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AWFUL cALsnirx.
BURNING or THE STEAMER MONTREAL
.oYEn IhnEEhunpkED rxssE.NGEks

BURNING or THE STEAMER MONTREAL
oyer THhEE HUNDRED PASsE.NGEkS
EJTREa BURNED on DEoWNDED.
Qvasse. Jsas sT-Ws have jass reserved inieI.
ligsbes 20 he sarsisg % NE steamer MOnusal,
Piying e~tveea Moousai and sthsr poris 90 the 81
Lawrence The cceorrsncs n reported 10 have
besa susncsd vifh . ioss u lie sfssssr tAan has
ensued upon asy disaster Of The kind which has
CARED uPon ,hs eosiinenl Two hundred lives
are sapPossd to have been iost either By the flames
OF By drOwnisg.
The steamer contained no les. than ave hundred
passebg -, gcnerAliy emtgfsnts iron Seousod.-
The scene 70 described meat frigktfal npon the
bursting cot 81 tAe names. The deVouTing eIement
sPreAe rapidly, Aad, a. large number of The pas
ssngers we're womea aud ehildren. few precautions
otAebsfaeter 10 savs Lille could be adopted Amidst
the awful borror Oi The scene many persons lsaped
overheard. = Comfortable n1mhsr II whom xsre
drovpsd almost Immediately. Crowds Of Others
wsfe roasted 10 death beiore they could aneupt 10
esesPe The eoat Was Oh Cape Rouge at the time
OF the disaster.
Persons on shore eIeried themselves 10 save the
unioHunAlss bat The pidily with hich lh~ flames
Consumed ell In their rack and the insane terror %
tnoee on board the iifaied ope rated against
All edofis to rescue the unhappy passengers As
lar a. can be learned al MOuueal, only one hun
sfrd and setVnty.hEe persons we're saved from the
burning wreck. bat II is probable that e,hsrs may
hA'e reached shore, uho have not re ported the N
selves. u u certain that over two hBndred passen-
isNefe dfounet, and that very many o. hers we're
bafhed TO death. This shocking calamity has
kthoh over our whole community.
oTEBsc, Jane 27-Evening.-The following
iafihsT particulars relative 10 the bsTninE Of the
sas2EseE ASbissal have bSrn cbiaiDed
The MontTeAi lett here al four o'clock ysstsrda Al
ai'eTnOoo Tor houtreal, with four OF fgs hundred
passengers. mostly Scotch Immigrants r,eentIy
arrived irum Europe
Nothing unusaal occurred unlil the steamer
reached Cape Range, twelve or 6fteen miles above
0ueose, uhsn the uood work near the furnaces
vas discovered TO be on ERE. Every possible effort
was made 10 appease the flames but 10 no purpo.e
Captain RANDOLPH hnding IL impossiois 10 save
TIE steamer. ordered her run towards the shore.
he oresrs aud crew Of the MontreaI sxertsd
themselves Al The same lime 10 get 0aI the life
Tue flames spread with The most astonishing "a
pidiiy, and The widest confusion and despair pre-
vailed throughout the ship
Fortunately the steamer vi po,eon also for Mon
urea, vas but lev miles in advance OF the burn
ing boat and pot back with all pOsaib eGpe clifton
10 her assistance
The NaPoleoh succeeded in rescuing from the
burning wreck hundred and iusniy-seVsn pas.
seBgers.
Capt. Randolph aud the pur.er Of the aon,real
we're Amoosi hose Who threw themselves into The
river. Both being excellent swimmers they sue.
saved
J., !. quite possible that some Of the o,her, sue.
eeeIce 10 saving themselves by swimming bot as
hs steamers became unmanRgeabie, when con.
SIDERABLE distance from land no doubt the mo.l Of
those who threw themselves from The burning boat
met a aisry grave
stf'-sn Of 'ho-e ~Ao Sers saved. Died shortly
aWsr reaching The Geek OF the Ma poeon.
From present information IL j. believed thar The
ioiaI loss Of lie bY this terrible disaster will no,
ia! short OF three or four handrsd persons
DE steamer Alliance arrived here this afternoon
WIN iot,t live Of the dead bodies
The MoRusal had on board Two hundred and
IiD-eighi Scotch smigrants, seVe-al German fam
hissf and several American passengers