American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-06
srEAmnoAT DIsAsTERs.

Pittsburgh; destroyed by 6ra on January
isi at Beach Bottom Bar Vslue Of boat
$4,000, insured Ios $50. geo ia PitisbuFe
Offices.
Pl,n,eF-- Snagged and sunk on same
da's, In Dead Mans Bend. Lower Missi4.
sippi. Bont Of little value
Flying Clo1d-<Suak on January l4th
At Tower Island, 10 the Mississippi; raised
soon aner.
Post Boy Exploded Der boiler at New
s0tlseuss on. the '9th Of JauuNrys two men
killed an1 several wounded.
Fanny Fera-Fxploded her boiler on
the aalh. eighteen miles below Cincinnati.
IA ths Ohio: lfseep lives were reported
lost By dis melancbosy event, boA look
ire, aud was total loss together with
cargo.
Jesse L .zsar 4Sunk By eucountering a
Jog. on the Goth, In the Lower Mississip
e pi below the mouth Il White River, and
became astotnl loss. s
Stephen Decatur - Sunk on the 3)ll. at
Paddyss Hen end Chickers, Lower Mis-
slsspi. BY striking tie wreck Of the A. l..
Sluatwel, raised a8d repaired. So s'
Iiicknan--in the Arkansas, bat Was
st 9 !. Bfostnan-- Exploded her boiler on
February 4th. rear New Madrid, while
bound from Few Orleans to ST. Lonis;
took Gre and Was burned up; over twenty
lives lost; number never correctly ascer-
fsiusd; boatwas nearly new, andcosl @45.
: 'e00 Ast 8taf @E ~
= . Sa6beGn- Sunk with cargo Of cotton.
Ten miles below the mouth Of Bayou Pire.
s,T6iaiI5ss. iNea 1sas a'ia s'A
~ Jas. ..E WooJralF- Got aground at Hat
fgiSlAnd. Lover MiSsissippi. sunk. and des.
pttathe most active exertioDs. became to-
IA loss. Vtiaeof 5oat .S65,Oo0 insured
for kome S45, 600 ~ g'99 t'e7s
Virginia, Mtrhuk, N w. Sherman.
and SIS. Prentis--Destroyed BY FIRE a,
New Orleans, Feb Qe Total loss abou'
$4,000; one life lost. s,feS ss
" Neilie Mllsf7-sunk 10 the Cumberland,
boat and cargo total loss. \ M ~
=. Henry A. Jones--Anl cargo, destroy.
ed BY Gre Oh February 28th. on the Ohio,
wear Augusta. Value OF Boat $4,000,
3Io,0n0. s Z, 'tt
RI. lockwood "A new boat Just CO.
i.hsd, wlIils rounding out from New All
bAny, Indiana took FIRE, and was totally
!, destroved Valne Of boat goo 600. In.
sds2d. 7gihs # 77s7
% slp.l;can- R.rnad IN ia Jowa, M;sa;ss.
.;npi l.tter end N iJan SFV.Ina slIb ooO
kaiF FAtklnsos Sank IN Plom Point BEND.
wbue ~ bar vav from Il,a Arkansas 3rriy !,
~ I,ouis wikN q Troons Valoa 81
fyboat SIG 600 ~ . .e F'a w \ s
Psiucess--suut BY collision wilb lhe
Great Western, on the Ohio near Shawnee
town. Six lives were lost. unhappily. on
this occasion, The boat was bound from
Cincinnati 70 Nashville. value. Sin. 600:
inquired for G. 900, cargo tWo.thirds insured
IA Ciuciopai.
Midas--Supk opposite CaiSo. on the
Kenh,okv ahosa. Sha waS .aasilvt tra; IA
Load lumber.
Flora--SIpk by coming in contact with
the Rock Island Bridge. on March 22d.--
Afterwards raised.
Albambra-- Burs bo,ler. or nine. and
nohody hurt.
C5l. Mosan Sunk on March goth. ia
ihs Desmvines; Cargo damaoed- boat was
Iajsed.
Eyansy;lLS--Took fire in The hold. be-,
"a low Memphis. being loaded with, cotton
k.One Of her guards broke of and seYeTsl
spersons We're presipitated into tho ryer---
isyeor SIX lives lost. sY s,s .a3 IN
Hamburg Sunk in Lake Pepin. on the
needing up OF the ice. and become q total
los. Value 5000, and nst insured. y,
"a, n. Potlon--Sunk in Tennessee river
sspsar Enlport; old beat and total loss.
~ Satan 4-on April QJ, this steamer
shortly alter leaving ST.. Louis for New
Orleans. aud when Eve miIee above Saint
\ ,sCieneyieye, was. discovered 10 be on Ere,
(which caused much CONSERVATION on
board, she having large lumber Of pas.
hs6nnsrs. All Of whom were in bed. The
hOat was made fast to fallen log on II,
esbaAk,i which was Insufficient, TO hold her
and She ,llimtsd hopelessly into the stream
sThe fssalt was. --oyer twenty lives slost
hutIoihiag definite was ever ernsd ainre
gafdito the exact number OF persons who
osttheir livesoh that awful ocSasion. -
sThs boat and cargo of800 tons were q TO
tai loss; boN worth 10000 or less, AhG
ineur,al Tor A 4 (l(l1 49, e a. NftaY