The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-26


Mrs. Caroline G. Stranburg wife of j. p Stfan-
burg, OF this city, says the Bloomington, (Ill.)
T"Mogf"Ph, was Il passenger on the PENNSYLVANIA,
Whch was burned to the waters edge in the MSsis-
sippi, sixty miles below Memphis on Sunday Morn
ing Eth instant. Mrs 5. left her birth Just before
the explosion took place; and when she heard the
report, which shook every piece of timber in the
boat, she caught hold of her little child which was
only two months old, and rushed into the ladies'
caDln at the very moment that large piece of
machinery came crashing through the floor. She
ran to the captains room and told him that the
BOAT was ON fire, but he said she mistaken and
advised her to be calm. She said she was not mis-
taken and her manner so earnest that the cap
tain, thinking she might be correct, went down to
the boiler deck. He returned in a short time and
remarked to Mrs. s.: EThere is no danrcr nov-the
hre has been subdued." Mrs. s., however, would
not be convnced she insisted that the boat was in
Names and told the captain to make preparations
Tor saving the passengers. As she finished speak
ing the flames broke through the cabin floor and in
less than minute the cabin was filled with smoke
She saw that the time for action had arrived and
she knew that her life and that of her child de-
pended upon her own eXcrtions; she went down
the private staircase. and fortunate enough to
reach the boiler deck in safety Knowing that she
would perish by fire if she stayed on the boat she
determined to leave it and run the risk of meeting
her death by another method. She ACCORDINGLY
Seized board about seven feet long and eight or
ten inches wide, and grasping her child with one
arm and the board with the other, plunged into the
river
ihS NuiieHt, OWING 10 tne nigh stage OF water
was very rapid, and Mrs S. had as much as She
could do to keep herself and child above the sur
lace; but she proved equal to the dangerous stua-
ton IN which she was placed, and her perious
journey down the river would not have been at
tended with half the danger that it was her unset
iish heart had not prompted her to save man who
was unable to save himself A short time after
leaving the boat, she a man struggling in the
water, and she knew from his movements that he
was too much exhausted to save himself from going
to the bottom; she generously and nobIv eopa rd
lzed her life to save his; she grasped him bv the
arm, at the risk of being pulled from her fra sup
port and assisted him in getting upon little piece
OF plank that was hardly sufficient to keep herself
and child above the surface of the Father of Waters
Alter Heating for an hour and half the three were
rescued by some men who, having heard the eXplo-
SION, launched small boat and started up stream
TO render assistance to the unfortunate sufferers
W hen the man who was rescued by Mrs Stranburr
placed his feet in the boat he tried to express the
gratitude which he felt for his preserver; but his
heart was so full of thankfulness that his tongue
refused to give full utterance to his grateful feel
lngs Mrs. Stranburg left this city about three
months ago, and went to Clinton, Mississippi her
birthplace, where her relatives reside She took
passage on the Pennsylvania at Vicksburg and was
fortunate enough to arrive at her own house in this
city, on Monday evening. Her conduct entities
her to the admiration of all who can appreciate
noble act