New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-15
NUMBER 9.

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OVER FORTY LIVES LOST
Tho .sor,r,,;a E.,,;-a. 10 -, sou
\, Anq ui1e q VI 'ne io'n lnss. gives
lne iolio"lhg particoiars OF the burning Of the
Memphis and White River steamboat Caroline,
on White River, on Sunday afternoon, the 5th
49,. . . - LIZ
1ise., iepofs oi "aich meiahehoiy oisaster
reached this city on Monday;
Our city was thrown into great excitement
early Yesterday morning nv the rrmor. hronoht
here BY passenger ON the steamboat America
of the burning of the Caroline. 4 Memnhis and
White river paeket The rumor yvos confrnad
by the arrival of Mr.. Foleer. who Was cantain
Of the Caroline. He arrived on the Al Nicholas
We learn from him, that fire was diseovered On
the Caroline between three and fanr O'Clock
last Sunday afternoon about twenty m;ies
above the mouth Of White river n annaars
the FIRE originated beneatb the hoi,ers and j., q
very short time the entire boat was enveloned
in sheet of flame There were MANY passen
pers on hoard neatly e,n;oro t;n,, =. ,;I;as,
between forty and fiffy Of them wsre e;thar h.
barned or found a waterv grave The 10 oY,,oi,
E0tUer1 in fka aat of
living down when the FIRE ,vas frst d;oeororod .
and, although hearing commotion on hoard
he was not aware that the boat was on fra unt;l
the steward told him to save bimseif NJ Iah,
Trice, one of the pilots. was At the whae, ond
after getting the order from the captain TO run
the boat ashore. like vonno Cassa Rianca st oaa
at his post and perished in the flames. NOT not
however, until he had put the burning vessel
against the shore. Alas. Door Trioef j NOM
ment should be built to perpetuate thy heroism
The brsezv cal, of No. th;,. -
The swallow twttsring from the straw wi, built shed.
The cocks shril clarion or the echoing horn.
~ N' mo.e snai rouse snee rom thy iowiy bed
Mr.: Trice left his watch only once and then
only ior moment to awaken the Captain for
Instructions how to steer the boat. Being told
TO put her into shore, he stood at the wheel,
ana was never seen again!
A large circle of relatives and friends will be
shocked to learn that Captain James Creighton
Is among the lost Mr.. Creighton. with great
presence of mind, undressed himself partly
swung to the lower guard of the boat and then
jumped INTO the river, and commenced swim
ing to the shore When last seen he was giving
the oad felloWs' sign OF distress.
And death came soon and swift, a
ANA pangiess @
We knew Creighton long and we'll. He was
man OF hne impulse
A number OF persons took possession of the
yawl, all of whom were drowned, caused by the
sinking OF the yawl from the overload. 1t is
supposed there were sixteen persons in the yaw
at the time IT sunk
There were ten deck hands on board only
TWO OF whom were saved. They shipped from
st. Louis. NJ gss a *aeg
Inc following Is list OF the lost 1t is as
accurate as 1t can be made at present:
LIST q CB.cefs ana Creto Lost,-John R.
Irice, pllot James A. creighton, pilot; Lewis
POLLOCK, assistant bar-keeper; John Warner,
Dennis Lunch, Robert Young, James Leach
Dan -, Peter -, all deck hands a
Last ot Passengers Lost.-ln the cabin
Mr; Jones, clerk OF Pool u Co., Jaeksonport,
ark. Mr HarWlek, mouth of Cashe. On the
ueck--Wlie anu ehlia Oh j Hasken; four chill
dfeh 0, .. meMuiien Mr Smith, wife and
young aady Mrs. HALEY and three children +;
John y " marion. Wlie ana two children; Mr. Par
ven, Il: ". martin susanna Z. Fool, Henshaw's s
chllu Mr w. oneioy county, Tenn, (son-in-
law LAY OF MT. Motham,) his widowed sister and her
three chlldren ana single sister.
a large amount o1 money was lost, Captain
folger haVlng hve thousand dollars in the safe,
ana Mr. rem, passenger, between three and
Iour thousand collars. ihere was also pack
age Oh money IN tne saIe 1or Mrs. Wilbanks.
whose husband died recently at the Commercial
hotel' IN thls CITY, ana whose remains were on
Tue boat
very ieW OF the large number OF deck pas
sengers were saved. There were several women
anu n, chliareh iost' whose names are unknown.
me poat nurnt 70 the surface OF the water,
Whlch running In at the stern, raised the hull
up' ana II then swung on, floating into the
stream' "here 1t sunk In thirty feet water. The
burning OF the poat was the work OF few
moments ana the passengers and crew of the
ooa1 a losI every tning'
~ Inc oarol,ne ~, was owned oy capt. Jas Clark
oi lineage, ~. IL was valued at twelve thousand
aoiars, anu insured IN this city Tor hge thousand
dollars.
Whlch we record An old gentleman plunged
INTO the river with child IN each arm. He
nnnetted the relentless waves, but the struggle
was VAIN lie sunk twice, when he released his
dear little ones to gain moments respite
Catching them up again almost lifeless, he again
sunk and rose alternately He was enabled,
however, to reach large tree standing in the
eage OF the water. lie iaid the children within
the e. forks OF the tree but they were dead!
The dreadful catastrophe has carried desola-
ton to many families IN this city and the ada
cent country. capt. creighton who Is among
tne ta number was CITIZEN OF this place, where
n MS ageo parents, nrothers and sisters reside
10 tnem " Is terrible blow He had, too, q
Inv frn nfI1a NhnT f~Nn,N Fi.-