter. We give below soma oi the passiea
liars and few items Of interest. Upwards
ioi 70 dead bodies hive been recoseret
/ from the wreck and many, i, is though
vet remain 10 the water.
/ Tho Henry Clay Ieii Albany al
a'clnek ia the rorning and was rneing wit
tlhc Armenia Much fear was manifested
bv tie passengers and, as # soasi''ie q
the catastrophe impending. i - stated ihal
"a uember o. ladies' Mere err az aud Fhn.
ming about The cabin 81 soen as III
haa, was discovered IL 30 on fire the Pil.s
headed her Cor The eastern sas.e, thet
about enc and a half mites distant -Iht
river being two miles sIde here.
! Before reaching the shore, the flames he'd
spread so as almost ~ prevent eamnnHle1.
inan between the lore al! al. paris Q. b
bout.
/ a, about three or qnrter,past three
ia'eiock, the hoat csme ashore. ltina - fgb
angles with The river. aud The bow driving
up some twenty life lee, on dry land, IN.
tplunging With tremendous lorce into d.
Erallfoad cmbaukmaat which Is there som
lsiN u eight feel high.
The shock oserthres The smakeRipe. dis
Ipineed ever, th.ng t.loveable, and suited II
u littlc 10 The spreading 81 the liares =
Whlle tho h3w was higa aud dry. the great
er partlon ef the hps,, and nniuanGatee
Thai wil,th held nearly all the passenger
Isas IN deep walter.
Il Tue passengers immediatelr began t
ilanp overheard. III Sc On the bow ~
Ioli safely, and hcgen 10 heip the ahers. :
4 board fence near by, was instantly strip
Eprd, and The boards thrown into the water
:. b, great esertion, 4 large nslorliy 81 th'
4 5passenge.s got ashore, spno sclrc.ad ans
uaarly al with The loss ofco.Aes, trunks
81.
But tho rapid spread &C the fire. whicl
forced the passengers nj the stern ever
board. was The causc u!' tie loss 81 larg,
. nanber of lives.
The scene wss ane # The most terri'l.
bcharac.ef Mih9rs wi;E iheir clothes II
llamrs. irving ~ gave sem. sea, sbl#
children slruugliag ia The was.s uitbpa,
bsud % help; hashs nds vua wives drown
Iiug together rather than s.p,ra,o. mud nh
s rcnior,ciess ,.rt. rngdls DESTROYING the ias
!. standing place Of The helpless victims.
n There were VERY few han-eS il H.
Il naiehh rhood. and very litle help cpatj
I b. hal from the shore. Bat all ~hokneN
IL FASTENED 70 leud their mid.
The following incidents arc Of interest
VI 4 gentleman belonging 10 Newark, W
are told, managed to save his wife au
nine children. lie was al expert swim
2 inner, and rushcd ,hcfa 10 the shore as fas
Z as they Jumped overheard. Whe,r lie H.
D ished his task no became exhausted and b.
10 lie conveyed 10 bis home. lie left Cd
scene Of disaster apparently perfect
scnseess.
Q A noble Newfoundland dog named "Ncl
81 tuue," belonging 10 the ueighburhpot
rushed into the water. and seized youn
child that was drow ming. BY the dress, ncs
Tie shoulders, aud bore II safely 10 ID
shore. lie returned, approaching q w'
2 nau. TO assist in the same way, but 81
, was so frightened that ;be deg had 70 ;
! called of, and lie was .hu> deprived u u
Opportunity Of extending that relti y "
sufferers, 10 which his instincts and his ~
BE nature prompted han.
4 touching scene was Witnessed z
hoard tho Henry Claf. between mathf
and her son. Young lad If Twelve year
The youth was good swimmer. and snt
eee,,ed ii saving his mother from death
,sLina her Win him he anped from III
sf6rnuI The burning beat, and made hi
way cuirageously 10 the shore. Unhappill
however, Two young sisters oi the lad "cr
y lost
}. Among tho victims of ihe Henry Ga
vc deeply regret 10 observe the nemc If NJ
4. ]. D1wninc, The distinguished II ~
cn'tnrisi. Mr. Downing has douc NOR
than amy man 10 introduce iacas 81 tas'
aud beauty, and adaptation in'o sabnrb-,
, and rustic gardening. His various work
have propagaiel better notions Of tho pic
,nrcsrle among cur rural popglsiion.
Miss ilaaihJrne. the accomplished sis
ter Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author
was lost on The Clay.