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Sr. LouIs. October GA private dispatch
N the Memnhis Packet COMPANY SAYS the
steamer Stonewall was burned this morning
near Neiley's Landing, Mississippi River,
and that 40' p-a,senpers and 81 Of the crew
we're ,ayed. THE Stonewall left here Tues
dsy for New Orleans, with 260 cabin and
d.ck n,.,enoers. The inference drawn from
the d;snsteh h that ali but those mentioned
have nerished.
M. Phelps. \ planter Of Shreveport, has
arrived from the wreck Of the Stonewall and
furnishes the following brief particulars Of
the terrible disaster (: The boat caught FIRE at
half past 6 o'clock Wednesday evening, about
As miles above Cairo, in the Mississippi
River. from . candle which one Of the deck
passengers had near some hay while playing
cards. The steamer was run aground on a
bar, the pilot supposing passengers could
wade ashore, Unfortunately, at the end Of
the bar was q slough, where the larger num-
her were drowned. The boat was only run
unon the bar about two feet, and the shallow
~ vnter was about five or six feet. There
was 40 much hay aboard that the boat burned
l;ks finder The Bale Of Memphis cam up
N b,if mast o. and rendered all the assistance
noss;ble. Of252 persons comprising the pas
senoers and crew SO only are known to have
heen ssyed. When last seen, Captain Scott
was floating down stream on a log. The peo-
| nle. AZ Neiley's saw the liQht and FASTENED to
ss.;,t. ons man rescued l6 people with q
.[iG and had II not been for their help all
would have been lost. A gentleman from
ps5"..h kentucky. swam ashore with a
i,Jx and AZ her entre.ty returned TO save her
| ch;I3 In svimm;nu ashore he was erasped
hx ! drowning man and would have been
b;n.elf drowned had he not shook him of.
0na man va. taken from the wreck so badly
burned that he died AZ soon as he reached
,hs .Sors' There vere 80 cabin passengers
and 60 crew aboard. Quite a number Of
I.5;.s we've an hoard. Mi probably lost OK.
csn, one Thu nilot and carpenter were the
onSy one, Of The crew saved. The Stonewall
vas owned nv Captain John Shaw and Dem
nc Long and was valued at S45, 900; in.
mred for $40. 900. Two hundred and sew
.ntv c,t,ls. horses and mules aboard we're
hnrn.d
CT Ior,s October 2S-Geo. W, Fulton,
,h;.f .n.;nssr of the Stonewall. has arrived
and owes further particulars Of the disaster.
sixteen persons were saved BY clinging to
the .tape plank. and l6 more swan ashore.
There were all of between $50 and 260 souls
on board, of whose positive safety there is
certainty, Ono man was picked up and
brought ashore, but died soon after. The
only Officers of the boat known to be saved
are George w. Fulton. chief engineer, Ed
ward FulRerson. pilot, and E. p. Watson,
carpenter. or three ladies aboard only one
was saved. Captain Scot. was last seen
floating on n spar. Men on shore rowed seven
miles down the stream in hopes Of finding
him, but he is not yet found. The scene on
board was heartrending in the extreme. The
flames spread with wonderful rapidly under
the action Of a strong wind, and the passen-
gers in wild terror crowded to the forecastle
until thew were forced overheard en- mdsso,
and drowned each other in their desperate