Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-10-02
DHEkBFUL STEAMBOAT bis
ASzER ON Lane MICHIGAN
STEAMER NIAGARA BURNT
LARGE FaEIsHr- TOTAL IOssi
49, -
one HUNDRED ana ssvsnty-ays Passengers on
BOARD.
4Ft %
IMMENSE Loss OF LIFE!
IMMENSE Loss OF LIFE
Iron the Daily Sentinel Extra.l
MILwAuxkx, Thursday, Sept. q

MLwAUKkE. Thursday Sept. 20.
We are ps,redt TO be obliged to- record snolb.
or dresdful lake disaster IN The Ibss,by FIRE Of
the steamer Nldeufs. ofthe Colingn ood Line,
iosrnieht on Fol- Washington, pbouttwenly
miles nofth III his city.
We sre indebted 10 MI. VIM. Snow, Of The
arm orSnow& Williams, OF This city, who
came up on he Tfersttsf last night for the
folio wing pattlcu.srss
The Niekura, Captain FL. Miller, took FIRE
on her passage for CoIiinewood TO this port
when within about oufmiIes ofFoft Washing
ton and some twenty five miles OF this port,
and In d short space II time was entitsly con.
sumed aud sunk. The light was plainly seen
here last night al seven p M.
The S,eainer Tfhtelitr, Captain Sweeney,
bound 10 Milwaukee, fortunately came TO Ire
esssistanee ol The boat, aud The CaptDin, officers
endscrew eailBniiys exeried themselves 10 save
the iiyss Of those on The Niagara.
The following iss list Of those saved by The
Trareller; Henry AInswortb, ofRoysiion. VT;
j. B. Curtis, Of SgeubeB County. N. Y.;Henry
Locee, OF. w ashinglon, VI: william H>sg, OF
Buffalo, N VI; John Hill of C9ling wood H.
ChsmbeTs aud lady, Of Hemilicn; J. Locke, OF
Waterbury, VT; Henry Locke, do; IL wis
Hear. Of Dtica, N,Y.; r Kennedy, cfSt.
n. w s,L,nol 81 Green Raw. wisconsin:
n, q q ai,sns ~ concoya.s n Il and lanes
Robinsnn. ~ Knox Conuly. illinois
49, III s.,d ~. - n;cked mn hv
boats and vessels which came III sight
IInsh Rsrrsdc ia, Ks VIE and daughter.
Th,ss assd ho1i.s a,e ashore AZ Part WASH.
iss,anEaiI la,i,ss ooa IA, wore I fine
ms,ssa / n ~ n
{ T,be N,a1aro Ma a very laree load or freight,
.if-s ia,si 49, MAJ I nonn5 oIaaythine was
.rs Z.
NE f~ollowin among The crew were saved:
c.a,ayn ~ miller. ,hi,d mate. name nm
kuewn, ens;nee, Nieke.sop. walters w. j.
,T6arnbr,n' DarIeIO osborne, and The following
6temen. Al Snydtr. s. Gotdou. Rob. Gillespie
and Al. Cufry.
The nIoneIio, Illinois took nm i large mum
her There were also several sail vessels tbnt
did good -seIyice.
b renotisd ina, Inc Hon. Jobn p. Mocy
vas I, ~, N aisni K5GooIrich or This civ.
TN wa,ss was ~ coil i'm, M one could
liz. in n
'" ~
Sh,eAso' husb SsP'rl
THE Rid6drQ left COlting wood al " K, M.
on Monday with betweea one hundred and
fay and one hundred and Sc ycniy five passen
gefs on board. wenty Ave lett The boat at
sheboygan, where she arrived at 1--WE T: NJ.
yes'e,uas,. nouas os o.. 'tom S 4. Sso,.
~ ensips.son1 md n = few momenIs the
whole cabin Yves In flames.
The widest CONSERVATION ensued. The
ooa's we.s 'SWsiea ana ~ a.,s M.'a NY so".
ssinibg twenty psssepre,s. NumGers i,mped
overheard and were Drowned insanity.
The steamer Iraueiier v ss isn miles distant
s.aus ~ ,Ss"s,s q NV ~ save ,t,1Iv
Yhe ptooestof Illinois, bond down, picked
up shoot thirty and eit them al Sheboygan-
Nemss nosIes.,ssd. w..t;.,a. ,...,,sa
tusa,y nt,soas
Georys Haley, CLERK Of The Niagara. is snp-
posed 10 be- lost. II is now thought that City
or sixty pessolis have pershed.
a MINOR is ~ circulation here this afternoon
/ thai1he Gre was The work Of an incendiary.
Its stated that i,mmediaisiy after the flames
were ,lisooyerel d keg Of powder exploded,
blowing HE fires in every direction. The first
.e~nginee. was not OIL board.
IRE kresiaantialE u Ine LATEST inlelli,
genoe7-eocd News from rennsyiVania anu
1hinpist
Tue Washington Union estimates that in the
Nv, ytpat German coua,ies n Penusylysnia-
p..4 ! .,Iaao. No,,h.n,n,o, and
no'ns, haA''e', ta-~ps'
Lsblgh-7ihe Dtnotraac gam WIZ oe nVe
ibouscnd at the October election over Pierce's
4 M I isso. whsa q e,r,i.s Il. s,a,e
(. m.,a.;ey T,s .It,;o.
p{'"en5 Suo"s'nu hnDio'"y or
bss 10 aootl that the DemncIacy will beat