New Orleans Republican., 1868-12-12

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| Tne Cincinnati Gazette Of Wednesday has
the following additional pdetails cf ne ohio
river steamboat disaster: ,tis
| Re?orts in regard to the recent steamboat
disaster cnme in slowly and are an safia-
factory. Captain Frank Carter, IBdberiii-
tendent OF the United States Mall Line at
Louisville, and Mr.. Al. Hdfffptfn. second
clerk Of the United States, aga At wv afeaw.
doing all in their power to secure the bodies
OF those who peFished In the wrecks. 1t In
sscertained that twenty4eight bodies have
peer, taken from the wrecks, tenor twelve
OF Whom were passengers Mr.. Harrigan, a
part OF whose duties 1t was to pay the CREW
OF the United States, is better able than any
otner person to identify tha bpdiesi having
become familiar with their names andffaces.
'Sofar, the only dead bodies which have
been. recoy the wreck and ree6g.
nized out of the number above given are
Jonn Fennel, steward; Eli ah Fort, porter
and Miss johnson, OF Louisville. The body
of an unknown lady was taken out of the
river at Warsaw, supposed to be either the
wife of Commodore Thompson or Mrs. Geo.
W. Griffin, of New Orleans. The bodies. of
Mr.. A.. Speidelberg and Mrs. Pearce, Of
Louisville, have been recovered and deliv-
cred to their friends. We find in the Louis.
vile Democrat the following painful incl
dent connected with the loss of Mrs. Griffin:
The young wife Of MIR. George W. Griffin,
of the firm Of Griffin l. Porch, New Orleans,
was on her way to this city from Philadel-
phia, to meet her husband. She was in
company with the wife of Commodore
Thompson, and took passage on the ill-fated
United States. lrstg nIi -s4a
On Sunday morning the proprietors of the
Louisville Hotel received a dispatch an
nouncing the loss Of Mrs. Griffin. At one
o'clock pP. NJ. Mr.. Griffin arrived here by
the Nashville Railroad and proceeded at
pected to meet his wife ut the, hotel, and
did not suppose for moment that she was
one of the passengers BY the United States.
The reader can imagine the horror of Mr.
Griffin upon being informed that his wife
was among the lost. The dispatch had
been forwarded to him at Corinth, Missis-
sippi, but he passed through before it ar
rived. Mr.. Griffin expected that His wife
had arrived here upward OF a week ago. and
was not moved more than other persons
who had no relatives on the boats when he
tlrst heard of the disaster. He left on Sun
day evening for Warsaw to recover if DOS
sible, the remains of his beloved wife. They
had only been married few months. -
The body of Mr.. James W. Johns, receiv-
ing clerk on the United States was recover
ed. 1t is said that he was the last man to
leave the boat. He kept with the ladies,
placing life preservers around them until
the vessel was ready to sink. After work
ing to the last moment to save the lives of
others, he found it too late to save his own
life. He perfshed in the flames of the burn
ing Oil on the surface of the water. MIR.
Johns died hero
Richard Marshall and Elijah Forte,
torothers-in-law), porter and second steward
OF the 1ll-tated United States, were found in
the river near the boat on Monday.