, 1869-11-23
TIE STONEWALL DISASTER,
Report OF the United States Local In.
Apectofx-~uREcstlon sAuti Akecom-
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From tA< s. Lou'. R.gussa'.s1 A"r. 81.
p.ea ana Ho9s;n
j. Sandfo1tl. supervising Inspector Of H.. Fourth
}Nett.ct, Ia before ia. We g1ya tue min 1raturts
om'1s1De mrsh oi wnat has been a!rcaly In4Is
Anok ID tnfpGEa the newspapers It apleara o
deck passenger ~lth liente,t candle was gropng
about u the after cecs. 1t a point some here
ioP 81 the nay, searrasng for some article he
Of The candle tne DE was snae,,,a;sl5 sa5
e ss as o9s e 1ns
tempted 10 Smother i vita some he'd clothes
1hese rcot1s ~oo!d. Tety nrobaetJ. hare been sue
The Loaf was Immediately rounded 10 VITA tns
view Of aklr9 lne shore, so that the wind, pre-
vafllng ut the TINE, blew directly On the nre thus
driving those forward wno we're attempting 10 AZ
The report goes on to relate the ha1osiag Incl.
deits that fo!,c-.rr...., ~, .:n3 proceeds:
teen seen go.nK INTO the te1s: stter tne toas hid
groauHed; Of coursc We do not EtoT what lead
h:r 10 50 there. nor wha: e..orts he may haye
pace @ IN ,he ateaaF:e o. hs du'y but he 7oaid
Wa 4 ". unfortunate that be vas not there, Tor
We teliese that bis preseoce and contrib Of Els
crew and passehgsts might nase checked the
stsges, which would have been the ulean. Of
eattnE many hves- FE11ol Rtooi ma fully
at biz p7af 10 the las', With coHnendaole coul1es'
vas the Inst man r ho left the steamer Whes he
did 70 he was ca1Hht II the wheel, AMI carried M
aud coan several times With Its zevo,uuoas and
at last TT cpe1 iy a Sill
The plot, Fulker.on, btayely renamed a. ths
Wheel until the steamer wAs ns.d 8grount Au1
escaped, thcu3a unable 10 sSlr, with the AID Of .
The eiore MI was ball. At louisville, Eentucky,
IN the {cAr 1SI6, AID has been since annually Id
specred. She as ~: 1nfpeeted at tals port %
the sh:h of March, 1860, a1d the cer:ilcott OF Ia.
sp&etion, Of which we enclose . ceftsu-1 eopy,
Shows that At that time her engines, boilers nad
hull were IN good condition. and that lbe was fuy
pEo7tdess with Al requisite lpp1tanets.'
FIon our OWL knowledge, ard all the pro1f be-
fore q. Ke are eausned ihs. she h.a NJ surerior
Sn 5as ~ ses e ,se supply and In the aaay Of
tbs s'onevaa WIS fpl,J on1eeztd Win conpe-
tent, expererced and te1!ahe men, and her puo:s
aGd eng1ueeE5 we're daily licensed. -.
estn2te the number 0! cabin passengers Oh board
70 have been forty, and Of deck passeogeEs, oce
ennesed m and rt15 thu ,naanx 80
perbons; and Of those, 80 lar a Ne hare been en-
soled to ASCERTAIN. hut nfty persons hare been
Tho Me-p,etesTtng apparatus seens to have
been entirely dtTesarded N the complete panic
which pre7sl1ed amongst the pa1sen1ers; for We
its position % lie hurricane Tooi. We hsye leaSn.
ed 1nat the Ja1l Eas taken BY few persons, Hlu
escaped IN II, but NC have been unable to ooiaiu
Fiers FL cset assese. W sessess s sha snas L. Siam
hed On lie Pzcserrer, to which. having strapped
T., 1o9nt n nii he M expresses himself canoaea1
that be WIS IN number Of the state rooms
and that they we're ali supplied with LIE prese.
en-, which were accessible, bat not used. Foi:on
possible for anY one to hare lived On ,he decks o,
ne boas w1thta sHentJ minutes from the time the
the BIZ Wind the unfortunate TACT that tue siea ne,
grounded, the depth and cndness OF the water, 10