The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-08-11

ureu 10 mourn the loss OF q mother.
Mrs. Nichols and her seven children,
residents Of Newark, New Jersey.
Mr.. Towle, of West Point, not seen af-
ter the fire.
S. w. d. Cook, of Cincinnati, was on
board with his wife, daughter and grand
son. He saved the latter. The wife, on
becoming aware of the horrible condition
of the boat, told him to save himself, that
he could not save her and try would be
disastrous to the lives of both. Water,
she remarked, was safer than fire, and he
better choose the former. lie jumped
overheard as directed, but still cndeavorcd
to save her, but without success. His
daughter also sunk, and he saw no moro
of them. The grandson, little boy a.
bout 7 years OF age, being able to swim a
little, was saved.
\ gentleman belonging to Newark, we
are told, managed to save his wife and
nine children. lie was an expert swim
mer, and rushed them to the shore as fast
as they jumped overheard. When he
finished his task he became exhausted and
had to be conveyed to his home. He
.eit the scene of disaster apparently per-
tectly scnseless.
During the evening the Albany trains
OF the Hudson river rail road brought all
the Henry Clay's passengers to the CITY,
who were alive. The following are the
names, rs far as We could ascertain them.
OF those who were saved from the wreck,
and who are stopping at the principal
hotels in this city:
1stor HoWSc.-Mr. and Mrs Van Dvck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Woodward.
John G. Carpenter, all of Philadelphia.
Merchants Hotel.-James Craig, w.
II. Shelmire, G. N. Gricr, Romaine and 2
children, Brooklyn; Miss Austin, and sis
ter, the latter lost, do.
Pacific Hotel.-Jamcs Brewster, two
daughters.
Pattcn'S Hotcl. Anna NJ Wilson. A.
Foreman, n. Foreman, J. G.. Martin. of
Norfolk, Va; Miss NJ. Wilson, was sliy int
ly injured.
LorGoy's Hotel.-J. F. Harris, w. r.
Williams, of Bellows Falls.
1mericdn HotcI.-Cupt. S. Dean, lady
and daughter, Pittsburg, Pa; Captain c.
w. Bachelor lady and servant, do. do;
G. W. Manning, do. do; 7. \. Spring,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hrrjny Ho"&c.--E. Cooper, Memphis,
Tenn; Joseph Pierce, Cambridge, Mass;
VIM. A. Irving, Pittsburg, Pa; J. Fmrow,
Montreal Canada; james Henry, BaIti-
more, Nd; John w. Whiting and lady.
New-Orleans; John Steele, Albany.
MIR. Steele is an aged man, and came
within an ace Of losing his lite. lie was
IN the water nearly half an hour, and
when rescued was nearly exhausted
HOWard HoteL-J. l.. Thompson, child
and servant, Lancaster, Pa; T.. Y. Mills,
Columbus, Ohio. Mr.. Mills was instru-
mental in saving 20 lives.
The crews of several sIoops, in the vic
unity of the Henry Clay, came IN shore
and ritled the trunks that were saved, and
even robbed the bodies of all the valua-
blcs that We're about them.
The last scenes of the day were sinru-
larly impressive and solemn. The night
was remarkabl y clear, the full moon dim
ly Lighting up the river and the hills; 1T
one side of a gloomy arch over the rail
road was the wreck, the bow still slowly
burning; half revealed inits lurid light lay
the bodies of two men; above the arch a
group OF some twenty persons were busy
with newly discovered corpscS, irving to
identify them, and deccntIy composing the
stiticning limbs Of the dead.
The captain and engineer will doubtless
be arrested, and made to answer for their
recklessness.
The boat was worth $4,000, and was
only insured for $4,000. She was owned
10y VIM. Radtord and Capt Collver
The following further and later accounts
we find tn the telegraphc columns of the
baltimore SIN Of Friday.
NEw-YoRK, July 20.--A meeting ofthe
surviving passengers of the steamer Hen
ry clay was held this morning at the As
tor House. Resolutions were adoptcd
strongly condemning the officers of both
boats, and Committee of investigation
was appointed, instructed to draw up q
full and accurate account Of events pre-
cedlnG the disaster. The fact Of the Hen
ry Clay and Armenia having been racing
for several hours was asserted and fully
proved, and that the furnaces had been
filled with tar and pitch, which led to the
contiagration Of the boat. 1t was also as
serted that the boat had been on fire be-
fore under similar circumstances.
Up to noon to-day, 50 bodies are re-
ported to have been recovered from the |
wreck, making so far loss of nearly 70
lives.
=. MA gentleman who was a pas
senger on board the Henry Clay expresses
the opinion that not less than one hundred
lives have been lost. He says that at least
one hundred were sitting at the dinner ta-
BILE when the alarm was given, and thinks
that from the rapidity with which the fire
spread, and from the fact that all the
doors opened inwardly, nearly all must
have perished. There were at least three
hundred on board; and he himself knew
twenty-five PhilaG phians on board, OF