Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-11-06

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From Me suallbiazeon the hay near
the boiler d<ck the in spread 10 the
hal OIL, and the whole boat was In o
h1aze.4 The boat was loaded with
bacon and. other solidities, and the
flames, spreading With fearful rapid
ity, soon found the solid combusti-
bles, and an intense hent wssgener-
ated. ...
TAI o Hoxi DEcK or ,YY.ts
the scene .was most fearful. One
hundred and fifty passengers, mostly
foreigners- Irish, .fItaiiansg Dagos,
Germans and Americans--so some with
their families, alliH confusion grand,
trying to sayestheir lives. The boat
grounded two hundred yards from
tiiumped and worked I'm vain. The
passengersi were rampant end wild.
Efforts were made to adjust the hose
to the donkey engine, but the crowd
would not allow 1t. Shine tiled to
throw out piAnks and stAgihgs, bat
the crowd5r,isbed TO the edge of the
deck and, IN their eagerness 70 SECURE
positions, prevented the stngings
from being put out. All shouted !:
" Get of; tbe staging l''and the man
who cried the loudest was the very
man who was In the middle az the
staging Inc poor deck passengers
knew not what to do. Peddlers with
their packs, like the .miser at Hercu-
laneum, chung 10 their last worldly
remnants, aud found 2 watery or won
merry grave beside their nlthy pelf.
Irishmen, with their picks ana SHOW
e!s,. gong 70 work southern roads,
tnelr OLD clay pipes nali nued with
tobacco, and their ali done up IN q
red bandannah We're there ana dark
haired ltallans gong 70 the sunny
South to expose their wares In 2
money makihg mart; pagos, French
e e, gong ynere tnelr . own
language was spokens were tnere.
Inese people We're we Irst 20 see t1e
IRE, tne nrst 70 ca!ch tne lIigntTtne
most uncontrolaple-the most lack
Ing In Judgment, and consequently
the most severely suiiering. They
rusned 70 the cage of the vessel and
seeing tne names lnaL liipmina ts
tne heavens ena glisteneu on tne
scorcned apa purne9 nearing the
explosion tnat shunueIeoI trom lne
engine room ana machlnery aepart-
Lnent, ana ~ uuilp-lounqeH anu t!lgntt-
ened ny Sne morse apu Econ ~, as
wen ~ oiinueu 1y we Stliohe, tney
pIuNgeU pell-nell. INTO tLnc. waters.
ous n ns es ioui,u 81, ,,ot LILLY II hoia,
t .,a.. VI , m"a.e -, ssntt,, chmsi alu
oeH es,.s ~ Nhi;'SSy ~ yri h,,tts
VI ehe tuse aht p. ,n env, py ~. kne
s Sans' .nsy sann " Masery grsYes,
Snany sntr;.s uu d hoLses wers ~ ~
o oodf W, anl wlSn tme tecn passepgsri
auu PVT uu S,'st WY co " y
eAPecs ..aeih 70 p'sp'y MvrsiIs,,tsoi !,
. .I.a nu.i,,s peaIiS u,e rusi hl
VIII .ue peopien li u Jullnpea in1o tne
water Will .uein, anu over tnetn
i s.,t rev s s aau sw",n asiio.e,
pus iros.. ~ lieut swnun iouuu tht
o ., ~ l,irI.e5 u.pW LINK neu Wo.
tneiI WV HTit! IS cnnuien: O1 1t
ri .!Ii Jui.lipsu linto crowu OF Peopitt
sCruggliils ~ tne wster, NY oy nlts
Ir ,n movements urow leu siA PEG
t'ipcS''o oSs ,-.y,.. asl. 7 .5as
.i..o.,, n IN CtABiN, al
DeIore tne news reacnsu we eapii
the aecK passengers were wiiy VIII
eAcltemeht tne nrst ery was naraly
reaiizeu put me seco9u carrieo toe
mucn CONVICTION IN the wiidness o
It's notes to be neglected or mistaken
and all pushed for safety, some I.
cabins and staterooms,, and others at
ana on deck.sliThe cabin soon iilet
with smokeTa binding, sunocatinG
smoke, a smoke that would not b.
checked, but was The forerunner Q.
more deathiy flames, Ihere werl
onty lures iauy passehgers ~ hi'
CABIN one helpless oIu' iauy,
nolher WIFI Two young cnHu,eh
one papy sun IN swauuiing ciotnes
es, ' ,,er .i ,'aha , nd So me S o,g ~, \,
had ,onr hson sanaratad In + ,or;s
lana Ont IN tho fhoat;s edga VIA
were tho cabin nsssengers n do
Tbav were only aho,,t fortv in nm,
her mi tbe;r tn};ght was one ~ nsrii
All aronna tba,7 IA ,nrid A n, as
nor aath ,I,a,s tha d,,,,, t,rs ,.aI
Coming then, IN 'a,,yth;,,g Int hoa
n;tahle nravas Inst nndar' the f.,sn
liz Jact " nosSongs s tbe - aSdana
AMI malls r,,si,in g In and fro ,,ncnn
trn,ad ',,,oo,,tr,s1ah la~ait shr;ai,; a..
Shnn u " nrav;n% ana I'm ,anr;nS Is
Ilife and safstv no ,un,p Az All; s
tance was faarf;,I and tha Iean mo-
certain ~ ba q Loan to ,he ora ya " =
remain wasdesth hv burmins Eyor,
ono was f,sntic. al, oars trisd In vs;;
to keen ths crowd nn;st hut tn 40 y
cer was To I'M n,insnt~tbe daath ~
eerta,n' Tha iittia ichi,dre, oInn. ~ :,
Vain m the 'orr,ss of'tSa,r , SAL :,
the 'l.dias shr;n"s .n." ,,io.l,ers
, y"S fsss T g. 1,s',, anu ia,nted 10Y
la,eItne men rusheu 10 anu iro, ant
SELFISH 1s,, i ili ~, prevas'ed, ana ever,
one snti,eu TOT nimseii as pest ne 0
sne co.uu. rag people KEPT cqeie
Lore WOuiu llaVe Uee0 saved, but tn