The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-09
assisting each osher and the ob iIdren

and servants.
0ae lady friend remarked to me- that she was il
her state.room, and in one instant the whole wa
piled iu upon her, perfect wreck, from whc,
she had the utmost difficulty 10 extricating her
self; yet the chambermaid, who was within hear
ing, she added, had presence OF mind enongh Il
tie a iife-preserver not only on herself but on
helpless old lady! Frank Cheatbam, OF this piacs
who, poor fellow, Ia desperately scalded, ye
| picked up a child that him aud carried i
on shore! And that is the most wonderful thinl
| OF all! How those scaided men, some ffty oI
| sixty in number, 80 fearfully burnt that few, i
| any can possibly survive, got on shorel Many
swan, others got Off the bales to the bank, anf
some were got off by those who we're injured, and
others by the negroes from the adjoining plauta.
| tions. Mr. Reeves, from Tensaw, Ii is understood
was got on shore ty his wife and daughter, though
| his leg was badly broken.
| What a fearful catastrophei Now that / car
| think back, the number on board magnifies itsel
Ia my recollection. The ladies occupied the state
rooms: down into the gentlemen's cabin some eight
rooms; and there were many on cots. The cots sor
gentlemen were packed Close up to the csntre floors
OF the cabin. So that there must have been al
least $50 passengers on board; probably $50 souls
in ALL still think that nearly all the ladies and
children were saved. There were not many chils
dreu, the to the contrary, not outstanding
OF the officers and crew few were saved. The so-
cal bal was ut all times croweed; and all that
there have either perished or are SO scaded that
they cannot survive. | have just learned that the
number taken down to your city by the skate
Dale was quite considerable, iessenipg the num-
Der OF she lost, some thirty to forty uuiujured,
twelve or fourteen badly scalded. and enc dead,
the barkeeper of the Princess. Case the pilot, is
safe, also, Judge smith of Bayou Sara. Edward
Williams, OF Houston, Texas, ia ON the whsrfboat
here, pretty severely burned but will recover.
The steamers Kate Dale, Mcase, Peerless, Ti-
gress aud Matches, were all at the scene of the
disaster, very soon after it happened. The acting
captain of the Natchez promised the negroes of
the vicinity, who had freely contributed of their
iitte all-bankets, clothes &C., even to the doors
u their cabins on which to carry the wounded
that all should be Carefully gathered up aud
brought back, and that he would land there aud
deliver them. But it is almost invidious to name
any one person. The citizens hero strived with
each other, who to be of most assistance. And
the physicians, of course, did all that men could
DO. One stranger came TO where | was writing,
and In great state of excitement proposed to get
up fupds enough to present each of the M. DIS
tnere with a hundred dollars or so! Ard was only
quieted, on being told that if he wanted Que CT
the doctors to pitch him overheard, to 20 and
, make the proposition!
THE SCENE FROM SHORE
Dr. vaughan of West Baton Rouge wes on the
Dank OF the river on the west side observing
tne stately craft float by. And, owing to the fog,
suS Nv was uolog ilttie more He was commenting
to MIR. Thompson w. Bird, who was with him.
! upon her beauty, comfort aud safety and upon
now slowly she was ruuuing. just then the
wheels made five or six more rapid revolutions:
tpc rug OF the pil0tS bell, which most probabty
caused the increased speed ioated on the air: when
ne saw nearly the whole of the boat Ia front of the
Wneeis, rise IN the air. and with il s.any number
OF human forms"-especially one large man in
darK ciothng, who wbirled over and over, (moss
| prooably poor jackson, xho thus never knew
| What hurt him, which is something to be thank
| tui for) and nearly all of the boat clear to the
stern on the starboard side blown away and crush.
eu' ne saw distinctly across the boat, from the
| wheels forward, before the steam rose The
| chimneys sunk down On the deck
| lie IS satisfied that it was the larboard boiler
| which exploded, from the rush Of steam. Yet how
| strange that the starboard side should have
| suffered mosti At the moment of the explosion
| the steamer made graceful turn to the left-to
the shore-as if under control of the pilot and
| landed as beautifully as if under human guidance
| How Providentiai, But for this, and that she was
not in the current, all must have perished.
| DR.. Vaughan aud Mr. Bird instantly jumped intc
| a SIX IT, with some negroes to row, and pulled over
| Dr.. '. insisted on landing. that he might hell
| those on shore; and Mr.. B. pulled down stream
| and picked up five persons from the water Of
| clingDg to the cotton bales.
