, 1876-10-16

ssengerS nn.l lcek-hantl., frcn,,c, -.
1nnli'ea overheard, TIM shfirks ~ WITH lin.
a,", a,p ptGous appcals for hcjn so,s s"a 'fosntrt
,.ont,, IL suaicf roar Of tho 0,n,""asnz hs,s
sg,i'sStna MI KILL! !afy IL tlartcd tts fnfkcI shh
@ seemed u a., ,o ,,c eG,,ltsilhle cargo oi fa
err ii,e Dellc grated agatnsi t'e H. t'h 'host Itn,
,nS!, I1 thG pnsso,Ecrs anil crew eoah "hs, anl I
MtG those WIN gained n r1nn. Snt ahe rbss.
Ut: LAWSON, who states TIM ~ i. H. tattty n.
stiN. stt.Me H. raw TWO lattes-a btout Iah foflht
hat,t iMeT Fa,l1'lo a,,. OConncr, OF Eatonn md
'rh,s FIJI Win tho 1ames. III tho Of f' ~ tHonst-
tic ga,,ntict S WI, ~ ssupef!'uman cscrt,en ,e
wo,,ld iIavo been madness 10 at,o,nan u,'lssn bst
.;e n1y a1slstanec, n. even tirn tieupa ala 10
ssefit tlo Belle was a s,j1,l shaltofa IRON sttn d
Iheir iaic, IN htr. LRwsop'a mrnI ieet g. q lint
let tler death fighting the red nnnss ~ !Ass u.r
'"T T,a IaVer H.! 1ohna Wnsery grave o''eF, osi
~, ~ ~ i. h,'oI, ~. =; !ebeft, II true bc-,
flames II tat s1 cnep, @pt,i i,ls last 1noen s,nM aeM
fng heat, mud almost h.mlc, IIa.e, I's she seo;r.
aeatA 1npalng and terrible stari1Gs s'thnhe ti. saa
19ec nc lle!1 her nozzle ngin t,c il,tn h Ii
al that could had reached tic ahorn "anS" leul
Gtnns!ucrcu ny own safety, aso,In1 o,,, Hhen b
n.i was Tlng sca Of fire; esca1,e I,a ' tGtbs,i
ois H. w. 'as snnoss'ble; clear jup n ~ ;a
noi.sg u @Ggm hgnse W. ttlc 9l,ly ulterate, ts
rd. Kim, H. ri. ctn tI julllP, caltn and nnl1.N.
tGw!, l'S vent cfathtnT through sn,sa a',l lbs
lnll OIL deck Hanglcd unto uratt, 1.atc, nnly "a
With Ills spltc broken. "' IL " laougtL
Ed Lewis q aeck-haud, sav. t,,.
aaleep on bale Of cotton III tt'e si,as ta. hs ~
ne Vessel when startled by tic ilrc 'sr snt ths
hrn1n1 ~ n !no ,t no ~ 20 this c lad 10 ~. .s'9'l e.
te % snsrtinS sHsso Of t'e i'm ,vl Sy Incl Eoade %
towards h1s goal, lie fought lis wav ',sasd asS h,
IA ;coIetled and burned about his ,inh, it9.l da,
t1s lnit ainEcd from his head. anil II. s!1 haad
burned to tile bone, he sank crhanssil ~ ileht loqi
forward deck and jumped ASHORE l,9''so % ht
j.. INC trc orle'pated just MI Of ihc ,,to.
iin.olgn some unnccountablc cause, aSonnsoa, Sno,1,
~ salo t!!at 1t ~as ttle work Of some ,e"a a1
v vnuTo '':1tt ,nstnoa ,'s or consummatag II, NO
which goes to sutstantiatc the tieorso ooTh, n, I'D
6oat VA set on fire. tl,at to no Other , Ia
1t be attributed. Another strnnr, ,jsuse sause e1a
CONNECTED with the disaster ID III trst.n
inG inc alarm, swltlatandtng tbcre Go,a ~ Gl1'
deck Wntcllmcn, cabin watcher. and H. nu.c tsa
porter, Whose duty # is 10 keep Awake W. e. saa -
re nay iaiIiy cnvc!opc the entire stern3 n y: s
Belle, bursting forth with startling H .'id.h. u ..
ere the dreadful cry rceouncd thfourhao1en 1sha1enns ~
AZ the books wero all lost, en,, N, o,u...-
eonelnucd to rcma! on ttle scene IN ht.sss trs =,
sayc tho cotton not destroyed, vi lea,t nh ~ ~
n1tvs o. sn sS stsamor 81 John lit d IT, IT,
Mtnong those reported 10 hare persleS' sra Y.
von Pl1, Mr. Uroz, Miss Fannie l1icosaees Se vi:
BATON Rouge: Mr. Franks, Of port iIais, iInds,,so,, .,
Mr. Lingom. Frank, IN cnlpfoye, and ,s saI',o a,o
n1d anu MS crew. It iB supposed tint ns,,r .eI, Y,
those who wcru sleeping III tic att tna,t ' ~ ~ =!
vessel were burned to tcat a., fter Il X. ~, tss
had oce got fairly under war, # wa, ,dn n1tna's s
impossible to get at tho how. III. ". F, Hxs Ill.,
t t s fnf2kfafReE fe as o,ssa H vsx na,sx
where IN tho vicinity Of 5000, sish noi '9et sts,