New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-30
BURNING or THE PACIFIC.
TOTAL LOSS OF THE BOAT AND HER CARGO
From tht Leuist,Ile yonrnaL, Nor. 81. =

From me LoyistiLe Journal Nop. a. ---
The Pacific reached Uniontown, the scene Of the
confagraion, about 81 o'clock Sunday evening, and
was receiving coal when the fire discovered amid
ships, among quantity Of hay which had been placed
near the boiler In incredibly short time the boat
was envelOped in flames, and the confusion which en-
sued among the passengers may be i'm lined, but can
not be described Tbe'erew made hen. can efforts to
stay the work Of destruction but even the attempt OF
Mr. Newball of the engineers to attach the hose
to the pumTs was unsuccessful, and the work OF de-
struction was sudden and fearful.
When Capt. Lamb Uncovered that all efforts TO save
the boat would prove unavsling he addressed himself
with all the energy Of his nature to and in the escape
Of the passengers and his efforts were gaantly sec
onded by Messrs. Frank Smith ana Robert Darciay,
the clerks and other members Of the crew. The ac-
counts az to the number Of lives l0st are conlcing
Ore informant expresses the fear that at least twenty
persons were either burned or drowned, while Others
think that eetmate too large. We annex list OF those
known 10 have been lost:
Capt Vim. Lamb, the commander, Of Louisville.
Jacob Hess, boat hand, of Portland.
Emily, slave Of Mr.. Hurry, the baIkeeper
TazeweI negro cabin boy, Of Lebanon, KY
Two children, deck passengers, unknown, OF Port
land.
Mr. Marmillon a Frenchman.
Mr.. j. w. Mcdonald of Indiana.
Servant girl Of A. Campbell, jr., OF Virginia
In addition 10 the above, three females were seen
to Jump overheard but of whom gained the shore.
Two or three others, whose names are not remem-
bered but who belonged to the boats crew, are miss
ing, together with two or three deck passengers.
The heroic conduct of Mrs. j. w. Mcdonald, who
was travelling with her husband, who was lying very
low at the time with consumption, a subject Of
general admiration. The announcement OF the con-
Migration too much for bis delicate nerves, and
the poor man swooned and died amid the excitement.
The wife refused TO leave the corpse of her husband to
the mercless fiery element but stood bravey by his
deathbed until the flames licked the panels of the
stateroom in which the corpse lay In vain she offered
almost fabulous Of reward TO any one who would
convey the body TO the shore and in sheer desperation
she caught up the eess form and bore to the guards
of the boat. 1t fell from her grasp, however and was
destroyed, IT ID presumed, with the boat Mrs Nc
Donald remained in Uniontown after the disaster IN
the hope of gathering up the ashes of her deceased
husband .f
The forward part of the boat was first enveloped in
fsmes and az Capt. Lamb at this Juncture was
obreryed ON the hurricane roof forward il is supposed
that be passed through the pohouse TO the stern OF
the boat and sd down the derrick which supports the
yswl. But the yawl was gone, party OF deckers
having cut it oose and made their way in 1t to the
shore. As Capt. Lamb was utterly unable 10 swim,
his portion now was perilous. Golf, negro porter,
saw Linn in that position. and threw him an oar, which
the captain failed to catch. The negro immediately
aerward lost sight of the captain, since which time he
has been gwen up for loet.
The first effort of Mr. Smith, the chief clerk was to
seize upon the books money, and papers of the boat
ard passengers ntrusted 10 his He unlocked the
cafe and got possession of 81 800 belonging to Capt
Bragdon one Of the owuers of the boat but his search
books, papers, together with the cabin register, the
money in the desk amounting to about $500, and even
MIR. Smiths wearing apparel were destroyed. The
surviving officers and Lost everything with the
exception perhaps Of the frs-engineer and Mr., I'm
derwood one of the pilots. =. ..
1t is said that in less than fifteen minutes after the
FIRE first discovered, the boat was burned to the
waters edge, the wreck floating down and lodging on
the island short distance below the coal.landing.
4 description which il given Of the destruction Of
stock by the flames, is painful in the extreme The
stock burned included $50 sheep and 100 head of fat
cattle mules and horses In addition to the live stock,
there over 3C0 tuns Of pork bacon and -four on
board and the loss, stated yesterday, viii sum
mp fully 100000 which loss is in great measure
covered by insurance in solvent offices.
We are informed that Alex. Can pbell, jr, OF Vir-
gnis and his party, including his wife, four children,
and sister, were passengers by the steamer having
escaped from the burning wreck Of the Pacific without
injury Mr. Campbell is the son of Elder Alexander
Campbell of Bethany, Va. The life of valuable
negro girl belonging to Mr.. Campbell lost by the
disaster. IN l --l eL- --