New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-30
BURNING OF THE RAINBOW.
LATEST PARTICULARS.

tails of the destruction of tina. boat by ire:
The RAINBOW, Capt HolcIoH commsnoine op a.i
vay from New Orle ans TO Louisville, had on oosrd
from 80 to 300 sous, passengers and crew. sli told
and about 400 tuns Of freight, principally sugar col
fee and molasses. 49, -. t,s..,
On the morning of the 2ls. inst, at about half past
,xo O'Clock while under way, some ten miles above
Ssnoleop and near the head Of the IL and the oos'
wss dscovered 70 be on fire. The officer Of the Deck
Mr.. G. Whitlow Immediately ordered her 10 % run
.shOre. The order was promptly .n;S v.s thu
nIooress Of the flames that by the tine the snore was
reached they epveoped the entire boat, whlcn
presented mass Of fire from stem TO stern. Ihose
Of the passengers and crew who were on ln' rs
part of the boat escaped without difficulty Inose Al
tbe stern were cut of from sny means oil escape 81.
cept BY jumping into the water Although was ou'
Q few yards to the shore, but few OF the ia"sr es
capped except those who had The presence OF mnu -
tske life pre- servers something TO sustain them IN
the water No doubt many were burnt In their rooms
Some we're overcome with fright and kew NOT winch
way TO 20. ard would not jump into the water. Inc
wbe ell house next the shore was filled with men, wo-
men ard children. The beams burnt on, ana tue
weight of the wheel csreened il overheard carrying
with il great many persons. but tew oil whom were
saved. ,,..
All the books and papers beirg destroyed, it Is ut.
,ery impossibe TO ascertain accurately the names OF
the lost or saved but after carefully comparing tue
statements of those that wer' sive1, we cannot make
the |. than 80 10 - human beings au usnered
Tito eternity without momsrts warning. Truly, IN
the midst Of life we are in DEATH. The officers WITH
out exception were saved.
GREW Losr.-Ed. Prather, LIST, and WIN Rocnes,
ter I'd steward jcolored and Frank Starkermeyer and
assistant, pastry cooks Germans; 50 and 4h cooks
(or white ard one black, with Is Of the crew, fire.
men and deck hands.
AssIsTAscE The Sovereign. bound down, fortu-
nat.y was near at hard and succeeded in picking up
seyers of the passengers floating in the water, upon
pieces of wood, &c She took on boerd those Of the
saved who wished TO return South. The dianehaha
soon came along bound up and several persons went
OF ksr A attefwaY0 the James r..
Woodruff came up ard took on board the crew ana
the remainder Of the passengers with the exception OF
few who stayed to look for the remains OF their lost
friends.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.-Tbe officers OF the boat
seree that the fire originated in the cook house. which
being closed they think that the fire was under fu
started 81 the wind blowing very fresh, that nothing
could be done to arrest its progress.
Cameo The cargo consisted Of sugar, coffee, and
mclssses $50 to 400 tuns all of which is total loss
PAssENGERs.-The passengers, with one or two eI-
| cepioDs, had retired TO their roorns. Among mem
we've several Csornisns, with their treasures OF gold
ard their families coming back to their homes but,
ala, they met with the colo embrace OF Death IN It's
nost hord nm instead Of that Of kindred and friends
from whom they had 20 long been separated.
TREASURE AND JEwELEY Losr.-All the passen seIs
Loot every thpg, money clothes, and all they had e1
cept what was on their perors
large amount Of money in gold, and ~, O0O In
ewslry were undoubtedly osf
The boats safe, with contents, was s0on recovered.
and those of the passengers who hsd deposted their
NOR ey in the Office, were saved from loss 10 that par
ticular.
wife ard child jumped from the steamer and struck
boldly ont for the shore. The wife soon sunk to rise
70 moe the child was drowned cpgps to her fathers
neck. lie could rot reach the shore with bis child
ard was compelled to let il 60. MI. W was assisted
by those shOre and saved. He had 81 5U In gold
in the safe which was recovered He rem aired at the
wreck TO recover, if possible, the remains OF his wife
ard cbil0.
