Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10

ed back bones, that others nave tnelI
bones outside their bodies, while others
have none at all. Facts such as there are
perfectly comprehensive to children even
Younger than those have named"
The Burning OF tho EEna No. 8.
Mr.. james Lynch, who was passenger
on the steamer Emma No. 3, gives the
following account OF the disaster 20 tnas
i]l.fated steamer. Mr.. Lynch boarded the
boat at Memphis, and says that when the
boat left that port she had about sixty
passengers, most of whom were In the
cabin. He says:
II was on the lower deck Of the Emma
No. 8 at the time she struck the snag, and
Immediately went up stairs and found the
messengers there not in the least alarmed
or excited. The water was not deep, and
therefore not much fear Of loss OF life
from the vessel sinking. As she was
settling she suddenly careened, throwing
the cabin stoves, which were well filed
with fire, over, setting fire to TIE floors
and furniture. The wind, which was
blowing pretty fresh atthe time, carried
the flames to the upper works and the
roof, and less than eight minutes from the
time she struck, the Emma was one mass
of flames. Everybody seemed paralyzed
with fear when the boat took fire, and the
rush for the river Immediately took place,
and overheard q majority OF them went,
regardless of the fate which awaited them
in the death-cOl water. The mate, as
sisted by some of the crew, went to work
to lower the yawl when the boat first be-
gan sinking, but for some reason stopped,
and the yawl was not lowered until the
boat had careened. As soon as possible
after the breaking out of the fire we passed
| the ladies into the yawi, with the excep-
ton of one lady, Miss Mary Lewis. As
soon as the ladies were in the yawl the
| men rushed also to get in, but only succeed
ed in swapping the yawi and throwing
the whole party into the water, and, be.
lieve, drowning all the ladies and most OF
the men The Captain swan to the stern
of the boat, and got on the wheel, after
the yawl sank. He was in the yawl, help
!. Il OF men or women. 1t must beQs
" coded, then, that the women wd
= vote pretty universally at the b
election at any rate. l.
m, Then, before the election, beg
in the Nominating Conventions eye
I'd the. leading politicians in everyld.
ity, remembering that the woe
: must vote, would endeavor to SEE
b the nomination of candidates
q would poll the full strength OF tE
- parties including the new vote
q. Whether this would be an advant
IN or otherwise need not here be {
liz sidered; it would at least be the r
a Coming next to the Nominal
Conventions, we should find the ]
"a voters entitled to representation,
10 them. And comprising nearly !
y. ~ the vote of every County, it is
possible that the women shOulde
send at least some Delegates OF Il
8 own sex to these Conventions. Il
perfectly proper and praisewof
~ curiosity alone would impel som
~ them to attend, even in default
j any other motive. And by virtu
=. their being present, these ConY
4 tons would instantly cease tG
noisy and boisterous gatherings,
# would become as civil and orderE
~ = any other public mixed assem
son Mr.. Jones, being there with his !
~ IT,, and sister, would protect them Z
III as well as elsewhere; and the s.
-, would be true Of Mr.. Smith,,
- Brown, and all the rest, WITT
regard to politics. From thiS
X. creased quiet and order would ..
.et, a better style of doing business.
-. zee "log-rolling" which has becom-
for notorious hitherto would be watt
cry with keener eyes; and this watch
-. would render anything impr,
!. difficult if not impossible. The.
men would probably not tax,
active part in Convention at first
~, here and there one might ventul,
md express an opinion, and If shd
I'm the opinion would naturally u
!. ceived with especial favor by e.
q of her sex. The tendency OF ain
l. would be to an increased refiner
]. and propriety in everything coli
'eA' ed with these Conventions. d
Then, in the canvass following
= nominations, if any female
dates were nominated-whichl
tenborough, remained on the forecastle,
almost perishing by the smoke and fire,
until rescued by skif.
The remainder Of the crew took to the
water, but only four succeeded in reach
ing the shore. ID. X. Porter, second
clerk, was the first TO reach shore, and
Carpenter, second mate, and the watch
man were all that reached 1t alive. The
first engineer, Lineberger reached IL, but
died Immediately after.
The clerk, w. n. Marratta, was lost
when the yswl was sunk, being caught
and taken under by some passengers and
never seen to rise. Thomas Trunnell,
pilot, was drowned in the same manner.
The second engineer was never seen after
the boat took fire. The barkeeper was
seen to jump on plank, but was never
seen afterward. The crew numbered
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