, 1869-04-24
THE BURNING OF THE STEAM
BOAT ANTELOPE.
Two Lives Lost


From tbs FanAson Datotaiaa, April17.
The side-EhccI steamboat Antelope. bound for
Fort l'enton, well loaded With freight and having
on board abou, nf1y passengers, vas burned to the
water ctlge on the night OF April 12th {Nondny,,
while lying At Bentley = wood yarl distant eleven
miles estof Ianktuu. Two persons we're burned
to death, while one narrowly escaped the same
awful tate. $50.
The Antelope passed this pont during the after
1een %ood 81 5a1a Oeiofe W nansd About midnsht The
passengers were awakened hy noise OCCASION
ed ~ the running Of the deck hands along the
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clerk and seyeral passengers being aroused, gave
the alarm. The after-part Of the BOAT appeared "
he entirely On nre md strong e.; sast wind wns
could walk. The clerk hsstened through the
cabin, awakening those who had not already been
ee sos sasaaenF ss Tine @
passed to the rear Of the cabin- The Captain, W;
Il. Massie, whose room WIS In the "Texas. =
blanket and ran forward. catching his trunk as be
ran and throwing 1t ovc1boarrl; he slipped down
on one Of the posts which support the hurricane
tf7 b. Aa se ss sa' from Boston, wa badly
burned. EndearorfnR to assist Others, he found
himself suddenly confronted BY the refnorseess
Of his hands ia badly burned, Whl1e his face, neck
aud hair show too pialnly the etects Of ire lie Is
now, though confined to his room, rapidly recov-
cr1ng.
The two persons who we're lost aro named
Louis Geroa, Frenchnan, who belongs AZ hsr-
ney CITY, nfteen miles above Fort Rainfall and q
negro woman called Molle, the chambertnald Of
the boat, Who belongs near Hannibal, Missouri
Louis Gerou was suGocated br smoke, while en-
sayoEng to ake e, big va. shrssgh .as sao an
and consumed him. It WIS while assisting this
man that pr. Page came 30 near losing nis own
and It Is presumed that she peItshef before she
could escape from her room
The Antelope WAS 81 Louls boat, owned by q
company Of three persona, OF which Captain Mas
she was loaded rtih lis tons OF mountain
treight-nostly merchandise She WAS the first
The are is supposed to have caught from boiler
deck stove, though the1capperrs to be no definite
opnen ot this Ihs a. nanss sp5ead v!tn M s1ea
The personal effects Of the passengers we're near
| y all destroyed VelJ few even aased their ooots
Two lady p28senceIs Netn 4bonul, one OF whom
lost three trunks filed With valuable clothing aud
ether articles She also had about 81 900 in green
backs IN her room which hhe coatnred to ear1y
ashore, bnt dropped them On the ground, and b1' s
for the riliRance of the clerk, who deiecled fel
/ Iuw trying 10 eecrtte package under h1s blanket
| would have been left pcnnneas
The hpH Of the Antelope Is now lying on tht
| opposite side Of the river, about eight miles wes
| OF town. she was cut loose from the Woodyar
while burning. the heat being 10 Intense that tht
| wood on the hank WAS endangered, and drtftet
down the river three miles, landing On the Ne
! brAsEa side. .. 49,.
| 1t Ia hoped that the safe has w1thstood the tes
Of tre, as It contains considerable money and al
the valuable papers and books belonging TO ~
boat 1T. Page had about 50 900 deposited IN tn'
safe, most Of Il, however, In drafts which. II des
| troted, can undoubtedly be duplicated.
| No htame IS attached to any persons counecsee
J With the boat on account OF the Gre.
He could learn nothing Of the yAlue Of the cargt
! aN Tne hoaf Y p 7rr tAtGdl at t3u.
| 600. Both boat md cargo we're Insured, but III
| cannot give the amounts,