Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-20
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DIsAsTER.

Fulton city Sunk and Twelve Lives Lost
--Boat a Total Wreck.
Steamboatmen predict the occurrence OF nuner-
disasters during the winter in all the uayigabls
Western streams, and base their predictons-doubts
less correctly-on the facts that the channels Of the
rivers have been terribly cut up BY the different
rising5 thas hsve occurred, and the extensive dis
placement Of trees from The banks causing an uuu-
sual abundance Of obstacles in the way Of boats
The telegraph announces the sinking Of three boats
one in the Ohio, which, we are,pained to relate,
attended with an awful sacrifice Of human life;
and two little boats in the Missouri
We clip the following account Of the disaster
on the Ohio, from the Cincinnati Enquirer Of the
I4th:
As the steamer Fulton City. Captain Briszle, on
her way from Pitisburg to st. Louie, was passing
Burlington Island about i've o'clock last ThuTsday
morning, just at the foot OF the Islard she struck
stump, knocking hole in her bottom and causing
her TO ill rapidly much 50 that the cabin Bassen-
gers barely had tine to leap from their beds and
hurry to be hurricane deck She Beut do1n in \
few miuutes-some say three or four-in fifteen feet
water, which nearly covered her decks.
Twelve persons on deek-e ght men, two women
and two ehildren--Esre drUWnsd Il is supposed
they we're lying asleep in their berths and the
boat sunk suddenly THAI the first inrimalion they
had Of danger WsS the rushing 10 upon them Of the
water, from which, in their narrow limits they had
DO opportunity TO escape. We could not learn The
names Of any Of the lost, but believe nearly ell Of
them we're foreigners
The boat was new, having been built less than
twelve months ago, and was owned by Captains
Briokle and Marin She was loaded chiefly Wih
iron, but had considerable -four and other fright
al Of which vas lost Had il not been for the irun
many mOFe lives would have been lost as lhe boat
would have car, ened and the cabin slid OF so
The boat, We uBdeFsfsnd is fully insured which,
is fortuI ate, as she cannot be raised --
The cabin Passengers we're removed from their
position the roof Uhiihsr they had gone for safe
", By the steamer Ne notte, on her way down, and
arrived here b that ct yesterday evening.
The Othcers, We are informed behaved with be
coming cOOlness, and this is attributed The saving
Of The lives Of many OF the passer gers
We were unable 10 see any Of he officers Of the
Fulton City last evening, and therefore have few
details Of the melancholy occur1 ence to-relste
We have no particulars in regard 10 the sinking Of
the Dan COnVers and the Mansfield. which occurred
above St Joseph.
These boats were stsrn-Wheelers, small, old orui-
sers, worth together not more perhaps, than s10,-
600. The presumption is that neither had much
freight, and that there very little water where
they sank. They we're the only boats running be-
tween st Joseph and Council Bluffs
The 0mahs, which left St. Joseph on the IIth
inst reports the COnVsrs sunk near where the Va
tossa has lain SUM for some months and that the
Mansfield had steam up TO Start out for the Bluffs.