Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-08
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n. following ars the particulars Of ~
,,,.s 81 the aon6no8 0lAagOU:
tn British asamer 0loagow lelt New
Yurk at four O'Clock on he morning Of Sun.
dsy. July 80. for Liverpool, with full
freight Of cotton, cheese, &C., and some
two hundred and flfty persons. including
scamen, on board.
Everything went we'll until about O'Clock
.. m. Of the Biz, when . cry YVES sounded
IMAM overheard" A boat was lowered 70
save him, but he was unavoidably lost HI
had come aboard in state Of delirium ire
mems, and had baen put in Q olDikht Jacket
by the surgeon Thus confined, he rolled
himself overheard The excitement caused
by this event had scarcely sutnided when
about O'Clock p. M, an alarm Of fire wa.
sounded All hands rushed on deck, and, a,
the fire was on the forepart Of the vessel, oil
the sec0nd-class paseengen led an amid the
widest excitement
Orders were given by the captain and on
GERS that no person should get into the boat,
without permission, and that the man who
attempted TO force his way into boat, be-
fore eli the women and children should hayt
been taken off, would be shot. The order
was cheerfully acquiesccd in by all the gen
tlemen in the first cabin.
A vessel was soon discovered at distance
of eight miles, and the Glasgow was at onct
put under q full head Of steam towards her
firing minute guns and displaying sigma
flag saying, IL am on fire. The vesse
changed her course and made for the Glas
gov in the meantime the captain ordered
boats 10 be lowered 80 as 10 prevent confu
sion wh-n the time came to occupy them
Captain Manning then ordered the ladder
lowered and commenced transferring passen
gers to the boats. The ladies and children
were Ill first transferred, and then in regu
lar order the males were transferred.
The friendly vessel proved to be the Rosa
mond, Captain II. S. Wallis, Of and for New
York. Lie received the passengers and crew
with the utmost kindness, and bid them
welcome to all he h,A on board His Off
GERS and crew were also very kind Alter
all the passengers had been transferred, thu
removal Of the baggage took place, after
which the Glasgow's officers and men LEFT
her. Captain Manning remained by per
| until one O'Clock D. IN, when the ships hui
was wrapped in flames. The steamer krin
came in sight on the morning ofthe 22d josl
at daybreak, and it was deemed prudent I'd
transfer the Glasgow's passengers TO her
which was done, the captain Of the Erie re
| ccived them in the most hospitable manner
The origin OF the fire is variOusly report
ed, one ha wing II that bale Of cotton took
fire from lighted match thrown upon il
by Storage passenger, after lighting his
pipe
On reaching the deck OF the Erie the pas.
sengers of the i'll fatcd William Nelson met
with those who were exceedingly anxious
to render assistance to the unfortunates.
AT . meeting Of the Glasgow's passengers.
resolutions Of thanks to God, to Captain
Manning and his officers and to Captain
Wallis and his officers; were adopted.
The Explosien ON The Steamer JOSEPH,
Pierce.
The Ticksbury Herald, extra, of the 1st
gives the particulars of the explosion and
burning of the ct, amer Joseph Pierce, AT
PALMYRA plantation 1.-The Pierce was TAX
ing on board regiment Of cOlorcd soldiers
when the explosion took place The explo-
svc force of the h,ilcr seemed to expend its
fury only Immediately amidships, whic
accounts for the small loss of life under suel
circumstances The officers and crew were
all saved except the chief engineer, William
Nicols who was badly wounded, and was
not expected To live at last reports. -Four
iircinen, names unknown, were blown all
to pieces One-half Of u man. the upper
part, was found blown ashore two hundred
yards from the boat. \ leg, supposed to
belong to the same body, was found
some fifty Yards farther off. Part of the
boiler was blown four hundred yards ashore.
The killed, wounded, scalded, &c. were
mostly colorci troops, and perhaps fifty will
cover the loss but, at this time we cannot
state positively the number. Charles Oak
ley, the pilot, was bruised by falling among
rubbish, but was saved, ami is doing well.
The officers and crew returned to New Or
leans on the Won Phul After the explo
sion, the boat took fire, burned and sunk
There were fortunately no ladies or children
aboard, and very few passengers, or the ca'
lamity might have been greater. Those for
ward and those aft Of the boilers escaped
generally, uninjurcd The wounded, mostly
| coored soldiers, were brought up by til.
steamer Fashion. We are informed by passen
gers that, on the arrival of the Fash
ion at the scene of the disaster, Cap
tain Pratt and his officers and crew
did everything in their power TO assist
and alleviate the condition of the survivors
Billy Campbell, the steward, rendered more
than ordinary assistance, spreading his Ia
blcs and beds for the wounded In fitteer
minutes from the explosion, the boat burned
up and sunk. Luclen Bland was wounded
but Mr. Rollins, his fatherin-law who came
UP on the Fashion, says not seriously. Bot
Owen, one Of the clerks, had his leg bruised
but otherwise is all right. Jim Douglas es-
capped uninjured. Capt G. a. Manlove was
aboard, hut came out unscathed and is now
in this city.