The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

tel stood up on the forward bits Of TIE
boat and took my hat of, waved it to the cap
tain of the yellow boat and begged him te
come alongside and take the people eft but
he paid no attention to me. I was turned in
the face and hand and lost everything had
VIM. ". Brown, first clerk of the Johr
Kyle, at City HOTEL ran into the Office te
get the books and papers ont of the safe. but
the flames were all around me and I wa;
obliged to run out. l jumped overheard.
am from Wheeling, Virginia.
Mr.. Brown is very severely burned about
the face, head and arms, but not dangerously
Capt. A. NJ. Hutchinson OF the John Kyle,
at St. Charles Hotel-The fire originated ir
the blacksmith shop, forward of the wheel
house. on the starboard side Of the boat
My blacksmith was at work. He thinks thai
a spark few against the bulkhead whica
separates the storeroom from the blacksmith
shop, and fell down in between the crack.
When the blacksmith first discovered the fire
he took his hammer and broke down the parti
ton, when the flames rushed in and drove
him away. The blacksmith, James DAWSON,
and my Second Engineer, VIM. Morrell. were
both at work in the shop at the time Of tie
| fire.
My second clerk, Mr.. Shepherd, who was
ashore receiving freight. first discovered the
fire. and my little son, Bard, gave the alarm
in the cabin. went to the texas in search
of my wife; finding she had gone ashore,
turned to go back, but the flames had already
enveloped the boat, and 1 WAS obliged to get
down by burning rope into the water; in
doing so my hands were severely burned.
My wife, son and daughter were saved, but
lost everything they had.
We had some 60 or 70 tons Of up rive,
freight on board, all Of which was insured,
and we intended leaving Saturday evening.
The Kyle is valued at 100000 she is owned
ty ". F. aud p. S. Davidson of st. Louis,
| Capt. John Kyle of Cincinnati and myself.
We formed what is called the John Kyle
Steamboat Company, which was organized in
ST. Louis, under the laws Of Missouri. Tc
the best of my knowledge there is abou'
s35 600 insurance On the boat in Cincinnati
o., Wheeling. Va, and Pittsburg, Pa, com
panies.
The Kyle was built in 1870, and came ouI
to New Orleans in December of the same
year, on her first trip. She has made City
five trips. She is 1000 tons register, and was
built in Cincinnati. Some of my books
papers and money were saved, but how much
I am at present unable to say.
I have been steamboating for twenty five
years and have never seen anything as quick
as the destruction of the three boats. l dc
not think that fifteen minutes elapsed from
the time my boat was on fire before the three
boats were enveloped in flames.
List Of Saved.
| Exporter -Lichdelmeyer, Miss Drausfeld,
Thomas j. Darragh, Mrs. James Refs, Mrs.
Ives, Tom Crosby, George Smith, A. j.
Marion. Mrs. Refs. Mrs. Richard Ford. Mrs.
Capt. VandergrieE Party from New Harmo-
nv, Indiana-Mrs. Bolton, Mrs. ollins and
grandchild, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Corbin; J. c.
Smith, bar-keeper; Frank Currel, pilot; G.
w. Floyd, clerk; Wash Pauley, pilot.
Bodmann - Jas. Wolf, pantrnman; John
Seithel, 2d cook; E. Kennedy, baker
James Whitemore, George Poterio, Mrs
d. Coyle, Mack Bunden. v. Tabb.
John Brock, cabin boy; John Fenton, second
cook; Geo. Butler, striker; Capt Frank Stein,
Capt. Shcinkle, d.. Robt. Brazier, Lille Bra
zier, Robert Brszisr, JAS Refs, Albert Merrick,
Edgar Hardcastle, Chas. Kra!z. Richard Law
renee, Isaac Newton. Lee Borcont, JAS. Pee
pies, w. E. Baxter. joseph Case and Casrar
Ebeck, Mccullough, bar-keeper; Mrs. Peter,
Cincinnati; Miss Hunt, Cincinnati; Master
Tom Peter, Cincinnati; Mrs. Walters, Gin.
cinnati; VIM. NJ. Brown, 1st clerk of Jco.
Kyle, badly burned; Shepherd, I'd clerk.
Lest.
Granolin, Ellen Gray, chambermaid Of the
Exporter; Mrs. Mu.gravs, Charles Kratz,
Mary Collins, Exporter, missing; jas. Case,
first engineer, and John Frivcn, second en-
gineer, missing, - Clark, porter on the
Bodmann, missing; Miss Allie Brazier.
Beyond this it is supposed that twenty-five
or thirty were lost.
Mrs Muscrave, the daughter of Mr.. Reese
on the Exporter, was lost. The cabin boy
states that while he was struggling in the
water he saw the lady 60 down.
A number of men, white and colored, were
sent to the Charity Hospital.
At II this A. NJ. the following gentlemen
who went to the assistance Of the passengers
of the ill-fated steamboats, were reported
missing: Henry Cooney and VIM. Swami, city.