Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-30
THE STONEWALL DISASTER.
Further ParticuIars---Statement Of
Mr.. Lyons.
PraisewOrthy Action Of Steamboat
men and Others in ST. Louis.
Fund Raised to Bury the Dead OF
and near the Wreck.
Names of those Known to be Saved.

ST. LOUIS, October 29.-The steamer
Rubieon arrived here from below thi:
forenoon, bringing as passengers Mr.
John II. Lyons, second engineer o
the steamer StOnewaIl, and young
lady Of this city, rescued from a float
/ ing spar by the officers Of the Rubicon
Mr.. Lyons can give but very little al.
ditional information as to the disaster
He reports having seen several
charred bodies on the wreck.
Several steamboat captains and
prominent citizens have organized
themselves into a volunteer commit
tee, and will leave this evening for the
scene Of the disaster to search for and
bury the dead. A subscription oi
nearly five hundred dollars was raised
on Change this morning in five min
utes to defray the expenses OF the
committee, and further subscriptions,
for the relief OF families left destitute
here, arc being raised.
The following are, as near as can al
present be ascertdiued, the names Ol
the saved:
George W. Fulton, John II. Lyon, Sec
Chief Engineer, ond Engineer,
Ed. Fulkerson. G. Williams, 81. Louis
David Schultz, KY, W. ;. Cook, Texas,
Mrs. L. l. Joan, NJ. Braney, \. o.,
No, Dr. James, y. o.,
Y. Cook, L. Nearon.
J. Conrov. Wm. Kinney,
Louis PiveS, George Piyet,
Mich. Pivet, Jas. Swartz,
J. Culioss. John Pearce,
DR.. y. ". W1shburn, f. H. Carroll,
Mich. Bressner, J. LisOur,
f. P. Watson, st. r. A. Phillips, La,
Louis, Miss Henryson, Tex.
y. N. Mosberg, No. NJ. Marx, y. o.,
J. Leaven, y. o. Mrs. Bourne, n. o.
w. Lareness, J. ; ewart,
Mike Kinney, Geo. Uetmerous,
B. Pero and wife, y. II. Aahoney,
L. Swavne. Homan,
James Griffin, Dennis Moriarty,
DR.. ;. b. Iunis, - AcSweeness,
W, ) Cook. Va, Geo. Edinburg.
Among those known TO be missing arc
the following passengers;
Mrs. George, Texas, {. B. Devinney, wife
Capt. j. Dotey, La, and two children,
Miss e Potey' La John I7 Mcintyre, y iIi5t
Charles Brennan.
The following of the officers and crew
are known 10 be lost:
Capt.. =. Scott, 81. Louis; NJ. c. Ehlbort,
lst clerk; Wm. AhicE, ii clerk; Frank
Murray, pilOs; Willis Beebe, mate; john
Horner. 2d mate; Isaac Mooney, striker;
Henry Brown, steward; Joshua Lester
barkeeper; John Garrett, Waterman.
LATER ACCOUNT.
ST. LOUIS, October %. p.m.-JOhn
II. Lyon, the second engineer Of the
Stonewall, who reached here to-day
on the RubicOn, reports having helped
Capt. Scott to lower a ladder from the
hurricane roof, down which the Cap
tain descended, but Lyon does not
think that he reached the foot of tbs
ladder alive, Is the smoke was 81
dense and the fire so hot. Lyon sub.
sCquCntly jumped overheard, and
with the aid OF a wheelbarrow sue.
ceedCd in getting ashore some dis
tance below the burning boat. He
then went TO Van Nei's landing five
miles below, where he found the head
cook IA negro) and two other men,
whose names are not known. Lyon
does not think that any were saved
below this point. lie also says that
after the yawl (mentioned in pre-
viOus dispatches) reached the shore,
one of the men in it returned,
using board for a paddle, and res
cued five men in the water. While
Lyon was in the water he saw Josh
Lester, one Of the carpenters, clinging
to a bale of hay, aud supporting lit
tie girl in his arms, and short time
afterwards four negro rOust-abOut-
We're seen attempting to get on the
bale Of hay, and Mr.. Lyon thinks
they were all drowned. Capt. John
Shaw, part owner and commander OF
the boat, and Capt. Dan. q. Taylor, J.
B. Weaver and John Candy started
for the wreck this evening, and viii
devote themselves to finding and Civ
ing decent burial to the bodies OF
those who perished in the disaster.