, 1869-10-29
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT HORROR,
burning Of The Steamer SloneWall
On the mississippi.
Upwards Of Two Hundred Persons
Perish.

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Upwards Of Two Hundred Persons
Perish.
Tho Crew and pusseuxcrs
| Crowded Overheard and
/ Drowned In q Mass.
narrowing Details Of the Terrible
Catastrophe.
speaal Deapaich 70 TIC Chicago Tribune. .
| CAkspNpAIK, Ill, Oct f.
One Of the most terrible d!basserb thes eyer NJ.
cofrtd On the "eatern wsterh, took place Il
place called Nicely landing, below Gfaud Tower.
On the AbkiaA'pp R.scf last night about O'Clock,
Tne st. I0uh New Orleans packet stonewali, J,
bhs", usste1, commanded BY Captain Tnonaas
soost' wa burned and about two hundred
tT7 lest sha had \ great quantity Of
bay aooard which caught mo from !
pe.engefS pipe. The ahrm was given
"nAe 1t 1upper, and eresJ posA1b!e tfors VIZ
nads 10 suhdnc the nst. In tho rneSatlua The
pow OF the boat was turned towards the saogr,
o1t ehe aoou ran uron sand-bar In water scyen
feet deep md two hundred Jsr1s from the snore,
The only Jaw. astached 70 the bost wAs cut down
tFotn tn fasieuiDgs By a few deck passengers,
Who Heated away from the eau.rr.
Without ears. III fifteen minutes, owing
to the quantity OF tunannah.e material aboard,
AID u &trong breeze blowing through the cabin
frou The stern, where the trc had originated, the
eEt'se boat was IN canes, anl crery MAD. woman
and cf:ld hnd fhro1n themselves into the water.
Shutters. Ilndt, mattresses furniture, p!auk. and
everything 'hat could he obtame1, had been
thrown out 10 assist the drowning.
great manY. o@tux to the cnlduess
| dt 1he water, soon went down. Many tilcd while
nt1rtng the shosc, and some afte. reaching t.
IN N hour all was orer. From THIRTY TO nnv
had ssSuRRled to ihe land, and nearly 800 ha.f
found wa.esJ gsares. There were aboet 20 souls
On board, including oticers and crew, when the
hre hsnke out
The steamer Belle Memphis, COM
Ing up The rlyer, reached the plarc
Of the dtsaster about 10 O'Clock,
She picked up and kindly cared for an that could
10 to1nd along the shore. None IN the wa,rr
~ess alse. All the officers and crew arc SUD
poe to have hen lost, except one engineer. the
a*s''tant engineer, one pilot, the carpenter, and
onc fireman. AuoDg the supposed los! we're Cup
saln Scott, commanding, and Captain
Dotey, Of New Oreana. All the books
and rarers were eonsumcd, white the
lnas and cafKo werc total losa Tho
AtsAsant kngtnccr, arrived !n this ctiy to.da..
aud 10 him ! nm Indebted for tteso pattlculs1r,
! Tie cnndIcf OF the raAstagers AMI Officers II
raid 10 hhve hecn heroic, such IN appalling
tccnc has ros been witnessed on the Mssssppt
| Tut nlany stars. The easr,t wt1e Kindly cured
| lot l,y the olcstA Vi tle Eelle Memphis aua were
| rnftt tHf tn ! fu
s!me today.
TO THE ASSOCIATED rHFSa.
| kTATEAEhT or 4 RrRr1yOR
| TT. IoC1R, Ict- 2A--ME. Phillips q PLANTER. If
s.tssslor'. II. tn. arrived fTna. fns wr.K u ITO
Of ,he terrible '''rnstrr 10 thAt 1'oas:
VII, TT boat caught trn At halt. past = O'clock ou
St.ij Landing, ono haudsoi aa 's s.eo:s".s .s"r
ih!les t~1ow 1T / l'na, frpsn a candle which The
nrra rasseceeFs haf near eot1~ hay While playing
| ca1da. The STEAMER was run un RTayel liar, th9
i'flo' tunrnssnx th"s Hin pi.*rn1efs c,ulL watlc
.sl.etc ~ t1.t !&s. Gufcr.unatcly 1t the rtrI Vi
". w. IT,. "" ,ne ''ops 5.ts, an, rss, ;n,
nas drowned. Tho .'oat ' a. Inn on the bar, but
tnc snailoHEH pat Asont l1tr la1 i've OF ak fcrt
| 1t water. The boat Ind W much hsJ uooar.i l!rHt
hhr burned Ike tlader, and at efforts to nut II out
wszc unasa!lins: The belle Memphis cnrne
arc,dea .p irs,,erm ,hn M ,, hea. atser .ns
Unt Of two huLlre.l anil alty.1%o pa-scnKtra ani
ete*, ob}J thIn! nfu knoHn to be snyed. Tue
~ ~ stsa Ut Csptaln seost 10 WAS Heating down
Tho people at SeelyH raw the liRh, and hasten.
