New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-31

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toe h Inst the funeral of such have been recovered
gro hot RICO hized, will take place this afternoon al
Tte 49, rom the house On tue new sieam5 Dat dock
me oool-s VII be inferred In the Cemetery Of S.
gohns Church, Yonkers the Vestry hs-tpa rtyeu lot
'0i NHsn purpose Citizens are invited 70 attend
H. !" schuGHAN, BY authority of the Coroner
Ihe funeral services we're conducted by Rev. Mr.
Seward OF the Presbyterian Church and Rev. Mr. MI
Ter of the Baptist Church Tue members of the Coro
pers jury appeared as chief mourners
TESTIMONY oE AwESTERN STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN.
We find the following graphic relation
in Tie Na'ioaGl D,mczGt Of yesterday:
One Of our tnformarts-a man Of much apparent cool
ress and csnoor-whJ was a passenger on board the
henry Clay save us the following recital We be-
heve that he is stopping 81 the american Hotel, aud
viii cheerfully give his estmony whenever called f1r
Said be:
~ went on board at Albany with my wife and two Of
her female iends, Who were entrusted 10 my care.
steamboat )ai, myself and one OF the proprie-
tors OF u line OF boats on the O0o. a resident Of
Cincinnati and this I, tbs FIRST tine ever the Hdd
River Now, out Wet use he high pressure en-
CINE and am perfectly insinled With It's construction
and oEeis,!on, but these condeuslag machlaes know
but nuls about, pI artca'y.N have boats blown
| ny the Olo ard Mississippi ard have witnessed
zach suffering snd distress "a c0useguen ceOut Sir,
p,F7er never, never did l. IN All ny he, w+uess so
mash ,urerrs and Pc ny, al -faSpaF aud death, as
Old Oh board that cursed North River steamer in the
/ shoi space OF ~ minutes
"Ii was murder absolute deliberate rgvrier on the
part os those who had control Of The boat, al way
lrom Albany un,l tue final usge3J was c5nsummated
"Dd they race 2"
Racer Shy the scroundfels RI ED all tie way. |
liked ri enough az hr, but sc- the collision above
Krgston, he laiies became ncrgo1s. Some tainted,
some cieC and STEMS the affair becoming serious ao
peaed to the acting captain % s,c> toe strife. lie
tool no q, ce a. a II shst ssid. ard then went q
10 the engineers enclosure 10 lain the nght OF
steam,
..Did h tell youT
"He told ne - mind my own buaines, Thsre we're
two tftam ~ussrt hai n msp save, po saps hs engi
neer hus-f co-.d have ascrrtalaed wat NJ nter OF
lnchfs they Indicated did lie the appear ances
The lsfkirg stem from he o'linss sn,elt hot end
queer such ~ som tines e., Vest, with very
strong FIRE, under pressure Of four hundred p1unds
/ Seats were scsrce; the boat full my wife
sid myself sat down stools, opposite the
eneers railing, eHd che hrt called my attention
70 Il 9 smoke conlng up from the deck btpv, near
where the engineer stood Just az th instant 80 ne
thing Ike cotton cakuH seemed 10 be blown upward
Il was smoking but 2 Of the hands board quickly
seized H. ard rolling cup throw II away. srrang tor
Ward 10 the qretngp ana that the whole De.
! low as far az could observe mass Ct asme,
snd as was looking the blaze burned Up through the
aperture, and IN minute OF two the main deck AMID
/ ships. was on IRE
= The bost AZ that time was headed down river and
! seeing some person who wa. pointed out Cetny
Captain, advised h;fa 20 nun her ashore. got no
satisfactory answer; and thens- the fire WAS roaring
below and bursirg up through every aperture |ith
| binding suhmg smoke, "hlcn pervaced toe WEoe
bost-I think of providing tor the safnty OF
my a
Cssi5le got the d all forward and, meanwhile, my
black had got four Of our five trunks from the Jag
gage rooms. He also succeeded In saving the th, but
! lot until the top was burned Of
1--WE all tOofH jumpOyer the bows intothe gravel,
thankful % escape any how from the burnin, wreck
know whs' il is 10 4" fire up both with wood end
| coal have used tar myself on the Western rivers,
ard should think tna i1T, or some similar cOmbusuce,
vas used on the Horny Clay imme Jatey previous to
the accident. There is no doubt they were raciug.
| was told so: everybody knew H. But have no doubt
tho ~ vuffh o.
owing tn great tothe intense heat around the
hoes and the fact Of their feeding the furnaces with
some other substance but anthracite
lie further stared that be saw several children with
hpr clothes ire the stern OF the boat and has no
doubt that ag numbers OF them persisted In the danes
together with several females who tainted In the saloon
| when the fact OF the hre became so terribly real.
NARRATIVE A PASSENGER
MEssRs. EDIToRs: | was a passenger
on the Inflated steamer Henry Clay, and as am pos
fessed Ct information differing In measure from that
given by other paasengers) feel my duty TO give TO
tie public At the time Of the collision between
the two steamers | was in the gentlemens
cabin, my attention attracted by the rush
ineof water through one of the windows, which
sprupq open at the time of the conclusion,
succeeded in closing this aperture, which was the
work of a moment and believe had not been there,
| she must have swamped before she could have been
run koIe So at least twenty gallons OF water passed
ip before could cross the cabin floor That the boats
were racing from the time they started from tns Al
bnuy dock up the time OF the burning, no sensible
/ man (or either boat will dispute. Ply Tears were
aroused from the time of the collision, and from that
time / closely observed the anxiety depicted on the
! countf nances If those haviog the boat la charge
! While we were 40 the LANDING at Newburg a person
! called Gu, TO some ore the Clay 70 beat the Ar.
neua into Newl ok as he had bet aHhis m9aeyon her
and that he cond Ve him The Rtrt DAY. and make u du
/ yjoh From the manner in which this said,
| it0u.ht he Engineer must be- the man addressed
| After Leaving Ee8burg the Armenia followed Ia our
wake toe distance between US lengthening until the
tim Of The hlc, when sne mujt have been hVe mites
! dsteIt
mr RIDER and myself were the first - discover the
smoke Immediately gave the alarm OF fire hre,'
when one OF the 1iceIs wished 10 know what wanted
10 cry fre for 70 alarm lie ladies' that il would Oe all
/ over il few mnItes but Continued 70 give the
! sIe-m called on tns same person 10 turn the boar
6r shore He paid 10 attention, and she pursued her
course fer fifteen minutes after the alarm was given
Had she been ashore then, II % M opinion Inere
would have been 10 losI OF life
tho extreme ah. SURE uuded By females, some alone,
and others with irfaIts clDeing 70 them. several
womn attempted to plunge over Without any posllo.e
ed 10 reoe0n with tber, but with some prbgCd 81 no
| avail: they found a Watery grave maintained my
rosiu u until ace flames forced nae a. men pilhded
/ b. with al ny clothes on sAd eIdcaycfed ~ SWIM
/ .ssorp Tnis f ind almost Impossible, as my wei
clothing lmpeded ny progress, and came near being
Tfiv cdcdin reaching some A1stag timber, then
,.frued 10 gain strength and look arougd mo, at me
| cancer yi,h which were surrounded. ny eye ieil
upcn a Young lsoy apparently 10 tho last asonle' OF
dlsih. / Immediately, as II by su.erauman ehO'ts
pur led for her caught her arm, held her head aoove
The water reach I'd my PLANK and with my cha Es sue
! ceeesd in reaching the shore Ia safety. Tra had
been the mean, Of saving lie felt happy although
al possessed was lost SAMUEL VI DIN
The Other side.
We cheerfully give place to the GLOW
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