New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-17
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0fFEjAl UvRhAl Of THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
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ANOTHER STEAMBOAT BURNED
Dasf,uction of the T. L. McGin
loss OF SIXTY LIVES

~ttransfer 10 our columns the fOllowin
epecal dispatch to the Times, published i
eha6ournal yesterday morning:
MEMPHIS, January I5.-Steamer T. l
Nc3ill, from Cairo to New Orleans, wit
on hundred tons assorted freight, caugh
III at ten o'clock last night while lying a
kOofy bar, eighty miles below here. an,
ess burned to the waters edge. The fire i
Gid 70 have originated in the engineer
eek up. The wind was blowing gale a
sae time, and her entire upper works wer'
destroyed in less than two hours.
She had when she left here fifteen cabi1
passengers thirty deck passengers and
crew of about fifty, including officers. o.
abe whole number thirty-tive persons are
&nown to have been saved, while the loss OF
Sfe will hardly fall short of sixty souls.
The steamers A. j. White and st. Francis
Dad passed the McGill, and were several
sAiles above her when they saw the light OF
che burning boat, and immediately went to
her assistance, putting out yawls, and, with
She steamer Alice, succeeded i'll rescuing
'Shose whose names are given below, and
who came to the city on the two first named
boats,
From those who have arrived, ] learn
Snere We're five cabin passengers lost !:
among them were a German and wife, who
got aboard at Belmont, and were seen to
Jump overheard, locked in each others
arms also gentleman and wife, who were
asleep at the time the fire broke out, and it
Is supposed these persisted i'll the flames,
and man, name unknown, who got aboard
Ut New Madrid.
The books and papers being lost, it is i'm
Gossible to ascertain the names of the lost.
Among the deck passengers lost there was
- family OF seven persons, including four
children, who came on board at Belmont,
0nd thirteen Mexicana.
. Of the officers lost were Captain William
TOmpkins, i'll command; First Clerk McFar-
land, Second Engineer Nelson Brown, two
deck hands, chambermaid, deck sweeper,
second steward. porter, and pantryman the
Barber, and Evans, deck hand, being saved
The following is list of those saved Of
!he crew: Oliver Cottrill, first engineer, ST.
Louis; Isaac Lausiton, stoker, St. Louis;
Jerry Lawsey. steker, St; Louis G; H.
Crane. cook, st. Louis; Patrick Callens,
deck sweeper, New Orleans: w. O'Brien,
rouster, Chicago; David 4. Jones, rouster,
Thurman, Ohio; +. Green, Belvidere, Wis
Consin; Thomas Rogers, colored cabin boy,
Vicksburg John Black, colored cabin boy,
New Orleans; and Abe McFall, cabin boy,
Cairo.
Passengers saved are w. H. Gren. St.
Louis; Peter Gavin, St. Louis; d. A. French,
Moscow. Kentucky; j. DAILY. ST. Louis A.
j. M. Caldwell, Hickman, Kentucky: Val
entine Fox, st. Louis; William Johnston.
Bay st. Louis; Mr.. Shinglepeck, Milwaukee:
G. L. Barnes. Bartlett, Tennessee; NJ. Kelly, |
st. Louis, and the following colored rousters |
residences unknown; Dennis Linn. 6. |
Maten, Pat Jones, Alexander johnson,
ALI Burton, G. Brown, Henry Hudson, |
Frank Wilson, II. Clay, Moses Heale,
Richards Hill 5. Whiting, Charley Post
Latcr-The steamer Alice has just arrived
from the wreck Of the McGill. William
Woodruff, the second clerk Of that steamer
IS q passenger. He states that the pilots.
James and George Kelly, were saved, and
that Captain Tompkins was last seen on
cotton bale, few rods from shore, appar-
emily exhausted.
lie also states that many deck passengers
were burncd-one, woman, was seen en-
velOped in flames; the others were driven to |
the guards of the boat. where they remained
till forced into the water by the flames. |
Some chung to the sides of the boat and died
from cold and exhaustion, the yawls sent
eut by the steamers Francis A. j. White
and Alice, not being able to get to them on
account of the intense heat from the burn
ing boat, while others jumped into the
water with such light articles as they could
obtain.
Mr.. Woodruff states that the officers and
men belonging to the boats which came to
The rescue, did everything in their power
kindly furnishing the survivors with money |
and clothing, and also states that the boat
With The books, papers, etc, is a total loss. |
The cargo consisted of nine hundred tons
assorted freight, fifty horses and twenty
mules, all of which was lost, except about
me hundred tons taken out to tighten her |
'ver the bar. He will enter a protest for
Ter and proceed with the surviving crew to
st. Louis, tomorrow.