The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-02-19

rRanIpLE Loss or Liva.

mr. n1IU OkWO0 DU303D
TERRIBLE Loss or Liva.
The subjsissd seeeust Of the bssn'
|ng Of tAe steamer Miais SsspAsss,
hon The Shreveport Sossh. wssssfs
viii b. reed with psisfsl interest. IL
pictures briefly, bat graphically, one
Of the most beartrssdisg eslsnisSs
which .hs prsss hes ever bsss called
upon to record. What pen 80 d.
scribe the horrors Of sseh . night
lmagi.a,ion shrisks appalled, At il
eoutsurls,ios. Ssch = calamity hss
never hsppssed before o. eur Lakes;
and, % dear A. the Lesson nay 10,
ws ,rus. /. will not b forgotten BY
those whose provincs Il u to guard
The lives entrusted 10 thsir wstsafai
care.
We s,s indebted 10 Mr.. J. I.od.
wick, oas Of he stssfsnsa, for The
following psrtiesls1 Of this uspaF,l-
lsled catastrophe:
The Mittis Stsphsss, Capt. Ksl-
lorg, George Rsuss clerk, len this
port for Js1sryos, 90 TAsrs1ay, the
llth, II I o'clock Y. H., With over
one hundred souls % board. Neth.
ing worthy Of notice happened ustil
io o'clock At aigAt Vie tine for
changing ws.ehnsn, ab"uttwo and =
half miles below SwanNa's landing
in Caddo Lake, when M. Lcdvict
remarked to Mr.. Swain, the pilot On
watch, that he smslt something barn.
INK. and At the sams TINA noticed
smoke rising from the hay forward
on the larbosrd side. The alarm
was at once given, the boat hsAdsd
for shore, asd al hands put 70 work
to extinguish the flames, bat without
effect. In less thaa Ave minutes ths
bow Of the boat was run sshsrs nsss
Jetsr's place, ct which dine he fos-
ward part Of the boas wss completely
in flames, cuttisg Of oil sgrsse ia
that direction. The passenger thea
rushed to the stern Of the bost,
driven BY the Asmss ssd with ths
hops Of making their ssssps IL thai
direction. The stsss Of ~ boss va
at least one huadrsd aad sixty fbs'
from The shors, 10 NJ fbst water
Tho yawl vas svsopsd q osss b.
being Overloaded ss1 Ne ossspsatl
ne. . vats.y gravs. Hsss he sssss
bsggsrs dsseripsies. Nearly on
hundrsd frantic, terror sssisksa pso
pie, men, women ssd sAilarsa, vsrs
collected on Tie aitsr guard, with tn
1snss Kissing aud eraskliag bsAisd
them and . watssy grave before then
Every movsabls ding was throws
overheard, ssd many nsa jumped
overheard and fsssd vatsry grsvs,
fighting for sossshisg 70 Aoss On
Here hthsn eoald Be- sssa hsstinl
for their wives snd childsss, .ivsl
for their husbands, and children fol
thor parents, said the shrists and
cries OF The excited crowd. A II,
flames approached oil Of the nss
jumped overheard, some 70 Cad I
wstory grave and othsrs 70 savs them
selves BY swimming, but not . LADY
could be induced to take The solo
water, and they psrisAsdin The flames
In lsss than one half hour from th,
discovering Of he Ars the vessel va
. total wrsok, asd over sixty psrson'
had persisted. The stsamsr Dixie
Capt. Thornton jacobs, came along
side and readsrsd valuabls sssista &c,
with her skif in piekisg up person.
floating 10 the water. Msssrs. Svsiu
and Lodvick said se the wheel anti
driven away BY The Asnss, ssd vsrs
the last psrsoss to lssvs the hurriesss
roof, At which time tie cabin VA %
tirsly deserted. They both Jumped
overheard iron The stern aad swan
ashore. In fsss al Who we're savsd
did the ssms tAisg. Al soon - tie
Gre was discovered large amount Of
powder Wa thrown overheard, - wcll
~ what else that eosld b got at, bat
the nre made sseh hsadvay that
every effort proved ffuitlsss. Capt.
Kellogg and his oGesss behaved with
great GOODNESS, and made every saor,
in their power 70 ave the pssssngs
The following 10 list Of the Lost and
saved
The Let,
CsEw.-Gsorgs Rsnsr, lst clerk
Chss. Weir, 1st sasissss TAonal
Mulligan, I'd engineer n. MeGill,
striker; Peter Fisher, james Gar.
dsnsr, and John Battssss, solorsd,
6remsu.
PAssENGRRs.-Mn. Jseksea and
three children; Nm. T, L. Lysa sad
son Frank Mr.. asd Nm. Lewis 81
three children oss snksowu lady,
from G-asd Rsess W. A. Brood.
vail, New Orleans Nr. J. G. CAss.
tias, Mr.. Boyskis. Mr.. Ash, M.
New.
DECK PAssEnoanot-Jas. Johs.
soa, Nassy Brs11sse - sAili, WI.
Morris, Anssds Meou1s, 1lastAs WI.
!isn:, Hss.y :AsAI9, ssas.y Al.
Icy, Rsse rlillieA jss. A. Philips,
Jana Phf1l}na Mn~4ha A pA111is.