New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-19

fcaIcly PIT any wood into tie fire door before the
explfs iop occurred. BIZ scne miracle this N 50 Is
caped With slight ecsld 10 the back
From the report % tho,e engaged in tying to kero
down the fire, barrels Ct tuIpen ire or some otlsr
combustbe liquid Nus, have tsken Gre 10 the hold,
h0n t. rapidly Wit - .cA the Aimas developed the
VINCE boat so soon after The alarm Ct fire. II not for
the timely aid Of tie wood bos', or il it had been de-
AyCc hve nDUtfs, tteIo would no. hare beer lily or
us lcf. to tel the tale.
a number Cf passengers were saved ny the skiff o.
The Dtlgtborng woodneu, who &C ed very promptly
aid CALAMITY 10 cOmicg TO the rescue and picking
thu re sdIift on pieces Of tie wreck planks, &c.
One of tie wounded musicians states that he hs1
20 eco francs OF bead, which lost. OF c)ars,,
oil the boats money books and p7Ds's we're 'ost.
Mr.. A. l.. Bartlett, Of New York, had 500 10
god in small box in his trunk, but in the c)liu5ioa
the money vas forgo.tea. Not truLk or pieCa Of
cl thing, save what they he'd en-, was saved BIZ any
furds. These who had money divided with toose
who had none, ard al seemed perfectly ssti,fsd TO
have escaped with their lives.
TIE wreck foated Gown about two and half miles,
ard landed ON the point Of a tow-head, where it
burned to tie waters edge. All ths, al be seen Of
il when we left we're some port ms ct the m.cblnery
ana oue Of the bceIs When Ike river falls the wrsck
viii be left high and dry.
the DiaJa that lie woro stay By tEe wreck aud save
all Re could 10th Of lie and property uni lie could
be Of no further servics.
TIE cook of the boat tells that he and five others
but oil ped without il Jury.
O1e Of the female passengers Informed us tbs. she
escaped With the leg CT two trunks and Gil her ward
robe exec pt the clolipg she wore. She represented
that all the passengers found it imposeibe to any
tbiDg-tbey barely escaped with their lives.
We were very happy TO meet Washington King
among the passengers. 1t appears that Il vas erone-
Ously supposed that lie was on the PennsylyaniI He
did not reach the Of the Easter until some hours
after II occurred
STATEMENT OF HENRY SPENCER.
At the time of the occurrence Of the accident, which
wGs at q clock Sunday morning, / was inside Of the
bar and talking with the captain who hsd Just been
shaved. The explosion took place, aud the ealoO1
Yves Immediately filed with steam aud smoke. We
made way cut through tee wster-clOset passage
and climbed on the hurricane deck. The ceptaic,
with the barber and Of toe o1bin boys, at once
launched tie life boat, while broke the skyhght to
let tie steam and smoke from the cabio 10 nreyen.
these inside from sufocatiog. as iesred they would
from their screaming. TIE boat was entirely uDman-
sgeeble and drifting rapidly An attempt was made
TO carry line 10 the shore, but without success. At
this moment the captain discovered an empty Hat
boat fastened TO the shore and had the life boa,
manned and cent TO the fat To- bring as expsdtousy
rs possible 70 the wreck. This prompt measure on
the part Of the captain proved the means OF
saving more than half Of the passengers who
were taken Cf. Tho fact Of the beat not taking ire
for than bsl hour after tue explosion, served
TO allay the terror Of the passengers ard give them
selfpossession enough to drss as many OF them were
in their bsTths There Eas time enough for them to
get Off, and nearly all did 50, through this calm con
duct of the Captain Nearly all who were lost died
from the inn edste feet OF the explosion. What ex
ceptons there were, were deck passengers, who en-
daDgered themselves by an over.apXiety to secure
their baggage ard effects. The cabin passengers gen.
orally abandoned their baggage, and were content to
save their lives. AS to the nber Of persons no cor
rect list can be supplied, the register lost. The
cabin berthed 10 and it was entirely full An ap-
prC xmate estimate Of the deck be arrived at only
ty considering tie amount collected of them, which
was $40, that on the first day out The price Of
tor uCuli n
persops We took on be iGc ~ c0sbCa.rocn al Baton
Rouge. One Of the number tod me tn Only Fix Of
the twenty were alive after The explosion. They were
from Louisville. Officers and numbered 80.
