Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-23

i passengers had cut it loose when. the boat
first caught fire, and went ashore, leaving
all others to their fate. Capt. Lamb, as
the fire. encroached. upon him, dropped to
the. water by the derrick fall and then told
| Cot, n colorcd man, the lamp trimmer.
who was with him, that he could not hold
on much longer. Golf threw him an oar.
when all 6ccane involved in dense
smoke. and the unfortunate Captain dfsap-
Epeared. he must have sunk at once, aud
being unable to swim, was lr0ynrd.
| AS. the boat was lyiagQt the shore when
| she caught fire; aud the passengers ana
most of the crew were enahled to go
ashore over the gangway,, and the coal
Hoat alongside, Capt. Lamb evidently.
thought the yaWl was in itstusual place ut
Tie stern and while doing his ,lulyeup to
the Very test nloR1sQ flfe e n,
truntst and the on halid 9escap wa s'
by tho yawl, which was carried off, and he
was lost. The mates subsequently, recov-
ed the yawl, and went back to the burn
ing wreck and succeeded in saving the
lady passenger alluded to above, and sew
eral others. including A. 7. Burnley, ESQ,
lof4 Frankfort, Ky, who was. ON his way to
his Southern plantation. When the alarm
was given, lie went to his statc-room, TO
his trunk, to secure some valuable pa
.pers. Hc succeeded in dragging his
trunk to the guard, but was unable
to throw it overheard, and lost all his
papers and baggage. He climed4dowu the
after guard. where he remained, being un-
able to swim, until taken off by the crew
in the yaWl. He was one of the last taken
from the guards. Prank Hurry was, one of
the last to leave the boat losing nearly
everything, and had to jump overheard and.
swim ashore
Mr.. Robert Ford, passenger, cut the hall
ter of one of his fnc horses, which swan
ashore safe. a large bullock also swan
out, but died as soon as it reached the
shore. The scene of the burning boat and
its thousand head of live stock. all tied to
the stake, prey to the devouring flames,
was fearful and horrible in the EXTREME
There were seven hundred and fifty sheep,
and one hundred aud thirty head of fat
cattle, mules, and horses all burnt alive,
with no chamce of escape. In addition to
the live stock, there was upwards of three
hundred tons of pork, bacon, aud flour ON.
board, which, together with the destruction
OF the splendid steamer, involved loss Of
nearly 100000.
The steamer e. H. Fairchild, on her
way to this port from New Orleans, came
in sight soon after the Pacific caught ire,
and Capt. Faucet and his officers lay by
the wreck and did all that could be done
to sgve life and property. The officers
and crew of the boat were brought home
on the F0irchild,> free of charge The
burning wreck footed but short distance
from the scene of the confagration before
one of the whecl-houses was seen to fall,
and the hulk grounded on tue bar. The
FNiFchild was some two hoursat satthesccnc,
RRa. bad t,re'6utn1q 6fhcers
of the Plcitic did all that could be DONE,
nearly every one losing everything but the
clothes they stood in. The loss of Capt.
Lamb will be deeply deplored by the
whole community. He died ut his post,
nobly fulfilling his duty to the last mo-