The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-02

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.esn OF seventeen years, who had iast his slater
~ 'nis dreadful disaster. He seemed quite brok or,
down by the blow which had falIen On him Ne.r
ulin On oencn was woman with q child In her
arms one had lost two Others and was quite
alone with the remaining one. her husband hsins
AZ loronto. IL was quite q relief 70 enter the
next compartment, where the Norwegian erni,
grants were assembled, to zee the many cheerful
,see' ,,'e on men ana women-ihe latter showing q
little sly curiosity At the entrance of visi,ors and
tue children tdmbliDg heels over head as IL q vov.
age across the Atlantic. and up In a night steam
boat from Quebec, with q double allowance OF
passengers, had made no change in their high
spirits
THE ST ANDREWS HOME IN THE EVENING
Al this place we met q mechanic named ID Mil.
ne, from Glasgow. This poor fellow after struR-
Cling long 10 save himself and family, unfortunate.
ly lost them all, consisting Of his wife and five
children. One, little boy seven years old, he
ed and had with him.
We conversed with young man who was on
board the Montreal, with wife and four children.
He swan ashore with the youngest, and returning
took another on shore; both of these were saved,
but his wife and two children were unfortu unately
lest
The st Andrews Society hs furnished blankets,
beddirg and the necessary provisions for the snf-
ferers, and will continue to do SO for three or four
days
There were several ladies connected with the
st Andrews Society present during the afternoon,
taking great interest in the arrangement of this
temporary home
In this connection may mention that almost
all the persons who arrived in the Napoleon were
very short of wearing apparel. Ali their changes
OF clo hing were of course lost, aud few had hats
honnets, or shoes, bis want was remedied at
once by the zeal of the Young Mems Christian
Association. Mr Holiday kindly took charge of a
boy who has lost both parents and several brothers
He has an uncle in the county of Perth
IN THE DEADn0UsE
ali 10 fad hat ha ho5i h.l
been conveyed to the church st the old Protestant
Cemetery. Ali Of them presented the usual appear.
srcs Of persons who have been drowned and one or
two OF them also appeared to be scal5sd Two Of
TIE oodlsa were German women. Ons had on the
fourth finger of the left hand three double gold
the other had received blow across the kuuckies
cf enc hand. Both appeared to have struggled yio.
lently.
IN next in order was girl OF about sxteen years
OF age
rhen came two boys from twelve to ffss.p v.sr,
OF age One Of these was desperately bruised on
the right side of the head, bleeding from
the noss.
There we're also three girls, from twelve to four.
teen years Of age One of these was the only body
claimed Her name was Margaret Gilchiist
Two children, each about two yesrs of age, were
lvt'g next, together with little boy, Of shout So
ven.
rwo infants, from nine months to year and bali
short time of waking
NAMES OF PERSONS SUPPOSED TO BE LOST
MIR Caldwell and wife; Mr. Laurie and WIFE four
CHILDREN of Mr. David Gilchris; Mr. CLARK, husband
OF Catharine Clark, and four children; three chill
dren CT Margaret McAllister, besides thu three
saved Mr. Mckenzie, husband of Mrs Mckenzie
saved; son and niece, Il Wallace, of Mrs Mmga-
ret Dickson. who is saved; two children of Mrs
Margaret Broomfeld, who is saved; Mr. Broomfield
lives at Toronto, and is in the employ of the Grand
Trunk Company; Mrs David Wilson aud five
children, husband saved; Mr. Douglas father of
William, who Is saved MI Douglas and sister of
either Mr. or Mrs Douglas together with six chill
dren; Mrs Q mpbell, mother Of john and Maria, and
two sisters; Mrs Laurie Mr. Lsuris father and
mother OF James and Jeanette, who are saved
and girl; Mr. Wylie. husband of Mrs Jane Wyiie
and three children; Mrs McAllister father of Archs
ibaid, who is saved, and two daughters; Mrs Haig
wife OF John Hag, who is saved, and child; Mrs
Nicholson, father of Wilism, who is saved; An
tome Gagnou, passenger for Montreal; Michael
Brennan, waiter, of Montreal; James Sullivan do:
Robert Wilson and two sons; Maria Wilson; Hy
polite Asselin, deck hand of Montreal; Xavier Ha-
mel, do; Francois Charron, do; James Watson.
