New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-05
Neh OrIeans DaiIp Grestent.
The Princess Disaster.


From the Baton Rouge Gazette Of Wednesday we |
extract the following paragraphs:
A private dispatch from Bayou Sara, dated the |
18th ult., reports u B. Phillips doing well; L. D.
Bruer dead, and Mr. 8. H. Lurty alive, but momenta-
riy expected to breathe his last. report had cur
rency in town yesterday evening that Mr.. Lurty had
died since our dispatch.
We are happy to learn that most Of the wounded
BY the explosion Of the Princess are doing we'll L.
y. Reeves, at Dr.. Fay,s has had big leg ct and T.
doing well. Hon. F. G. Laville, at Mr. Babins, still
suffers intensely, and will have TO suffer amputation Of
both his legs. F. A. Chatham, at Col. Hicky's, ia
DOING well and there is strong hope for bis recovery,
n W. ins 9ss Of bis night hand Edward Williams On
barney House, improving. J. D. Comeaux, at F. G.
Babin's improving. James Alley improving slowly.
Joseph Deany. out Of danger Hon. j. j. Bark about.
so intense Is the excitement here in reference to
the terrible disaster Of Sunday last that all manner
OF rumors and uncertain reports currently passing
about in reference to her passengers. Persons are
coming down from shove and hurrying to the scene
Of disaster in the hope Of finding the bodies Of lost
| friends and relatives. A report prevailed in town
yesterday morning that between fifty and sixty bodies
had been recovered by dragging the river. Our fel
low.ctizen, James A. Mediation, who resides on the
spot, informs us that such is not the fact Parties
are engaged dragging the river at and below the
scene Of disaster, and others are watching at differ.
ent points for the bodies that may rise to the surface
up 70 10 o'clock .s Yesterday morning not one had
has kindly profered to send US word Immediately on
the recovery Of the first body from the wreck, with
full description OF the person. There s no doubt
but that large majority OF the lost were killed in
stantly by the explosion and afterwards consumed
with the wreck.
From the Gazette OF Thursday we extract the fol-
lowing:
this parish and CITY, all doing well could be
expected. We have no death to report here since
that Of Augustus DeLee, of Clinton. Perrique, a
spaniard, whose name does not appear in our list is
hA 1f NJ Taww t.l uHw
and is in more critical condition than any one Of
the others.
1t will be week or ten days before we shall have
complete list Of the saved. OF the lost, we can
dunn has escaped the flames to furnish list Of cabin
passengers and the lost from the boiler deck of deck
passengers and deck hands can only be told In num-
bers Mr. Bryan, Of Natchez, Miss, who was in our
office yesterday on his way to the Of disaster,
search Of the remains Of friends furnishes with
the following names:
David g. Brandon Clerk Of Circuit Court, Natches,
Miss, supposed to be lost.
| Phillip 8. Brandon, from Washington, Miss, very
| severely scalded. Now at Natchez, Miss.
Mr.. Markus, of Fayette, Miss, lost.
Miss Stone, OF Natchez, reported slightly injured
DR.. Stone was not on the Princess.
Miss Bingham and Miss Shields, hand in hand hero
ically jumped from the hurricane deck as it sank
down and were soon taken from the water uninjured
Mrs. Conner, of Natchez, was saved by her servant
Mr.. Ford, Of Kentucky, was saved-slightly in
jured.
Mrs. Coffey, Of Miss, saved, but her husband per
ished in the flames.
To our fellow-citizen, James E. Elan. ESQ.,, who
went down the river in skif as far as Bruley Land
ing, in West Baton Rouge, on Tuesday last are W,
indebted for the following memorandum Of article
found floating in the river after the explosion on Sun
day. They are in possession of F. White Esq, J. P
at Bruey Landing, and will be sent here as soon a
the wearing apparel found in the trunks is sufficient
dry to repack:
One large trunk, marked "F. surget" full of lady
wearing apparel.
One trunk with gentleman's and lady's clothes.
One trunk marked DR.. Fallon.''
ct. NJ. F."
| 4 &c. L. Maury," ladys.
j. R. eentlemans.
One large trunk marked Worsham House,
| One lagre trunk marked K Shields
One large trunk marked L. b." Mississippi.
One large trunk marked Louisa Mailer }" vicsk
burg.
One small trunk marked " N. STUART
Two large trunks marked " NJ A. Young,n will
lady's clothes and jewelry.
| Two large trunks no mark.
Three large yellow wood trunks, one of them cor
tanning 81 so in quarter dollars.
Two large trunks, without name.
Small black valice, marked W. L. Walker.
One trunk, marked I. F.. Blackerby, Grand Gull
Mississippi.
One trunk marked W. R. c. Vernon, La.
One large travelling trunk, marked Annie Stewar
One trunk, marked R. Shields, Natchez.
One trunk, marked Mrs Eliza Nailor, Natchez.
One carpet bag-no mark.
Further information may be had by addressin
Frank White, Esq, Bruly Landing Post-ofice, Yves
| Baton Rouge, La.