The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-22

Burning OF Two STEAMBOATS, -
sPLINDID AND sosIs TAYLOR LOSS SloiVo-Eo
LIVES Losr-sfAYnusr OF rHB 0wNss or RE
nLSNDID AND rH1 CAPTAIN OF rH1 Aos@ TAI
LOB, lfc., ITO.
About hafp past three e'c,oak yesterday morning Va
sseanooss Splendid lying n RandaH Nlers wharf, Jss
sey CITY, took Ere Thers were board al the time two
young nee-J Soo The owners ION, and another whose
name our reporter unabls 70 GET Thcy wero scepns
IN he cabin, and were awoke BY the sunooatng smell
md had scarcely lime 70 get out OF their beis when
The flames burst forth In the Aer part Of the boat near
the boilw Tho owners son jumped into the water
and got lahore He Was followed BY hs oompansn,
bolh being soorched by the flames Soon aiter,
the Jersey CITY nre companies were ON the grouui-
Liberty Dl'sent Hudson Hook and ladder, &c-and went
ofavely 70 work to extinguish the oonagratcs, which
now not only ragged on the Splendid, but had also
tended to powerful tow boat called the Noses TAy lor
which lay Alougside. The flames were mot susdusd
until the After parts Of the two boats destroyed toge
ther with upper works, main decks, wheehOuses, con-
nec,icns, DO The loss 10 estimated Il sl6000-thas tf
the Noses Taylor 50 900, supposed not TO be insured
and the Splendid $4,000 insured for IS ooo-in the ST.
Nicholas $3.50; La etc, 50 co., balance In unknown
office.
ZEE sPLnpID-srArEAKnr OF TIE OWNER.
The Splendid excursion steamboat, formerly ply.
Ing between New York and Newburg, about three hun
dred burben and was until his accident occurred
employ ed In making excursion trips Is osner, C. plain
scos, gave reporter the foosing pa-cusrs-'
not On board when he 1a broke out, tell
the IRE er mated. There Ore board rhuysday
and We had calculated 30 on excursion on Friday Ny
and another young man, whose do not know
slept on board Thursday night Ny told me when
came Friday Ing thai he had barely time TO
escape with bis life He elgbtly scrched and the other
your man considerably burned All the books, paperr
bedding and rurnipre OF the boat .oarned" The
boat 10 Q mpete wreck all at and is In sinking
diton. Tho stAied that w0S ID take $40 000 TO
make her what she was before the dre
efATIAKNr OF CAPTAIN HANsKLL, OF rH1 NOSES
TAYLOR
The Moses TAyloy We formerly OF Bostou-s owned by
the hware, Laoka wsna and Western Railroad Oompa,
ny On Thursday night lay alongside Of the Splendid,
and Friday morning, about O'clock my brother, the
Splendid II, tried 10 get the boat loose aud let her float
away, but her aground, and she swung round
bringing her Immediately under the lee Of tho Are then
raging on board the Sol ndid There
on board u the time, and they he'd barely time
10 escape with their clothes. Inc mate had his hand
burned All the box ks, rapers, 30 also burned,
With . pocketbook OF the mate, containing $50 SEQ
The Moses Taylor large stea tug, and plies between
ibe port and ExabethpOrt All her upper works, main
deck. wbeeli Ouse, no., consumed, and according
N the captains etmste will take IS 900 10 pair her
One or the nremen had hts hand considerably scorched
but our reporter heard Of no further accident
THE BRITISH STEAMER ARABIA.
The magnificent steamer Arabia lay In the next dock
the CunEd-and for limo was in some danger, but The