Mr.. Whitlow, the mate, picked up five persons
hsr cling to Q small piece Of timber All were saved
thou, in two Of them life was apparently extinct.
Mr.. Maddox, q travelling agent OF Phi sdelpha
bouse lost $50 000 worth Of ewery saving nothing
but bic psntaloons without either coat or hat
Every one Of those who escaped was but half clsd
s. me had coats and no psnts few bad hats or boots
some had no covering but the comforter snatched
from their bertbs they eh, but their wants were
| soon supplied by the crews Of other boats as they
came up.
GEsERosIrY Mr. T. b. Flournoy Of Ark 8. 4.
Arnold Of Bowling Green, KY. and N. n. Lee OF
Richmond, Va generously told all to go to the store
ct aconia ard clOhe themselves and they would foot
Capt. Rogers Of the James f Woodruff with
Bile generosity that is honor TO the steamboat men
of The west took ell who were saved and desired TO
come up, come ore hundred in ALL to Memphis free of
charge and the crew of the RAINBOW TO Cairo on the
came generous terus showing that the Western boat
men are humane although looked upon BY the world
az outside barbarians.
MI Henry, Of the Taylor House, Cairo, contributed
in every way in his power 10 the comfort and relief Of
those who came to Cairo, ard Mr. Mccormick OF the
IIrois Central Railroad ard the officers Of the Ohio
and Mississippi and u the New-Albany AID Salem
Railroads broue them all free Of charge TO this point
LIST OF The SAVED.
The following lst comprses th0ee on the Woodruff,
tos ether vith those known TO DO saved board the
Sovereign and Mnnehahs
Er so sTf, e's S. We W S' sa:, S': c.
NJ 9 Bolcrof., Pilot w. w. Lamb Pilot.
a;sI Ss s' a.;s s. Hs..i s., ps,
VIM Ape,. Wst.hmsn. R. Mckee, Mat.
H. Hsr'srd BDsneer A. II. Aerret, Engineer,
G,oIre Bale, Engineer. Wm Rees. Ensineer.
Samuel Som se.aes &c Carpenter
Mhe Washington, Bruce Lane,
Il. H.BDa.r y.@s. Cor,
Ton ION Ear I.,;: T Tss, i Ess'
s S% lf R.s.r. W.:h sai.n,
A Hubbard, AhTooi
Mary Johr.en. Dan Carter,
ro..r. ~. r,@.rort. brother.
b Gee, Mrs Cicpton
= a.ouinh, NJ Css.I@ man,
Tho. B,r.iI JON, Bosie.,
nmr.a Wbe.tly,
MI. Iyd Harris, M..dol,
w. " Smith MeFL and friend.
Ia. Jor.s Gentleman srd lady, rsue.
Mi,. AIn''rors . children and lns.9: ..,a.'.
Dsek Psnease,s a.I HasSs.
Hsrnus E.,.r, Brovp.
Ess..p Sem
NeytLin Kuwin,
pobson, NeedhAm,
Gsr,ou Ryan,
Jsccb. Coleman,
Csnnop, brch,
B b.SdSS:., kkiihll s,
lost AsD MISSING.
MeGcsn Of Scott Co., Ky, Lesse Of AIkansaa missing
nls,irI. InGraham Of N. o., IaissisL
Yrs. v ksstiy and child Of CAL Miss Larrscs, lost.
nornis, lcst Btashear % Wes.port, lest.
Lsdy name urhnovn logt. Frank stskernyer aud ssss
Third "a fourth esoas rAnes snt psstrycooss, lost
UIbpovn, sst T. Pfstber, steward, lost
Vm Roches.sr svue lost. Geo Dsvs, eslored boy lost
JSsn AT BY Joe AthIs and @ilsce, eclored boy, os: