New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-09

ozEaT Loss or LIVE
From The St. Louis Republican, of he Sd instant.
we extract The following particulars of The barains
Of the steamer Sultan and the loss Of q zumber q
iises
The steamer snlAs, Capt. Phil. g Hanaam. left
this port for View Orleans about dark on Ihnrsday
evening, The 1st inst, having on hoard about fftee1
passengers and near one thousabd tons Of -four,
Pofk, Wnsai and iead making up very large and
when me had gained j point about five miles this
side o. Ste Genevieve, q 81 o'clock on Friday morn
man 3 locker, by the engineer on watch which ssof,
enveloped the whole boat The fire 4 su5po-<d Z,
have originated from the accidental comhn~tjo1 Of
csmPhene, which The watchrnan was using at the
time, probably In filing lamp. The alarm WA
gwen. and the engineer Immediately commenced an
corg the hose used for watching dccks etc. Tor he
purpose Of turning stream Of water On the re but
before he succeeded in arranging the hose the Harness
had spread through the whole deck and eneineroom,
and we're communicating to the freight slowed there
The boat was ander way at the time she took dre,
and when the alarm became general was short dis
lance above the head Of ste Genevieve Island.
VIM Gray, the pilot on watch, Immediately round
ed her to for the Shore which she reached and was
made fast to fallen ltree. stage plank was
laaached. but before any q the passengers or crew
boat drifted down withfhe current Another report
says that by some mistake IN the excitement one OF
the engines not stopped, bat backing and this
i
boats fastening. We also learn that the plank was
out and the boat At shore long enough for many to
have escaped, had not been FOR the general desire
70 save baggage. In this dilemma, the only chance
left the passengers and crew for escape was to jump
overheard from the burning wreck. An except the
officers on watch were fast aseep at the time Of the
alarm. and the Confusion and CONSERVATION which
ensned was indescrihable.
The boats yawi being at the stern was inaccessi-
Bile. from the raging Of the flames amid-ships and
could not be brought to the rescue Accordingly,
stages, feoats pIanks and other light articles we're
thrown overheard, and carried away their burdens Of
l living freight.
There were about fifteen passengers in aIl-six Ia
dies and nine gentlemen, and they all rushed forward
and jumped overheard some on the Iife-foats and
planks, and others into the water OF the fifteen
passengers only two ladies are certainly kEoun to
have been saved. Others may have reached the
shore in safety, and not since been heard from. The
Falls City which up about three hours after the
disaster, and while The wreck was still burning,
brought up eighteen OF the crew, but not single
passenger. Two Of the ladies had been seen by one
OF the crew who came up on the Falls City,
great deal OF uncertainty still envelopes the fate
Of the passengers, and many now missing and sup
posed to have been lost may have reached the shore
ID safety.
One report says that all, or very nearly all. the
cabin crew lost. They were asleep in the texas,
and would naturally be latest In receiving the alarm
4 Nearly the whole Of the deck crew-fremen, deck
hands, etc---were saved. They probably took the
alarm, and the best means Of getting ashore. 1t IA
possible that many Of them sprang ashore when the
plank was out and the boat made fast.
IL Is estimated that there were from sixty-dve to
seventy persons on board the Sultan. including Off
GERS passengers and crew and that out OF this
her from fifteen to twenty certainly lost, and
nearly as many more missing.
Henry Ely, one Of the pilots, was picked up from
the river near ste Genevieve and died shortly after
t Capt d. D. Moore, the clerk of the boat. has not
been since the disaster and is supposed TO have
been lost.
rha harE =. l~nx =.
ing.
The watchman, Joseph Blackburn, is lost alsc
Martin Dixon, second steward, together with Thoma.
, Cannon and Dennis Caaghan, pantrymen.
Ten others OF the crew-names unknown-ars
among the missing, and are supposed to have beer
lost Among them was the chambermaid and 9
coored woman.
None Of the male passengers on board have beer
heard from, and some Of them are doubtless among
the victims 1t is impossible to ascertain as yet the
number certainly lost those saved were scattered
for several miles along the river.
E The burning boat foated down to the head Of Ste
: Geneveve Island, where it lodged, and still OF
fire when the last arrival passed up The wreck lies
about one mile above Ste. Genevieve Boat and
freight are one mass Of cinders. 81
q We heard report that the watchman, JOSEPH
3 Blackburn, was killed in the following manner bu
J. will not vouch for the truth OF the statements Tn
= boats barber colored man, had two ladies planl
? with him, taking them to shore. Blackburn being il
the water caught hold Of the plank and insisted o.
getting it. The barber told him it would not lea
another person. and ordered him to let 60 his hold
which Blackburn not obeying, the barber took on
! his knife and stabbed him. Report says the adie
were saved and the barber took conveyance for th
e South.
8 Mr.. Brickey, Of Brekey's Landing saw the boat II
flames, and he end another man put out in skiHs b
the recue. Mr.. Brickey, who got aboard the steame
Great West at Little Rock, stated to the officers O
that boat that he and his partner saved from twenty
five to twentyseven persons in their skiffs one lad
being among the number.
T. Tbe porter, colored man boarded the Great Yves
T. at Turkey Island and came TO this city.
q man named w. 7. Corr, who stated that he wa
A passenger on the Sultan was taken aboard tn
: James Wood at Little Rock and went up to Turke
Island on that boat. At that place three men-th
y second clerk and mate of the Sultan, and anothe
man, supposed to be the captan-came across to th
q James Wood in skf and wished to know if an
{ person belonging TO the wreck was aboard. The
stated that one of the pilots who was sufferer ha
Il been robbed Of his watch, ETC., and took Corr Of
d with them in the skif. The whole affair was con
Quoted in very mysterious manner, and the officer
OF the Wood could make nothing of it.
:, The pilot VIM. Cray, and engineers, Ira NJ Bless
y ing and +. Harman are said to have behaved wit
great courage and manliness during the whole seen
= OF the burning, aud remained at their posts unit
+ driven away by the heat
The officers of the Falls City treated the crew
y the Sultan, which they brought up, in the most hos
e pitabe manner.