The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-02

sent on shore. The cabin was entered and swo
casks of dosblOous, valued ~ 9IusMO weee ITO.
Ken. The Pautuckes sas bound for Triuidsd.
The mate and cook are missing. si
The ~ Ss~sDae aAKAs.
from Aspi9sap Pm she 2lss i4ss.t With he Cali.
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The news Nm California 10 Interesting.
An i@meqsa aeeeing OF she cisisr - DC Gan
Francisco visa held ON lhs La TO 1--WE expssss;en
70 the sense Of the public % he loss Or shs
Ccnfrdlh America. - &C.
u Arp4Ufese vas on foot IN California "a create
new A6srisosy Of the Great Basin betvesa The
Coos Greek N9uptainy on Tia East, and the
Sierra Nevada on the West, and between ahs
Oregon and Utah Iide on die North, and Colo
RADIO river on the South. FRO tfsH8f 5sass
AscArd he's been Published In the San Prancis-
co papers stating that the travel would b re.
sumed on the Nicaragua route, and that On the
arrival Of the mail Of the goth October the sail.
ing day would be announced 7sHt
The advises from Central America ars impor-
tant, under present circumstances. War had
been officially declared between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, and president Martinez 81 the for
mer republic was preparing 70 place himself q
the head Of the army. His proclamation AM
nounces determination to maintain the right
of the republic to the territory claimed By and
nov in possession Of Costa Rica.
Col. C0ndi has possession OF the river and
lake steamers. No important operations have
been undertaken by either party. @
Loss oG tho Steamer AgainAoW ~ Fire.
FuLl Pafs1e ulars., .ass.4 NJ
sEvENTY-rIvE LIVES LOST, AND soc, 900 WORTH
or PROPERTY DESTROYED.
The steamer Rainbow, Captain Holdroft, on
her way from New Orleans to Louisville, with .
full cargo, and crowded with passengers, va,
on the morning Of the 2lse, about = O'Clock,
discovered TO be on fire near the cook house.
Mr. Chas Whitlan, the mate, being in charge Of
the deck at the time, Immediately ordered the
boats head to be turned toward shore. Ar.
Lamb, the pilot on watch, instantly complied,
| and the shore happily being graduated, the boat
| was, in few moments from the alarm, run full
| and fairly out on the bank. This was just above
the head Of Island Seventy -four, and about ZEN
miles above Napoleon, Arkansas. -I
All the passengers and crew that we're on the
forward part Of the boat reached shore without
difficulty, but those that we're on the stern, being
cut on by the fire, had to take to the water, and
it being bitter cold morning, but few succeed.
ed in reaching the shore.
| From the time the alarm was FIRST given till
the boat was complete mass Of fire, could NOT
have been five minutes. Many Of the pasBen.
gers we're burnt AZ they lay in their berths, un-
conscious Of approaching danger. Many, very
many we're drowned.
The steamer Sovereign, Captain Hutchinson,
being close ct hand, the crew rendered all the
assistance in their power, but assistance 70
/ those on the boat then was Of no avail Their
fate vas sealed. At least seventy five human
beings, in . few short moments, bad been hur-
Il ria fofn ate -
ing. Bs sa4 a
/ The Ainnehaha, coming up soon after, many
Of those saved availed themselves Of the oppor-
tunity offered to continue on their Journey.
Some went off on the Sovereign, and the bal
ance on the Woodruff, Captain Rogers, which
came up to the scene Of the disaster, few
hours after its occurrence. Capt. X. kindly Of
fered the use Of his boat to carry all Of the un-
fortunates to Memphis, where their wants could
be attended to. fr #a5 sg& rs4aas 4e
As a singular proof Of the rapdity Of The
and those that escaped, had nothing OH but
their night clothes-clothes, money, Watches,
jewelry and oil were lost, forgotten in their
wild race for life.
great many Of the passengers were return
ed Caliiornians, who had their hard earned gold
with them, nearly all Of which was lost. A few
who had taken the precaution to deposit in the
| office were fortunate enough to save theirs
the boats safe being got out and the contents
| in good condition. aA Na 4T
A Mr.. Garland, a planter with three slaves on
board, was saved, and only saved by the heroic
devotion Of one of his slaves, . boy he had
raised. Mr.. Garland, when the alarm was
given, became supplied, and but for the slave
hoy, Nonld ha IL perished Hhere he stood. but
L 4 - hTv hv lnd uNn MA
and from danger,
! A lady whose name we could not ascertain,
had come on board At Napoleon, with three
children and servant. When the alarm was
| given she was in the ladies' cabin, aud the Are
was between her and the forward part Of the
boat. With perfect GOODNESS she gathered hcI
little flock together and safely passed through
the flames to the bow, and from thence q
shore, and when all was saved, tainted
What will not mother's love dare for hes
offspring"
Mr.. Wheatly, returned CALIFORNIA;, with hi.
wife and child, jumped from the stern into the
river. In doing 50, his wife became separated
from him and sank to rise no more. The child
drowned, clinging to its fathers neck, and the
father was sinking only few feet from shore
when Captain H., of the Rainbow, rushed intc
the water and he was saved. He remained II
the wreck to recover the bodies Of his lost ones
# possible. "
PRESENCE or KIND. AasA
A. H. Maroll, the Chief Engineer, and on
| watch at the time, after standing to his engine
until the boat had struck and all fear Of re-
bound had passed, with perfect GOODNESS raised
the mud valves to allow the watcher TO escape
from the boilers, and BY that means avoid IN
additional disaster by explosion how many
4 would, in an hour Of danger like this, thought
- IL. - =
boilers. aa
The officers oil escaped, and that they did %
was more owing to their presence Of mind than
anything else. The FIRE occurring as it did, in
the dead hour Of the night, it is singular that 50
many escaped.
i- GENEROUS CONDUCT.
]. B. Eluncy, Of Laconia, Ark, s. r. Arnold
Of Bowlngreen, Ky, N. n. Lee, Of Richmond
Va, invited al Of those that were on the Min
/ nehaha TO stop at the store It CAcOni and ge
what clothes they needed. They did 20, apl
the above named gentlemen footed the bill
Nor did their generosity stop there they fur
nished many with means to reach home, who
otherwise were helpless.
The crews and passengers Of the different
boats named did all in their power 20 alleviate
crew to Cairo free Of charge, and the passen
gers to Memphis on the same terms. But ID,
/ generosity Of the Western boasmen is to,
proverbial to need comment At our hands
they are men in the fullest acceptation Of ID,
i term.
i The second clerk, Mr.. Smusky, owes his 20
cape to the daring generosity Of the socood
mate, he being too feeble from IN health u
help himself. In the second mate he found I
friend indeed.
The books and papers OF the boat being lost
il is matter Of impossibility to get at thu
names Of the lost s47
| The Rainbow was fully ireighted with gro
ceries, sugars, coffee, molassea, say 800 tons
all Of which, together with the boat, is tota
/ loss. Wow. a " 5sgt
| Mr.. Aadow, from Philadelphia, lost eaO, 600
worth Of jewelry. Other passengers lost some
thirty thousand dollars in bills Of exchange,
coin and bank notes, and the entire loss 81
boat, cargo and money, il mot far, If any, short
Of 100000. 81 sas,
O. the boat the Louisville officers have . risk
Of $4,000, and the cargo 10 no doubt covered
BY insurance there, as the goods belonged %
merchants of Louisville.
" No PLAcE ov SATErr FOR AoxEY II Sr. LouIs