New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-27
LOSS OF THE STEAMER RAINBOW.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
rvu The cineinnatr Gd.stfe, Voc. IS


Wa yecsived last everin. the foIIosiag disps.ch
from Ppck vsrble, Falls p, ct ct Louisville, whics
may be relied on as correct Il will Do seen that theie
have been only three coal boats sutk rear Hickman,
az d they are total loss Only ore of Hyshs large
boats has beer lest. pair belong NJ TO Mr.. omssesd
ale supposed to have been lost
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1872 N.
By dispatches received this morning by ihe LosiS-
rae Conrier from Men pbis. learn Of the tota, de-
stueiop ty FIRE Of the splendid Louisville and Nes'
Or esLs passenger steamer Rainbow, Capt Hoicro''.
She wss burned TO the voters eoge at ace Ten
niles above Napoleon, Arkansas, IN the Mississippi,
On Sur cav moruipg Seventy hives are reported losh
mostly 6v dfow,ng. The coslboatuen, inchdrg
Pilots Stafford Mart, Dickens, w n. Saith, and crew.
of Drsvo & Co.'S Selss and Armste 81 and 70, coal
bosts sunk De ar Memphis, are all este. Books lost
The Rainbow left New. Orleans last Tuesday evening
Bost and cs,go total loss. The Riiobo~ wss par
fally irsuitd here. Three coaIooAis, oe,ong,ns ~
bravo & Co, Olmstead u Co., and q MI sells OF
Pittsburgh were lost near Hickmsn on the night OF
the 18th They are total loss No oss OF life is re-
ported. The loss Of sixteen coa'-bosts below Cairo -
oontradcted. Only OF Mr. Hyatt's coal-ooa,s sunk
At the mouth Of the Blue River. The Sdsqueoaons,
h at left Cincinnati for New-0rlesns With barge In
tow suIk q produce boat at Charleston landing che
beat contained potatoes and -four, and owned q;
Patriot There five feet water in the for steam
be ats on the Falls and river falling.
F,Om The csneinrah Com~ueiaL
Our special dispatches announce the destruction by
fire of the Louisville and New-Orleans PACKET Rain
bow, ten miles above Napoleon, Ark The loss of life
is yariou.y estimated at from fifty 10 seventy-dve.
The Rainbow was built ct Louisville, three yeNs
sir CO. for the Louisville and Henderson packet trsde
but entered the Southern trade last season. She IL
owned by her commander Capt. w. X. HoIc!oft o.
Lesveuworth, It'd, the Clerks, Messrs. William aud
NJ Huston, and Marshall Halbers of Louisville. She
was worth about $4,000, and, We understand, was
insured in Louisville.
MLMPBIs, Nov. %.
The steamer Rainbow was burned on Saturday
ornirg at O'Clock ten miles above Napoleon at the
read Of Islsnd Seventy There were IA passen-
gers on bosrda large rumoer Of those Oh deck being
&C al boa'u en- returning home The origin OF the nre
lie attributed to hcenc iary deck passengers Tie loss
Of life is esmsied at from so to IS. As coon as the
fire was discovered the boat ashore under q
fu tad Of steam, where che burned u the water
ecge. The steamer Sovereign, Capt HUTCHINSON,
bound down, wac at hand when the accident &C.
cured and rendered great assistance 10 rescuing the
sufferers. The wind was blowing stiff gale, and IN a
few minutes after the fire wac discovered toe RaioooS
a. civ elopeo in flames. Tee MDnehahs Capt. Y. n.
Baker, from New Orleans for s. Louis passed up on
sunday, wi q number OF the passengers VINO were
saved among whom were:
LIST OF THE SAVED.
@ C. Csstemsn Louisville.
- Dowrncy, Lexington.
B. T. Wilisms Lexington.
CA TsIbeI, Kentucky.
Robt Rswley Kentucky
s. H Ros.-r, Kentucky.
Jacob mcGsrroek, Kentucky
BrnIy Collins, Cincinnati
w Smith Pittsburgh.
fhemss Msddock, Phi'sdelphia
M. CsIton, Philadelphia.
John yb~iIy end wife, Philadelphia
c. W Dsshiell, Ilinois.
J. RedmsD Illinois.
c. HOMES, Illinois
Miss P&rs Illinois.
ID M. Smil, Indiana
r. Cole, Indiana
Jas Love Indiana a..
j. NJ Fleming Missouri and others nom eoetnsrh ctatss
Irwin Soften, IodiAra
Benjamin Baubst. Indiana
julius Elder, Indiana.
George Burch, Indiana
Victor Pebpg. Inc
P.uy ssmues Indians.
DAVID KItidsr, Indiana
John Kelly. Cincinnati
AIoelI Hsmdsn n. Cincinnati.
B r. Todd, Kentucky.
Patrick Donohue, Louisville.
Rueh keesn Louk vile.
Patrick Coleman. Louisville.
Patrick Royne, Louisville
II. Is McCu;n. Pittsburgh
William AJtersoI, Pittsburgh.
Geo e. Dun ssn Pittsburgh.
Wilson White. Pittsburgh.
II B Dalton Pts bursh.
- McWillsms Pittsburgh
Isaac Williams, Pittsburgh.
L Crotobett, Illinois.
ii. T Rowland, Illinois
The ooks being all destroyed no list OF the lost can
be furnished All Of the officers were saved.