Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-01

the rights of ALL
Give us your hand, Ohio hereafter your wrongs
shall be our wrongs! Give us your hand, Mas
sachusettsl Weremember your Kidnapped Burns
and your bleeding Sumner Give us your hand,
Maine, Vermont, New York, Wisconsn-aU the
States that stand in the noble vanguard of free
dom-we are with you, and your cause hereafter
shall be ours !"
The same paper gives great credit to the Am
orleans of German birth who were found to be
rue as steel. A few of them boted the Repub-
lican ticket in St Paul. and few out of it, but
the great army of the free-thinking Teutons
walked straight up to the ballot-box and voted
for the preservation of the ballotbox for free
soil and free labor
The BnrBinS Of she Steamer NJ OntreaI.
The Montreal Herald of Monday morning has
further particulars OF the burning of the steamer
Montreal on the river St. Lawrence. The Nom
treal left Quebec on Friday night with about thir
ty cabin, and some four hundred and fifty or five
hundred emigrant passengers. OF the subsequent
disaster and fearful loss of life, Mr. Andrew Hayes
of Montreal gives the following account -
!" When the steamer reached about twelve
miles from Quebec, above Mr. Atkiuson's place at
Carouge Bay, Mr. H iyes came outside the saloon
at the after part Of the steamer. whsn he observed
smoke rising up from the midships of the boat
over the saloon. In very short time a number
ofpersons were rushing with jugs of water 10 ex
tuguish the fire. There was one boat on board
the steamboat on the hurricane deck, and
hand belonging to the steamer went up to try to
get her into the water. Mr.. Hayes did the same
thing, and between them they got the boat over
the side and let go the tackles. He then gotinto
her, and in minute or two numbers of persons
crowded in and the boat sunk. Mr.. Hayes then
bald don fof hal OafJ IL, 4 i
self in that pos iton for long time till the heat
from the burning ship became too great. In the
meantime, crowds of persons were constantly
jumping into the water, and climbing down the
guards to get as near the water as possible.
AT this time the boats head was turned to-
wards the North shore, and she ran until she APP
preached the shore to about one hundred and fif-
ty yards from 1t, where she appears TO have sunk
in deep water, or to have struck rock as some
persons believe At any rate, the water was so
deep that there was no possibility of reaching the
shore otherwise than by swimming or in boats
The flames, after the smoke was at first perceiy-
ed, did not take m IRE than ten inmates to envel-
opeihe whole vessel, and in two hours she was
utteily destroyed, so that hardly vestige Of the
vessel could be seen. The Napoleon had start
ed at the same time with the Montreal and was
at the time OF the accident at distance of about
half mile from the Montreal and above that
vessel. Probably from the fear of taking fire, the
captain of the Napoleon did not Judge il prudeDr
to approach the burning vessel. A large boat or
batteaux was in tow of this vessel, and after some
contention as it isTeported, with the proprietor.
she went OF to attempt to save the passengers
from the burning vessel She also had Two other
boats of her own, which were despatched to the
scene of the disaster. There were also some
boats which came from the shore, but none Of
them could approach very close TO the steamer,
so that every one who was saved was Obliged to
make some attempt to swim for their lives
Mr.. Hayes, himself, after remaining as he he
heves, nearly half an hour hanging on the vessels
side, found 1t too hot to remain there any longer
and struck out boldly for boat which he saw an.
preaching. He swan to this boat but as the
men on board saw much larger number of per
sons IN jeopardy Of their lives hanging round the
wreck, they neglected Mr.. HAYES calls to he ia
ken IN, and It was not till he succeeded in cluteh
ing the boat and raising himself up by his own
muscular force that he felt himself safe The
boats with the persons who were saved all went
on board the Napoleon in which was received
one hundred and twenty five passengers and six
teen dead bodies. OF the passengers saved a
great number were sadly burned, and many of
them greatly bruised. Once on board, they were
treated oy the captain with every attention
besides those who were taken on board thu
Napoleon a few persons, Mr.. HAYES thinks NOT
more than twenty, succeeded in swimming on
shore, or to some rocks in the immediate NEIGH
borhood of the beach.
Mr.. Hayes was acquainted with none of the
PaSSehSeiS On OOdTQ the Montreal eXepOt MIR
Leslie, of Carter, Kerry, & Co.. and Mr.. Phillips
ofNorcross, Phillips, & Co., neither of whom we're
seen on board the Napoleon afterwards and as
MT Hayes believes, were both OF them drowned or
burned Only three cabin passengers are report
ed to be saved out OF the whole number
Mr. Hayes was SO long in the water as to have
brought on excessive cramps, which caused
swelling in sjoints, and afflicted him with the
most exeTueiaubg pain,
While in the water, either hanging on to the
steamboat or to the small boat by which he was
eventually saved, he was repeatedly prappled by
unfortunate persons in the act of drowning and
Il at the moment when he laid hold Of The boa,',
guns ale, ne believes that six persons chiefly wo
men, had hold Of his skirts. These the boatmer
| took in before they extended any aid and confer
TO him, and during the final struggle for life HI
suterings OF mind and body were excessive
| These were increased by the dreadful cries an,
shrieks OF drowning persons going on in every al
reetion around him. These ne described as bein,
awful in the extreme. Men, women and chid,.,
were suffering the toriures Of Are and drownino
on one hand poor creature would be seen perch
ed on an outside part Of the steamer, where
resting place could be obtained only by the clos
est hold with both hands and feet, and ther
hanging in torture, till, driven BY the smoke an
names, he or she had to take the fatal plunR
into the cold river below.
In another direction salwart men might b
seen seeking to secure themselves about the iron
OF the guards. or the paddles. Some of ther
LOST their hold, and sunk at once. Others man
ageo 70 hang on for space, but at last they ha
20 give up from sheer fatigue, or by the pressur
o. other sufferers seeking to secure the same rel
uge. Here families were preparing and determin
ing to die together there the husband or Nh
wife saw his or her partner forever sepaIated
Women with children in their arms leaped I'M
the water; Others held on to the burning wrec
until losing their foothold, they fell and were los
forever" ~
The Herald says the steamer was about tv
years old, and was owned in Montreal. Her en-
gines were old, and it is said that she has bee
repeatedly on Ere during the season. After IN
FIRE had been burning for a certain length Of tim,
there was kind Of explosion, which deslroye
nearly all the upper part Of the vessel that rc