The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-05

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| q n oink - tormer Instantly, and Tho lAtts
ipfe niaesss. The Holmes lad heav
cargo y !, iron, and general merchandise
- G!Asaa - aver ssoo hAds, Sugar ior Cn
Ths nlsht ~ dark, and de wind - blow
Ing vi0ssnsly when the collision occurred, 80,
Il = suppressed that smoke ehscarsd tho liGht
- that nsisher pilot saw The approaching boat
until 80 aear - pssssae the accident tn
Holmes va cus into pieces. and sunk instantly
The Gibson swung arouad and Wae run for shore
Ing o. s
I1nunAn yKETcHEs.
There vas small trading boat named Anni'
Laurie No. 3, near BY, but the owner refused 4
let any one have the use or sk,f to 70 TO ID,
assistance Of the sufferers. He armed himscl
with Ratchet, and bis wife With bowie knife
and the pair threatened to kill any one who
should touch the skin. William Nicholsoa il
the name Of this man.
At present writing, we are unable to give
the names or the number Of tile lost, but the
latter ID supposed to be 9bout 40. There were
but few passengers on the Gibson, and these
with the crew, 90 far as We have been able "a
learn, were saved.
The Holmes had large number Of passen
gers, most Of whom we're emigrants to Pixies
Peak. She went down in the middlo Of the
river and nearly every person between decks
was drowned, while many Of those in the cabin
we're also lost.
As soon a. the citizens Of Aurora heard or the
accident, they did every thing in their power to
render assistance. Every skiff within reach waa
brought into requisition. Men rowed with a
most superhuman power, and load after load
was landed upon the b ach, among whom we're
many women who had lost their children, and
children who had lost their parents, and others
who bad lost all they had.
The Holmes had sixty. five cabin and about
thirty deck passengers. The crew were all saved
except Mr.. Caldwell the engineer, and cabin
boy.
MEETING or rnE CITIZENS or AURORA.
Yerterday Tuesday afternoon the citizens Of
Aurora held meeting At the City Hall, to de.
wise means to relieve the sufferers. Mayor Tu-
my presided, and JohE Gait was chosen Secre-
tary,
The Mayor stated the object Of the meeting
to be to find out the number Of sufferers. and
Il was suggested by Mr. Wilson, that persons
present, who were on either OF the iIl-fated
boats, should give such particulars of the acci-
dent as were within their knowledge. An old
man then came forward and stated as follows:
STATEMENT or JAS. l.. GRIFFITH.
was talking with the cook Of the Holmes on
the guards, when the boats struck. The cook
exclaimed, my God, we are all going to the
bottom" CONSERVATION at once spread among
The passengers and crew. / hastended to the
ladies' cabin to look after my family, and, when
reached there, they were not TO he found
There were eight of us, viz. myself, wife. two
daughters, two sons and their wives. The boat
was sinking rapidly, and at this time was up
% my waist in water. went back to the door
81 the state-room occupied BY myself and wife,
found man entanged in ropes and pieces Of
he RATS; fell over him into the water be-
;ame frantic, and thought was to be left alone
Jaw young man save one Of my daughters;
Captain came along in life-hoat; found nv
wife and took her ashore; then came back and
'aved my son and daughter-in-law. / do not
know how | got to the shore. Nv Youngest
laughter, Emma, aged q years, ard my young
st son, Hiram, are missing. NV name is James
y. Griffith. This happened on the Holmes. II
ook passage at Wheeling with my family. for
Burlington, Iowa; had on board s., 900 in mo-
ley-ail OF which lost, and am now destitute.
All ask is to be sent home to Wheeling, Va.
NAMES OF THE LOST
From Mr.. Lamont, clerk Of the Holmes, we
obtained the following list Of the lost from off
nat boat. A Frenchman named Louis Dupon.
vie andthree children, re shipped from the |
lara Dean at Cincinnati; Henry Wclcb. wife
nd three children, Of Wheeling, Va; family
i seven shipped at Wheeling, names unknown.
0nslstng Of man, wife, two daughters and
on; David Gillen, Of Allegheny, Pa; John Mil
gan, Of Rush township, Tuscarawas county, |
}; John Vance, froms Wheeling, Va; Samuel |
.warth, wife and child, from Parkersburg for |
ladIson, Ind; James Caldwell, engine er: Hiram |
:. urlinth and sister, Emma Ann G.lifith, from |
bridgeport, O., for Burlington, Iowa; Hiram
Old wife and three children, Pittsburgh;
renchman. shipped at CincinD att name I'M |
nown; child name unknown, was found YES
srday at the foot of Langhrey Island: Thomas
cDonald, - Logan and John Evans. deck
ands, and colored fireman; -- Thomson.
% two daughters, from Cincinnati; ard
illlams, cabin boy. Four others are missing
VI are supposed to have come up on the Ken
Icky to this city. The Holmes had SO cabin
I'D 30 deck passengers.
Inc passengers saved we're taken from the
batting cabin, in skiffs, and convened 10 Auro-
I, where every attention was given them nv
e citizens Of that place.
The excitement on the two steamers whom
e collision occurred was immense. Men
omen and children rushed to the deck of the
Gamer, screaming and begging assistance
'e scene was heart rending in the extreme, and
mot be described.
One youth named Robert WEIGH, whose ia
er, mother and three sisters were lost. snranp
To |
g years, SWAN to shore. Another lady. Mrs
lniel Bshard, Of Cambridge, Ohio, forgot her
I'D untii after she left the wreck. Captain
'nnedy found the little girl alive, laying he
cen Two mattresses, close up to the hurricane
81, yesterday morning, about O'Clock, being
wen hours after the accident took place.
LAWYER SUING A NEWSPAPER FOR L1RE1.
One John Percy, en- Attorney residing in the
y OF Albany, recently commenced sixty
ven suits Tor libel against the proprietors Of |
Evening journal, one in every county in Z
State, and some in Pennsylvania. The
oss amount OF damages claimed, reached the
ormous amount OF One million three hundred |
'"sond doffdrsl On application Of defendants !,
orney, the suits were consolidated into one.
on trial the jury rendered q verdict Tor de.
'dants The Albany Express, from which we :
ther the above, states that on the trial the !.
aracter Of Percy was proven to be SO bad
" appiicatlon was made to strike his name
IN the roll Of attorneys. The case came up :.
lore Judges Harris, Wright, Gould and Hoge-
ON, on Saturday last, and after argument, an \
Ter was entered granting the application.- :,
burn Advertiser. =
CALIFORNIA LEAvKrAKING.-A San Fran
co letter, describing the fortnighlly depar 81
. OF the steamer says: 4
ihen comes great time, and the hugginp "
kissing begin-such awkward kissing, too. a
ldom shots, an outrageous waste OF the good
ngs OF this life. Sometimes a kiss lights on ri
nose, eye, ear, or Is lost in the head OF
ssed-up hair. A bonnet stands no kind Of Ia
lnce--it gets smashed on the first movement ~
by the time woman has got through and
- passed from hand to hand, or rather arms v
arms OF brothers, cousins, friends and &C
'lntances, she Is = pitiabie object, and pre- il
's ne appearance Of having gone through
Irish rOW-red eyaR hair dnpn hon.a.