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

The whole scene.
Cant Langley. the crew, and the passengers doing
eytr,,hipg in their power to cave TIE sufere's When
the saved csme on board trunks and wardrobea he W
open and they were provided with whatever they de-
sire d. they bad only TO belp tbemelves
Tie propeller Republic then towed the Northern
Iudisna ashore ne ar Point au Pelee, where she now
lies ia eight {, @. water A meeting was then organized
on board the Mississippi and $500 IN cash were raised
for the sufferer The meeting Adjourned TO meet al
Larned's Hotel, Detroit. When the boat landed az
Detroit, Mr. Rice the superintendent of the Michigan
Central Railroad, came aboard and announced to the
save that the railroads 10 every direction were az
tleu dsposal, and 80 were the hotels. free TO all
lhey should be well taken Of, and all their wants
supplied.
when the members Of the Adjourned meeting went
ashore THEY found that the citizens of Detroit were al
ready beforehand with them and that they had already
is,;sc auo f9r the rEifereis Among those who sub
ttDdent, $50 j. Iiurd & Co.. 500. The proprietors
OF the Michigan Exchange Msssrs. Lyons & Bsrstow,
placed their house at the disposal OF the sufferers,
without piioe. generous act. Mrs Jacob NJ How
ard who went up on the Mississippi an who resi-.
dent Of Detroit in short time collected large guam
tty of clothes which she brought to he sufferers and
distributed among them. The passengers were ex-
tcmey senloe 81 all this real kindress, and many of
them wept with joy.
From the above it seems that everything that could
be zone dore by those connected with the Mss..
slpl end Indieha to preserve life there not par
have exhibited generosity and lberaly characters.
tic Of that city.
The Northern Inc lana was valued at 5000 900. No
insuIsnoe. The bu will be saved.
Captain w. IL. Wetnore Of the Northern Indiana
says
We left Buffalo ON Wednesday evening July l6, at
Il o'clock with medium load, and, suppose, about
100 passer gers. The crew numbered between 50 and
60. NOhing occurred Of any Importance until about
ten minutes past eleven on Thursday morning. when
VIC we've shout halfway between Point Az Pelee Reef
and Point Au Peee light house. was on deck by
the pLothouse The engineer cent man on deck. and
SAID be wanted re below supposed at the hsIu time
as fast could, it being an uncommon thing to leave
tie deck when outside, even for meals; when got
below the rst engineer Farrar, was getting the hose
ready in the fre-eneine. He said, Mr.. Wetmore, my
God, she's a.fire There was a round hole, usually
covered with plate of iron, which was OIL, between
the engine room and the sIoke-ppe, on the ssrboard
side ] cast my eye there, and saw light something
Ike the reflection Of common lamp underneath the
main deck. turned and ran TO call The men, Ipassed
some on deck and told them to run TO the engine.
passtd on the foreeaste and found two or three
men, told them to run to the engine. Then passed
into the forecaste, and told them The same. lmme.
distey back to the engine and found he had got
to work with the engine, and saw the flames bursting
through he matches. saw she was badly on fire, aud
TO call the second mate for the purpose OF altering
her course. As ! got on the promenade deck met
BIN. He said, "My God, Mr.. Wetmore what is The
matter Said l, "Sho's burning up get out your
boat forward" I ran into the wheel-hou, ,e, and
helped to alter her course for the nearest point OF Point
Au Peee Island supposing che would make the island
before her engine would stop. then returned to the
engine on the main deck. When | got there the
flames had driven them from the fire engine, and she
was all flame there.
Ituned and went to the promenade deck again, and
found the flames bursting through the upper deck
was aler g-ide of the whee-house, to get my axes,
and had hard work to get back Though the
flames. As came forward / met tha secend mate
and one OF the wheel men. They said they had the
boat cut on the cranes but not lowered itold them
to run aft and get out the life-boat. Invent imme-
diatels on the promenade deck with my axes. When
got there saw the forward boat was crowded with
men. saw that they would be all lost unless could
ran forward and told them that they would all be
lost unless they got out Of that boat The engineer,
Mr. Fanar, and second mate. were attempting 70 get
out % Ss e0 and ea pu wsy
with the bett in the boat, and she went down end
foremost, and spilled most OF them into the water She
would hold IS or 90 and wsS crowded TO excess.
" bep she went down knew the consequences and
did not sto po look at her. but turned round and met
the men whom bsd sent aft. They said they couid
not get aft the flames would not let them turned
to the pssser gers and begged them to keep cool and
would save them all yet knowing & ina. tnere was ,h a.,
al bt ard eide intended for safety panks, ran TO them
and took the fret one out urging the Passe nger ana
crew TO fetch them. did this to encourage them ana
for The example, brought an arm-ful, and then went
back to the other eide and brought load from there
Several tf the crew followed and assisted me. kept
telling hem all the while that could save all OF them
if they would only take my advice.
After had got them well sgoing at this, seized
an ak and called upon the rest 10 assist me in cutting
away the doors and panel work about the cabln the
engineer and second mate assisting me. After cutting
all the panel wsrk away which we could reach on
account of the fre and passing them to passengers,
kbap shed the cahin and hauled out the
dining tables forward. We spread these tables out
full length and dropped them overheard, bottom side
up and then brought side tables, sofas, big chairs &c
flom the cabin, all of which we threw overheard to
the passer gels in the water BY this time the steamer
had stopped. Could not tell exactly when she did
STOP but am confident she did not run over a mile
from the time the fire first discovered. After get:
ting all out Of the cabin we could, we commenced
cutting the tenders away and telling men to get on
them. Amer cutting and getting away everything
that was possible to get at, went forward on the
promenade deck. The engineers and second mate
and wheelsmen went below on the iorecastle
cut of the forecase deck boards, mattresses, starr
way, rigging boxes, &c. saw them passing them
out. At that time one OF the passengers caued
my attention to one OF the broken cane
did rot succeed. / went down to the forecast!e
and took the ak and succeeded in cutting. II on.
Passed up the sx to the passenger as we "lSneo 70
keep it with us, and as | was getting up, q woman
came 10 Int, tdylbS, Il du aicnc WIN ~, -.
Children" tone Of which she held in her arms said
10 her, Give me the chi and will save II If get
a hore." passed it up TO my friend on deck, the
passenger and followed it. heard the woman call
Dg after mt and looked back and SIZE passed me the
other three Of her children. Soon after another woman
psssed up one about six months old.
Previous to this the Mississippi, which, when the ire
broke out thought to be five or six miles asern had
been engaged, and by this time had picked up the
most of those in the water. BY this time her boats
ttose of he Republic came alongside to pick the
eff the burning steamer. The boats were full OF life
buoys and tboee board the boats kept telling the