The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-04-21
BURNING OF THE U. s. TRANS
PORT GEN. LYON, OFF CAPE
HATTERAS.
Over FIVE Hundred Lives Lost.
From the y. Y. Times. April 3.


FROM Tue ~ l. lines, apfi D.
| }V ;he arrival Of the steamer Gen. Sedg-
wick, al this poT, yesterday, We are rul
IN possession OF The facts Of one of the
most appalling caIanlties by tire AT sea
that has occurred Tor many Years, invoIv-
! ing the loss OF life o! some 81 souls IN
Guiding men. women and children, nearly
iuur- tiiihs OF whom were burned TO death.
owing 10 the bastard, conduct of some
few " ho We're on board the ship and had
40 Thought but for splfpre<ervarion.
On Wednesday last The United states
steam transport Gen LYON sailed from
Wilmington fer Forrre.s Monro-, having
on board gO4 If the 5t limos regiment,
2 I .h,isIun. u hri.ad. l.. II arm, corn.
who had served ON ,hair ti,n. about 900
,aro,.d ard e,ca,ed n,i,nre,s aud \ con
siderable humber of refugees, making a
to1al lncludirg the crew. of ab,n1 $50
u.r.ous The Iyor nrnrne,Ied as f., a.
inc har vhale >he remained over rjgh,
and abou, n,cloek on Thnr,eay morn
in,, resumed her coDrsa No,hin, nj in
terest occurred until about 10 o',ioc, On
Friday murnin.r whom in sg,oaI vst,.r IF
Gam. Uateras. The fhri,,iny rrv Of fire
was raised and =, once The scene was
hear terIinp Women ,aD SCREAMING,
on he decks searching, for their .lil..,en
or friends while men we're quite AS appalI-
ot the survivors. il seemed As if every one
had suddenly become he-elt OF ,heir
senses and . place was vary nanIe-
monlun. Soldiers who had been with
Sherman through al III. hard fought
battles, and had never been known 10 fat
4rin the thickest of battle. became as help.
less IS little children.
Ihe fire ws- .alset! hy Tie bursting Of
barrel of coal oil il the p0rter's room. ii
rectiv over the boiler. aud in less than
FIVE minutes tie fan es were heic'ling oui
on the deck. ana with the assistance OF =
strong gale, spread very rapidly. The
mate Of the ship AZ once " ent L. wo.k /"
get out the hose, ia, tie a'ain atd *
element we're 50 great that ,.Ut little poo
gtrss could he made towards eytlrCni b
iuG Tie Iite In the meau.iipe. the esp.
ta'n %: he ship came Hp, and in p tno-'
frantic man er exclaimed, shes gou~ .
shes gone. there's no use OF uylnE 20
ave her. 4 rn,h was then made 'oF
lbs nte-boaIs, Of which there were hu,
three on board, and they were soon iaunch>
ed. Two o. He boats were on the bow
al The vessel. and As soon as one wa
launched, the captain spranE into 1t and
pushed Ii, intent on saving his own lite
Capt James Weber, Of Go. X. So Illinois
regiment, succeeded in getting Into the
same boat. which II a moment after WAS
struck hv the wheel. and The captain OF
ne snip WAS instantly Killed. Captain
Neher, telDg utlflnred. chung To tie
s~"1nPed boat, hnt subsequently,, as he was
beng hauied on board the Gen Nedgwlrk,
shout quarter CT mile distant, lost his
hold OF the rope and was drowned. Cur
informant, Joseph Ftz4era'd, Go. * 81 n
| itllnhla goi INTO ih9 other boat launched
fr"n the bow. together with twelve others,
and while endcav,rng 10 PEI en- board the
Gen >edgwlck, all bat FIVE were droHned
IN consequence Of The 'nngh sea A run-
ter OF "tner persons got INFO the bird
aunch and We're -aveI while others were
tossed overheard doors and pianks, and
were subsequently picked up
Al the tune the five troke ou, nearly
4o0 soldiers were below. as but few
we're allowed on the deck at one time
and as soon as the alarm was given, the
ladders were pulled up from the matches,
thus precudiug the possibility Of escape,
aud there can be nc doubt tina, they were