Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-01
LATEST NEWS.
'""'uonni Particular. of the In In nifty On thr
81 Lawrence River,

QrfBEe. jane %. 1857 The steamer Mon
ifeai eit thls port at clock Friday afternoons
having on b"nrd between four and five hundred
passengers, ct whom majority Scotch.
ana other immigrants recently arrived from Eu-
rope.
Nothing unusual occurred after leaving the
wharf until the Montreal reached n point (Cape
k"uge) ahou, ~ or b miles above this city when
the wood work near the furnaces discovered
I" be on fire. Almost ut the very moment that
the smoke was first discovered the flames broke
ior'h, causing the utmost CONSERVATION amongst
the crowded passengers.
In" tire wa- first discovered At about o'clock
when the steamer WAS nearly abreast OF Cape
Rouge.
Every effort was nude Ia arrest the flames
and tol tins purpose the engines were stopped
SO a t" lessen the draii hnt finding il impossible
To save the steamer, Captain Rudolph ordered
her 10 be run TOWARD, the shore. aud at the same
lime The officers aud crew eXcrted themselves to
get out the life boats.
The flames spread with the most nstonish
rapldity aud IN IA lew seconds after the steamer
began IL move forward in the widest confu-
sion, and despair prevailed throughout the ship.
and numbers of the passengers threw them.
selves overheard. and were in most cases drown.
ed.
Fortunately the steamer Napoleon also bound
tor Montreal, was hut a few miles in advance of
cover i, pat back With all possible expedition
and succeeded in rescuing from the burning
wreck one hundred and twenty seven passcn
gers.
Captain Rudolph and the purscr Of the Mon
heal wers amongst the number of those who
threw themselves into the river. und they being
excellent swimmers sneectded in reaching the
steamer Alliance aud saved II is quite
possible TINT others may have succeeded in sa-
wing themselves by swimming but the steam
or became unmanngeahle when considerable
distance from the land, there is no doubt but that
most of those who threw themselves from the
burning boat found waterv grave.
Sixteen of those saved died within short time
after they reached the deck of the Napoleon, and
from present information il is believed that the
total loss of lite by this terrible disaster will not
fall short Of from three to four hundred.
The steamer Alliance arrived here Yesterday
afternoon with forty five dead bodies. and anoth-
or boat Is known to have recovered sixty bodies.
but have not been able to learn the names OF
any of those except Mr.. Phillips, of the exten, se
numbering firm of Norcross * Phillips, of Three
Rivers.
The Montreal had on board two hundred and
fifty e ght immigrants recently arrived here from
Glasgow, together with several German {, mi
lies and rattsn and several American pa5sen-
gers.
The scene is described as most frghtful upon
the bursting out of the flames. The deyourng
element spread rapidly and II large number
of the passengers were women and children. few
precautions of a character to save lie could DO
adorted. Amidst the awful horror Of the SO enc,
many persons Ieuped overheard, consider able
number of whom were drowned almost INN ,edi
ately. Crowds of other, were roasted to death
Def IRE they could attempt to escape.