New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-01
BURNING OF THE STEAMBOAT VOLANT,
IND PROBABLE LOSS OF LIE.

We learn from The Vicksbarg Wing that the steam.
boat volant, plying packet between Vicksburg and
ternoon Of Tuesday, the 18Th in the Yazoo River. a
short distance below Cardiff. From the officers The ftg
gathered the following particulars in relation to the fire
About $ O'Clock on Tuesday evening, the boat was
ascending and under Roadway, liquid of some kind ran
down from the upper dfek upon the S SO O @s
and the flames suppressed for moment by those
deck The dripping Of the liquid again caused an mne
date ouiburst and the flames doomed up foarully and the
eolt extinguh them by water but added fury tothem
At this time Mr. Allan, the clerk who in the Office
discovered the smoke and gave the alarm to the pilot
who INN. lately ran the boat the bank He then
back to give the olarm in the ladies cabin and to aid in
getting tie ladies ashore end after he had aided in so
doing be made effort to got into the office to secure the
books and papers ofhe boat but the rapid spreading OF
the flames prevented him from entering the Office.
Tie fire fierce in its progress through the cabin
hai the officers and passengers barely mad ne escape
senger named Potter raftsman missing and as he
wes known TO be asleep and intoxicated short time be-
fore il is supposed be burned What the ll1ld was
that caused The fire. h matter Of doubt even with the Of
fcers-some Of them supposng il to be camphene, aad
others spirits of tfentne spirits of wine IL s known
that theie was FIVE gallon derajOhn Of turponne and
one also Of spits Of wine the forward part Of the boil
er deck and some of the officers think that they busted
leaked and that the liquid which caused the fire cam from
one or both Of them.
Aer the passengers got ashore most Of them fed to the
woods under the apprehension that explosion would
follow but we are informed that the officers remained
and after using all possible efforts ertnguish the flames
and finding them useess, they endeayoed to scuttle her
60 as 10 much of the boat, and as large portion
of tie cargo and baggage as possible al Efforts were
however unay aing and after burning 20 the water
edge the hui sunk In about fifteen feet water The cargo
of the boat unusually large for this Of the year
and Iposed to be valuable. complete loss has
rarly ever been sustained by fire the Mssis-
srp-nohng Of any value having been saved excep. the
iron safe, containing the money Of the boat When the
cabin floor gave way the cafe fell through the boilers
and the Captain made the hands throw wster upon IT, and
ropes around It. and succeeded in getting it ashore.
We learn that Captain Brown, the master OF the boat,
lost not Only his papers and entire baggage, but about
l,loO Of money belonging 10 him Individually Mr..
AlSin the Fir, Clerk Mr. Dent the Pilot, and indeed,
al others Of the officers well the passengers lost
every thing but what they had upon their pcrsons a. the
time o tie breaking out Of the ire One Of the ladies
board stople 10 some valuable jewtly
aud very FORGETTING her life by doing, tho
flames rushed IN aud closed oil egcas from the cabin by
che usunl way Mr. Don't the Pilot however descended
tho "hog chain with her, and saved hcr. Among tio
pasgcneois on board were Nc w v Davenport ani lady.
Of New Oilcant, Lieut. Col A q, Dcnnri,. 4. \.
slster trd daughter and NC regret 10 learn tina, Col
,nneil Of The heaviest .uoforv having is not
oni, MANY valuable ralofs. bet large OF mnnay
1ha Noinni wha owned BY tha Captain = q nsuwu.
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