Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-29

badly burned that he died as soon as b,
reached the shore. Captain Dowdy, O.
Shreveport, was saved. There we're thirty
nine cabin passengers, four guests, and
one hundred and City deck passengers,
and q crew of sixty. Quite number OF
ladies we're on board, all of whom were
pre- baby lost except one. Fulkerson,
the pilot, and the carpenter, were the
only ones saved.
The Stonewall was comparatively new,
and was owned by Capt. Dan Shaw and
Dennis Lang, the latter of Louisville.
She was valued at $4,000, and insured.
She had about eight hundred tons of
freight, including two hundred and fifty
cattle, horses and mules, which were III
sured. Capt. Shaw had stopped off this
trip, and Capt Tom Scott was in com.
mand. The other officers we're as fol-
lows: Milton G. Ebert, first clerk; W.
II. Chick, second clerk; josh Lester and
DR.. Haerer. barkeepers; Ed. Fulkerson
and Frank Murray, pilots; Geo. Fulton,
engineer, and John Lyon, assistant engi-
neer.
Geo. w. Fulton, the chief engineer Of
the Stonewall, arrived here on the Belle
Memphis tonight, and gives further par
ticulars. Sixteen persons we're saved by
cinging to stage plank, and sixteen
more swan ashore. These are all out of
between two hundred and sixty souls on
board, of whose positive safety there is
any certainty.
One man named Brennan was picked !
up and brought ashore, but be died soon
after. The only officers of the boat
known to be saved are George Fulton,
chief engineer; Ed Fulkerson, pilot; and
e. P. Watson, carpenter. Monroe Van
iever. the striker; and Charles Williams
and John Churchman, deck hands, are
also among the saved. Of the three
ladies' on board only one, Mrs. Gregg,
who was going to New Orleans with her
family to meet her husband, is known to
ne saved. Captain Scott was last seen
loating on a spar. The men on shore
ode seven miles down stream on horse
,ack, in hopes of finding him, but with
tut success.
The scene on board was heart-rcnding
o the extreme. The femes spread with
rapidly under the action of
trong wind, and the passengers in wild
error crowded the forecsstle until they
we're forced overheard in mass and
lrowned each other in their desperate
trugeles to free themselves. Others
would jump into the water, whirl around
n the strong current for an instant and
disappear forever. Mr.. Fulton jumped I
'verboard and attempted to swim ashore,
mt coming in contact with number of
mules, be swan to and climbed into the I
Wheel of the boat, and while there the
teampipe burst and the wheel revolyed
hree times. He chung TO it, however,
md was finally taken ashore in q skif
Jharles Williams, g deck hand, says he
ried to smother the fire when it was Grst
discovered, with blankets, but the wind (
lew so strongly that be failed. An
fort was also made to bring the hose to
ley on the FIRE, but the crowd of frenzied
eek passengers ruehed with such ire
istible force on the men having it in I
barge that they we're obliged to give it G
70. Williams then threw overheard I
ale of hay, and getting on it drifted to y
be stern OF the boat, where be encoun- J
cred the boats yswl containing six men
nd woman. he was taken in, but
aving no oars they could not stem the
urrent. Williams and the woman were
ut ashore, aud the remaining men made
mother attempt to reach the steamer,
sing the seats Of the yawls for paddles,
ut the tide was too strong, and they we're
arried down the stream and seen ne
lore. Williams thinks that not more
ian thirty passengers were saved, but it
hoped that many were able to reach the
hore at different points down the river,
nd that further information will show
lat the loss of life has not been so ter
bic and appalling as present advices in.
icste. There IL no telegraph office
carer the scene of the disaster than 4
wen miles, and no information later .
ian eleven o'clock last night has been re-