This would make in all $50 persons board of the
steamer ard the number is by no means overstateo-
OF those saved counted Isl tae 81 Twenty-Five
mare taken TO the shore by the e ooet part OF
them from the fist to tighten her up before this count
was made Twenty picked up by the Dana
making 22G saved, and lji lost or mi2sing. Some OF
the latter may have got ON shore
Mr. Dennis Of New Orleans, was formerly editor OF
Data. but some three months back esablished The
2hjNdgnd, a Sunday journal. He had retired from
this likewise and was on the way, think, to Memphis
with tie intention Of proceeding East from ina. ETY.
few moments before the exo ls!son saw Ii'n, ana
think he must have gone to the forward part OF the
Col. Talbot, from Mississippi had negro boy with
him, who was bleck.pg ibis boots. Naitner "aseyer
eeen after the accident
a gambler from Texas, tail, fneooking man,
who wore spactacles and was slightly BALI was o5I'
Two other gamblers were on board and were lost
unless they got of st Helena, Thirty miles below
which they may haye aGae; o1 3bero ''iNA' N'eu
Ofthe stewards force ii is remark able that Du one
was lost and he was the second steward. Not one Of
the Others was even seriously hurt. They happened
to be preparing breakfast, and were about the pantry,
a locality not much exposed to danger. About -
persons were under his direction. Emory lcolored)
second steward, passed forward and was never seen
agsin.
Another priest beside Father DelcrO:s Costl We 20
Seriously injured that hopes were entertained oil his
lie was nut oil 1T Memphis, and MS cousin
got OF there 70 attend to him He W.! sca,de4 te!I
bly,, ard his lower eXueniti, were herany 2'uou,
and he was dying, in fact, when last seer: lie was
going think to slme college IA Maryland, aad " -
n talented and learned man. lie was e. scOched ald
scqldod that he looked Ike negro.
The teesraphic account c9oiuses Ire na'les " "'.
"a the fate of the Let ard ID Engineers. va; Janss
James Doris the lst Engineer, who WAS Is ally hui.
IIi9 br tier Eancis DOis the second, escap "a WIZ
little iIiury. TAe same account intnV'h' W -
Jackson as barkeopor. vas baTkeeper, ana Ja5H-
SOD, who is quite lad, vas my assistant lis was III
knew the names only Of those / Glanced to come
in contact VIII. There were WY many lost dii nj
know, AID whose lanes " il mover be learned All
the cabin passengers situated b You'd the center pas
sage Of tie boat were saved.
gentleman and his wife, = no occupied roo n i9r-
ward Of q cabin division, died u,o't horribly, havirg
been burned alive. In tAe All Of the rubbish caused
by tie explosion. they were caught under heSp Oh
ruins Of Tie fallen rooms, and boiler fell on tls'.
Tie impoied the others to extrcste them, and offered
all he wss worth. IAe attempt was made, bu 1t was
impossible to save them, the boat was then on Te
ore of the French opera troupe was in lred SO that
he Will ole | DO not know which one. AnotGeT, q
laIge msn, was injured By scAlds on the hands. lie
had on nothing at the time bu. red shit par OF
panta,oons were given HIM. He soon recovered his
beer;rlncss and jn0uirsd Of doctor with some So
Gctude, wien Lis hands would get wei.
The wounded were transferred to TIE hs' ana taeh
taken on board Of the Frsbee ana Diana where they
received every care and attention that hunanly couu