New-York tribune., 1874-08-06
DISASTER ON THE OHIO RlVEf.

LIVES LOsr-THEoREs REGARDING Ihh 'Ao'"
OF THE FIRE.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 5-The steamer Pat. rogers
was burned this morning mile below Aurora' i"',
and about twenty lives lost, the victims peihe pu'
pay ladies' 1t appears that several bales OF COTTON
which formed part OF the cargo caught nre apou'
o'clock IL is supposed from sparks from the chucsS
and the boat burned to the waters edge both 'o
boat and cargo the latter consisting OF eat'e soP
and hogs besides cotton, total loss The passcn
ger register and all the books we're destroyed. lug
boat WAS valued at $4,000 and was insured IN Cinei'
natl for $4,000 and in Louisville Tor so'V'V' i"' '
Of the cargo has not been ascertained'
The names of the lost ascertained are D. H.
Stuart and Mrs Smith OF Madison, Ind; W. u bro"n VI
Cincinnati son Of H. W. Brown OF the Union bhe iI"n'
portation Company Charles III. Dittman the Pi.o'
shirley Snyder and Jacob Light OF the crew. Inc
following named persons missing and are supposed
to have been drowned: Charles Rczwiger' s'okcr
Miner Muntz, barber; and several lady passengers
whose names are unknown. Mrs. Tuttle and cnd ol
Harrison OHIO, were drowned.
Mr. Holmes the engineer Of the steamer Pat. Rogers
arrived in Cincinnati the train and was inter-
rogaed by reporter Of The Cincinnati Times lie gives
the following account Of the burning:
II was Just about O'Clock, the steamer was luso
opposite Loughery Creek. that flows into the U,V
River miles below Aurora, that peticeu "a, ~ fhe
light among bales OF cotton in the after part VI ,o
boat hasened to the spot and found tne cot.on ,a
ing rapidly ana Deyona any o des and gave the
alarm to the pilot aud told him the boat ashore
He had Just turned her head TO the shofe "neh eno "
came unmanageaUlc
The pilot states that he could turn the wheel but the
steamer would not answer to her helm lie 'hinAs 'ne
er-rope had been cut From this fact IL 10 thous"'
that the fire the work OF an incendiary h"otner
theory that of the deck passengers Whe smons
dropped a spark from his pipe into the cotton "nen
the boat became unmanageable she drited Oh 10 the
sand bar and there grounded. The flames instead oi
spreading along lower deck at once shot UP 10 the
cabin and pot-hOuse and then swept across the ulr
cane deck. The passengers were all arouseu' anu 'o
boats lowered and many carried ashore pue ohcrs III
their fright jumped into the water and those VINO weo
not drowned reached safe landing place ai'er
a long time with the current. There were nearly ioo
people on board, but what proportion OF TINS humper
actually lost Is not known this me as many OF those
reported missing shore after the disaster
LATER DETAILS OF THE DIsAsTER-A LIST OF THE
DROWNED, SAVED, AND MIssING-SIXTEEN LIVES
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LosT-HEARILEssNEss
AND HEROIsM IN CONTRAST.
CINCINNATI Aug. 5.-The lost. missing, ana
casualties by the burning of the steamer Pat Rogers to-
day sum up at O'Clock tonight as follows:
MIssIsG-Mr Medden OF New-Orleans Charles Dit
man of NewtowD, KY; j. X. Stewart OF Modson. mo-
Mrs. Tutue and child of Cincinnati VIM C. Brown OF
sAvED-E; Q Ely Of oswegO n Il w. s. Kin'Sey gle.
headji Y. j. puTton Of Nos-Xork John v. Miller q
Shelby County. Ky; J. H. Yelllnan Of Lexington,
SsOrf Seaisa 81 t dsss sss boy
Mike Graham OF Madison. Ind; A. g. Crone Of Mays. Mays.
F. 's s. Wallace Rs s'of Of Cincinnati Myers covnston
b. r. Potinger of New Haven, Ky; F. stone Of North NORTH
sr saa Sy%PSs'' stdSIfen A I'D; H. FSS.t'
ssrinSaoG 81 M Ie Mass George C. Buchanan Louisville
Mrs. c. H. Ochs, Aurora, I1d Mrs M; +; ww,
hapnsf fappsvle: a. NJ Perrne, Nashville DrsH ii. Turpn,
washington CITY Mr. futile, Cincinnati TneG' Bun Bun.
ter Cincinnati X. j. Moore, Rosewood, IND
The following known to be lost:
Miss Lizzie CORNER and Jacob Corner Of Madison.
Ind; Miss Erchenrock, German lady, not identified;
one child found floating mattress dead, not ident-
fed; Chas Bessinger Striker j. T. stewart Madison MAJ SOD
Jacob Munsebacher aud Rudolph Druker
Eleven passengers and five of the crew cannot be
found Later accounts report that Prof. Plato ana ~ ~
White OF Louisville have been found Thiryseven OF
the As passengers to Cincinnati but some OF
the most seriously Injured cared for at Aurora Ihe
citizens of that place doing all they can for the DIS
tressed Tomorrow will be dragged to recover
the bodies Of the lost River pirates III sKlHs are
lowering around tho wreck picking up what
they could boat burned near the shore the names
enyeoping the side Of the boat and the passen
gers who jumped that side were nearly all ios
or badly burned. None who used fe-preservers are
known 20 have been lost and two ladies were saved
without the use Of them. Many sank by ciingng 10
each other In the water.
The scene of the wreck is thirty miles below here by
the river and s above LaDghery Creek aud mile anu
a half below Aurora The fire was discovered ABOUT
&lO a. m a time when all the passengers were asleep
The crew seem 10 know little about It, Heartiesshess
and heroism were displayed in awful contrast Ine
officers exerted noby to save the passengers
A man who claims to be the last to leave the Doat
says the object he was child three years oiu
who was beyond his reach. 1t was Alone naKed' daho
ing with PAIN and shouting and crying as the names
burned II. Not one Of six small children apoaru was
saved. Two men were brought ashore dead.
Four women who were afterward saved stood on the
where they shouted till hoarse impiotnx
river pirate on the Kentucky shore to come over anu
help but be refused brave man came down tne river
later barely In time to them at his own great peril
One young man, Robert Moore says woman cauie "
hm with q child and begged him to save them. he
threw mattress river and told her to Jump upon
it, Half dozen seized the mattress ana tne "ouah
rushed away half frantic and bewildered moore ioS'
sight of her. and thinks burned with the Doat
Capt David says the officers were awakehed promptly
and ran at once TO Of the passengers and urea
70 save Them The following the insurances Oh Tue
boat against IRE
Etna, 5000; American, $500; Farmers, AetoII'
Eureka, and National, $500 each; Enterprise s''V
TELRGRAPHIC NOTES.
THE Government Directors Of the Union faclnc
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