New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-22

10 Pigeou Bay usar the Bluff. where she groondef
within eco ie.l OF the sbore. We then le for Detroit,
Fron The tine III stesmer caught FIRE until che wa
etiFtly abandoned should think il from an hour
I" on bew And qusitt. / tLiDk could have
'eTtireG or hr fs an tour Ions er when lef her.
snh6uf much inconvenience from the Aames. When
tie flames wsie dtcoyer,c the utmost panic took
Ios,tsion Of mot OF the passenger, aad il wa. i'm
ossibe 20 maintain any kind Of ore,r They paid n,
ni,ents 10 my frequent appeal. although repes..
edly asfured them that al could be ssvej fvh,,
wo1i only obey orders. II is my positive oni 'ss ses
that not Ell gle persor forward OF the wheel boavsr
would have been lost had they been in Condition ~
know what hey were about. did rot zee sng.
person drown. but | YVES too constantly engaged 10
ook after the people in the water. Ny mpre ssiou u
that not more than twenty persons lost and tho<e
were principally from the forward boat, witch from
the cranes in the early psr OF the disaster:
As there IL a rtrorf thst the Northern Indiana WA,
rscr the time desire 10 say that such was not the
case. We left iesrly an hour beh time and no ex.
tiaordiLaIy tSertion was mace saw the eDgEe from
u to soclcck in the morning before the fire. We,hen
had 81 pounds Ct steam upon her. We allowed to
CARY 40 ponds. lean positively assert that no dis
position to race was manifested.
In conclusion, desire to besr testimony 70 the uni.
fo,m good al gallant behavior Of all my officers and
crew, and the humane and generous conduct Of Capt
Langley Of the Mississippi, and Capt Weaver OF tue
propeller Republic. Both these gentlemen. and the
aicers ard crews under their command, did s in their
ptwer to aid and the passengers in the water
snc il entirely due to their exerions that 30 many
were saved There also two or three sail ves~s q
in the vicinity. which stood Ill boldly and renderd
every assistance in their power. know that come
were pic ked up by these vessels but what became OF
4 em en- unable to say.
STATEMENT OF MR.. FARRAR, THE FIRST EN-
GINEER.
was in TIE engine room aud was down on the 6re-
lole ladder where could look al around the boilers,
g few IN lu,es past II O'Clock. then went forward
On he staibosrd stairs which 10 up from the msn
Geek, and hooking Of toward Point au Pelee and
from there went up the hurricane deck TO bow
the engine worked, and as went by the smoke pipe
thought / suek something burning. started on
IF one Of the ash-hatches and jumped down below
ard DO blaze cf any kind, but smelt the smoke
plainly. l got out imme dately and got length of
kc Sc and sent for Mr.. Wetmore.
He came to ire az coon possible, ard told him 10
send me some men, as the boat was on fire, bat did
not know how bad. He sent me some deck hands,
and they manned the pump. Mr.. w. ran above and
charged her course for Pont-au.Peee and came i'm
medistely back, and in short space Of time, which
could Lot have exceeded three or four minutes, che
was in q complete mass Of flames amidships. Jumped
and called my second engineer and some OF the men,
they had badly got TO work before the flames burst
out and they obliged to consult t1eir own safety
by leaving. was the last man about the engine, and
when left there was one complete sotd column of
blaze auidshps. The thing was so quick that Il wa<
impossible to effect snyth il the way Of extinguish
ing the FIRE. had three men in the fire hold, and one
assistant watch, ana was myself In condition 70
iii cover the fist symptoms OF flame. ..
W bile have been IN that boat l have been IN the
habit of going in ana around the boilers to see II there
was any fire, and never before discovered anything
which would lead me to suppose there was any danger
from fire and always regarded her as perech- safe 10
that reepect Mr.. Csmerc n, our resident engineer,
examined her this Spring did all the inspectors aud
copsidertd her perfectly safe. We had taken exirn
pre- cautions to guard against fire this Spring. can.
rot determine the exact origin of the fire. but think It
must lave been a spark from the FIRE hold, which got
between the wood wt,k which formed the fire room
next to the boiler and did not show itself until was
ready to burst out.
The three men in the freehold did rot discover any
thing until had got the hose ready, and until the
blaze Ell. tehDg across the stairs where they come
out. When first discovered the flames opened the
door in the sheet iron crossing to open steamoock ana
il was volume of flame and impossible to get at 1t.
When was utterly impossible to remain the engine
any longer, myself and second engineer each took an
anc assisted MI Wetn ore to cut away and throw
overheard as long as there was anything available,
al my opinion IL, that if the passengers had kept cool
al had not Jumped overheard not q single life would
have been lost of the steamer forward OF the Wheels
STILL FURpHER PARTICULARs--LIsT or THE
LOST.
dispatch from Detroit says: The total number
saved from the Northern Indiana AUD by the steamer
Mss ssippi propeller Republic, is lac. Among the
saved whose names were DOT before gwen are the
Rev. VIM. Catchcart and infant child Of Lagrange
Ind TIE number lost as far as known is 90, as fo-
Tvs:
sewell Turner, Rome, Me.
Michael Burke, Thos. Farie fremen, Buffalo.
Mrs Eliza Blanchard, Augusta, Me.
Daniel Gray, Rome, me.
Henry Minis and child, Tully, n. Y
Augustine FOrtvslle, Buffalo
Geo. Dawson, Brockpori, N. y. ..r
Ms. Mary Leyard, England
Mrs. AcEnoyds, father, mother, Husband and two
chile rem, England.
G. Smith, watcbman, Buffalo.
Eugene Cary and child, Greenbusb, Wis.
Miss JennDg, Waverly, H.
j. d. Rexford, ESQ, of Jsnesvll!e, Wisconsin, for
merry Of Norwich, N. Y. who was passenger on tho
Northern Indiana, picked up at distance from
the vesse by small boat, after being over an hour
in the water.