The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-24

All quiet on the fotohlaC 'n'0 "
dy~ veto
BILLY, alias Wa MUM. an American
citizen of the Sumner persuasion, was
arrested Yesterday and placed in the
i Lookup for fast driving Billy's iast
4 rcntleman,- is,
TERRIBLE CATAsTRorHE- B@'dhg OF
j a, Steamboat Winchester Yesterday
morning our citizens were startled by a
dispatch announcing that the Pitts6urg'
Wheeling aud Parkersbnrg packet
winchester, had been destroyed by
fire near East Liverpool,
,bo1t nifty miles above This city.
\. there were number oi Wheeling
,,su ON board the ill-rated steamer, the
interest ann anxiety asto their fate in
crsqsai - the intelligence Of the sad
df,oster necame circulated, and before
noon the CITY vas the scene of consider
tls excitement, which was III no wise
ah3ted until IN the afternoon, when tel,
egrams announced the safety OF the
WheeliDcites This news somewhat al
layed the excitement, but the fact that
some twenty or twenty-five persons had
either been drowned or burned to death,
cast Gloom over the Countenances OF
all who heard it
Feeling satisfied that our readers
would be interested ~ full account Of
me calamity, IN order to obtain the cor
rect information, 3e yesterday morning
rock the train aud visited the wreck
On the West Virginia shore, about one
mile above East Liverpool, near the
head of Babs Island we found the wreck
of the magnificent steamer Inc coat
was burned to the waters edge and lay
N about ten or fifteen feet OF wafer her
nov was run out OH shore, ana her stern
Lax about forty yards from land the
later Igated over the entire wreck, ex
cent !. p5ItIou OF the bow, iii which vas
I-irI,i.- i01 i coal aud fragments OF
.;r,EerS: the wheel Oh the STAFFORD side
has not entirely destroyed, and the
--.reei house had talleD IN the water rhe
Gn:iers and machinery we're entirely sub
merged.
Inc &c NV I'LL IL - BS"' '''''NNS
h,-+ = f. moments, when the first engi-
reer IIr II r. Dunbar, OF this city, saw
he names burst out in the tore part Oh
he boat He communicated the iact 70
Tie pilot through the speaking trumpet
ard told him TO run the BOAT ashore
TIE pilot headed for shore the engineer
,i-f o., full head OF steam and tie Do"
81 the boat was forced some tTontJ feet
out OF land 50 tightly vas ste ground.
ed that she never moved A majority CT
10. passengers were asleep when the IRE
nroks ont and when the alarm vas
sounded through the boat a terrible
scene eusued The frantic people,
cut Aslf awake, rushed out OF
heir state rooms aud huddled to
c.tFeT # unconscious OF their danger
; rush va- made for lite-preseryers by
some OF the more thoughtful, out others
ylungsd INTO the water from the outside
II tie boat Many were drowned who
a..Lfltve been saved bad they leaped
nom tie SIDE Of the boat nearest the
shore Others were sut1ocated and
curUeI to death before they had time 70
.et cut Of rGeir beds
The ire originated Just back OF tue
boilers III a lot OF bailed hay, 1t IS sup
posed from sparks OF cindsrs trom tue
f,Ynsce Tie watchmau, MIR. jerome
Downs. Of this city, saw the names auu
With the Gid Of several deck hands at
+smnt.d TO extinguiSL them, or roll the
bale of Lay overheard Before the burn
mo bale could be pulled ont, an upper
ous had ignited, aud the flames spread
:, the flooring under the cabin George
Eonuy Of Rochester Pa, who was sleep
mo lust above where the ire originated
was sulycated aud burned TO death -
Mr. James Alges, aud wife, OF Matamo-
ras, Ohio. were burned 10 deaIp
hsf,r. they got out OF THEN state
rnnrns Mr. A NJ Sheets, of Malta
,roros Ohio. heardthe alarm; he rush
ed out into the caO'n ana saw
tSot theboat vas on fire he returned t,
his stateroOm. aroused his wife, ant
made every effort to sc! ont tue uoor
between the two cabins were locked IL
told his wife to stick close to him, AM
they would get out he kicked OH tn
opter door of the state-room ana wa
ready TO leap into the river when he dis
covered that his wife was not nea
Lnn. lie ran back into the cat
in. alu.ost sutfOcated with smoke
tut could not find her; lie searched
the cabin until the flames drove hin
out he sprang into The river aud drag
ged ont some tive or six persons " omel
and children, and worked nObly anti
all were taken ont of the water, when b
sank down, completely exhausted Hi
wife could nowhere lie found, an,
,t-was thought Sue v As burned to death
although some Of the crew of the boa
We're Of the opinion that she ,umped int
the river and was drowned Mrs Sheet
was the daughter OF Mr. VIM Waddle
Of West Liberty, in this county. ana VA
we'll known in this city p an exCelleu
lady.
John Yaumeter, of Woodland, W Va
wife and six children succeeded in ge
ting off the burning boat into the rive
They became separated Mrs, '. au
two children we're saved, but the hu
band and four children were browne
Mr.. Sheets saw one of the four CHI
dren floating in the water, an
swan ont to rescue him. 81
before be reached him the little fe
low sank. Mr.. s. dove down and caugf
the child, but before he reached Ian
the child died. Mr. Vaumeter had sol
his property Al this State, and was mo.
ing his Iamily 60 their new home d
had considerable sum of money on; b