The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-31

as quickly practicable the water was almost
alive with people, mules, and horses; the mules
were loose previously on the deck, and some one
| suppose cut the horses loose. and the turmoil
drove them overheard. The bundle of clothes l
struck didn't support me well, and went Jor lad
der. Graspng the ladder was a negro. lie kept
turning it round and round, until thought would
keep turning the ladder, and wen both get ashore g
He must have been out of his wits, for he kept turn
ing the ladder, fell of, and went under. made
dash for bale OF hay, and got on it The band
burst, and the hay bale fell TO pieces. ] then got
small board under each arm and by this means and
good deal OF kicking up OF my heels, got to the
KIND farmer came along and helped me to his house
close by, where ] received much attention.
While / was in the water | saw a woman
drown right alongside OF me- but ] could not
hep her. She was an IRISH woman, and had been
passenger on the deck The shrieks and cries OF the
people drowning or about to go under, were heart
rendlng and made me almost crazy. One of the
1t came 1Oating past me, butt saw only the little
hands and wrists raised, and thought her last ana
smothered words were mother, mother" Her lips
head, body, so soon TO be cold and lifeless, were
floating, sinking beneath the rushing waters When
/ was struggling towards the Shore overlook Van
devoort one of the STRIKERS He was saved and
saw him get Off the Belle Memphis at Grand Tower
believe the officers and cabin crew numbered about
60, and rOustabouts and remen so. Chas. Williams,
deck hand was saved, and another deck hand
know OF, but forget his name. John Bernethy, a
deck hand think is lost. heard Captain Fulker-
SON the pilot, say the last he saw Of Captain Thomas
Scott, commander OF the boat, and Captain j. c.
Dowty, of New Orleans, they were together on the
boiler deck. Captain Scott had ladder, the same
saw the negro drowned from.
The disaster happened at O'Clock in the evening.
The Belle Memphis bound to st Louis came along at
II O'Clock. This boat made rapid work of getting us
all on bOard-the number small in contrast with
the total number that had been on the StOnewall-
and under Captain Cranes directions the officers aud
crew made us feel as comfortable as possible,
A stern-wheeer bound down. supposed to be the
Submarine No. l3, passed the boat while she was
burning MIR. David r. Powell, one Of the owners
of thus steamer states emphaticaly that it could not
be the Submarine No. 13--that her commander, Cap
tain Washington is humane man. and would be
OF the last in,the " orld to pass vessel in dis
trcss without afording assistance. We know Cap
tain Washington and dismiss the report with the
belief that Captain Powell is right.-Rep.l
Mr.. Watson concludes his narrative by stating that
the following are the only parties from the burned
steamer that he knows OF as having come up on the
Belle with him Fulton, engineer; Ed. Fulkerson,
pilot; two deck hands one negro; Mr. Phelps, pas
seDger who went directly to the Southern Hotel;
one German; and lastly, two deck hands badly
burned Mr. Phelps is of Shreveport.