The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-10
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1meAG5 April 9,--Tas Sea Bird,
belonged the Two Rivers, Moui-
towe & Chicago line Of steamers. had
made four 81 psfthis seaso1, nd Ras
On the fifth when she met with the
terrible. q Ter repcrted this. morn
ing Whan 6tf Waukegah. about hail.
past six o'clock this morning fire
was seen issuing from a pile of mis-
cellane8u, freight stored around the
after guards outside the ladies' cabin.
In ten minutes time the entire stern
OF the boat was wrapped In flames.
From the statements Of 2one Of the
rescued, it appears that all on board
became d8mDFal ized no #ef8fts Being
made to lower the small boats The
only survivors, as far as known, are
q, A IHamD DeElRin- aud EdViR Iaa5f7
hebefTy, passengers. from SheboygOn.
The latter makes the following state
ment.
There were IA all .aBouf one hum
dred persons on board, including
eight on ten ladies, aud seven or eight
ellhAreR j . bqpta5 9 eleeE lhis ueTas
log, saw smoke arising on the main
deck below the ladies cabin. There
was a lot OF tubs, and some. straw ly-
ing near, and dithe fire GOT afnoBg them
right away, | cried FIRE, and the crew
and passengers rushed from their
rooms There was great confusion,
and the fire spread so rapidly as to
convince me that il had been burning
a long time. Wfhiu FIVE minutes the
aEter-part of tbeaboat wss in ahames. !.
and ! DO not think that all the ladies
had time To get out 81 their stale
rooms, and some of them aud the
children mus; have been burned. An
etfsFt was made-by a portion of the
crew to search with small boats but.
failed. Mr.. 8Ghhmbarlain states That
about half past six o'clock he was
looking over the side Of the steamer,
when hesaw the Apprter como out. OF
the ladies cabin with a scuttle full Of
Goals and ashes, aud going to the bull
Warks, near where a quantity of mis-
celianeoqs freight was stored,
threw the contents overheard. 10
about a quarter of an hour afterward
ne heard the alarm Of ere and saw
flames issuing from this pile Of
freight It seemed not lmore than
ten. minutes before the whole after
part Of the steamer was in flames. In
his opinion, when the porter threw
the Goals overheard, the wind drove
some OF them back into the freight.
lie heard no explosion. aud gthfh Is
that If the fire had caught from a
boiler explosion, il would have been
dlscoyeFed sooner. Captain II = tgs ysjF
the schooner Cordelia, states that.
when OFT Waukegan, he,saw che burn
ing steameri he was then distant from
her four or Ave miles; bore down on
her, and succeeded in rescuing two
passengers, oneaof whom was in the
water, and the other on the steamer.
think 1T Is not possible that any
others, were saved. [ learn from one
of the survivors, that after the steam
er took fire, tile helm was lashed hard
a-port, causing her to whirl
round aud round as long as
her engines worked, The Cordalia
did not leave the wreck ut til Ii was
burned to the water edge. Iga W8Ja
The following, aTe the names of
those on board, as far as asceTtaiped: /:
g. b DaFidsdn, T'hos. lCarbeater,t III
Comstoe ekuof Rpnes New York, 6fa0s
w Emory and 81. CT Watkins, OF
Wamtow. ,-s...,a
Ofeers-v.Capt. John Morris, first
mate, Richard .Hacklin; first engi-
neer, Thomas Honahan; aolerk, JAS.
hodges: stewart, John Morrison.
Crew-M. Mbfrissy, NJ. Malone,
| john Glenaman, Jason and James
O'Rourke, j Burns, cooks, and Billy.
assistant; Ii. Simpson and j Bren-
nan. cabin boys #HNg4a 0
The following embarked at Sheboy2
gon: H. A. Gaylord and wife, VIM.
g. Mallory, Mrs II. Il. Sharpe, John
u Brleay Theodore Stein, ID GIDag.
gett, Edwin Hunt, Edward Provin-
skall. A q. Chamberlain and Mrs.
/ Sprague, both of Sheboygon; IT. o.
Percy, of Detroit Nj Gallagher, OF
| Xeaia; O. NJ Rieper ana wife,
| and J Nj. Leo1atd, of Chicago;
+. Hester, wife aud children; two
II travelling agents, names unknowa.
/ CHICAGO, April 8.-The bill ia d
\ match 4 Tor. the Championship If
| America aud 81 900, between john
| McDeYittaad Melvin Foster came 10
a-termlnatlon at half past twelve, i lis
latter claiming a foul on the part of
MeDeyitr, the referee decided against
him, when he threw up his cue and
/ ratused to continue the game.