, 1874-08-08
THE BURNED STEAMBOAT.
Incidents Of tho Disaster.


sT4TENEST or oHlEr.clEnk WILLIAM Q. TSvIon
IT was botwoou ,alf-paBt4 nnd 6 o'clock Nlo1
Shirley Snyder, tito Third Clork, awoko mo i,
tl,o toxss. AZ soon a. ooniu get my clothes OF
front eud of tho texas, tho s.noko coming II,
through tho chimney castings, and oil tho afte
l,art Of tho toxas was on flre. Uharlcy lDufonr
tho pilot On duty, Ind just loft tlo wheel ans
me thoro was something Tho ma!tcr with tAt
tillor.ropo, that 1t was brukon or something
that ho hnd glyon her tho wool "hart down ,
70 tho shore md sho didn't seom to ausvor t.
vera all thore, venom aud mau n,ld some Gilt.
dreh on tho forccastlo. A fow lind already 10,
| o0 into tho water. We all comnloncot
throwing overheard such things AZ would float
"a iot Of furniture, barrels, boxes, mud fruit.
stands ind light baggage wo tried to 10.
Al tile people to jump Into tho uyer arlor thol.
We all lad to take to Tho water. and lilo sooner
the buttor. I think tho boas Ind str,'ck button,
before loft the burr rlicane-roof. was told tl'at
t1orc tyas only feet Of wnter ut ono point In
sido where she struck. But tho heat was 10
ihtcnae TINT people Ind only tho chance Of burr-
!nY on tlat side. did nut touch bu&tom when
I anaIly jumped n on tho outside. The boat
was then a11pt ~ 90 yards from tho Indiana shore,
cry Crock. l,l low water II il oil dry whore tho
boat sttucf. I had q life-presorver, Which did
not put on: threw il iu, and won't IN after It,
1iosting with It. I ia n9t 20 until nearly ql
L
Gator blow, I was afraid Of an oxptosion, und
took water. strkng out luto tho river al,l iloat-
Ing down past tho steen. At about tllo tt1uo
vent ~ tho oabin-boy wont In OIL d door, and tho
ntnnd. | had noticed that tho cabiu-boy had tie
Caplaln's hat On lts hond anl my lint III his
hand [Thp Captain had gone in with Il mat
trcss, on which was the Indlan boy.) In limiting
down game up with Mcclure who sai1, :. III,
Tor him not to exert hlinaolf, bat to iloat along.
l called back to tho cRbln.b boy and asked hin
what ho Ind thcro, He answered back p" Got
yor hat." said, "D-it, no What hnve you
got unlor you Como down to Mcclure" Pes
eddy and swan ashore. lie said It WAS that
little encouragement That saved hitn that ht,
had givcn up all hopo. I don't SEQ how Charley
Ditttnan was lost, as 10 had i Ledsten,i-l1e In
hauling up tho ltfe-boat TINT he had cast over
o. fnr forward as possible In order to get
tue lndiss iu, WHOM two u1on-ono black mud.
the other whtto-}unped In aud caat i! looso;
and 40, that was tho last saw Of it. An old man
that saw jump must have boon doad whom lie
struck the water. as ho did not Beom to mulo 4
motion afterward, and fell all Of q hemp. Per-
hnps It was from over -excitemont. Others who.
saw him 50 IN Thought tho Hame. This must
evon on tho outaido.' I fot 1t while l was pass
ing down, but did not realize how severo It WAS
until about II o'clock to-day, WHOM discovered
that my hoad waa badly bliBsored on top. [Mr.
Iaylor Is tnolncd to baldness. .:-Rkp:l I heard
Of ona case of parties being taken or by skill.
man who couldn't swim was l1lning III tho W.
ter, on tue outside of tho vessel, aft. by Homo-
thing Or other, when woman came floating
down: Hc roaohod out q hand md caught her,
burned about tle head and faco. think these
parties were a. d. Cunny, OF Newport, cud MisB
Emma NoWdon, OF Louisville.
STATEMENT or 4. D. NORRIS, OF MT. AUBURN.
f,Ef In
thht the noat would % able to make the shore,
crossed himself completely to hls boots aud lat.
tlndlng thas ho would hnvo to take to tho water,
20 Stripped to the last sock and struck for Shore
noing ~, food s,1mes ,1 ana Wiahai eooi.headc
:. stcucR out INTO tho rlvor as tar aspossiblo,
na didn't want anybody to pull mo down. I
sWen @ nna Aoateu dqWn IN tho current, which was
~ - s.Fons, unst thouRht Was tno to edge
,n, M. aor u, & Was ge4teng weak. az last struck
PEI nad beeh saved before no. on the Indiana
sldo. 4noyof ielt go glad IN my llfo nt touching
po.tua as utu 1aea, iho current WIS very
ssaeng nd aaeio, 1na haa hsrd work. to breast It.
stsuo6 sna YES Al''son' and We shook hands. toll
yoo. no gavo me bis yost aud drawers, for
Ias Pe1ieotly NAKED, and 1t was cold ouE there
soyo1at IT, came e. ASHORE there and wore saved
',..;5a ~ "'s sou; no9 pnasea 4o"n on the
'utntao auu "eio oIo"hoa. IAo Capthin was
'4yeo tnero. boy WAS With him md shouted
~ nssea 1no Haptah. Ihen tho Mato md
'tno.a 1olueo hanas and formed line for
atiy, ots tnto tao current and reached him
ns thn cnntstn ae 9 G99ashs, and pulled him IT,
!aaa,n s '1, % Wno9yer a5 ne re poor fellow was, came
~ n,tor WI enas ~ aA9 o"tloI tuas ras turn
ave himself hy IL and eds wy m'o1 +, e ,s Gonlan
Is we'll A. he cona Hovor vs ~ board neIo 70 ,l IL
~ and Nv VA % drnsnas n9 90 n9 ala Bas ho parsed
,nn,1n1 - , ~ auu tuo captain