The Bossier banner., 1879-04-10
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|aoar AtYsritaple @f~o Huasde.-,ns
diMa Willasn osyNdetwaa,thehStb
ic pilot Of .tbe III fated !steseaeBsA, g.
Ddffha11Y, which burned to the waters
edgBsbelbwsC Cairo Hast Fkddyi evshfhg,
resides 1e 81 y in Iony " sister eitYsQf Newtertnnd
reached his home en- Monmouth Street
yesterday yimeFnihg geh during the sday lie
was called on Aby,a9 ,EpqA4Hw kaportHn
to5 whom @1hlm he = gave The following state.
nnentfn whaE he knew abS5dat athe b1drh-
ing tof, the Yboat,,t Said zhes EgsHhDrtlY
after eight O'Clock Friday evening, when
the Donnally was about seven miles Be-
Icy !'9C Cairo, at \ Island 81 .Nea3,aani.lsxtn of
hre Vas sonadef. s ana was eIdeFed to
iiiiadlspf tHs rfvHer and faffhnr affhnrpedately
pulled foh th8 Ken lucky asK asKhre.o The
nightiwsSserYd16M Sad,9 c6tidi see But
q seltarNstar, band soonoshez darkhess
YN inteasi6e6o tB ,ti&q qAsnseb1noke
which Eolled lun sYagR9 dha,pilntfhousa
ana f'1. .eaylronled y lea1 it Ike "a iblacb iclesa4
stayed at The wheel as long, asd could,
wfthDut choking and w1bile "a at my nv post
I could hear Che. PAssetg gefssd cfy dtft ing most
piteoaslyst Lssnd' Her 60 lAhd hef!so Az
soon, asJ #as tertaiH that she beat had
struck .the,shbresh pualetbdfs yB6ar board
engine hela and left aAs came out of the
pilot -houSBt the smoke was so thick that
could hardly See a foot in front of me.
managed with difficulty to get over the
texas 10 qthe,Fh heel.A Aeuse, aaItIthedce
down. the back steps to the ladies' cabin
There'f met my partner, Wf1fam At
tenboropgh,l ana otWo chambermaids.s
The fire was then spreading fast and
had completely cut off an passage to
the bow of. the: :boats .E1tud mycumL
panions to get fe-preseryers, and l ran
into the cabin to'get one for myself, but
the smoke drove me haeks 81 made a
second attempt, but was again ,foiled. !.
The chafnbefahaids were m6re fortunate
and had secured preservers. told them
to jump into 'thei river! None ief them
the1f eprabg ii intd' ' the water. water fEe other
slid down thaoufsideOf tkS wheelH6tiiBcI
into the river. sB0, h we're picked up bYb
a yaWl.9 MI f.oAttehbo otoongh Jumped into
the tivenand swamgatAocsls ifswais1d y
until the wheel quit. turning hsfQreII \
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bMBf' f'a
! had a,s s1ss t d b. KAT EatsS 81 eaa dapnhs a
fectly cool, and a6tse.talingdn chs sit6il j.
;otI9an' f s5g RSH IA tst g.
'ofiby ahe b6atS Sow, fodk of :
my shoes ana 1HSy yoaefc6at AID ospfahgH
into the rivemw4ihad Aaf04}sES ihtS'e
therWatasih hsfrse dofmnth de dbOdrfeht
very, swift and sEAAg ,send oqHfestithAsd
Twas going under. pd .eEust asd wa, ,absutsn
" was sn a sS5fs ss sS SIT tSs @ edss tbss, !.
drift and contrived to reach me- and,
pull me cut tsof the water III t4tbe' 'df33ft.. :
fTothifdaan I ad1aRde b06i ifh RfJs JslRGos
I had no sooner gpttensOn ShdhesSh2di6Fs
crowd of people collected about me tel
that had saved their liveesand
wanting to Know what they could for
.pi8idi ssgiaso1c1adnAatf Mined th6tT
oqadacaxesE apnalsaaeBihgwih6oA 0NEI
Bfife Purcell. thai s4csndI Hseeksofsdhb
boats ca camess ri a1QfTard anfsEsFe,Jasaaisd ID
Iovercoat and shQss. "a, lMA9fA,f hAldH0Et thai
.boat Was merely II imY duty, and any other, !
pil6y wgnld haSe, done Tie Same bad ba :
been iialn1t sfIaeS t,0t as tlisnn 51oqs' 9
! Mr.. sUlSdsrWooa,sasm bSmy !
'sdualed bys Aia hsstsEy, and ~e Etfdstn
that all admirersaof true mRnhdaiAE Ibis
see that his pluck -andl del Eotientf fsrduty I
are .pI9perlgyi !a u qsGasaaiizad eeaAeainstsaI
\ r''44lnsosrf.io, 44lsof %, anaza1g diiga1ed ew no
81 The intfotiuttiSnIs uthe1ebbM haSo
bemua cyrseto ,AhAsR R1itiSh d0lomeSoin s
the, South Raei6c sIRs4 the splsiaa ID ia'a
possible to keep them e1nder,l bat in S
Tough country tAeydriye out every thing
else. ThousamsOf pounds have been
expended in tpstpalia on their destruc-
Ition, and even then the slightest relaxa-.
.tiopsaf zfgaadde fsees1hsmfmake eiihSad
again liz Ct aI terrible Eretetsq qNsy zaaaagds
more than, onsshahhsG bssssntteHucdd .,
to deal with these pest&r NotAipgs gshort 1
of combined effort Oh the part 81 the,
SETTLERS wil wveE pprgut lahehd wAsre
they have once fairly got hold. i
DAWN PEflsRH aaSa gshAsHfof f6
years been a apopEictsim tAei Rbo4 4es1ssf
land StatesprjoRs HssMas ppedydatek
when he entered. but imWediatel lH4ey
CAME 4 hard student and 4as. ensHtsaA
Bis 1eisufe in q Successive mastery ,of ;
reading, writife,E u aar aarftHhetic, algSbr4, 7.
leeoi1eSry, i1ndS i6dr languages. HIS :
minalis nok aSiatobe aaViag WY skowoi
egersa and an iefhns istbdHS made 70 sses
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