son and daughter; Cle0phas B3udreau passenger
by Montreal; Marie Loue squAw, passenger by
Montreal; Mrs Mcqueen, son aud daughter; Mrs
Mary Hunter and five children; Jos McEwing
baggageman on Montreal; Mrs Christian; three
Misses Maxwell Mrs McBeth, wife of Alexander,
saved, and child; Mrs Mclean, mother of Hugh,
saved, and sister; Mrs Wilson, wife of Robert
saved and three children; James Coquhoun; the
son of Colin Campbell who is saved; the sister of
Aud Adams, who is saved; Mrs LachIan, wife of
Jonu. VINO SAVeui MT6 queen, Wif6 OF James,
who is saved and five children; Mira Mckenzie
raother Of CAtharne, five sons and two daughters;
Mrs Christian, two boys and two girls MIR Cowell
bsother of William saved Peter Sinclair son of
Colin and Mary; Mrs Milne and FIVE children; Mr.
Terrickson. husband of Mrs Terrickson saved:
three daughters of Mrs Mshsell. who is saved-Mr
Msnsel resides in Ostowa city; Catharine and
Margaret Broomfeld, daughter of Margaret who
l' saved; Mr. Mclean, husband of Mary, who ia
saved; Mr. Thomss Meikle, of Lachute, the father
Nhaa ahfNun Mali to-
NAMES OF THE SAVED.
Alex Caldwell, Is mouths old; Kate Laurie, Jes.
sic Laurie, about years old; James Gchrst,
about years old; Geo Muir. Agnes johnson, Peter
McCaul Richard Devlip, Bridget Devlin, lady's
maid of the Montreal; Madame Provost, maid Of
the Montreal; James McDermot, boot boy of the
Montreal; Catharne Macarthur. Catharine Clark
and daughter, Margaret McCallister and three
children, Mary Mclean and son, Mrs Mckenzie,
Mrs Margaret Dickson, Mrs Margaret Broomtisld,
her caughter Jessie and son William; Robert
Wilson and two boys Jno Hunter, VIM Douglas, q
. boy If fourteen years; Jno Campbell Maria
Campbell, James Laurie Jeanette Laurie, Jane
Wyllie, VIM Cowell, Thos Gllchrist, Mrs Mary
Pettigrew, Archibald McAlsteT, Charles Cameron,
Alexander Colville, John Haig, Alexander Meal,
lister, William Nicholson, Alexander Knox, Hugh
Stewart William Black, James Malcolson. Alex
ander Watson, Mrs Mary Christian Hugh Mclean
aud three children. Catharine Mckenzie, aged IL
years; Margaret Corbet, John McIntyre, Margaret
Gallagher. James McQuinp; Alexander McBeth
William Graham, Joseph Grant, Mrs Terrickson,
Colin and Mary Sinclair, VIM Mcleod David
Milne. John Lochlan, Andrew Acam, Mrs Mansel
Charles Mckay, Mr. and Mrs Walker, John Meikle,
Mrs Hunter and four children, Sergeant Brown,
of Quebec; Mrs Brown, Edward Perrault, butcher,
William Martin, Mr. O'Breen, Toronto.
The Montreal Herald, speaking of the steamer,
says:
We feel that this is no time to speculate or NOR
alize upon the culpable, it may be the criminal,
negligence by which SO many of our fellow crea-
lures have lost their lives But we have no desire
to conceal the fact that, with without justice,
the universal cry is, that the Montreal was not,
and has not been daring this season, In safe COM
dition, and more especially that the precautions
q gainst fire were extremely insufficient. The
unlucky vessel just destroyed was 8 vessel about
two years old, owned and built by Mr. Wilson, of
Quebec Her engines were the old ones belong.
log to the Sydenhsm. Now that the disaster has
occurred there are plenty of persons to say that
they had long foreseenit. 1t is said that she has
beea repeatedly on fire during the season 1t was
generally supposed that she belonged to the
Messrs Torrance Of this city; but that is mistake
arising from q confounding her with the old Nor.
real
IL seems from rumors which were sfoat on
board The Napoleon, that the Montreal had been
on fire previously while getting up her steam, and
that prec ausons had been taken with view to
auy such casualty as that which finally occurred;
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