The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-04

Burnsaw Of tho-s1seameP FussSlou-DcsesivtiO
. BY . survivsr-An Awful Seeac-W0uen
Throw their children Overheard sixty
fyfom the Nsw Orleans Ttmss, Dscf ISL
In our edition Of this morning we furnished
IN S. 70 mi % The assn :s
sssss vsSsv. ss:s.sssss fsesiss sdsssss.i 1ssss-
me boak tack rs At half past shrss o'olsok Thsrs
shsiarsssrS sds We sssd svssy sSsss . Pot 1 out
but when rounding tows rounded TO on the windWard
&. 0 & ~ sas a1e s Z: .s:
the nre. bed been extinguIshsd on the outside the
hs.s. hsa ossa beTs through and had S caught ,!n
OF cotton abreast the boilers. Az soon - idscoversd
thesmoks coming up between the guards and the cotop
knew there chance 10 the boat. Then the
thing TO land her and try to save tho people
board We ran into the bank ON the Baton Rouge side,
Of steam, 10th engines working, and ranher In high
and dry forward 50 that the people on ths forecsse
10 save tbs people on ne an Of the boat
At about the time staredaft and COMMANDED throw
ing ladders and that we used for scruDong
after shes The scess that ensusd indescribab.s
R saa
who coald not swns-with their hands up and shrskng
then got both tho reboais overheard but to no eecs
ct ALL sinking and the other, which came up right
s0i INTO The river and came bsswccn Tho an
derrick guys and swan to the yawL Aer got Into the
water picked up several lady passenger, and wen,
~ Battling with one Of the sides q The ysw that got
out there and another party got Int tho yaw and
persons cngng TO tho wreck cotton bales, and he
went down TO Baton Rouge Accuple Of children were
= they sct to Baton Rouge One Of tho children Was
recognized by lady, but the other was not
ssrs On "s s. Soa one or whom aSy Sohsysd il
very heroic manner. After had taken her child from
her sho got hold Of the yaw and when tried to pull
her up she said sIet alone, am safe. Help those
ladies' on the other side for Gods help them" II
gives me pleasure 10 add that she among the saved
padding %nn with one or The salsroom bnds Hs had
waded waist deep to get In the yawi and save some
w sns this "1 paddle soa help
save the ades' and both worked away to save the
ladies' We got all the ladies' o. this party on but lost
and think were related TO Messrs Rick and shelton
There must have boon between fifty and sixty persons
in ali lost for cav between forty and NIFTY persons At
one time struggling for their lives There were not less
than three hundred persons in all on board Everybody
forward got on but the moment tho wind struck tho
cotton Il drove the 1amss right through, enveopng the
whole from the arboard to the starboard 80 that
could get and a., had 70 .axe me water
saw that a. kept under way the wind famed the
flames He stopped tho boat When no stopped her
there was Roadway her and Ne started 10 tho Baton
Rongc side and sarboard shore II he had lot her
20 tho other way there deep water aud her stern
would have been saved After he bad rounded TO- was
afraid 10 couuteand the order for fear she would not
reach the Shore but would burn In the middle Of the
river and everybody would be lost II he had gone TO
the other shore where there blur bank, all would
have gotten on But there was no time 70 thir9 the
flames were making such rapid headway. Al the time
told tho pilot sop The boat We were running - mot
lcss than twelve miles an hour.
IA general thing the people were NOS much alarmed
n FIRST The lady passenger Ike everybody else,
thought IL only bale Of cotton on IRE, which
would DO extngushed In . few mnutes The hrst
they knew they shut out and could not set for
ward and had 10 20 aft AT the landing tho wind blew
the re right across the boat and thus prevented them
jumping ashore and they were compelled 70 take the
river.
The scene was most fearful Az l have already
stated II is impossible 70 describe II have beer
stcarpoatng for nineteen years. but never have seer
such sight met my eyes while the people were
Cling In the for their lives They were not burned
they were drowned. -.
Alter the cotton burned up the boat noatsd Of, toll.
loon