, 1865-08-29
THE LATEST LAKE DISASTER,
fsfNen3arS of the Burning Of the
Steamer 1Tns el!er,lat Eagle Harbof,
Lake Superior, 4AuE gust I71H.

fSS5sssn1ars S,os,,,a Of the Burning Of the
Lake Superior, August iii.
frtom the Detroit Free rress, asth.1
The steamer Iron City, which arrived here
yesterday afternoon, brought down with her
the officers and crew Of the steamer Traveller,
which Wns burned Mt Eagle Hnrbor on Thurs
day the 18th inst. To the clerk, Mr.. John
johnson, We are indebted for the following re-
The Traveller arrived at Snap1ey & Co.'s
dock at Eagle Harboz about II o'clock, and
shortly afterward she was discovered to be
On lire. 1t was soon ascertained that the fire
had originated in the fore hold, and as It
spread with fearful raplhty the consternatiou
ain9ng i1es1g those sts On board y. MY vel be imag-
succeeded but momentar1y, and soon
the flames licked their wsy I'M In tbe
upper deck With the rapidt-:J of II lightning.
and being, famed by a I.ale Of Wild from
the west, tue Whole upper works Of the boat
| were enFe!opea ~ Iames. The flames spread
| IN Sast snee. enyeloping everything within
reach, and leaving but momcntary work, as it
| were, to save whatever was within reach, The
workmen set to work with will after the re-
mainder Of the passengers had been sent
ashore, to secure the baggage anl other arti-
cles, aud in this they were almost completely
board when tie flames drove them from the
! burning boat In the hustle AVID confusion,
1~'' heen got out % drown tie
| the hose Thlra u.~ ,abf
fire became obstructed BY lae ..e'IA'
having lecn thrown upon It,, and was rem
1ered comparatively useless. Soscc Of the
officers and men were en%asna. below
ing mostly Of hay, at the time, and the hl,,a,
catching hold Of this, soon filled the bont
with dense, sitting smoke, which acceIesat-
ed the destruction by driving the men from
their posts. Hardly ten minutes elapsed be-
fore 1t was found that in order to save the
cut adrift, and abandoned to her fate. Capt.
Stewart, who, from the time it was evident
that to savc the boat WIS ucxt to impossible,
made bold attempt to scutMe her, but tue
effort was unavailing. Others attempted tho
same thing, but were driven from tlclr pur-
pose BY the heat aud smoke.
Nothing Whatever was got ont Of tic hold,
and the bulk Of the freight, which was for
parties In Engle harhor und vicinity, was aban-
doned to tho flames. The clerk, 31r. johnson,
managed to save al the books and papers be-
longing to The boat, entire, though not with
gcs were also saved, and many articles in the
cabln-thosc more easily hanlled-wcre
thrown upon the deck before she was cut
adrfft.
The officers and crew may be said to hare
lost thing Of personal effects, their efforts
being directed entirely toward saving the pas
scngers' baggage and other freight. Some of
them return with onlv the clotiJnp they had
m fItefr hacks nj fhc f,rnc IL soon 40 liz m.
nor dNcl-e 1ra-o l., Nn,nas ,e r. n;tsh a,.J t
tween the plauks began to melt, and dropping
below added new fuel to the na1ncs, and ai
hopes of saving the boat vanished.
The strong breeze which was blowing from
hos1,nr tn,rnr1 nc ,aaf "aeIh aC1oss sne
nalpo5 toWala ~; tne peacn opposite lwhcre shc
9uInca 10 tnc "ater'6 caso anu sank head
six feet Of water, while the stern Is Submerged
cnly SIX feet. The damage 10 her machIncry