, 1873-08-13

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iloxandra wan rnsnoS aa ,n tuT hor ,o1g 4se XIII n
aron Hor body was brought u Up, M but i tho @ ehii-
nf to romoina Rv ta ,,nt1"r ~ o ,, WIFI,
i,ronTht tcnra - ,,o,,v n,.e.. no" oio "n'o'A
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ana1 vasn imnoi ov"ro"rI "t onI nj ,rsa aeon nr
ly, Tho othor nhil5 IL hntiovcI % to hnvo hncn
lat AAo ''Aot 'tl'u ~ oonosou VI n1'o ooon
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hmrnt ,oaaa, " r. T., rma1 nrn, ttn ,cc1s and
aara a,;eh1i,, ~. nona,,,'t ia abstnntinlIv M
foiinxn: 'rha ira % bsnsso nmt et twonty-
Avn minntca uoHt IA n'clock, botweon Thor7is
At All n" ,'it lima flroman cam,o ia md told mo
tho 19st @ 19 fir fro ss SSSy re,ea @s y
tue h hurricane ' a dock along lie walking bsam;
hoats' whieI wore on aftor.1nartors on deck. to
| ;n,Sep ,',on, sitIourh thoy we're mi of naxspn
rere. I throw water on tl1o wlool ronog 90 as 10
fcop her storage all right, and passed. buckets
nj wntnr from bDlOW
tle pur,oae. as becarne suttsGoa thoro was no no
homo Of gnyiur the yogsol. and TINT tho mly
cl1aallco to Hayo tho uasseuRora was to kcau her
going, she hoading for tho beach, Tic bont
after tho alarm wna eiyon-in loss than fiyo min
| utea after tho alarm was uiyon tho :nro was In
the roar of the pilot-houao-tho ongjne refused
to work about a half d minute before sbo gtruck
tho Shore. and tho hnat RIM 1onrIh Lcforo nho
camo to q dead atom, aud rroundol
In loss than five feet Of water from tho bow. I
remn;nel on the hurricane t]ook nntN thn 5Iamea
had burned tho wipdow-curkaina in nv room,
forth fiery darts. thon came down an tho for
ward dock and did what / coud to sayo the pns-
| seugors. 4 rrcat mauv woro afraid to fump
| overboard.. / assured fhom tloy wero safe in
jumping, as tho water from tho bow was not
| two made a leaD. aud many othora seeing TINT
tie wator ,rau shallow followed thoir Example:
md we've sayca. II was viii t]if1,sultv rhrcke3
thcm in,un;n1, nvor In 1nrro hoi]fcu md i1rown
| mr. eaci1 ALTAR during Tia oxoIto,nont. t nm
anfalo,l TINT noariv nlf lvcn 1oat wnro oat IN liz
| storn Of tho boat. fho f]amos driving that way.
and forcing tic passengers to iulnu o.
| be burned Just boloro lott lie boat
| / hoard lady Mrs, TAYLOR. of Alcxar1.
| dria' y crv;ng for >i,on fron, tin roar NJ
| tn vcescl eaw hcr hanr;nr tn ti,o
middle cl,ains and aont Eont to lsor rnao,1e md
saved hor, nm satisfied tho excitement cauaofl
uuduo ioss Of Iife. and tint oyory naganr,ror ,saa
| savet yl,o iuwncl ovcrl,oarl foorrwrrd a crnrt
naanv livoa wnro iost IN tl,n ;fohnota hv 6nn,s
oyorcrowdotl. Before tho bont stopnod onn oi
thon1 waa crow11o1 with cn1oroil rasnpnonru md
when ale wns cut loose tho stern lallro1 out ami
swonnod thu craft. About dozen smali chil.
f1ror were nhonrIl and 7 thim1f f;vo ~ uix wnro
lost, Tho f]ro caught in tho hold. but il ia in
nossiblo to to]l i,1gt where. Iho boat ,rna yary
ddrc n1n,out i;ks t;,Ior spd tio +fn,un. ,r,.ny,
| tnoy struck tho oiod nlaohnory SPREAD liko:a
| torch. Ti,o cargo was of a miscefan"n,,a ~.
turo. and containing nothing inilammnl,Io ox-
cant two harrng Of whiHky which wo1n in it,o fnr.
ward hod md wore n,1o1tg tin Inst thnrs h,r rnnd
Il was entirely lost. Tho uaagouror liHt and man.
ifast ~ t,a yesso1 ,vaa Inst H. hcin imnouail,1o
far tho Clerk to rench tho Office to oGtuin it. 1t
the time of Tho accident buk fow Of tia nnusen
gers were asleep. and none IN tlo atate-roo,ng.
Kama ware lyinr down m sofaa Tha Doorro.
nnna cane along. on hor wny to Baltimore. and
brouuLt IN a foW of tho pagscnrers Many wont
down through tho country, and others arc await
1ng other boats to como lone. All wore welt
taken caro Of. The steamers value I cstimate
~ ~10''0'' THE o1EnK's STATEMENT,
Mr. J, ". Wheeler, tLo clerk, states that after
leaving Alexantlria they took aboard a whilo
bound for Iongwood wharf, md this man lo
thinks was lost At Glynont they took on board
Kato Mcpherson and Miss Jonnio Marbuyy.
Tho latter vaa lost and the former sayod Ole
Those landed wero rs follows: Ono at Gly-
mont. two or tllroo at Sandy Point, Of whom io
thinks one was colorel wonlan mid two child
ron four whito ladicB and two or tl,rce child
dro,', and one or two whito men nnd six colored
men and women, aluo white boy namod Brax-
ton. ut Smiths Point. IIo also states flint thore
woro some Adults on board not Registered and
that no children younger than or ID years wero
| on tho regiBter-lBt; these are not charged will
faro, and ho thinks thoro we're about lwolyo Of
them. He thinks there must hayo boen nbovc
thirty livos lost. and ia afraid tlore aro more
that about o'clock, after all lad got ashore
that could, nj, atton,pt waa made to colleot tho
eayed, but many wore wandering about tic
shoro, aud some lad started OF through tho
country, so that it is not possible to arriyo at tLo
correct number lost at preeent, us it iu beloved
that many reported lost aro among those named.
nlr. Wheeler, states that he was an'ong tho last
STATEMENT OF THE PILOT.
| 4 reporter of the Star also called on John ".
l.. Boswell, tho pilot of tho vessel, Iio ts burn
cd about the arms aud legs. Ills statement is as
follows: / have been pilot on tho Potomac
upwards Of nine yeara The fireman, Mt 20 min
| ntns Of "a CANA to the whnol-houaa n1d told ma
tlo boat was on fire. Tho Cnptain Nus standing
| 4bo ,,;1ot 1,,+1o {;,,o ,,,,c