, 1874-08-06
BURNED AND DROWNED.

Alleged Cowardice and Incompetence Of
the Boats Crew.
Cruel Desertion Of Passengers.
CtNclxNArl, Aug. 5.-Tho operator at Aurora,
lnd.. logorts that tho steamer Pat Rogers waH
burned tIlis morning on tho Ohio River, milo
below Aurora mud apous twonty lives wore Iust,
principally ladies.
Tho 1ost, usSsing, aud caaualtlos sum up as
follows:
Alr. Moddon. Now Oroans; Charles Fittman,
Nowtown, Ey.; j. II. f1owart. Madison. Ind.
boat builder; Mrs. Smith. Madison; G. II.
Orloy, stider; Jacob Light, Cincinnati Airs.
Tuttia and child; William brown, Of Ciucinnati.
SAvED.
The anyed ate: Z. O. Ely, ORwego, N. T.; n.
g. k4ns!sy, 0ncida N. T.; William Allison, t:ln-
badly burned Hbpus tho heal Ms. ". j. Dufton,
New York City; John ". Miller, Louisville, KY.
Wilhnm Bartiuw, Portsmouth; q. Graves, Shell
bv, 4Y.; j. II. Holman, Lexington, KY. George
Now O.!eans, deck-ooy. Names OF missing:
Ky; Erctl 5chulo Car. oliton Ky, dock-tlaatl;
L. i. Wallace. CsneiMsiati; 4. Myuss, Cosi1.gtss;
y. IL poss'nser, Nsw Haven. Ay:; L. s:one,
pos', Ky., ,se,S ' hsnd. saco Sarnol isosis Sooo
a,,n San, 5.aple.on, VeSay, Ind.: Henry Frost;
.. IL. Whto., Ioaiavt!o,' ky. G., T. Moved,
Springfield, Masa. j, George 9. bnchanau, Lou
isy!l!o, Ky.; Msn. U. Il. Och, Aususa. ImA. airs.
Hanove1, Alas. l.. ]. Williams, Louis.lle, Ky.;
4. NJ. eriao. Nashville Di. Il. Il. Lurrno,
Washington, u. G.; M,, lus4le, C!prsn"aA
Ihesdmo Dansei!, tatsiet. lnd: ". G. 5ew::,
Cil.cs.iatl; NJ. ". Baker, C,uciauati; Ii. ].
Moore, H1sowouu, Ind.
KNpwH TO De LOST.
Tho following ase xAa"n to 10 lost: Miss
Llzxtu Qorlner mud JaoJb QOrMnr, Ut AtAdlsoa
Mies Tiekeurou1; one derinan Indy Lot i1olti-
tiod; Oh. cl'.!d takas cut oN 3 mattress, nns
Stewart. Madison; Char!eh D,l:uap. pilot,
Thought to bodrowned; also ]aeob atuu,s eutaivksr
nnd Rudolph Druoker. Eleven passengers nuA
1ya OF the ctow calihot be found.
LATEH ACCOUNTS
report thnt Prof. Platto and D. N. Wh!tc, Of
LuuInsilo, havo both boon fonnd.
1Llrty-aeyon Of The fo,ty-hye Hlvod passengers
caulc tJ Clnolnnatl. Some oil stla most seriously
iajured uneB aro cared for h. .Au.ora. TAe citi-
zens Of that paee ase doing vi shsy ean for tho
Tomorrow tho river will be dragged 10 recover
tho bodies Of tho ioat. Ihe care Ut tho hylug
occupies tho tune Of tile citlzona to-day.
RIVER Pirates
In skiGs nro hoso.iug about the arecs, picking
up w,sat they Cali to-night
Tho tuas burned uear the shore, tho flames
onyeloping tue shore side OF the yoBael. Pas
Hengers VINO Jumped over on that aida wore
nearly Ill io4t or baaiy burned. None who usud
llie.preHervers arc known To be loHt aud two
ladleB wero saved without tho use Of pros0rveiH.
At2Ny BANK by
Cl.1NolNd TO EACH OTHER M THE WATER.
