New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-18
The sinking Of The Steamboat soatl. nents,


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1 The Memphis Avalanche Of Saturday last gives
the following account Of this disaster:
/ Wednesday night the steamer Goody Friends,
4 bound from This port to Cincinnati and the South
\ Bend, bound from Cincinnati to Arkansas river
i met in Big Bend some forty miles above this city.
4 The usual signals were given, but the Goody
Friends, we understand failed to answer properly.
\ The two boats rapidly neared each other, and
4 when within short distance, the mate of the South
Bend called to the pilot Of the Goody Friends to
4 back his boat. The only reply he received was
| :. Back your own boat, Cd d-n you " The
South Bend had previously reversed her engines,
| and the bow of the opposing boat struck her on
the lafhoard side, just abaft the derrick fall cut
4 ting her half In two
! The boilers of the South Bend were precptated
into the river by the shock, and the boat comenc-
| ed rapidly to sink. 4 scene of dire confusion
ensued--the passengers rushing franticaly half
clad, to the hurricane roof. There was but one
4 lady on board, and she was speedily placed III
safety by the heroic efforts of the bar keeper
1 Albert Dguseher, whose conduct is spoken of in
the highest terms by those who were present, The
boat sunk in less than three minutes from the time
she was struck, in deep water. Only the texas
was left out of the water. Many of the deck hands
were unable to reach the hurricane roof but most
of them cung to the stage-planks until they were
rescued by Capt. r. T. Haynes, the commander
who displayed the utmost GOODNESS throughout, in
directing the movements of the Others Its known
that two cabin passengers and three deck hands
were lest. Two bodies have already been reeoy-
cred, one OF them that Of deck-hand, and the
other that of Rr. Quigley rnachinist who resid-
ed in Arkansas Ii is feared that as many as seven
lives were sacrificed but we could not learn posi-.
lively.
Goody Friends sprung a leak and was run ashore. T
where q bulk. head was built aud the water pump.
ed out OF her. When satisfied that he was az all /
right Capt. Shulnan sent yawl to the assistance
Of the South Bend, and many Of her passengers |
went up the river on the Goody Friends 1t is said
that George Harrison, the fellow who was ordered
TO leave the city on Wednesday last, was on duty
at the time the collision took place. and that he Is
the person to blame for the accident
The steamer Carrier, bound from ST. Louis to |
New Orleans, came along shortly after, and those
who had been left on the wreck came to this city T
on her. They speak In terms of the strongest con-
demnaton Of her officers. Most of the people an
the South Bend lost everything even to their cloth
ing. such as had the money to pay for their
passage to Memphis, (two dollars was the charge1
were permitted TO occupy the cabin of the Carrier,
but the less fortunate were kept on deck and re.
fused anything to eat. The boat kept on her way
before the disgracefnl conduct of Its officers was
made known, or, we doubt not, they would have
been warmly received by our citizens.
The South Bend was new boat-a fayorite in
the Memphis and Arkansas river trade. She came
out in 1853, and was built by Capt.J d. Adams
and Capt. Dean, at a cost Of $4,000. She was in
sured for $4,000 in Cincinnati offices. Capt r. S. I
haines, her commander, is an experienced and
efficient boatman, and is at present in this city,
stopping at the Worsham.