Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-08
NEW SERIES---NO. SO.

II Iaylor, having oVer-exerted himsel
y sWeoned away on reaching land.
. Mr.. Ditmore, one Of the pilots of the
. America, did not leave his post until the
Q boat was completely shrouded in smoke
q and the fire was coming through the floor
o OF thspilothouse. He finally had to groUo
ms way along by the water buckets on
= the root until he reached the stern of the
! boat and jumped off. Mr.. Hays and his
vile, from Nashville, mado the periIous
leap rom the rOofOf the States tothe lower
deck OF the America. 1t resulted in the
loss OF Mrs. Hays. Her heart>broken
, husband went aboard the Dumont to Gin
clnnati. Marcus P. Toney, of Nashville
was badly injured. He was taken in
charge by the Masons at Warsaw. Mr..
James McFerrin and wife, from Nash.
vile, made an exceedingly narrow escape
by leaping from the upper deck of the
States. They arrived here all safe on the
den. Buell.. Mr.. George Zeiglsr and wife,
rom Nashville, also made q similar es.
cape, and were among the passengers on
the Buell.. Both couples were opstheir
bridal tours As soon as the people of
Warsaw discovered the Light of
the burning steamers, they turned 1
out en- mdsse, rang the town bell,
made fires, and assembled on the
kentucky shore, opposite the wrecks. In
short time they got up steam on the
towboat Reindeer, put across the river,
and picked up large number of persons
from the water and from the huIks of the
destroyed steamers. The Lady Grace
reached the scene from above in time to |
render very effective assistance to the |
sufferers. She made two trips, and took |
everybody to Warsaw, where the people |
| gave themselves up wholly to the alleYi
alton of the distressed. Every man,
woman and child in the town exerted
themselves increasingly while there was
one poor unfortunate in need Of suceor.
1t is Capt. Woolfolk's opinion that Mr..
VIM. Caryin was burned alive in his
stateroom. The last seen of him he was
sitting at the stove in the ladies' cabin
about 10 o'clock. Mr.. Robt. Dunning and
wife escaped by leaping from the top Of the
States to the boiler deck of the America.
Before the arrival of the Reindeer and
Lady Grace, Rails house, about q half
mile below the wreck, was opened to the
saved, and everything in human power
was done to make them comfortable. | j
Mr.. Rail even tore down his fences to | 8
make fires for the wet and chilly ones s
who had jumped or fallen into the water.
MIR. Taylor saved all the books, money
and other valuables, in the Office Of the a
America but nothing whatever could be 4
rescued from the States. Miss Mary L. | +,
johnson, whose body was recovered at I
the Madison shipyard, is supposed to '
have been chilled to death, as when h
found her hair was perfectly dry. She 4
was most beautiful and gifted young I,
lady, only seventeen years old. Her v
father, who had not seen her for two 4
or three months, idolized her, and a
was so impatient for her return homo a
that he prevailed upon his nephew, Il
Mr.. Lewis Johnson, to 20 after "
her. The two had retired to their h
statero0ms but a few moments be- U
fore the awful occurrence. Miss John
son had not undressed at all, but her b,
cousin had lain down. He was last seen | To
in search of his precious charge, with two j
in hand. 1t appears that pl
be succeeded in finding her and placing bi
a life preserver upon her body, but both te
Iound watery graves. The light of life Ii
was never shut out from two purer souls. D.
On her downward trip the General Buell. ty
made diligent inquiry for the living and
lead passengers Of the ill-fated boats, ell
md took aboard every one that could be ii
m II Il f.
up at Vevay, Indiana, and inferred there. | b.
The bodies Of Miss Mary johnson and a p
cabin-boy named Smith, were taken | g
aboard the Buell.. The former was e,
brought to this city, and the latter left at tC
Madison, where the victim had lived. n
THE LOST p
The following are reported los. {: az
Mrs. r. A. Jones and daughter Eva, of el
Ohio Eliza Ford, cOlored IN
2evs. Messrs. Parvins and Rising, of ea
New York; Harriet Waring, of New az
Albany, and young lady in her employ; ia
Ir. Bigby, John F. Burns, J. NJ. Le-
lower, NJ. J. Cook, Mrs. Geo. w. Gof, IL,
Vm. Garvfn, Louis johnson, Mr.. SpeigeI- ha
ierg, DR.. II. Il Burkholder, Miss Mary lin
!. johnson, Mrs. Jack Perrce and son,
ames Johns, third clerk of States, of lid
Steele Bright, o. b. Sapping~ T,
on and L. II. Vance, of Madison John to
'ennel, steward Richard Marshal, sec
nd steward James Fennel, bar-keeper; tn
Jan, cOlored, barber Mrs. Commodore eli
thompson and a lady travelling with VI
er Mrs. Chas. Hays, Nashville; John
fassett, 0wensVille, Ohio; Harvey gu
brunswick, billiard table manufacturer, po
incinnati Smith, cabin boy, Madison af
lme gentleman and wife, New Hamp- by
hire gentleman and sister, Natchi- VI
oches, and two ladies, put on board the its
tates by Mr.. Whalen, Of Philadelphia
ames unknown. Seven Of the officers IN
nd cabin crew, and eighteen deck hands TN
re supposed to be lost. The body of an si'
nknown man was picked up at Veyay.
THE STOCKHOLDERS. m
The stockholders in the mail company We
re Thos. Sherlock, G. j. Pearce, Patrick lie
dodgers, j. II. Barker, Theo. Cook, II. or,
Tart, J. w. Gaf, Thos. Calf, ". L. Glib an
On, and Smith & Beekman, Of Cincinnati;
/. NJ Sherley, w. G. Hits, Frank Carter, ed
nd D. S. Benedict, of Louisville. In,
VALUE AND INSURANCE. iee
The United States was built in 1865, els
cost of S230,0O0, was valued at the On
me OF her loss at $4,000 and was a.
mited in insurance to 100000. The 40 40
.merica, the most splendid specimen Of ~;
avail architecture in service on the Ohio, T. r.,
as built two years later, in 1867, at a ON
,st Of $4,000, was valued at the time
her loss at $4,000, and was limited An
r insurance to Sl33,0O0 By reference wb
summary of insurance below, both OF.
pats are found 10 be nearly all covered Dc,
pom bulls. A number Of insurance ~
,mpanies which appear in the list have "
ben policies on cargoes downward, but tai
le losses which may have resulted on !
lis account are not ascertainable. ed
United States America. Total a
remen,'s ...-~-,.-..s -; 5000 5000 wa
atiOnal ...........-.....-. 5 600 5000 l000J "N
....... 10000 1880 l7OOD aw
'estern .........---..-.--.. 1000 1900 lurOO he