New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-02-12
LOSS OF THE STEAMER cHARMER.
Boat and Cargo Total noss---L,ves Lost.
LIST or rnE n1ssIse, wousDzD ASD SAVED


LIST OF THE MISSING, WOUNDED A5D SAVED
The steamer Charmer, Capt. Wilson, one of the
regular line of mail steamers which run between
this port and Vicksburg caught fire and was to-
tally destroyed, together with her cargo, on last
Sunday night, when about miles below Donald
sonville. The Charmer was on her way from
vicksburg to this port with cargo of 1928
bales cotton and 500 sacks of cotton seed. A list
of the consgnees will be found in our marine col
umn. The Charmer was fine steamer, about
two years old. She was built at Cincinnati,
and owned by Capts. Wilson and Holmes, the lat
ter being in command at the time of the accident,
Capt Wilson being ILL. She was valued at sll5,-
oOo and was insured for s35, 600 in Western offices;
her cargo, we believe, was but partially insured.
From Mr.. J. 3. Curell, passenger on the ILL
fated steamer we have the following particulars of
the burning of the boat: o
AT about IL o'clock P. NJ. the alarm of fire was
given, and such the rapidity of the flames that
neither the starting point the origin Of the fire
could be asoertaned, and in about fifteen minutes
| the boat and cotton was mass of flames. To the
cool and intrepid conduct of Mr.. Chas. Yates, her
pilot who the boat ashore and held her in until
the flames reached him and compelled him to quit
! H.
on watch at the time, those who were saved, in all
probability, owe their lives. Yet notwithstanding
every exertion that was made on the part of the
officers of the boat, the following persons lost the
| lives DR.. Millikin and wife got on at Vicksburg
and are supposed to be from Mississippi. Mr.. Dunn
| and lady of Tennessee Mr. D. and lady were seer
shortly after the discovery of the fire. in the wate
short distance below the boat, and as nothing
was seen or heard of them afterwards it is gener
ally supposed that they were drowned. There arr
also three negro women known to be lost.
The following are all the passengers who wer
seriously injured: DR.. Thorn, leg broken; Mrs
White, leg broken; young Irish girl, badl.
burned. The sufferers were left at the place of th
! accident
The following are the passengers known to hav
been saved DR.. Rome, Allen Bond, Judge E. Z
Farrar, R. Lewis, J. Arani, Geo. W. Williams,
Callyer and his mother, Geo. Douglas, H. Browr
c. A. de France, C. W. Brown, Caleb Snder, {
Utz, DR.. D. Beatty, j. H. Galloway Sergeant 7
; Montgomery, Jno. Trumbull of Tensas, J. B. Ca
roll of New Orleans, W. j. Key, Mr.. Hardy, :
E Thissel, DR.. D. Metcslf, W. Wood of Natchez, Mi
= Brown, R. 2. Trabue of Vicksburg, G. Lawrence
ri Plaquemne parish Mrs. II. e. Lawrence and chill
5 Miss Lawrence of New York, W. H. Finkgrav
5 A. Provosty, J. A. Morgan and three nieces al
d two nephews, John Clark, W. Coyle, DR.. Rabbit
k Jos. Hamilton and three servants, C. 7. McGhe
5 NJ. NJ. Lee, G. R. Renberg, A. Ross, Churchill,
t Lambert and ]. Klienpetre. There may have be'
it other passengers aboard, but all the books al
t papers of the boat were destroyed except Il
ledger it is impossible to give any further inform
ton in regard to the passengers.