The frat person DIR. v. met was Mrs. Coffey, her
self safe but frantic at the fact that her HUSBAND
was on board, and burning up! Aud of that tber
| is not doubt. Dr. V. heard not cry on boar
| the burning wreck, but those which arose from
| the river and from the shore were SO awful il
| their nature, that he cannot rest or sleep from
| their ringing in his ears. He was half across tn
river before the fire broke out 10 the ladies' cabin
bat before he landed the flames were breaking ou
| at the stern.
Mr.. Amede Landry, of West Baton Rouge wa
| very active iB saving the sufferers He got into
| skif on the west side of the river and pulled q
once betoaO the acreck, and he and the others will
him saved seven or eight lives
LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED.
| List Of Killed Collin McKiDgston Ed. Q1igg
| barkeeper; Henry Browa and Caray, assistan
baTkeepers; G. T. Williams, of Houston, Texas
sullivan, fireman; W. Seymour, lawyer of Bstol
Rouge; John Clark, second clerk; W. l. Glover, o
| NatchtZ; John NJ Bell, prominent merchant O
| New Orleans: son of W. b. Stuart, of Fayette
| Miss James Yale, Natchez; two brothers names
Marks, from Fayette, Miss; Col. Coffey. Crane
Gulf Dr.. Richards, Point Coupee; W. II. Sher
| burne, Baton Rouge; Charles Bannister and L
Husrd, Representatives from New Orleans; Ca p.air
Jackson, Ciaxton Taylor, of Baton Rouge; assist
| ant engineer cut in two; one pilot lost; X. W
MeRae.
| Dangerously Scalded.-The following are danger
ousiy scalded: James lizard, first clerk; Lurty
| Brewer, and Phillips, of Bayou Sara; VIM C
| Vernon, sheriff of Coucordia, La: Hall and Wilcox
Rodney, Mics; Joe Clarke. second clerk, and Johl
f Scott, of Tensas. The family of the latter ar,
safe. Auguste De Lee. of Clinton, La; Frank Sur
get, of Natchez; J Hodges, franklin CO, Miss
Mr. Coburn, of New Orleans; Mr. Harbour and .
vigDe, Of Point Coupee; Nr. Flowers, of Tensas
| La Frank Chestham, of Baton Rouge; Geo Evans
| of hatcher; John Nj. Carr, of New Carthage. Hi
| family safe. Philip Stephens, of Bator
| Louis; Collin Kingston, of New Orleans: Sam
| uel Waits, of Wheeling; Baxter and Murphy, cup
posed to be of Rapides parish, Louisiana; Andrew
| colored waiter; Comeaux and Alley, of Batol
| Rouge; l. Reeves. of Tensas: c Lavile, lawyer
| of New Orleans; + Davenport, of Fayette, Miss
had his legs broken, also. + c Lavile, besides be
ing scalded. had his thighs areadfully crushed.
| slightly Hurt Judge Z. Farrar, of Poiute Cou'
pee, La; his son wss saved; Phil Brandon, o
Washington, Mise: Miss Lucy Stone, of Natchez
| Miss, somewhat burned; Mrs w ii Winter, o
Washington city, was slightly scaded; her chilt
is SAFE
The Saved The following are known TO be safe
John Routh aud Robert Murdock. of 81. Joseph
Ia; DR. Young, son and daughter, John r Og len
| Mrs Cornish, Mrs Murray and daughter. Mr.
Connor. Miss Shields, Miss Bepjami Miss Halli
gan, Mrs Marks, Cyrus Marsb all from Natchez
| Miss; Mrs Welsh, of Fort Adams. Miss; two chill
iren and one servant, one of Mrs Welsh's ser
wants was lost; DR. and Miss Pyuchou, woodville
Miss; Merrick, of Bayou Sara; Mary Goodrich
of Waterproof Emily Porter. of Backhawk Point
Brewer, colored waiter. There are great man
| more names, not noted, of those who were saved
| THE LOST STEAMER.
The Princess was one of the most splendid boat
on the river, having been built at Cincinnati il
1855, aud enjoyed reputation for safety neve
yet gained by any steamers confidence whic
rendered the shock greater. Her officers bav
always been known as among tho most careful
men on the river, and from the fact that onl
one boiler exploded, it is thought that there mus
have been a flaw impossible for the most expert
enced eye to detect She was commanded by Capt
Wm G. Wilson. who, fortunately for himself an
family, was detained In New Orleans and did no
go up on her. The Princess WAS owned as fol
lows: one-baif by Capt. C. Wilson, three-eighth
by Capt. Truman c. HOLMES, and the remsiniu
eighth by James Izod, the first clerk DuriD
the pas. summer she had been repaired at a cos
of $4,000, aud over 5000 we're spent in repairin
boilers.
DARING Acr OF A RAILROAD ENGIsEER.-The L
Fayeste Daily Courier, Of the 24sb, relates th