Tho seeno of tGn wreck Is go lniloB from hero
by river, and Has above Laughoy Crcei, aud n
mile aud half blow Aurota, lud, Tho ti,e waH
discovered about 10 minutos bofors o'cloclt.
All tho passengers wore asleop. Yha crew don't
know much nooAt it.
were diHpla, cd III awful contrast. The offlcera
oxarled themselves nohly to save the pasBengsrs.
boat says tho last object ,Ao snw wss child 9
years old. bcyond lis reach alone, nalod, dauc-
Ing with pHin, crying aud shouting. The 1inmea
burned It. hot ono Of six small cl,,idrer
aboard was saycd. Two woso brought ashore
dead; -Four women, who woro Afterwards sayed,
ahouted till hearse tmplouus tie rivee.
pirate On tho kontuchY-Bt4ore to
come over und holp but he refused. Il bravo
nlan came down tho river later barely time to
man. Hubert J. Moore. says woman oatno to
lim with q child
AND BEGGED HIN TO sATE THEN.
IIo throw a na.,reaB in tho rivor. He told her
to jump. ualfa do21u men seiZed the mattress,
anu the woman rushed nwuy half frantic, uawil-
dered. They lost sight Of her. shs IL thought
to DO burned with hor baby.
Capt. Davis says tho otlicera wcro wakoned
promptly, and ran at once 10 the rooms Of tho
passengers.
BrATEs1ENT OF THE gIaiNEEn.
Mr. Holmes, tho engineer Of tue steamer Pat
Ro1DlH, which was burued ut Aurora, Ind, nr-
rived III Cincinnati on tho uoon train. and was
interviewed by a C.ncnnati reporter. Ia gises
hn following account ot che burning Of tho
toa1nar:
''1t was just about o'clock, whom just op-
posite Laughery Crock. that Aows into the Ohio
River niles below Aurora, that noticed Il
bright light among Rono baica OF Cotton in tho
atter part Of the boat. i hastcnoJ to tue spot.
my poBsio,Iity Of immediately exiin:,u!sing 1t.
lantoued to tile husr.cano dccd q ID gayo tle
alarm to tho pilot that tue bont vas burning n.,u
told him to run her ashoro. The pilot ut once
tnruod tho boat's head to the Shore,
spo sp a%'psy s pos she saod became ss. ns ss
turn lilo wheel. but tho stcams'
would not Answor to llor holm. lie thinks tht
tillo-rrore had beon cut. from this ract It i
Thought tAat tho tire was the work Of an lncan
diary. Another theory II that ono Of tho dock-
passengers, while hil,uking, dropped Bpsrks ftun'
unt1las,ae cabo sho tllfted on to II Band- d-bar and
tlofo grounded. The Han,eH, iuAtoAd Of u raud-
tmg aionx the lower dsek, Il! oase s!.ot uf TO th,
cabjn and piIot-holisa, a ID taou uwopt aero; tt
hurricane deck. Tho ussrugcrs were all ar. 4ed
aad tie boatH we're loworca, and many wo1e cal.
red u tho sloro, but others in their fright, ju NJ
cd into the wntoE n.d tl,oao who wero mt Dire
loaulled sato iauding-place aftee drifting lonl
tilnn with tie curront. Tiers were nearly 10l
Eooplo ou boagl. but What proportion Of th;s
nunlber wero HctualIy lost 10 not Kuown at tIll
ti1ue, az many reported missing havo Ioon acal
by SOME on Hholu sinco tho liraster."
tue PROPERTY LOTT.
The boat and Cargo, consisting Ut oattle, HhoeI
and Ii ~, are tot.f loss.
T4o passunyer loglster aud all tho books wer.
Lust.
THE INSURANCE
on tha boat was Mtua ~, 0Uu; American. 80, Co..
Farmers M,.d kentan aud l4uu.syila nletoLaAts
$2.lil each Cunmo'cat. E,foka. 4Il SatlonA!
s6:ooo eaeA; Enterprise, p9,u0o Tutal 737,
600.
FEARFUL AND FATAL FALL.