New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-18
SACRIFICE OF HUMAN LIFE
COAST STEAMER EMPIRE SUNK
LIST OF THE SAVED AND LOST

4. :--!v. O'Clock Monday night the
lowe, coas. steam boa. Empire, Captain
,;eanfreau, arrived at her landing, head Of
Con:; street. loaded down with sugar, mo-
lasses and RICE. and having several passen.
gars. Abou. four O'Clock Yesterday morn
in,. TIE Captain, whose VIII. and four
children were on board, was aroused by his
>v;t,.. who excitedly informed him that the
soo- va. sinking When he sot on deck
ha s.. .overed that :hc boa. had sunk down
% .bs ho ;,e. deck, and naturally enough le
o,,.,,..d . save members Of his family.
Tb. cant,in.. wife and baby, Walter. were
.,ecnin, in the texas with him. His other
children Mia, Fa,,ny. Miss Mar-. Johnny
and Ads, were att. IN the ladies' cabin.
Little Mary. somehow. found her way to
the outer deck. and wac caught up by her
father. and tae- manase,t to reach the
steamboat. Bradish johnson. " also did hi.
wi.e, but the other children were drowned.
The boa: sank immediately afte. m alarm
was given. going down SD deep t'::r; Shy
hes chimney tops and :he floating te.,'rs-
NAMED ia sight. l. vas known that G,.:.s
. number Of passenger. were on board. bus
a, that early hour ouly Indefinite statements
could % made. The hacbo. police kaew
tina. .ome passenger. had left the Goat .0on
after she landed.
A, soon A. assistance cou!i be obtained
holes wera Gu: in ,ae upper works OF the
boat. in the hope tha: some one might be 60
! rescued. but al: who remained on board
pe.shed Five bodies were recovered.
those Of M. Frisby, OF the Magnolia plan
! ,a:ion, .wo children OF Mr.. Hamper. o.
| Busas, Fanny Jeani.ea: ami her little
brother. The captains friends took the
bodies Of his children away. and . friend
took charge Of the corpse OF Mr.. Frisby.
The little ones OF sIr. hamper remained at
| the Lsrbo. police station. on mattress. for
| their father and mother were drowned aud
! still in the wreck. This was abou: the
saidest sight OF the awiu! wreck.
| 1t is likely shat most # no: al! the people
on boar! were sleeping a: thu time o: the
disaster. and probably the watchman was
also asleep In any event i, 10 spparen:
that he did nc: attend 70 his duty in giving
an alarm. Ihe.s il only one conjecture as
to how the terrible catastrophe originated.
! and that is that tae vessel was overloaded.
Statements have been made :ha. when con-.
! ing UP the river her guards we're under water
quite often. and that she came up very
slowly. The cargo was IN part composed OF
l"a hogsheais sugar. 81 barrels molasses.
80 barrels rice. 900 sacks rough ,ice. 100
boxes Of oranges and sundr;es. Mos. 0:
the sugar and .nolasses was insured in the
Factor. aad Traders Company, suI the
rice in the Peoples Company.
Mr. d. Il. Perre:. a passenger. bei;evin. .
tina: The boa: with So grea. u load il ier
was unsafe, slept lightly. He heard waite:
| rushing on the beat and before he emer yed
from the cabin was compelled to swim. He
saw several men jump INFO TIE river. anon g
them Mr.. Baldwin. OF Mississippi. I, IS te.
lievei that al who :cM::ei Oft were saved
by a yaw! sent from the steamboat Bradisll
Johnson. Ho saw tie stewarie.s. Louise.
when half subne:se!. standing on the
after deck. aui saw neg rescued. ;is is o;
the opinion TIA: most Ok the ladies IN the
cabin We're eau sE: in the saloon and carried.
down. being unable 20 save themselves, and
som. Of :hem Nus: Aavs Le-a i1 tAeis
be-.:.s sleeping.
Among the missing s!t.
Henry Jackson. NIns Robert. carpenter:
William Green. first engineer: Mr.. Maddox.
OF Besa,: Antoine Barr. o. Buras: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamper and two children. Buras: Mr..
Landry. live Oak store: ,wo children OF
Captain J-anfreau: M:s. Martin. POinte-a.
!a-Eache: Mrs. Wazal!y. Union Settlement:
Rose s.. John. stewavaess: Charles W,l'
hams. paEtryman: Caaile. Ward. cabin boy;
John. cabin boy.
Names o: those saved, as -: .. Is ascev.
tanned:
CT: Homer. lex Arroyo. BALDWIN. vii
liam Gibson. Captain Jack Dwyer. Gale.
Captain JeaaIreau wife and one child
Wehman. Martin. :ir. and Mrs. Seghers
four children and tw" servants. Mrs. Carlo
| i;eggiO. Augus.e Le,te, Alexander Banos
John BaAO.. Elgen. Duyai. Richard Mac
kin. John d. Devlin. James O'Brien. Frank
Setwasd. SAmue; White. Louisa. Louis Mi
chon. Patrick Newman. 4. Iremoulet
Char!e. I"tTaly. Henry Pallo. Charles Hou
!yhan. Charles Watson. a.. aniev ) ohnson
James Peppers.
An attempt was made to obtain the ser
vices OF tho be-: boa: Usage. but at dark
LAS: evening she had not moved. She Car
assist iE recovering ih. bodies o: the un
fO-tuna:es and the .roa sale. The cargo
vii! doubtless be a :o:a; loss.
The newsot this great I!saste. .spceaf
rapidly il every direction. and thousand
OF people visited the scene. bu: they coulf
see very little. a sunken steamboat. will
twisted smoke stack few feet out CT waite
and looss upper ,oof rising anu fal.in:
with the waves. A few articles were takel
trem the texas and sent t. the police sta
.:on.
When the body Of Fanny Jeanfreau wa
recovered the corpse OF her infant brothe
was closely ciasped in her arms. The.
were sen: to their fathers house. No. II
Spain street. Fanny was to be married in
few days. and had come up from the p!anta
ton to prepare for tina: event.
No one came to claim the little bodies o
the Hamper children. bet Captain Lawlo
took IL necessary care o; them. The police
men acted no6ly. and did all tia: wi!lir;
men could do.
The Empire wa. bail: 4. ;s.::, and wa
| considered safe vessel. Her captain ma
been in the coast trade many years. Sh'
was built in Algiers. was owned b.: the En-.
pire Parish Packe: Company, was rated a
worth So 900 and insured for SIS. .0ot. j OH