The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-06
BURNING OF A SrEAMER.-LOSS OF LIFE

AURORA, Ind, Aug. 5-The fire on the 81 ga mel
Pat Rogers originated among the cotton bales in
The boat was immediately turned for the shore
but became manageable. he pilot thinks the
litter rope was cut, and The fire the work Of incen-
diaries. The boat drifted on sand-bar and
grounded; the flames instead oi spreading along
the 'wer deck, at once hot up to the cabin and
pilot-house and then swept across the hurricane
deck.
The passengers were all arouf ed and the boats
lowered, and many were carried ashore, but
others in their fright, jumped into the water,
and those not drowned rescued the landing place
after drifting a long time with the current
There was nearly one hundred people on board
the boat but what proportion of this number is
| actually lost ls not known.
| CiNcINNATI. Aug. 5.-There are no Southwest
erh or Southeastern names in the list Of the lost
by the burning OF the Pat Rogers. Both the
boat and cargo, the latter consisting Of cattle,
sheep and hogs, besides cotton, is total loss
The passenger register and all the books were
destroyed The boat was valued at S6OOOO
| CINCINNATI, Aug. 5.-The lost missing and
casualties by the burning Of the steamer Pat
Rogers to-day, sum up at 8 O'Clock tonight, as
| follows:
Missing-Mr. Madden of New Orleans; Charles
Dittman. Newtown, Kentu ky: J. r. Stewart,
Madison, Ind; Mrs. Smith, Madison; Shirley
Snyder. Jacob Light Cincinnati; Mrs. Little and
child William G. Brown, Of Cincinnati.
Saved.E. 0. Ely, Oswego, N. Y; W. s. kins-
ley, Oneida, N. Y; VIM. Allison, Cincinnati; Miss
Emma Rowden, Louisvill badly burned about
the head; ". J: Dnfton, New York; Jno. W. Mil
Ter, Louisville; William Barlow, Portsmouth,: E.
Graves She by county, Ky; J. H. Yellman, Lex
ington, KY; George Mossmlre, Chicago, deck
boy; Ferd. Madden, New Orleans, deck boy
father missing; Mike Graham, Madison, Ind. A.
lace, Cincinnati; F. Myers, Covington; B. R. Pet
finger, New Haven, Ky; +. Stone, North Carolina,
burned; Alexander d. Cunny, Newport KY,
DEF khand, face burned; Lewis Noble and Sam
WbRe o xsyay Ind Henry aTys Trss D. n
Mass; Geo. Z. Buchanan, Louisville; Mrs =. H.
Och. Aurora, Ind; Mrs. N. F. Eastman, Miss;
Rachael Sturgs, Hanover, Ind; Miss l.. J. Will
liams, Louisville; A. NJ. Perine, Nashville DR.. Fl.
Iurpin, Wash! gton; Mr.. futile. Gin: I. Bunnell,
Patriot, Ind VIM. Jewett and q. W. Baker, Gin
cinnati; K. J Moore, Rosewood, Ind. The lol-
lowing are known to be 10 I: Miss Lizzie GARNER
and Jacob GARNER, Madison, Ind; Miss Eichen-
rock; ne German lady, not idenutied one child |
found floating ON mattress, dead, not identified;
Chas. Bessmser, striker; J. Il. Stewart, Madison;
Chas. Dittman, pilot, thought to be drowned; |
also, Jacob Jacob Manzbacher and Rudolph
Drucker. II Passengers and Of the crew can
not be found.
LAT. R.-Accounts report Professor Plato and !
ID. N. White, OF Louisville, were both drowned. |
Thirty seven of the forty-tive sayeI Passengers !
came to Cincinnati some of the m 'st seriously I
that place doing ali they can for the distressed |
Tomorrow the river will be dragged to recover
the bodies of the lost. The living occupy the
care OF the citizens to-day.
River pirates in skiffs are lowering around the
wreck, fish ~ up what tn can tonight Tie
flames envelo Zig the shore side Of the vess /;
the passengers who SnIped over that side
were nearly all lost OK oaai. burned. None WHO
used HE preservers are known to have boon lost
and two ladies' saved without the use Of p. g.
Sci yers. Many sank by clinglng to each ,ther.
The scene OF the wreck lis thirty Tive mics below
here, by RIVER, and was alb we Laughrey Creek
and mile and half below Aurora. The fire
was discovered at about 4-4O A. NJ. All the pas
sengers were asleep. The crew don't know much
about it. Heartlessness and heroism were dis
played in awful contrast.
The officers exerted themselves nobly to save
the passengers. A man who claims to be the
last to leave the boat. says the asst object he saw
was a child three years old, beyond his reach,
alone and naked, dancing with pain, c,ying and
the flames burning 1t. Not OF six
small children on board WAS saved. Two men
we're Brought ashore de- d. Four women, who
were afterwards saved, stood on the hurricane
leck, and shouted TIL they were hoarse, InIpIor-
uS II. CT pirate, on the nentucky shore, to come
over AM hep them, but he refused.
A brave man came down to the river later
barely III time to save them, at his own great
oiil. one young man, KoUeit Moore, saws a
Woman came to him with child ana legged
lim to save them; he threw mattress in the
seized the Mattress, the woman rushed away hiatt
rantic and Dewlldered. Moore lost signt Ut her;
~ thought she was burned with The boat.
Capt David says the officers were awakened
)rOnp ~, and ran ut once 70 the staterooms of
he Passengers and tried to saw. them. !
The following Is the insurance on the boat
gainst fire: Etna. 5000; American, $500;
'armers, kenton, Louisville, Merchaut~', 5000
ach; Commercial, Eureka, National, 5000 eacn;
5000; t,ral s37.5tm /;