The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01
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az DIV nf NwI., um Nm tur
brought Mp-afH, Brown, NuIiuH 'hu'
aud others uf tlr rN'ur'1n imi'Fi
Mrssrs. scott, i'hplpH, Poor nud "lhgiH
taking the Steamer ut NUH cruz Zoo
Galveston, thence by rail tn 30 Louis,
The party are nll wen,
About four o'clock this afternoon o.
llIe broke out In the h.1cI.HI''h ,ll"p
of the steamboat john Nl.'i "II''
was living ut the foot 90 IuiulNa '.I'r"
The Kyle lay hvlworl .he lt '.1-
lor below aud l.EluIl Ter n.''i ',l'
Holman lay above Wu l'"l Z" we
porter. soon ullurtur alarm WE. "'F,
en- the tugnonl l.lla Nuolr"luvup l."
commenced throwing wafer ON we
burning vessel, but without elect
Can't. Hutchinson, OF "a, .ilri Wa-
standing ON the front deck "1gh lAt
fire broke cut und promptly nuli''eu
nil Oh board to lcuyC, rs IL was ui llf'A'
from the first that the buul cIuld uut
besNe ed. Captain Hutchinson lhlNN'
every one on the lNyl' was soNta.
Wm, Brown, chief clerk, who opened
the safe and tool; out lhH money nud
napers. was the Inst TO Leave the lNyl',
which had in the meantime been set
adrift. In escaping lie was cuNe.opeI
i'm the flames, ana severely u liuI uN"-
perously burned on tie iHceonu hahda,
and had his cyelashe5 and mlus tlche
singed oil. He, however jumped mo
the river and swan ashore uhl was NJ
once taken to Il hotel where ne was
attended 10y physician.
Captnin Hutchinson says the cal N
of the Kyle was euvelppgi ~ names III
less than two minute from the time
the first alarm was. given. When the
KYLE was cut loose the eddy drued her
m stream and those Oh shore, seeing
the danger, cast OIL the hawacr5 by
which the Exporter and RnGman were
tied M, This act proved disastrous.
The KYLE drifted against the Exporter
and Bodman, andall three boats CrlIted
into the stream. 81 rapid was the
progress of the flames that the L%uort
or took fire the moment ihe ltNii
touched her. The people on beard inc
Exporter, having ~ otter rtiuEe
Jumped on the Bodnan. inns BOAT ~
less than minute after the exporter
also caught fire, aud the three burning
YES sells drifted tuget into ."Gs'renDi
where they were soon burned 10 tAt
wa'er's edge.
MANY persons who had gone on the
Exporter and Bcdmnn rs spectators
were ON board whel the boats Crilte,
int the stream and had to jump over
board, Some of them Were lcscleu
hut n large number Dreshoiieved tt
have been lost. The number lost Is
estimated at from twenty to one Nun
dred. ,-,....
steamer Kansas promptly sent OUT III.
small boats, one Of which reScueu
thirteen persons.
The iobbing tug boats made no effort
to rescue those on the burning bouts.
There was an excursion party from
Cincinnati or Pittsburg, many OF whom
il is feared were lost.
The Bodman arrived this mornih$
and had discharged most Of her cargo
The EX, orter was to leave this eve
ming, AID had about four hundred tons
of freight on board, all of which wa
Among the lost is the daughter o
CAPTAIN Reese, of the Exporter.
Captain Shinkle, of the Bodman
was much burned about the face and
hands. A son of Captain Shinkle Is
rannrtad omour fine lost.
t' Rha ,e TvnnrtnT yns owned by james
Reese sr If pittsburu. and valued At
az 10n rho Tohn <vle wns owned
Ia, Co,'toin G,I,n Kvln and p. :. and
" II rD,vidsnm md valued ut $50 600
frho c,har,aS Rndmnn was owned by
Cnntnin d p Shinl;Ie AMI others, 0l
S;,fn;,,not; aud I,oI,IaJ nj y;75 O0O. All
ora Sumnnged IN no ineured in western
otfi,,n, f'1N>'
AT, 90 rua,.;r.os
CNhhA, Neu', Api IL -: ic ~,
us 10 'he POSITIONS oI oGiiuiy tI' "a
overland liiullS, uc."S ga Wy VIC - 0, ,,,,
Oh ING Union S'tii.5 i|i''O",', ',iJ 70" 80.
satis'ctoiy -se'HSa ,i'G tsV ~ ',,s+
pTian , have teen ., able to giy,
tha sIiahtest iGeo as fo fine DELAYED
Ill 90 ,,,hon thav NAV hn eXDecLed
70 rsf thromoh
poTvrevITfT, Pa. April 23.-There
was n fnIl oftendnnce AT fine meeting OF
tho miners, ond i,borers, association
vesterdov The vote to contiue the
Strike was almost unanimous This
resnIt eurnrises the business men and
the nnbIic as twas Thought the rliners
VOID anvious to rngnn1e work.
CuEvENNT W y AnriI 28.-Cap.
+a;n NIix who can+rrod t'hp placly Hills
rnining Marty Wos nnE able to get
rnarar hon oinbt oon n,iles of Horngyla
neoi, % ON , nncon5t of fha dean snow. He
Pbro,'rht tho nninere ont that distance
~, neoly n,nIns with nearly nh theil
trans Thev ARE eynectpd TO arrive
hara to-nirbt mr. 10. morroyy. The
, nIo so ora Sranortad IN have many fine
s'S ~ -.
or Seen en- cnld and tho snow so deem,
which made woshirr almost imuos5i-
BILE. they would hav5 undoubtedly met
with abundant success. Their reports
cause great Observation-Disclosures the peo-
ple now about CHEYENNE.
y,NvroN n ~ Arri, 90 THE
c;onv r,itv J>I,nk ITfIls dvnndition mr.
r;,oJ ot Smith,s rornb i'm Nebrosl;a.
e. Ill sa,,tb of loo ,,a,tar,ia,,
iaS,irar loon oio,,,D ,loys On 'fI,e rond,
III III in ls distonoa lo ooniG Soyo Noon made
", A. E"I-oto Cr,,t,,nr,, roiIroad il,
tTroa bonrs Trao VI Coz cosf os s:nnerjn.
tnnJont Woali;no ofTereS tn tronsnnrt
ten'e 1880 T.rhiimg u,' froa to Vori,to,,
,he 6 nieTa pa y irs1 W 49,, ~
1uS ,io r. ~ 49, ,' th n" Saud liiiiI
u uuv Twn nNor '" non,ad Swarenoar,
no 'a IohnSon Ia ,nra o,' tbo steoner
Josephine Saturday for old Fort Pierre,
from which point they will strike due
west for the Black Hills. They are
sent cut by parties here to prospect and
will return in three weeks. They will
be accompanied by one OF the owens
boys.
Wagon trains will not he used as q
means of getting into the Black Hills.
froi,,p l.ox-n flint mint