The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-10
THE COLLISION.
The Fearful Disaster ON the Ohio River
Scenes and Incidents - The Entire
Des1rnctinM of the RnnlS hY Fire.

Destruction of the Boats by Fire.
The Louisville Couraer.J)urn1t OF yesterday
morning contains the latest par iclars of the
dreadful catastrophe on the OHIO river, near
Warsaw. on me evening of Friday last:-
CaGla,n X. Ii. Wood ok. VINO vas passenger
on the Aner.ca, and arrived home yes;erdly
nj, rp,ng. gave US IA very graphic aud IN ere suing
account OF the terrible i.haD. he states that
a. the moment OF the COLI ION he was asleep,
and did uoJ wake ill the boa came together
The second time. Hastily putting on hls pan
ialooDs he went into the cabin, and was sur
pr,sed to see that all was perfectly Quot on
the boat, and but one man besi ie himself had
lett his berth. Going forward, he saw in q
nom,nt what had occurred. Tae United
States had already bnrned bacl to the
wheel house, and the flames were rapidly
sweeping aba t. Seeing the passengers OF
the Sta'es rush ne peli-meil abnari the America.
Captain voolfolk leapet into The river from the
bow OF the steamer, wi no hug bat his pauts
and undetclotolng on, and swan ashore. He
saws the coils on happened about hlt-past ii
O'Clock. one mi and a halt above Warsaw, ana
at tle time the nignt was verS dark, and either
brisk raiu or sLoV was falling. The America,
Il csDding, blew two VIII stiles. to WI ch ne ates
res ponded but heavS gale WAS bio wing and the
VII stle was not heard by he pliot OF the Ane-
r ca. After the hrst VIII stiles the America ag ,In
blew twice. MIR. Reme'n, pilot OF the states,
SAYS he bew once. aud when he heard
The Americas two whistles, he stopped aud
commenced backing; bat 1t was TOO late 1t Is
presumed The pl'ots were deceived by tae darS-
ness as to the dis anc- that separated the boats.
The America struck the States on the lar5oard
side running ne ;rly through the baggag room
aid into he hull. They GOT apart by the re-
coil OF the coucussion, out Immediately swung
togotber aga'n, the America on tue Indiaua
shore ano the Sta'es on the outside OF her.
When they las0ed the second time the atfIg ed
people began to escape from the States 10 the
America. TIE latter YES el, having COM
nepced TO back too late, ca"ght ire
on her upper deck from the flames OF toe
fate no hod oh tIJnn -i,ya
barrels petroleum, all OF which took dre almost
instantly. Tue America backed down two or
three hundred lards below the wreck of the
States, near enough the shore to enable all on
board To Jump ashore. The States swung
around, bead up stream, and sunk in three feet
Warer toI ward and seven or eght eet astern.
A considerable portion of the wreck will be
saved. The America l. tolal loss, but all her
passengers ami crew, except the poor uuKno gn
emPrant AID MS two children. were saved.
There were about seventy i've passengers on
to have escaped. . Her register aud
every thing in the office aud cabin were
| lost. Little or no blng was saved by tue
pa a'sengers of eilh"r boa. Both bulls are lying
neer the scene OF collision, above Warsaw. All
| The officers OF DO steamers acted IN the most
| heroic manner throus hout tue trying oldeal.
| Captain Wade and MIR. Reuy, cierk Of The States,
remained On the root a. long as po 'slbl-, tearing
! off shutters and casting taeD INTO the water for
! the struggling victims. OwiDg TO the burning
| oil, VIII Gu covered the surface OF the river ali
around aud below the doomed steamers, the
| passengers, win few exceptions, could not
be induced 10 leap overheard Mr.. Georee
NORTH rup, railroad agent. and Mr.. IpsklD,
OF Madison, jumped from the hurri'
cane deck of toe United STATES to the
| lower deck OF the America, and, stranee to say,
| pelther OF them was oadlV hurt Mr., Green
| aud b.lde, OF Madison, procured life preserVers,
| but did not undefs and now to 'a.ten hem On
| reaching the lower deck, no Wev,r, Mr.. Green
| tourd some pits OF rope WITH which ne fastened
| the lie preseIvers around himself and wi c, aud
| then tying their arms logeth-r leapod into the
| water. Tbey reached lhs sbore in safe Y. Ole
| Bull swan ashore wi b ali his clio hug on and
| his diamond studded fiddle in his haud All the
| mem 0ers OF his troupe saVed them selves. A
| little son of Mr.. Jack Pearce, only eleven years
| old, jumDed from the hurricane root of the
! United States and swan ashore. His mother
| and younger brother perlshet. Captan Pearce
| William Tay lor, clerk, and other officers OF the
| America got bore from the stern OF t0at boat
| after she swung around against The bank. M
| TAYLOR, having oVeTeXerted himself, sWooned
| away on reacnlng land.
| Mr.. Lee was a passenger on the United States
| com ne TO TINS city. He retired but te =
| minutes before, and was lying awake at the
| time OF The collision. HIS room mare Mr.. d. g.
| Hart of Memphis was nearly thr JWn out o
| bis bed bV the violence OF the shOck. Mr. Lee
| Immediately threw opeu hls ate. room door auC
| rUsLPd OUT IN his night clothes into the CABIN
| which he found In the greatest onfJsiOn
| Tables we're overturned, chandeliers oroken
| anO mlJrOrs shattered INTO u thousand pieces
| and the room foil of LADIES' ant gentlemen il
| lbelI nleht garn ents, screaming aud rushing IL
| every drec1on, the greatest consIernatiou
| being depicted on every cOnnttnauce. II,
| things, and made his way to the hurricane deck
] where he Was ablA To OOmpreh hend tha situatiOn