The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-11-04
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Mr.. Schultz sought the hurricane
deck to avoid the crowd, and remain
ed till the Gre drove him to a despeT-
ate leap to the boiler deck, and thence
into the water. He seized a young
lady at the moment ofjumPing~ into
the water, and swan safely to land
with her and returned. to rescue 9TH
ers, but being seized by two drowning
men was dragged under and lost con-
.sciOusness, until rescued by party in
d skiff.
Among those he reports lost are
Captains Scott and QowtY; Mr. Phelps
pilot; first and second clerks, and
q. St. Louis. merchant named, Phelps,
George Fulton was the'onfy sengmeef
saved.
Mr.. Schultz states there were very
many laboTeFs bound for Arkansas to
work on railroads. This fact would
lead to the belief that the estimated
loss of life is not greatly exaggerated.
A daughters Of Akrss-HN Nnl.-Ja. G0zzens,
of st. Louis, and niece of Capt Scott,
of the ill-fated steamer, was about to
take passage on the boat, her baggage
being on board, " hen her father, obey
ing an impulse which he can not ex-
plain, and which seems to have been
a premonitiOn' Of danger, concluded 1t
was best for her to remain at home.
Among the passengers were the
Peret family of New Orleans, consist
ing of twelve persons. only five OF
whom were sSved. Michael and
George Kinney, Who were reported
saved, are now believed to haVo been
lost, as no tidings of them have been
received by their families. They were
well known stock men, and had a
large lot of cattle on board the boat.
Accounts differ as to the origin Ct
the fire, one attributing it to a deck
passenger sticking a lighted candle in
a bale of hay, of which there was a
large quantity,stOred on the lower deck
aft of the engines. Another account,
however, says the fire originated about
ten feet forward of the deck stove, from
sparks from a match, in-lighting pipe,
by one of the deck passengers. H Z
1t seems there was hut one yawl to
the steamer, and this was seized by
some of the deck passengers and cast
loose without oars. -. .....
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
ST. LOUIS, October 29.-JOhn H.
Lyon, the second engineer of the
Stonewall, who reached here to-day,
on the Rubicon, reports having
helped Captain Scott to lower lad
der from the hurricane roof, down
which the Captain descended; but Lyon
does not think that Scett reached the
foet Of the ladder alive, the smoke was
so dense and the fire so hot.
Lyon subsequently jumped over
hoard, and, with the aid ofa wheel
barrow, succeeded in getting ashore,
some distance below the burning boat.
He then went to VanciPs Landing,
five miles below, where he found the
head cook, a cOlored man, and two
other men, names not known. Lyon
does not think any were saved below
this point. s
He also says that after the yawl
mentioned in the previous dispatch
reached the shore one of the men in it
returned, using board for paddle,
and rescued five men in the water.
While Lyon was in the water he
saw Josh Lester, one of the bar-keep-
ers, clingiHg to bale of hay, support
ing little girl in his arms. A short
time afterward four negro roustabouts
were seen attempting to get on the
bale of hay, and Mr.. Lyon thinks
they were all drowned.
Captain John Shaw, part owner and
commander of the StOnewall, and
Captains Dan. G.. Taylor, J. B. Wea-
yer and John COnley started for the
wreck this evening and will devote
themselves to finding and giving de-
cent burial to the bodies of those who
perished in the disaster.