Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-03
Tur BURNING OF II sTEA"hN
TREAL.

The Cansda papers l;sre afriVe' M.
~ o"' n,,;.y ON board the steamer Mon
o. 'hS'''"N''u s,,rqnce, BY which 90 many i've'
1"' - ~. Nonirugl, it seems, let 'tlenc' al 4
~e'e : rr;,,v afternoon, with thirty cah'il l&5'
..d fou. hundred AID fifty o. i've hundred
0"o n,. mos; of whom were Scotch. A. ihe
..co,urr reached Caroucel Bay, about twelve h'''
,r,r Quebec, smoke was observed 10 rise am''9'"P'
over the saloon, Gud Immediately a panic eh'u'u,
which scems to have para!yzed alike the eh"''' v
crew or passengers to lock after their own ss'o'! "
,hst Of the vessel. The following description VI '"
.cs,e which followed is furnished to Inc UNIV"
Herald by Andrew Hayes, OF Montreal -"
.1, . vsrv short time u number OF per.S1S Me'o
rrsbino With Jugs of water 10 eH'..suhoo On tho
There was one boat OH board Ino ~ the steamer
hurricane deck, and a hnI ;n.~ the water. Mr.. Hayes
went up ~ - hing, and between them they got lhe
utu ~" - ,e side, and let go the 'achiea. ~ 80
ooa: har' and in a minute or TWO nuH'Tsfsoi i"t,
sous crowded in and the boar SUM. ,o;nad LimseIi
u ne, ,hs, nns;;ion for a long time, till the heat Ia"n .ne
nrrm;nI ship became too great; In NJ ; ~ .me
crowds of persons were consah"y Jump, os ,aa.
ua,sr and climbing down the guards 10 seaes nvai
the water as possible; a mi sh u,".' and sho ran um.
I'll shs nnnrosched the shore 10 about lou yarus n"n
Il where she appeared to have sunk III u1eP "a'''
| mr. ~ have struck a rock, as SOME peiso" -
| Al any rate, the water was SO oeep '"' .;'a ,h,n J.,
possibility of reaching 'he Div"
swimming or in boats. ut rs, nsrcs;ved
did no, take moro than ten minutes W o""e." y . 10
whole vessel, and in two hours sue ""a a.I't aI
stroyed, 30 that hardly o Ves'iGe vi u .esae, .o ,;"a.
as.en I'he Sapoleou hai started al tue same t''ne
Ill i've Montreai, and was, at the time oil me acct
n ~. :. d;s,snce of about half mi from the Mon
aent' a.. = ahnvs that vessel. Probably from fear o
taL;ny fire. the captain Of he Napoleon ou hrtJuus'
il prudent to approach tue our,in9 vessel ~ L. ",,S.,
y "a, Nv botteat, wa. ia tow Of this vessel, ana ai'e'
quo" non,en,ion as it is reported, with the proprietor
ta 80, 90 20 attempt TO save the passengers IRON
, she h,1 hing vessel. She ais" had two other b2itihn,
her own, "n'
disaster. oIso s,ue boats which came from tn
...vfc, uIl none or them could approach VeI9 'iua
10 the steamer, 30 that every one VINO was saseu ""
Obliged TO make some attempt to swim tor tnei
lives. Mr.. Hayes himself, after remaining, az he oe
lieves, nearly half an hour hanging on 10 inc veSsei
side, found il too hot 10 remH;il there an! longer a'
struck out boldly for q boat which he saw approach
ing. He swan TO this boat, but as the men on ooar'
saw a much larger number OF persons IN jeopardy D
their lives hanging around the wreck, they hes!evtet
Mr.. Hayes's calls 10 be taken IN, ana II was NOT WI h'
succeeded in clutching the BOAT ana ra'slng nihse,
safe. The boats, with the persons who were saved
all went on board the Napoleon, in which were re,
celved one hundred and twenty-five passengers an0
sixteen dead bodies.
o tho passengers saved q great number wert
sadly burned, aud many of them greatly bruised
Once on board they were treated by the captain VIII
every attention. ",
..Besides those who were taken OH board Inc Ma
poleon, a few persons, Mr.. Hayes thinks MOI more
than twenty, succeeded in swimming 70 sh9Fe '. :"
some rocks in the immediate neighboriood o! the
beach. ,r ,Le nss.
senyers ON board the Montreal, except MIR. Leslle, Oh
\ Carter, Kerry s. Co, and Mr.. Philips, OF Norcross'
Phillips & Co., neither Of whom were seen on ooaso
the Napoleon afterwards, and as MIR. Hayes oeileVes'
were both of them drowned or burned. ohiy tnTee
cabin passengers are reported TO be saved out oil the
whole number.
.Mr. Hayes was so long in the water as to have
brought on excessive cramps, which caused swelling
in the Joints, and afflicted him with the most excru-
ciating pain.
.Wniie in the water, either hanging on to the
~t.ambos or to the email boat, by which he was evi'
IDENTIFY saved, he was repeatedly grappled by unforlu-
nate persons in the act of drowning. and at The mo-
ment when he laid hold of the boats gunwale, he be.
lieves that ak persons, chiefly women, had hold of his
skirts. Those the boatmen took IN before 'hey e2'
tended any aid and comfort to him."
We learn further from the Herald, that the batleau,
which was in tow of the Napoleon, and which did so
much in the way of saving life, is said to have be-
longed to Mr.. Hamilton, Of Kingston. Her captain,
according TO the reports on board the Napoleon, was
exceedingly unwilling that anything should be done
with her for tho purpose Of saving lie, and when tue
unfortunates from the Montreal were assembled nj
forwards on board the Napoleon, he was very natu.
rally the subject Of loud reproaches on the part Oh
those who had witnessed his inhuman hesitation.