~ 70 s'ts.s; onS uaa RESCUED sixteen ptssona,
xoaI't have been lU.t A gentleman from
| I1nucah, Kg,, swan athnEn y71tha tAtty. and nt
be. cnttealy 1csulncd to sare her child. in Hwlal.
| MllR n*horG he ~ Krasrtl t.y 4 drowning 1nan.
| tnhAen him on. NV
burned that he died as soon he reached Tho
| Shore.
capt,ln Doniy, OF Shreveport L., Was savei
| Ihtfs wssc tAIty-toe cabin pAEscn9tra and slxty
board Al are probably lust, except nne ri.
as asioo ~ ,hs so5 aa tho cte" "cts the only cues
7nx BOAT AND opr1cKRa
dse cnn' ~ onne ny Csp.an John
r rtt>i'u1vh onlce.: Eufeka, s5oa': to.t@sn'. G
Hssi:ny: ss aessianss 'aa':ia, aaa saau's:sn9: a:
s6 'sSs : rsss sssa st,s NH. as;;; ss;;S;
shaw had stepped otr this IMP and CAPTAIN Tom
seott was IN eom1nAu.t Tle other ofIccrs we're
Il. Chick. Secoud CLERK; Jos. Lcater aua u
aua,. p'ot: VIII Scset as:q s,e aea so' Fanon atak
| FURTHER PARTICULARS
| st. Ior17, Oct 2S.--GeoEKe ". Fulton the chief
engineer OF Inc ssonewai', &nsed here On the
He:e Mcmrhn. ami gives SONG further par
ticalsrS Sixteen rersons we're aayed ty clluEfuy
| t. ttaRe pl1uI, and sixteen more swan ashore
on loud, q .ho.e pos,isc saie,y snefe Is Ae sn3
certainly. One Inan, na11ed Bcnnar, Eaa rIcEe,l
| npand , brought ashore. bat died soon after.
arc Geo y. Fulton, chief engineer: Edward Fal-
telson, L!loi, aud E T. Watson, carpenter. Mou-
JAN 1ns a1a :h,s w.,
The eaEetf Of The three ladies' on boant only o3e.
Mis- oEreR. WHO WAS going 10 New Orlcana win
her family 70 meet her husband, K2s B4sed.
Captain 6cutt NAS last seen floating q n enar
Men On shore rode seven miles dorn the stream,
90 horseback, In hopes Of nndtug ntm, but he vas
The scene on boarl xas heaz.rendms in the
extreme The namee ep!eaa win wonderful
| the passeuEess, .rtid with tes7or, lrowfed Tie
forrca4tle unt.i they were forced overheard ia =
% s1a aEs.1 L ne Sc asm,s che ss
| would Jump into the wa;er, wh!rl around Ia lilo
| stronR current for IN instant, aad disappear for
len p,ed 10 swim ashore, but coming IN COZ con,sct
wNh ~ @ npmees y of ~ mules he 1Tam % md climbed
on ne o. fne S9aL Wa5s here ns
| ashore il q skin
tano,hes the nrs, WHEN IT Wy hTst discovered,
Nrh blankets, bot the w1nd blew 70 strong tnai
ne tassed. An effort Was also mado 70 bring ID
fren1ted dtck:passenger1 rnahed With such t.
fes,stible tosce upon The men hasog It IN charge,
r. ,s:s 'ns} srsT xs,s 0'Ss te ve %;
ths .sern q the eost, r hese &c encon1:ered the he
He vAs tatea IN, bot S.vtpe no no o.ls @ sney % could
not stem the current Williams and the woman
were put ashore, and tho remaining men rnade IN.
seats Of ,he Jswl fof psddles, bur iae tide wa
too strous. and sneJ weIe carried down stream
,5.n nd SET ,s,3+ no mo5s Wlnms shtass not more
That many xere able 70 reach The shore =: ei,s-
iersns po,r;s 20 GoSn sae rtve,. ana taat further IN.