New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-22
THE RIVER DISASTER
A WEEK AT THE WRECK - THE
WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
Latest Intelligence From Other Sources
Arrival Of DR.. BurkhOlder's Remains.

| lFrom tae Louisville Courier Journal.
The General Buel yesterday brought from
Warsaw the remains Of DR.. Fl. II. Burk.
holder, of this city. We have Just learned
that ThomasCrane, formerly servan. of Jesse
Crane, of Spencer county, in this State, was
| lost on the steamer United States. Two
| parties claim the body supposed to be Mr..
1 William Garvin, of this city.
| WEEK AT TIE WRECK.
Mr.. John Connor has kindly sent us a cor.
rect report Of the work accomplished at the
wrecks up to yesterday.
SATURDAY, December 5.-The body of Miss
| Mary johnson was found floating in the
river opposite Madison, and colored boy,
name unknown, was taken from the wreck.
| SUNDAY, December 6.-Eight charred
| bodies we're recovered from the wreck, the
following of which were identified: Willis
L. CLARK, of Lexington, Indiana; o. B.
| Sappington, of Madison, Indiana; and one
| body, supposed to be that of Mrs. Commo.
| dore Thompson, of New Orleans. Recent
developments indicate that it is the body OF
| Miss Grace Fahnestock, of Philadelphia.
MONDAY, December 7.-Twenty-three
bodies were taken from the water and three
| from the wreck, the latter badly burned. OF
these wer Identified:
Emile Mureau, second barkeeper.
Wallace Farris, Lexington, Indiana.
John Farber, Hanover, Indiana.
Mrs. D. SeabrOok, New Albany, Indiana.
Mrs. G. W. Griffin, New Orleans, Loui.
siana.
VIM. johnson, deck sweeper.
John Finnell, head steward.
James W. Johns, Jr., third clerk.
Elijah Forte, colored porter, Cincinnati.
Willis Lafferin, colcred, hall tender, Gin
john Henry King, colored, deck hand,
Hunters Bottom.
John Douglass, colored, deck hand, JEFF
| fersonville.
Burrell Taylor, colored, deck hand, Louis
| vile. ---... ~.
Willis Taylor, colored, deck hand, Louis
vile.
Ed. suter ('PicD, colored, deck hand,
| Louisville. .-.
Dennis Coleman, colored, fireman.
Ed. Black, colored, fireman, Nashville.
| David Nc Alister, colored, fireman, Law.
Charley -, colored, ladies' cabin boy,
| Cincinnati.
Richard Marshall, colored, scrubber, Gin.
cinnati.
Cabin boy, coIored.
Woman. colored, deck passenger from
Cincinnati.
Charles Smith, mulatto, cabin boy, Madi-
son. ..... g...
Tom Crums, colored, Louisville.
TUESDAY, December S.-Weather very bad
wind blowing SO hard that no work could
/ be QOles No UDuleS WE'RE
WEDNESDAY, December 9.-Eleven bodies
recovered, seven of which were taken from
the river and four from the wreck very
badly charred. The following were identi
fed: 7"er" s
Geo. W. Fahnestock, Philadelphia.
| Mrs. j. Pearce, Louisville.
Dominies de Juise. Louisville (Ttalian).
Black boy, well dressed, supposed to be {
cabin boy.
- Douglass, colored, thirteen or four
teen years Of age, son of John Douglass, o
Jeffersonville.
James Field, colored, deck hand, Louis
vile.
George Gable, colored, deck hand, Gin
cinnati.
THURSDAY, December 1O.-Three bodie.
recovered-two from river and one from
wreck, very badly burned. Of these wert
DR.. H. H. Burkholder, of Louisville, and al
IrishnIan, very large, supposed to be a decl
identified. The third body is SO badly
burned that it will be difficult, if not impos
sible. to recognize it.
FRIDAY, December 1.-Two bodies were
fonnd-one Harry Brunswick. of Cincinnati
and one that of young lady, sixteen Of
seventeen years Of age, so much burned s.
to be difficult of identification. 1t has no
yet been claimed.
In addition to the above a man was founC
at Vevay, Indiana, six feet one inch il
height, from forty.dve to fifty years of age
and weighed about one hundred and eighty
five pounds. He had in his pocket due
bin from -- Taplinger TO Elizabeth Win
scott for thirty dollars. This is all that ha
yet been accomplished toward the recover,
of the lost ones. The party taken up from
Madison is still at work, and hope to fin
more bodies. A submarine diver is engaged
in searching the bed of the river. He ha
been beneath the guards of the boat iron
stem to stern, and is now ready to travers
the bottom of the river. Captain Carter ha
charge of the men at work, and is doin,
everything that man can do to aid partie
in finding their friends. Whoever of tn
Mail Line is to blame in regard to the assist
ance rendered those searching for the re
mains of the lost, Captain Carter is certainl-
exempt. He, indirectly, has done every
thing possible under the circumstances.
The Cincinnati Gazette says;
So far, the highest reliable estimate of tn,
number of persons who lost their lives b,
the burning of the steamers United State
and America is as follows; Passengers, %
fremen 6; cabin officers and crew %; decl
crew, IL. Total, So. The steamer Nat vii
liams, with crew of about thirty five men
has been at the scene of the disaster 70
more than a week, and Friday night tn
wrecking boat Underwater arrived, Tn
weather has been so cold for two or thre
days that little could be accomplished. TIL
diver went down into the wreck on Satur
day, but recovered no more dead bodies.
is believed that the body of Miss Fahnestoc
is one of those now on the bank in th
vicinity OF the sunken boats.