New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-25
THE MISSISSIPPI STEAMER DIsAsrxn.
sNAGGIsG AND BURNING OF THE EMMA no. 3"
ABOVE MEMPHIS.

sNAGGIsG AND BURNING OF THE EMMA no. 3"
ABOVE MEMPHIS.
The following ara the particulars Of the ne
cident TO tlr Emma No 3 gwen by IAe Chc.nhan Ga
sefte: The Emma M. 3, James Maratta. Captain. bound
FROM New Orleans to Cincinnati baden With grocer lee ard
pig iron LETT Memphis at midnight, ttidny tat aites
adding 400 bales uf cotton. MheB IN the chute Ui leland
~ 90 out ~ "'isS oo,o p'r", ii S,'yy Sts
water Every back the boat of tue to Get
her shOre Ia stop the leak unavHug AID the
officers prepared send the ladies aud passengers ashore
In tho yHw AZ this iuncinrc tue straincr raertd up
setting her stoves and setting flee "a the boat 40 81 tny
places that IL was Impossible cxtngush thc namcs.
The passengers became greatly excited, and before TUG
yaw combining the ladies aud as mshv Ias-cgersh rs
was deemed prudent to put IN her could lac psird be-
you'd reach rush was made. aud it was Immediately
ladies' many passengers, aud the cieik aid ds I"as
ashore The Officers then attempted launch tlc fe-
boat but driven away by hic when iho tasA was
nearly accomplished doors, plahks, ana bhlfs OF COLON
were then procured, aud vii on board started hr sh're
except Caleb MaruttH. pot Attehhorousi. three
passengers, head chnmbermad. aud head cook who
could dud nothing secure enough "a trust themselves 10,
aud hudLled together GA narrow sup oI loeca,r IN
front Of some casks OF iron, wic projected thrm
fron ire aud which they prevented from burning hy
throwing water ON them with their hats Caf,. Jhn,s
was not submerged entirely. when Tie boat sunk "gi ex
tpsushed the me- iie was SUon aitrrwGnl laken OF 10y
skis, which arrived from tho nearest houses. one aud
two miles distant us queky as the o~ners cuhid
bring them Also rescued [" party on The bow, wh'c.
still hung on the snag. The greater purOn oi
those who started ashore on Heats succrrded
IN reaching It. bat fist engineer, Lyonberser aud
% passenger named MeFalnnd dipa from eNhsus
ton aud cold after reaching shore. Many remained
the boat until badly burned before attempting Ia 10
ashore Pilot AttenbOgOugh reports that tue Columbian
reached the Emma two hours after the DISASTER aud re-
ceved all who reuained ON the bank unuia"d otners
had been fcmuVed back from the uany b
them being unable 10 be moved To the boat Tue "'rrs
OF the Columbian treated the snrviVos VITA eieies
kindness, giving hats. coats. and b0Ots 10 many wh"h
Invested themselves VI such ARTICLES 10 enable tem 70
reach shore. -
The Commercial says: We learn that when thc ooat
took lire Capt Marata. with his brother i.weIeu lne
yawl, intending a. place the ladies Ia u ana hSe then
ashore. and, Notwithstanding the fact thii ne sl"" ia ~
with cooked revolver, warning them ioksP "ay u"
had landed the ladies, when lac would return he pas
and several OF the deck hands '.n s'' zoe
and swamped 10, all who m IL az Tue '"' EihE
the bottom except the Captain who seized Tender ana
gain resumed ine work of SAVING thu p1ssehgers "y
buding floats Ills conduct, as well as iut W tnS uuer
officers boat and Utccrs ~ The steamer Cosd-
bian which passed me wreck two hoirs AFTER tine "ri
nlended.