The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-01
Additional Particulars OF the Stunning or the
steamer Montreal.

From the Toronto Coionirt, June eel
srArEhESr or Mr.. HAYES, A PASSENGER ON BOARD
THE MONTREAL.
Mr. Andrew hayes, commission agent Of Nourexi
staiee-The FIRE occurred at 5p N. Tho Mon.resi axa
loon In midi hpe Immediately opposite the boiler room
Smoke a. ri issue from of the state rooms
was very den.eso dene that in loan than Ave minutes
II was impossible to see snyh!ng In the saiooo In
muutes the fames burst and filed the SILICON, and
burt out on bob sidee was in the stern q the vessel
when this occurred lowered myself down by the lido
Of the vessel and while doing 70 I,sw ons man
trying TO get boat OF The upper decV he called to hs
assistance he the ropes OF the boat and held one
end and the other to let her down; slid own the rope
In less than FIVE mil ues the boat under with
the crowd teat rushed on It The tame be
cam 70 intense that l jumpet ont OF the boat into
the water, and swan towards another boat |
coming 70 eur res,ue, but u shot Tast and made
tor the boat at the eide Of the Mptreal
back and got under the boat that assissnce
There number OF fema es In the water. and
by and was disensngied The bnat took W load to
the Napoleon and Immediately sfer a number Of
sina ooats from the Napoleon reach the real and
rstood that the boat which rst reached the Mon real
dt lot belong to the Napoleon. but u Q passenger
beard only after n violent alteration, and the pas
eapgers insisting its being sens that IL heard
the Captsn of the Napoleon curing the OF the
In my opinion the whole affair very badly managed.
think fully quarter of an hour elapsed before asiatsnca
came from the Napoleon. The NaooIeon was between
200 and 300 yards of from Us whsu the nre broke
out The Montreal was go yards from the shore. and
she beaded for the shore In about ten minutes after
the alarm given, and the flames had broken In
the manner have already stated think che she shouId
aground in the attempt to reach tho shore and fs
nearly far of he shore she wheu the Ore broke
out saw 10 give directions or To take commsnd
~o..s .s. .ouess,; anything was In utter confu
slon think she might have got the shore
ehe did, with proper manage rnen and the destruction
life have been ess. Nobody saved anything Whatever
but what was ON their pcraons. There time to
The boiler exploded time AFTER the flames broke out
heard the Montreal han been Ore previsu.ly
during the afternoon OF the day, and thai
quspcs they bah person 70 witch IN ier-tani tbs
furnaces we're bahy secured and the wood work not
pery protected by metal sheeung heart this f-om the
captain OF the steamer Napoleon Tho scene was I'D.
palingly terrific beyond description board the Mont
real, and on board the Napoleon Afterwards the
scenes OF distress were most heart rend,ng Here aud
there one say persons seeking for their child EN-,
and chidrrn seeking for their parents With
may their faces tdipgs Of those they
loved ! saw a good many bodies badly burned aud os
Ggured. and many pertops In intense runerlng, whch
hoss ON board tried In asuase by means or ssrsped
oef &c There from 460 10 500 persous board;
thirty OF these were cabin One hanar~d aud
twerv bve bodies iivrg and dead taken Of
water; there were sixteen dead bodies I only noticed
Menrrealer, Sr. Leslie; canuc, tell he e. saved
lev swan TO The shore and took the road Quebec We
~elve mes I'm euenec Nnen the nre oroxe
emigrapn from the John Mckenzie. Tne~e also
among them some Gsrmsns Canadians and Indians One
family was named NJ exile OF whom here sx-thr-e
Of them gone The father Of ihs faniy agst ST. ts
gone can't tell how many hyes lost. thick ,nere
mus' have been great many burned can't tell how
many swan 10 the Ghofe and reached Quebec.
srArBNKSr OF IHs PuRsER or the MA poLEos
About bali Tsst four O'Clock the steamer Montreal Ru
The Ore bur,, abevc the boiler de,s Tne capsan inne
diRfey rot out the bose, sill hands work who
did ali they could TO extnsush H. After working few
minutes wa found impossible n stop tho 1smes which
gained 20 inst and pprcad rapidly taA they could not
get them under or save ue boat Tao maie Then got ou,
bc jolly boat into which he parrd four adies csbio pa.
sepfefs. their maid the cabu sfL II ga. his intsn
Ton 10 get the women first out and he had given orders
70 that CO. but when toe male emig-ants s.x tina, they
made rush doEb the SIDE sud into the boat which Wa
instantly angDed The slroyo hs~sor ~
a. 10 fave those in the boat bet The rush great
hmm
dhtsnce, kept soot from burning boat sae sant
out, hosever largo baiisa- belntgas rsft.men
the had on board Before u reached the Mou.
'rval tue boat was In flames all over, and
hey were only abin IN pick thoo In the hang
,ns 10 the wicck Fourteen Of tha cree we're drosned
The captain. p1,,er and all the ccers saved. Tho
captain wa the ilst man 10 leave The wreck Mr. wann
jr, son Of the osp,r, escaped ~tn dcn " by swimming
ashore Andrew hsyes, no a. saved, Wa In the
for above horr He bad stripped himself to hts draw
and had 10 borrow cihv The officers Of the Va
Tl,o lie repoerei sssisistoe Sc yer al unfrtau In
the water, and uhdersiana saved several Hv-. M
boat Gus burned 70 the ~siers edge and yards NJ 100
prsoDs must have pcrishca on boaro or nave b en-
drowLed The humber saved rrDu I15 10 2nsl passeu
ftrs but their baggage and en, ci Oa and some Of
the poor creatures etoeset b. the Salleon
prrcral! ernlsfauu-srrt1h and Nor-eg'ans. Tho for
mer are the larger proporon AMI most ~ the -agci
bsve W smert de loss u their nearest and dearest
iiona. May Of thsm arc women aud children amongst
be latter Ia beautiful infant 81 year od wno
,,1s 60 , co, o. NE saer o., .hom noeody cl.m
them dangerously ID 9 steamer the fse Gazing
out. was inmediiey beaded tovar4s the shme, ue
vscr IL sballow and she = rock WITHIN sbout 30
yards OF the NJ ore
We sorry record that the people showed great
inhumanity In attempting rescue the snfafors bu,
display Cd great sciivisy In stealing their e-ct- The
tengVrE we're uesfe9 gin the Utmost kbdnun- and sup
piled with fooo sgd ever, cOufor, pos.be on board Inc
Nai Gen. On Vi. srfsvsl 81 The Ma ean here insres
OF cur citizens were FreEated shat and shortly
after .he ga moored the aotng Mayor nsm
bers Of The Corporation we're on board; s several Of
the Cheers OF the different national soee Who all an
rsred soc,nus 70 render s~sssnce ana take Of hs
ibury 10 be AZ once taken 10 the hospital tbe nauus
socsiies viii Jake of the others