New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-03
IFtom The LAuihvHIo VVulleI' EbEH W.T.
River Intelligence.


Ghe,r DrsrRioTtoN or Co6l BoArs-A MILLION BUSHELS
OF CoAl tSp sf,Nr LIVES LOST Expects or Tlis LATE
SToaM The Of Sunday night has proved Rr more
disastrous on tho Ohio river than was anticipated The
wind ID times blew hurricane and the riYerwas rnugher
than IL was ever before to be- and every Nat boat
that the dashed to pieces and lost
Tbe waves raj mountain high and many of the coal boats
that ware lost turned completely over and brokenin
two The enumeration of the boats lost is at present i'm
nosble but sufficient has been asoertained by parties
her to state that hundred and nine boats have been
sunk involving the losstof many lives
On the steamer David White, that arrived from New
Orleans Yesterday marning the pilots and Of
i've or boats sunk Sunday night in the storm below
here Among the boats sunk were pair belonging to
Mr. Packer with j Groxton pilot The boats sunk fifty
five miles below the city near Aydelotts ship yard They
had attempted to land but the wind broke the hauser
The walked back to this city all much frost bitten
pair Of boats belonging to Morrison & McOosky with
Martin Dickens and II. b. Bailey pilots of thiscity, were
sunk at the place and five of the crew were drown
ed. They resided in this city and were Lee zudori
Jackson, T. Nut. VIM, Gibbs and T. N. Boyant. Gibbs
leaves family Those saved were I Luther j. Gray T.
Brown, W johnson, and Dickens and Bailey, the pilots.
They encountered the utmost peril and was proyiden
tal that they were saved. The boats dashed to
atoms and they had to swim part of the time. when
the ss belonging to the boats they were only saved
y the strength OF the wind which Blew them ashore One
Of the crew Luther had escape but was saved
by bis own fortitude and endurance skill from the
shore approached him while In the river but the man VINO
had it was afraid approach He requested him to throw
the of the sk round so that he could grasp H. ana
that position he towed to the shore and was taken
out perfectly insensbIe and almost frozen stiff.
The crew saved from Morrison and McCloSky's boats
state that they hailed the steamer s ohenoweth but
the Captain refused to stop and take them on board al
though it known that they had been shipwreoked
We trust there is some mistake in this.
Two barges and two fatboats of coal belonging to a
Mr. Haynes were sunk near Warsaw, on Sunday night
and it was rumored that five drowned, though
it was afterwards stated that they landed on the opposite
side of the river In addition to the boats already men
toned MS having been lost enumerate the follow
ing One pair near Warsaw, opposite Capt, Summons
house and above Cincinnati the Messrs Wilson lost
boats Wiggam !, Fawerett Cincinnati Fuel Company 3
q brave q Dunseth s. Pollock 2, Gnlen q Horn Rob.
bins s NJ o. Denold q Baker q Drayo3 Herren s. Pat
terson 2, Mckee 2, the Watsons 4 and Myres 4.
The Courier of the 18th has in addition to the above
the following:
MORE CoAL-BoAT DIsAsTERs-0ne Hundred and Itgentl
Boats R,on be LosIn addition to the array of losse
stated in the Courier yesterday and the day previous
have heard of additional boats that have been sunk
together with the loss of eleven more lives This is
fearful list of disasters and destruction and we fear we
have not heard all yet The sufferers were John Gait
breath pilot for Watson who losttwo boats and drowned
ten of the crew Charles Reed lost pair of boats and
one man drowned Thomas MeGll lost two boats james
Wilson two, Michael Keho two, and George Smith one.
The RrvER.-The Memphis Wing Of the 9th says:
The river rising faster 9han it before
here havp with