Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-03-16
Burning of Steamer Henry A. Jones.

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 On Saturday afternoon the steamer Henry Jones' Capt. William Knight, of the Cincln- natl and Marietta packet line, started from Gin cinnati for Parkershurg, having on board twenty five passengers and a good load of freight. = bout 10 o'clock at night the second steward J ohn Boyd, went into the pantry for the pnr- pose of preparing the usual F o'clock lunch for the crew, and in attempting to fill the burner under coffee urn with alcohol, fire was con- muuicated to the tin can containing the fluid. which burst in an instant, scattering the alcohol over the room, enveloping the whole interior in flames The Gazette says:
 The cook of the boat James Wilson. was sit ting in the pantry reading, and his person, as we'll as that of Boyd, the Steward. was covered with fire, the latter bcng almost envelop.d in flames. The face hands, arms, breast and back of both were very badly burnt, and Boyd is sup. posed to have been badly burnt internally.
 The wa'chmau of the bolt heard the ex,lo- sion, and immediately gave the alarm to the pilot at the wheel, John Case, who headed the boat tor the Kentucky shore, about 75 wards distant, and run the bow aground within l5 yards of the bank ot the river The passenl lers had All retired for the night, but were uujclllv ! aroused from the,r beds, aDd notwithstanding tne rapd progress of the flames, which spread over the entire upper pat oI The boat in fifteen mn utes, al were saved by the small blat Fonu- nateIv the only womm on board was the cham bermad, who Was rescued from the water Wueu almost exhausted. Two men jumped into thc i river, and were picked up by the yawl and con- veyed to the shore
 Capt. Knight with His wife and one child wer, | asleep in the " Texas" and ma,te their escane with difficulty. Two of the cap'aiu's children were in bai in the cabin, and were rescued by the father by breaking the window of then sleeping room, through which they escaped.- ! CaI-. K. had both hand, badly cut in tho euor i to rescue the children.
 After the passengers and crew Were safely landed, an attempt was nude to s.ut.. tua boat, but the water not being deep enough, fl was but partially successful. In d very short tune she burned to the waters edge. Nothing whatever was saved, the baggage of passengers aS well as the freight on board being burned. - John DOnahue the bar keeper, saved hi, trunk. but lost everything else. The porter of the boat lost $50 in moiey.
 Soon after the accident the packet Ohio NO 7, came along, anl took on board the passengers dad conveyed them to Parkersburg
 The "Henry A. Jones" was built about eighteen months since, by Capt. Pat. Rogers and Capt. Knight, and was owned by them. She yas valued at S18,OOO. and was insured for Sl2Oon. Her cargo consisted of 262 bales of cotton, received here from the Glendale, from Memphis; 50 bbls. pork; 100 tierces sugar; 2le bbls. flour; l3O boxes of meats and a lot of uns, re,hpped from the Dunleith, and insured at Nashville. There were about forty packages of assorted articles The cor5o was to b. sail- ped by the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad eai. A portion of the freight IA the hold probably will be slvei in damaged st',e. About 52OOO t money and lot of valuable papers were in the safe M the boat, and Were preserved The escape of the passengers and crew Wa. very fortunate indeed. When tha alarm wa- given, the passengers Were all in their beds, aul most of them asleep, and the rai n spreal oI CIIe flames aud th confusion which followed d., the passengers were aroused and came rushing on deck created scene of terror that was ex citing in the extreme.