New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-30


painfully verified during the afternoon By the arIi.
, val Of the steamer Magnolia, which boat brought
the clerk, MI. A. G Cunningham, and about thirty
SURVIVING passengers from TIE wreck OF she AZ 4.
Lacey, Capt George Taylor wsen 9oaa was ,. aas
A 10 o'clock Thursday evening" Mr. Cunningham, IN
person, furnished us with thrilling details q We
| disaster and frem his statement we collected tne
following facts Just before the hour Of 10 o'clock,
: when The Lacey was opposite Island l6, quantity
of hay near the arboard derrick was discovered 70
BID Oh fire. The alarm was given az oncet and the
3 boat was headed for the shore.
Almost instautaneotIsly the flames shot forth in
$ eyesy direction and in the space OF two minutes
( after the fire had communicated with the forward
4 portion Of the boiler deck, the entire cabin was
! enveloped in d sheet of flames. Many of the pas
seupers about seventysfive in number, which were
4 about equally divided between the cabin and deck
4 had retired for tho night and the CONSERVATION Of
the passengers and the appalling scene which en-
/ sued may be imagined. but could not be described.
! The afiigbted passengers from the cabin gathered
On the starboard guard behind the wheelhouse,
and by lowering themselves into the water, with
the aid Of lfepreservers driftlogs and the stand
ing trees in the vicinity, the greater number gained
the shore.
Mr.. Cunningham estimates the lost at twelve or
fifteen; but, as the cabin register, together with
all the other books and papers of the boat were
lost there is no means Of arriving precisely at the
extent Of the fatality The loss of life was in the
main, confined to the deck passengers and subor-
dinate employees of the boat. Those known to be
AVst al Sti.u Huuut years vi Ol
Capt A. T. Lacey, three Or four deck hands, three
| negro children and two cabin servants, together
with two or three deck passengers, and child be-
! longing to q deck passenger, which had been res
| cued, but died afterwards of its injuries.
4 Mr.. Cunningham, in person, rescued lady
whose name is Hutchinson, the wife of q lawyer of
Little Rock, and brought her to this city yesterday
on board the Magnolia Mrs. =. is Of the Gayoso
4 House, and, although she received no serious
wounds, she was in delicate health at the time,
and was considered in critical condition last
1 evening.
The heroic conduct Of a lady whose name we did
not learn, but who is related to Mr. b. Whitesides,
OF this city, deserves mention She cooliy jumped
overheard, swan clear of the Wheel and made her
way safely to shore. She also arrived in this city
yesterday. The conduct Of Capt. Alfred 7. Lacy,
who was making trip To New Orleans at the time,
with bis family consisting of his wife, four children
and servant, was characteristic of his noble ma
ture. Directing Mrs. Lacy to throw herself over
beard, he followed her and bore her safely in his
arms to the shore. In like manner he separately
rescued three others of his children, and the SER
want.
freight clerk, caught up the youngest child Of the
family, an interesting girl of six years. and jumped
overheard, but his hold relaxed ere he reached the
shore. and the child went down to rise no more.
Notwithstanding her own terrible domestic affect
ion, Mrs. Lacey devoted herself to the alienation
of the suffering of Others and was marked in her
attentions to Mrs. Hutchinson, of whose injuries
serious appralensions were entertained at the
time.
During the eoniagration the steamer Magnolia,
Capt. Thomasson, came down, and approached as
near the burning wreck as safety would Justify,
Capt j. and his officers rendering every Service
that humanity and kindness could suggest. Through
their agency many lives were saved, and the con-
dition Of the sufferers was greatly alleyated. All
the survivors were transferred to the Magnolia by
the officers OF which they were Hospitality re- /
ce1yed and entertained receiving every attention I
and favor that could be desired. These attentions /
were the more highly appreciated, nasmuch as the /
passengers and crew lost every thing including not /
only their money, but in many instances their
clothing. No portion of the cargo saved, be-
yond about two hundred head of cattle. The Mag
nolia Law alongside until 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning, when her longer detention was deemed
unnecessary. and she arrived here in due time with
about twenty-five or thirty Of the passengers of
the Inflated steamer
Yesterday morning the PIatt Valley arrived ut
the scene of the disaster, and took the officers and
crew and remaining passengers on board for St.
Louis.
The A. n. Lacey was one Of the ST. Louis and
New Orleans Railroad Line of steamers, and was
bound down at the time with cargo of Western
produce, consisting Of -four, pork, corn, oats, hay
bacon, whisky and cattle, the value Of which is es-
timated at $4,000. The boat had no insurance
upon her freight list. The Lacey is about two
years old and is valued at 100000, upon which
there il an insurance to the amount Of $40, 00O-haf
In st. Louis and half In pittsburg. The boat was
owned by Capt. Alfred L. Lacey and John r.
Rodney.
Crosse Tete for Bayou Sa,u.-The large freight
packet Crosse Tete, Capt. j. McQuoid, commander,
Mr.. George Wilkinson, clerk, leaves this evening
at o'clock for Bayou Sara and intermediate land
ings.
Fsgo for Red Riref The very light-draft packet
Vigo, Capt. R. W Martin, commander, Mr.. R. W.
Doyle, clerk, leaves at 5 o'clock this evening for
Shreveport and intermediate landings.
John Walsh, Railroad Line Packet for Isl. Louis
To-day. The splendid and frst-class passenger
packet John Walsh, Captain W. r Lamothe, com
mander, Mfr. D. Y. Dawly, clerk, backs out to-day
at p N. for all landings up to St. Louis. She has
4 large and exceedingly neat and spacious cabin,
admirably appointed, and arranged for comfort
and convenience. Travellers who secure rooms
will find everything they can possibly require for
their comfort and entertainment on the trip, and
they will also have clever officers for travelling
The John Walsh connects with the
different railroads for all points North and East.
Passengers can procure through tickets by apply
ing at the office Of the Company No. 81 Camp
street. The Walsh will take the mails and passen.
gers for Memphis and all way landings.
City OF Madison for Ginciniadti.-At o'clock
this evening, punetually, the large and superb pas
senger packet City Of Madison, Captain j. Neal,
Mr.. Collins, clerk. leaves for Mem
phis, Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. We com
mend the City of Madison to travellers with the
fullest confidence that she will give the most COM
plete satisfaction. Her passenger Accommodations
are excellent, and her reputation for speed, COM
fort and safety. second to no boat in the trade
John Raiae for LonisUiRe.-At 5 this evening
the swift and splendid passenger packet John
Raine Capt W. Underwood, commander, Mr..
Henry MoDougal clerk, leaves for Memphis, Cairo
and Louisville. The John Raine has large, airy
and most elegantly furnished state.rooms, the most
luxurious fare, careful and competent officers, with
great speed. We can and do most heartily recon-
mend her to all our friends, and we feel assured
that none can fail to be pleased with the fare and
treatment they will receive on the Raine should
they ever be SO fortunate as TO travel on her. The
John Raine Is one of the most popular boats in the
Louisville trade, and she is certainly one of the
best. She always carries the passengers when they
are going, and they always speak in high terms
Of the boat and her officers. They truly deserve
he praise thus bestowed, as they have labored
isrd and diligently to merit public favor. Do not
orget the passenger packet John Raine this even
ng, for LIZ uisviiIe. --f
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