Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-06
The Steamer Pat Rogers Burned near
AuTOrs, IndiaBa-The Work OF
an IneendiaFy.
Over Twenty Persons supposed to have
been LOst-Statement Of the En-
gineer, Ar. Holmes.
Full List OF the Missing and Drowned
Scenes and Incidents - Humanity
and COld-BIOOded InhumaBity-
Etc., Etc, Etc.

CINCINNATI, August 5.-The tele-
| graph operator at Aurora, Indiana, re-
/ ports that the steamer Pat Rogers was
burned this morning, one mile below
Aurora. About twenty lives were lost,
principally ladies.
! The particulars of the disaster to the
steamer Pat Rogers, near Aurora, In
| diana, are coming in slowly. About
| five o'clock this morning several bales
/ of cotton, which formed a part OF the
/ cargo, caught fire, it is supposed from
/ sparks from the chimneys, AMI the boat
was burned to the waters edge. The
/ boat and cargo, the latter consisting of
cattle, sheep and hogs. is a total loss.
| The passenger register and all the books
were lost. The boat was valued at sixty
| thousand dollars; insured ib Cincinnati
for rhirty-two thousand and in Louis
vile for five thousand dollars. The
value of the cargo has not been aseer-
. tanned. The names of the lost, as far as
ascerCained, are J. r. Stuart and n rs.
Smith, Of Madison, Indiana; w. c.
Brown, Of Cincinnati, son of Fl. W.
Brown, of the Union Line transpOrta-
ton company; Charles II. DitJman,
pilot, Sherley snyder and jacob Sight,
of the crew,
CINCINNATI, August 3, 1920 pm
The following named persons are also
missing and supposed to be drowned in
the steamer Rogers disaster: Charles
Reezenger, stoker; Minor Muntz, bar
Der, and several lady passengers, names
unknown; Mrs. Tuttle and child, Of
Harrison, Ohio, drowned Those known
to be saved are d. 5. Jones and VIM.
Hall, of Rising Sun, Indiana; Henry
Faust, D. M. White, G. B. Plato, George
G. Buchanan and Mrs. s. J. Davis, of
Louisville; Mrs. Gassman and Miss
Sturgis, of Hanover, Indiana; A. NJ.
Revins, of Nashville.
CINCINNATI, August 5, 2 p.m.-Mr.
Holmes, the engineer of the steamer
Pat Rogers, burned at Aurora, arrived
at Cincinnati on the noon train and was
interviewed by q Times reporter, and
gives the following account of the burn
ing: 1t was just about six o clock, when
opposite Laughery creek, that flows into
the Ohio river two miles below Aurora,
that | noticed a bright h0ht among
some bales Of cotton in the after part OF
the boat. hasteDed to the spot, and
found the cotton to be burning rapidly
and beyond any possibility of immedi-
stely extinguishing it. l hsstened to
the hurricane deck and gave the alarm
to the pilot that the boat was burning,
and told MIN to run her 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 answer to her helm. He
thinks the tiller rope had been cut.
From this fact it is thought the fire was
the work OF Al incendiary. Another
theory is that one of the deck passengers,
while smoking, dropped sparks from
his pipe into the cotton. When the
boat became uumanageabie she drifted
on to the ssndbar, and there grounded,
Toe flames, instead Of spreading along
thu lower deck, at once shot up te the
cabin and pilothouse, and then swept
across the hurricane deck. The pas
seDgefs were all aroused and boats low
cred, and many were carried to the
shore, but Others in their fright jumped
into the water, and those who were not
drowned reached a safe landing place
after drifting a long time with the cur
rent There were nearly a hundred
people on board, but what portion of this
number Uere actually lost is not known
at this time, as many reported missing
have been seen by some on shore after
the disaster.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
CINCINNATI. August 5.-The lost,
missing and casualties by the burning
OF the steamer Pat Rogers to-day, sum
up at nine O'Clock tonight as follows:
Missing-Mr. MeddeD, New Orleans:
Chas. Piuman, Newtown, Kentucky;
J. R. Stevens, Madison, Indiana, boat
builder; Mrs. Smith, Shirley Snyder and
Jacob Light, Cincinnati; Mrs. Tuttle
and child; VIM. Brown, Cincinnati.
Saved-E. 0. Ely, OsWego, New York;
w. L. Kinsley, Oneida, New York; w.
Allison, Cincinnati; Miss Emma Row
der, Louisville, badly burned about the
head; w. j. Dufton, New YORK; John
w. Miller, Louisville; VIM. Barklow,
Portsmouth; e Groves, Shelby, Ken
lucky; J II. TeilmAn, Lexington, Ken
lucky; George Mossiere, Chicago, deck
boy. Further mjssing-Mike Graham,
Madison, A. g Crane, MaysvilIe, Ken
lucky; Fred Strall, CarFollton, Ken
lucky, deck-hand; F. S. Wallace, Gin
cinnati; r. Myers, Covington; B. +.
Pottinger, New Haven, Kentucky; F.
Stone, North Carolina, burned; Alex.
D. CuTrey, Newport, Kentucky, deck
hand, face burned; Louis Noble and |
Sam. Stapleton, Vevsy, Indiana; Hen
Gy fOSt, u. M w DIt6, ENuDsVille, e. 7
F. Newell, Springfield, Massachusetts;
George c. Buchanan, Louisville; Mrs. !
G. Il. Och, Aurora, Indiana; Mrs. NJ. +. !
Eastman, Mrs. r Sturgess Hanover,
Miss L. J. Williams, Louisville;
A. NJ. Perine, Nashville; DR.. Fl. H |
Turpin, Washington City; Mr. TuttIe,
Cincinnati; Theodore Burneil, Patriot. |
Indiana; w G. Jewett, Cincinnati; G. |
W. Baker, Cincinnati; and X. J. More,
of Rosamond, Indiana, are known to /
be lost. Miss Lizzie CORNER and Jacob |
CORNER, of Madison; Miss Eichenrock, /
one German lady not identified, one /
child taken out on mattress, dead, not
identified; Charles Beisinger, striker. /
]. r. Stewart, of Madison, Charles Dit |
man, pilot, are thought to be drowned.
also Jacob NUM-, backer, and Rudolph |
Dincker. Eleven passengers and ave /
of the crew cannot be found. Later ae- /
counts report that Prof. Plato and n. |
White, of Louisville, have both been
found. Thirty seven out OF forty-hve |
saved passengers came to Cincinnati. /
Soma of the unOaf aprioIfaIu ininrad ara |