Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-24
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
THE NEW ORLEANS HORROR.
DEATH BY FIRE AND WATER.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
TIE BEECHER Trial.
4 ~ EN E<$.
Coal Famine.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
TIE BEECHER TRIfL.
4 NEW WITNESS.
Coal Famine.
TIE NEII ORLEANS DISASTER.
Fifty Lives Lost.

NEW York. April pa special dispatch
from New Orleans says. IN regard II tie fire
there yesterday: Albert Nh rick, The watch
man OF Tie Rudman who was saved with the
captain, reports about TWENTY-FIVE or thirty
women and children as lost upon that boat
ana the same proportion were cS' !matai bV
spectators Ia have been among the frantic.
crowd upon the Exporters fDTeca>tle. About
twenty of the rescued, among whom are scv-
Ci3l ladies. were proNide for upOn The
steamboat Louisville some oC The rescued
are badly burned. it will De very difficult Ia
ascertain the names OF all the lost. Among
them were spectators from shore who wen
aboard The burning boatS 10 assist in putting
out the fire. Ere they could return they
IOund themS, Ives out III The stream, eaNel-
Ored in fianeS
cNE CASE Of HERoI>N
is reported. Two women. who Sprang over
board. succeeded ia gTaSping 4 ring holt upon
the hull Of the Exporter. where partly shell
tered by Inc guards o. the boat, They c.un"
Tor about fifteen minutes, IN full view 81 ali
on shore. In The meanwhile three skif~
made repeated but Intellectual attempts 20
reach them. being each time driven back by
the intense heat of the flames. Just as the
hundreds OF breathlcss spectators Were upon
lie point OF abandoning hope. a long lead
Co.orcd SKIN. with single rover. approach
ca and dashed IN 10 their aid. In T. v min
utes il emerged ia safety, having Succep tel
IN re>cGiNg both nom Watery graves. This
gallant action was rplya rdct with a Sppn-
tan6oUS cheer from the crowd lining the river
bank. The latest est ifnafeS r.fusa the loss
10 abouf fifty souls The burning hun of the
Exporter j. now being lowed down The river
by 4 tughOat
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
1t now appears that all three hOatS were
tied io the same ringboit upon TIE ieVe,.. ami
that on endcaNo Tig Z - cut The kylC'> m Dor
iDgS all three were unfortunately severed a.
Tie same time. The river makes rapid
eddy At that spot. ami they at once drifte.i
out together, thus communi eating the IRE u
each other. The tugboatS Ella Moot. Nellie
and Dome. and another, were in the iIaup-
date Eeighhorhood. The two former, il il
said. lost both time and oppOrt nifty for say.
ing life in vain CndCavOr 10 eXtinglisi -,
fires by throwing water upon The burning
boats.
AN EYEWITNESS To THE CATASTROPHE.
an old merchant. SAYS he arrived or the ieYcC
lust a. the boats had drifted out. Tie fore
castles of the RO1man and Exporter were
then crowded with people. who Just at that
moment seemed for the first time To realize
their danger. and became panic stricken. In
y short Time lac said he saw over one hundred
people struggling in the water. Some Jumped
over with their trunks. Others with barrels
and pieces Of freight. The stIfis, OF which
some half dozen had been attracted la the
spot, Immediately dashed in and commenced
reScuing these people. There was a lament
able want of order in managing the tugbOatS.
otherwise. in his opinion, mary more might
have been saved. One OF the boats had on
board quantity Of OIL. which noated i'm
names upon TIE surface OF the water around
The struggling victims, and thus added ten
old 10 the horrors Of the scene. Many Of the
rescued are severely burned about the heal.
and no doubt II precipijated the death of
many.
INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH
Information received later than the above
says: Owing 10 The fact OF numbers OF people
running ON boats at The first alarm OF fire. L.
VIII TOE some time before the full extent at the
casualties can be aScCriainesi. The CLOSEST
estimates Tow place them between thirty
and forty.