The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-02-18
ANOTHER DISASTER!
BURNING OF THE STEAMBOAT GrORGI 4
Loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY


asters which but too often occur, aud
which bring desolation and deep sorrow
on many social aud domestic circle took
place between the hours of aud II
O'Clock on Salufda, night last, Mt the Lake
terminus OF the Caroton and pnntchar.
train Railroad We refer Ia the loss by
fire of the steamboat Georgia, OF which
brief mention WAS made III our issue of
Sunday morning.
The Georgia, Capt Roberts it appears,
arrived ut the railroad wharf at about | |
O'Clock. She had 80 passengers on board,
aud was heavily loaded with cotton. The
bow line had been made last to the wharf,
aud two OF the deck hands were engaged
in drawing IN the stern OF the Steamer,
when the lire was discovered bursting GU,
with amazing rspidiiy above the boilers
Strange to shy, the mon who were haul,
ing in the steamers stern, dropped the rope
they had hold Of, and the body OF the YES.
sci .wGng off again from the wharf The
flames now spread viii, uncomfortable furv
and minute had scarcely elapsed before
general eoutlagration prevailed IN every
portion OF the III iated vessel The screech
es OF ahrghted men, women, aud children
the fierce cracking OF the fire iiend the
loud bray OF mules and the believing OF
oxen, msddeBed by the bent and smoke
which surrounded them, mingled in strange
and terrible discordance Imagination may
form for itself some laint picture Of the
scene. but description fails
Tho passengers were chiefly from Ala
bsma, beng planters with their families and
negroes, ON their way to Texas. Some,
frantic with terror.
~' Hoped overheard with frantic yen,
A. raref 60 anticipate their gmer'
while some, with superhupan might. flung
their children from the hurricane deck to
the WHAT, and, lespiug alter them were
mutilated aud saved, or, pefchnuce, were
drowned Most OF the children who were
thus flung on the wharf were more or less
Injured las bruises or di.locaton.. One
woman. who TELL, or jumped from the caniu
floor to the main deck, MAS caught on the
points of the horns OF an iniuriaiod ON and
was torn most dfeAdlully. Bul the OK threw
hen iuto the water. and She was saved OF
the negroes on board OF the boat twenty,
at least were lost--ome planters losing
all they had, aud some losing but a few
Scarcely single family was saved en-
tire. \ father who had rescued be-, wife
aud six children, went back tor seventh
ani was lost \ Young man returned 30
the boat to look tor female friend, but
the flames "ytwned around him like
bell aud he Was numbered with " the un.
returning brave father saved three ol
his chiliren, but hi. wife aud siN others leil
thoir ashes ia the funeral pare OF the
Ge0rsa
\ ,oung husband lost his wife, and be
sat apart on the wharf as It indifferent TO
whatever else might beiall h,n. \ child
three months old was taken 80 the hotel.
ont It had 40 relative To claim II, and none
knew whose child it was. \ voung man
who lost his father aud mother, appeared
TO be more concerned about 8 coo which
bis father had ie,t in the sar OF the boat
than about bis parents. lut these sre IN r.,
Incidents OF the cot hagfation. The list ot
passengers was consumed, sad rs 20 list
WAS taken Of those who were saVed the
entire los' OF hle cannot be correctly osu.
mated. Me- Jas, as0n aud one cihd, Of
Barbour county. Ala. were lost, his wife
aud eight children were saved. Mrs jolly
AND cla.d, Of Randolph county, Georgia.
were lost. Nr was saved =. t. i.oi,p.
Of Lcuoir couEy, y. C., was saved. bui
lost tTo rcgsoes. Rev. }. NcCarter. OF
Clinton, Gcurgin lost three negroes no
aHd hi, wife were saved, though a.e latter
was badly Injured
Dr. }. VI. ioung Of Hancock county,
S'ecfgin, lost servant boy, his books, sur
gical Instruments and clQ,hiug Mrs. ia
wilson, from Macon county. Ala, los, sew
raj negroes Mrs. Graham, from Nilliams
bnrg $ e., lost two negroes, and $500 in
gold. Ihos. !. Mcl.auatban, OF liristol,
Conn, is missing. ! u. Hubbard. of Bris
tol, Conn, was saved. but lost bis baggage.
etc 4 gentleman from Stewart county,
Georgia, whose name we did not ascertain,
los, several negroes.
The Georgia had 1890 bales Of cotton
on board, all OF which WAS lost, together
with 200 babes which had y few hours be.
fore been landed on the wharf from steam
boat Helen. from Mobile The railroad
warehouse. sud about 100 feet Of the WHAT,
were burned. The loss oi property eanuoi
have boen less than 5 100 600. The Helen
was SAVED by pushing of IRON the wharf
into the lake f,ue Deha.
Az ArrscfiNo ScsNr.--l.iout Parsons.
in bis" Nclsonian "reminiscences. relates
the following:
Richard Bennett. when MORTAL, woun
dei IN one OF Nelson's great battles had