The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-04-06

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From the Cincinnati Gazette of yester-
day morning, we clip the Following par
ticulars of the late disastrous collision Dfs
the steamboats, Gibson ana lHelmes, On
the Ohio River
One of our reporters visited the wrecks
of the ill fated steahefs ysstefdaE, {4dT
returned to this city at IL O'Clock last
night. We are thus enabled TO preygMy=
full and AUTHENTIC particulars of the dis
aster, including 'alsojthe lnames of the
Host.
The steamerscofided about. one and
half miles .aboyeFAprora, hqda Xeryy neN
the bend in the river. where the Iowa and
! Madison struck each Other only a few
weeks since. Mr.. John L. Conoway was
at the wheel Of the Holmes, and Stalker
at the wheel of the Gibson the piIoe we
understand, nos being at his post. iPfot
Conoway blew tie whistle Bfea tbe stsr-
bord, which was not answered Fhy theGib-
son until the boats were near each eotket.
The Holr,eswas inlthe middle i6f thefiver,.
and the Gibson quar- teripg from the Point
on the Kentucky side, towards the Ipdi-
ana shore. TIE Gibson struckiT the
Holmes on her larboard side, t4,ear her
furward chalk, and she comm need sink,
ing Immediately, in about forty feet of
water. The cabin separated from the,
! hull and hoated down the riveE withahe
+ passengers and crew hanging ON the
wreck. The boat wa s, not over three.dnic-
: utes going down, and had not the hall
. separated from the cabin, athesIoss of life
would have been far greater shsa 1T
! was. ~ tls, oe 'St soh
e The Gibson swnpg round and was rum
d over to the Kentucky Shore where ushe
! also sunk in 25 feet water Fer cabin
also parted and floated. oft and was met
I by the Caroline between 4'M;assaw andlthe
: mouth of Log Lick, with q; fasoaionEsido
!. and several men taken from the wreck
J. boxes, &c. The cabinfof the Holmes was
caught about a mile below Rising San,
and towed by the steamer Kentucky to
: the Kentucky shorey No lives nwereIlost
on the Gibson, but of the eighty.sixf pas
senger, cabin and deck, on the steamer
% Holmes, forty tuo are lost.s 81 x.l siagr
y NAMES OF rhsa lossr. = =. s'n ~.
l. From Mr. Lamont clerk OF The steamer
rs Holmes, we obtained the following iist Of
d the lost from off that boat. - 81 French.
maa named Louis Dnpon, wife and three
LII children, re shipped from the Clara Dean
'e at Cincinnati; Weleh,A wife and fhree
s. children, of Wheeling. Va, a faulty Of
seven shipped at Wheeling, names un-
u known, consisting of a man, rvifey Two
"a daughters and son; David Gilic1, of Al.
lii legheny, Pa; John Yanes, rom WHEEL
'e ing, Va. Samuel Owarth, wife. and child
from Parkersburg, for Madison. Ind. !;
IN James Caldwell engineer; Hiram F..
OF Griffith .aAd sister; Emma Ann Griffith.
iu from Bridgeport o; for Burlington iowa; !;
an Herman Mold, wife aud three children,
a. Pittsburg; a Frenchman, t1ams oaknown,
shipped at Cincinnati; ehii6, Rame-un-
known, was found yesterday at h loot oi
LaughreyIIslahd; Thomas cDoa1d--;
Logan and John Evans, deck haftis, and
rec a eolored fireman; Thompson. and
two daughters, from Oineipnati; hgdxff
Williams, cabin boy! iF5dr Others lare
missing, but are supposed to have come
'ty up on the Ksptueky Goi tais sitSt Thi
en- Holmes had fifty six cabin passengers ono
zee zee 80 deck possengers.4 szvar ya
~ ~ The passengers saved were taken Il
~ - the shore from the floating cabin, in skiHf
- - and conveyed TO, Aurora. Yherc. every ,at
! tention wa was given them by the citiizeri o
,u. that place. ssfSl sgavs sdf nj g.y sssr5.il
m. 1.-The e xcitement onsthe two stesmer
no when the collision occurred, was imneuse
ed Men,; women, and children rnshsA ssI th'
m ] deck Iof tbe steamer screaming 1aad Hg
m ging assistance + The sceaedwae heart
ID. rending In athed extreme, oaad ,caunot b
ZEN described. .Aiaatidadai sno-9naas7. al
ng "a One gouth named Rober< Wslsb, Wios,
4 father, mother and lthteso sistsrs5sMes,
he lost; sprang intoDthe river, and ssisluk
fourth sister, aged fised searS, SWARM tt
*. shore. Anotherlady, Mta;l lDauisli Bah
.he! ard, from Z Cambridge Ohio fssgut zhel
,as child until after she had left'sheiviSck
10 Capt. Kennedyfound; the jitaisl eifT alive
*. lying between two snatsessssg clsseNp {,
ng the hurricane roof 1yssssrdsyb nbsuiul
oil. aboutd o,clocks being selexes Aolssys slte
the accident took place. ssHoIf tssrisl
oss Yesterday three Of tie bsdies xsssita
- ken out Of the wreck fof the iR6tmes, sxls
ph d large amount of baggsse bei0hgiEsi Il
70 the passengers There iss YET q qifg
81 number Of trunks missing .s's Capt. Ken
s nedy will save from the e HolSeSp Ssecl
~ va all that is 7alaaBfs, and haSe ri betskh
80 ses to this cityai An the books, ipspeaf IN
es sIs money in the once were lost. 16soba,
bsr sengers lost various gums, M SR' snoun,
I sid ting to about Hitesn thoGsSxdu d6nif4di
az .ss!a.slaAa has saEal ni hesssu
ind Governor Medssys Ffydkatssa.