Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-04

STEAMBOAT DISASTER,
Burning Of the Steamer Stouevall.
on the Mississippi River.
Two HUNDRED LIVES
LOST.
llcartrendins Scea,s and Incidents.
LARGE NUMBERS or C.TTtE DRlYsEp.
Sr. LOUIS, Oct. %.

Sr. LoCIs, Oct %.
Private despa chcs 70 the Memphis
Packet Company saws that steamer
Stonewall was burned this smorninv near
| Nceiy's Landing, on the Mississippi
river. about Is miles above Cairo, and
but forty passengers and three of the
| crew We're saTed. The Stonewali lat
mere on Tuesday for New Orleans with
| los cabin and deck passengers on board.
| From the despatch received it is Inferred
that all those above the number men
uoncd are lost.
Il.
SECOND DESPATCH,
! Mr.. Phelps, planter OF Shreveport,
La. has arrived here from the wreck Of
the steamer Stonewall. and furnishes
the following brief particular. Of the
terrible disaster to that boat:
The boat caught fire at 6 80 Wednes-
! day evening ut point "A little below
| Neely'S Landing. and l25 miles below
/ st. Louis, from Il candle which the deck
\ hands had while they were engaged in
| playing cards The Stonewall wasnov
| on q sand bar, the pilot supposing that
/ the passengers could wade ashore. Al
/ the end OF the pier there was large
/ slough and the reason that the larger
number were drowned was that the boat
Y wa, run on the bar but two feet and the
| ,hallowest point about her had tive or
I six icet ot water. She had so much hay
/ on board that she burned like finder and
all the attempts to eXtlusulshcd the Sre
! were without avail.
/ rhe Belle OF Memphis came up st
| hall-pl-t nine o'clock, three hours after
| the accident, and rendered all the assl,-
/ lance possible. Out ot 2o2 passengers
and crew only % are known to be
| saved. The last seen oi the Capt. Scott
! he was floating down stream ona log.
/ Th people at Ne..y', Landing saw
/ lighl ani attempted u assist the untor-
| tuultc passengers. One man saved 10
/ persons with i skiif. Had it not been
lor their help all would have been lost
1 4 gentleman IRON Puducah, Ky, SWAN
I ashore with u lady on his back and At
/ her entreatv returned to save her child.
4 While swimming ashore he was grasped
\ by drowning man and was compelled
| to shake him OF III order TO save him
/ self. Ouc man was taken from the wreck
+ SO badly burned that he died as soon -
he reached the shore.
Y Capt. DIudv, Ut Shreveport, La,
WAS saved. Here were 81 cabin pas
,cngcr, aud ~ ot the crew. rhcre were
Z qut,e d number OF ladies on board Ant
al are supPo'ed 10 De 'os', eAcep' one
1 FalAersou. the pilot. and the carpenter
we're the only ones ot the crew saved
The >touewail was owned by Capt
Y john Shaw and Dennis Long, the latter
I OF Louisville. and WAS valued is ~,
# uuu; insured tor SO, 900. She had about
Y .UJ tous ol freight, including 21U cattle,
horse, aud mules, lhes wer: Insured.
4 Cant. shaw had stopped oil this trip
aud Capt. Tom scott va, III com0aul
V oi tic boat.
Z le.
ANo'"h"
v \ Chicago special from Carbondale,
Y H., -.ys tnAt tnc steamer otonewall,
when ietI -. Louis IuesdaS evening
los New Orleans, heavily laden VIII
passengers, A)rses, lnuies, hay and otAs
lreish. generally, took fire last night
I wucu near Neeiys Landing and dcspltc
All the efforts to save her sue burnt 10
the water, edge Wnen the hire oroas
out every effort wa. made TO land, boz
/ the steamer WAS 80 heavily laden thA.
Y she could not be brought nearer thsn
\ one hundred yards from shore. Geneisi
I confusion and terror prevailed.
/ There were two hundred cabin snd
I deck passengers Oh board, qulte mum
Ter III whom were " women aud cllldren.
Ihe flame, spread with great rapidit,
Some OF the lneu .prang INTO the water
and attempted to rea b tie shore br
swimming, nearly all OF whom wers
/ lost. Every conceivable object that
4 could be oDlaincd was thrown into 10.
water, aud 10 these the passengers clui~
/ win tne teuaclty OF he.
/ steamer BEN. OF Memphis, Oapt.
( Crane. on her way 10 81. LOUIS, reached
tnr scene during the fire and picked up