The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
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DETROIT, October 9.-The E. X. Collins,
from the Saut Of Cleveland, len this-city
last night between ten and eleven o'clock.
About midnight the boat was discOYeredto
be on fire, little below Maiden, near the
light house at the mouth of the river. Be-
fore the boat could be got ashore, she was
completely snveloped in flames, and twehi
ty-three persons perished, either intho flames
or the water. s..---.-.-------
Below we give list of the saved and lost.
A statement respecting the origin Of the
fire, and such other facts as can be obtained,
will appear in this evenings Tribune.
Passengers missing-Mrs. Dibble, some
where in New York; Samuel Powell, Cleve-
land; Lawrence Whalen, Cleveland; J. w.
Cook, Pitts. r. R.'Agt, Cleveland; Mrs.
McNeily, wife of waiter; Mrs. Watrous and
child, Ashtabula, body of child recovered;
colored man from Virginia, ,..-ssl
Crew Missing-Chas. Adams, barber;
John M'Neely, waiter; John Dennis, do; ].
Trinkner, do; John Halstad, head do; Ly-
man, bar-keeper; Mrs. Fanny, Lewis, cabin
maid; Samuel Brown, fireman; Anthony
Allwick, deck hand; Thos. Anderson; ]. A.
Greman; james Garnett, cook, colored; Nat
Robbins, do. do; one wheelman!
Passengers Saved,--A. p. Rogers, Ashta'
bula, o.; X. Carey. Grand Rapids, Mich.
]. D. Patterson, Westfeld, Chant Co., N
Y; George w. Farr, Brecksville, O.; B. .a.F
Dubois, Philadelphia; Hill Edison, Vermill
ion, o.; o. Mertz, Dalton, Ohio; 'EdwarG
Powers, Cleveland; Bernard Mcdonnell
Cleveland; Miss Laura Smith, Ash, o..
Mrs. Cook, Cleveland; Lewis Morris and Ia
dy, Ann Arbor, Mich. va '
The Collins took fire onher boiler deck
and SO rapid was the spread of the flames
that the passengers and crew, who haC
mostly retired, were unable to save any
clothing except few articles. She tool
fire in the bay about quarter of mile be-
low Maiden, and nearly abreast of the light
house. She was Immediately headed fol
shore, but was unable to reach shallow wa
ter before the flames had complete posses
sion of her. The after part of the boa
swung round into the river, and nearly al
on board were driven to that part OF tht
boat, and were obliged to jump iuto the riv
er. The current here sets out very strong
ly into the lake, and had it not been for Capt
Langley and the timely arrival of the pro
peller Fintry, nearly all would inevitably
have been drowned nj, ,-; t.-
Seeing the light, he hastened to the spo
and had his boats all ready to let 60 as the
vicinity was reached. This was done, ant
nearly all who were picked up by him;
few only reaching the shore. ... l,n
Some nearly exhausted. Everything tina
could be done to relieve the sufferers wa
done by the crew of the Fintry, who acte'
nobly. r-.7u. r.. .t;ear. al.ap.a go.
Some wretch, in the tumult, stole $S(
from sick man who had been at work a
the Saut, and which constituted his earn
ings. A purse of $40 was made up for him
The Collins came out last October, an,
cost $l05,OO0, and was insured for onl,
| $l3,500 in the Mercantile Mutual, N. Y
$4,000 in the Atlas, N. Y, and $4,000 il
the North Western, N. Y. She was ownet
by Capt. E. B. Ward. r'-