, 1875-04-24
The Boats Set Adri(t from tho LtFce
with Many People On
board.
THOR Collide With Each Other and Are
j. Ill Burned 10 tbo Sater's
Edge.
The Loss Of Lite Estimated at from
20 to 100 Persons.
Tho Steamers All Boats Of ,tlie
First Cinss.

Special Dfspntch 10 1hs Chsed9t iftohhe.
NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-At o'clock last
evening the atosmboat john Kyle. Capt. 4. M.
Hutchinson, lying ut tie head Of roSdraa stroot
was found 10 bo on tiro, tho tlamoa commencing
in or near the Llacksmsth-shop. In very fow
blazo, aud those on board had
but little timo to aayo themselves. On ono side !
Of tlo Kyla was tito Lessie Taylor. and oil tho |
other tho Exporter. "a soon as tho alarm |
.Yaa sounded people ran to the Accno. |
mud not less than 100 went on board |
the Exporter to look nt tho scene. |
Aa soon NJ possible tho Kylo was cut loose, atid
tic oddly noated hor up stream. At tim: time u.
+. Durch mato Of tho Lizzio Tavlort fearing that
his vessol would bo burned. cut rio Exporters
cable. which was
TIE NogT UNFORTUNATE rr::;o cHAT COULD HAVE
UEEN HuHE
Tie Exporter, crowded with people, most Of
them ctlzcps, driftod a;.ur tho burning Kyle,
and tho moment she touched waa in = blazo,
quite a distance from tho ehote. torriblo
sccpo ensued. In m instant those Oh board
tlo Exporter became aware OF tlciF poBttou
aul lad choice Of Two a1tetnatirca,-oithor to
tako tho chapcoa Of tho water, or roman and bo
burned. AA far aB is known, all Jumped into
the riyor, having thrown tLo stagoa and such
things overheard.
TEnlIDLE HcENEs.
blany were SO badly frlGltcnea tnas they dia
not know what to TO. nnd actod "lthoat ae!'bcs,
us'on. Ihe1o wese aovesal women oa Ooafu' ano
It "na dlt'ichls 10 'aduco 'hcn ~ 70 'nso 1ns
wntot, esoh "hen u "as pam W ~ u
them tnas too ooat "oala ~ se1l1a9
DO destroyed. q passenGe! tooA ',is 8eses
aud bg folco threw her into tno river c'oso "
stage. sho grasped IT. nut thefo were go many
on It as 70 loaa IL uo"1' oe"!'S =" "
tlcso Wofo eascd, oat u'o 'ady ois-
appeared ano' IT fs supposed "aa
drowned. Can't Conway "aa On ooara
ut tho tame' ana had us tamil! WIN nlm:; no
asu all 10 conld 10 eaSo lne' !. n,poea'olo ~ ~
to1l no" many "'e8 "cto tos'' "no 1ho1o WV
"efo aa'oa arc uaaD'o W naao Ha
Estimate se7ora. reisonS "us' a''u4o5
atastea LOT f'lso'rB 4o'u"S' @nu naa 'o'H'
freight and passengers on ooasa' nut no names
were obtained lah' oSent1e ozcopt tnAE o1 olfa'
atuSssoYo' VINO lB Prooab1s aso"1eu'
THE sAsshL "A7 "oh"ftD
almoat 10 tue wafer. nho was saSntoa ior @to,-
WV 10 western oillceS' anu was o"aea W capt'
!leohe. incTo was funoe tha' one o. nia
daughters ~as LOST 10 tne ooas' oat SUCH "As no1
actually known as o TACT
ON TIE RfLE
tho dlsassos was nos DO g'eas' a8 sneso "oto not
many people on boaso. Ao"cVef' tho scenes
ano lnciaonts were tofHo1o' a. y" ooasa "ete
compelled TO jump osofDoafa' poe ~ as nos
known nov many "oro saver or 10" many
loat- aeteeant a1oou, III LUG f''eF poaco
boat, aucee"dod In rosoning gontloman aud hia
vito from the KYLE ind altef"atd aaVed sevcn
porsous from dro"n'ng. Tho policemen gained
great otodis for their conduct
TILE CHARLES HOFFMAN,
Capt. Q. 7. shink!e. "sa also burned
She arrived hero ThnrsdnJ night from
Cincinnati and had taKan oa* most OF
hcr cargo. There "oro several pooplo on her
with plonsuro-parsy. alT. Braahoar for brazier)
and family were In tho excursion. and II was
believed that 10 md otbors weEc lost +;
but he waa saved, though person
asscrts that he ia positive ono or two persons
were drowned. Capt. 6hinlllc'a face aud handa
| woro burned, ~ wore Capt. Utorin'a. Capt.
8hinkle's SOP aud family woro on board. and
t,aro WAS runor that the son wa lost.
THE DoAra BURNED
wcFo total wtecks in less than half tn hour, and
wore towed down tho river "a soon ~ possible,
Citizons generally On tho leyeo Expressed great
indignation shout tho conduct Of thoaa In
ohargo OF tho tug-boats It h assorted
that these boats preferred to save prop
orty before trying to rescus tho drown
ting people. It appoAts to bo true
that whilo men and women wero loundennp
around in the water no ono on the tugs made &
aingla effort to savo human life. Only 4 few
nameH Of
THOSE WHO wEnE SAVED
wero obtained: Dick Wagner. htrs. D. G. Gayle
Louis Francois, William Heath, A. J. Marion,