New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-07
THE BURNING or THE STEAMER GEORGIA

Yesterday published an account OF this melancholy
csastrc he furnished by correspondence New Orleans
We now give The Mp Orleans P'coyuAes report
Tie steamboat Georgia Capt Sinnott from aontgome-
~ Ala was burned at the wharf at tho lake end Of the
Jtferso on ard PonchdtTan Railroad Saturday night,
at about lOs O'Clock The boat had just arrived at the
wleIf ard bow line thrown out and secured to the
vi arf when the boat was discovered TO be on hre
stern lire thrown ont at once but IN the hurry was
not secured the wharf The stern of the boat there
fore swung out from the wharf for minute or two Inc
fire caught around the bUcr aud the wood work Of the
boat being much heated II spread with astonishing rapid
" over the boat and cotton Tho passengers were nearly
ell in tie cabin and the flames rising up from the forward
paIt of the boat prevented many Ct them from escaping
There o5 passengers on board including children
ard negroes OF this number, it Is certain that thirty
perh,d come Of the remen saved think that fifty were
lost but Iom the most dilgeAt inquiries, we think that
forty the actual number lost Twenty two OF
the aboye number were slaves belonging to pesons on
bCaId.
Firm, moment the, ne femea broke out until the
fate Of lie OF death was decided for the passengers only
about three minutes elapsed, 20 quick was the N2fA "
destruction. The passengers were nearly ell dressed only
two three of them having gone to their beFhs Many
them anxious to see the landing place, or were
lept I'D listening me music of violin which young
nGn was play ug III the cabin Most Of the passengers
were from North Alabama Georgia and the Carona.,
Who having left their homes emgrating with their
fmies neeroet furniture, cattle and wagons TO Texas
lhey bad embarked at Washington were bat little sc-
qusiI sd with each other, uBusued to steamboat
travelling and knew nothing OF the depth Of water or the
siUgton Of the landing.
Tie boat very crowded with cotton carts cattle and
furniture. The negroes who were more frightened than
the white persons, the after part of the lower
deck Add the above for causing great confa
sn the fact tLat from the first moment OF the discovery
Of the Gre the and officers were separated by the
flames ION the passengers there persons on the
whar to give any directions advice render any assist
Many of the families were large and some precious
lost in attempting TO collect them together
but than all the rapid progress OF the hsmes and tne
binding and snoeeting smoke prevented any order and
cEuEed the great coDfuson.
All who were burned at all persisted 10 the flames or
Jumped into the lake Many of the saved were much
biuised by jumping being throVn ashore Those who
saved s0on scattered that Is Impossible 10
ascertain the names Of the lost or the saved with any &C
turacy the books and papers Of the boat being burned
lie beat loaded with o35 bales OF cotton which WA
ell burned. Not article saved from the wreck
worth me nonpg nearly all the and mu persisted
The steamboat Helen, from Mobile had arrived q! the
opposite side Of the wharf about two hours before the i'll
fGted Georgia. Her officer, when the fire broke out on
board the Georgia loose her stening and the wind
eded in drifting her out into the Lake where che sned
safe until the morning. There had been about $50 bAes
of cotton discharged from the Helen, upon the wharf all
of which was burned
Tie Railroad Company heavy losers about three
hundred feet of the fine wharf three warehouses and four
loaded burned. There also large quantity
CT groceries and other merchandise In the warehouses;
defined eight for the Helen, which was destroyed
Among those persons who are certainly lost are the
wife ard three children of Mr. Jolly of Alabama. Mr.
Jolly saved sI children three of whom much injured
BY being thrown On the wharf
Mr. John Jackson formerly a member Of the yi.la-
ure in Georgia was lost He had retired to bed before
the boat took fire.
WB Rhenn of Newbern, n. C., with bis wife and FIVE
children. were saved but be lost nine OF his negroes
Mr. Carter Of Georgia, with family of thirteen per
sons were saved, but be lost three of hi. negroes.
Mr. McClenethan Of Cincinnati, lost.
lie Clerk of the boat endeavored to save the money
books &C. in the iron safe, ba he obliged leave
the safe opened and rush to the wharf Several of the
passengers lad deposited their money with the Clerk aud
IL was, OF course, loet.
Tie total Ices OF cotton, boat wharf merchandise, &C.
csLno be fer from 100000 The cotton is insured and
We learn that the railroad company insured the
hoigLt which was IN the warehouse.
The Iaisencers who were saved kindly received
into tie hotel Aessrs Bride Roder the disaster
IhcsIs sent for clothing provided for the naked
ILd every comfort extended TO hsa which the house AZ
forced.
The Ls ofthe boat burned to the Bstss edge anil