The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14
A RIVER HORROR.


An Ohio Mail-BOat Burned 10 the
Waters Edge--Ovsr Twenty Lives
Lost.
The operator at Aurora, Ind, reports
that the steamer Pat Rogers burned on
the 5th inst, one mile below Aurora.
About twenty lives we're lost. Several
bales cf cotton which formed part of
fiaqzp spaE.Sss. fs2na. I'm aud tue
and cargo, the latte.c consisting of cattle,
sheep and hogs, total loss. The pas
senger register and all books were lost.
The boat was valued at $50, 600, and
insured in Cincinnati, for $32, 900 and
Louisville for s., 600. The value of the
cargo is not ascertained.
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
Mr.. Holmes, the engineer gives the
following account Of the burning {" 1t
was just about 6 o'clock when just OPP
the Ohio river, two miles below Aurora,
that l noticed a bris sht light in some
bales of cotton in the after part of the
boat. FASTENED TO the spot and found
the cotton burning rapidly aud beyond
any possibility of Immediately extin-
gushing it. / hastened to the hurri- !
cane deck and gave the alarm to the |
pilot that the bOatwas burning and told !
him to run ashore. The pilot at once |
turned the boats head to the shore and |
Immediately she became unmanageable. /
The pilot states that he could turn the |
wheel but the steamer would not an |
swer to her helm. He thinks
THE-TnLER ROPE HAD BEEN CUT.
From this fact it is thought the fire |
was the work of al incendiary. Anoth- |
er theory is, that sne of the deck pas
sengers, while sinking, dropped sparks
from his pipe into cotton. When the /
boat became unmsageable she drifted |
on to sand bar, md there grounded. |
The flames, instead of spreading along |
the lower deck at mce, shot up to the |
cabin and pilot hmse, an then swept |
across the hurriene deck. The pas |
seDgers were all aDused and the boats |
lowered, and manywere carried to the |
shore, but others, D their fright, jump |
ed into the water,and those who were |
not drowned reachd a safe landing place !
after drifting long time with the cur
rent. There wen nearly a hundred |
people on board, but what proportion |
of this number wee actually lost is not |
known, as many rported missing have |
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libey celvlnt 'uSrce-
men 1nankst ss1st- |
ance gnly draw from de, south |
ern provinces of France, become daily
more formidable 1t is wearisome to
return necessarily to the same topic,
but it is our duty to affirm the fact
that the French government, in spite
of its probable good intentions, neither
prevents nor restricts the succors sup-
plied to the carlists on our frontier. and
| to which we have so often called atten-
tion. A carlist newspaper published at
Bayonne in both Spanish and French
not only propagates the most untrust-
worthy news so long as it is favorable
information on al that concerns the in
surrectional moyement-the guns that
are expected, the ammunition which
has successfully passed the frontier,
the horses and mules procured or ex.
pected-eyerything, in short, that BELTS
its profession OF Carlist Mon1teur. At
Bayonne, also, there are public ware
houses containing clio. hes and stores of
all kinds for the carlists. In the south.
Lizarraga and formidable staff which
escorted him, with great quantity of
baggage, were able to promenade as
easily in our towns and on our high
roads as If they bad been the Offensive
cayalcade of an Olympic circus. With
respect to Dorregary's last proclama-
ton, the general must feel it necessary
to exuse his cruelty, for he had a GOOD
number of soldiers and officers shot
among others two German officers
This last rigorous act is by some CON
sidered an act of gratitude to France
for all the sacrifices she has imposed on
herself in favor OF the carlist insurrec-
ton.
A WESTERN paper introduces sergeant
Rata1 as ss tba faQ.fnf;r<. q "