Daily Republican., 1882-03-31
boat DISASTER.
uNGOF A MISSISSIPPI
YER 1T IEAMBOAT.
Is,rty and Forty Persous
|vOmen IO.t "A Cage
ha AuinsIs DecOine
4 Tor the Flames
livery at 'h' Posi-
Of De At h.'


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l. Tenp., March 3o'-ih
plden City, OF the Sontherl
ion Line, when .approach
hsrf this morning at / q
\ discovered 70 be on nre by
Engineer, A,btrt heily,wh'
Y notified Captain Purcell
bt on watch. The boat's ooN
utes Afterwards tOucheu tn'
10 foot of Water street, wIer'
ret is moored. "A line wa
pwn and mAie last TO one %
rges, bur, the current peihs
bn parted, ard the hurhihs
bated On down tbe river 4
lanes, Win many vi iio'
and crew aooaru, "h'
e to reach the 'hore ana "eF.
1en o'Cy ,o.. ~ ,'',,in,,a,; Tr,"'i
ay oii liio "p, 49,, w ,;n ST. ha'i
a cfen VI ,,a,.oo.s "ooa, oo y, -,
AZ S"o'n 49,, a nl,;1,1r.u usr
Y l|'''" s,5I ,''',' t',,,., . .'nn,,,I, I,hinh
s.eu ;n,a " ''V rhn ';,s ~ said 10
oi's'" ~ '''
,,,,.,o,,,or .,ar. Lost
~" y. 'uo "'o - , oornnl,,t.,
'oss.''o w., :, I7'rnJ Al nf tba
.o'. y, o.. s',,o1 I"' ,.o,,ran avosn,
sno 1aar ~, XII EsIlev ssraned H.
,no0. ,;',aon ~ S,,j ,ha s,o o,'5
lirss ni''o',i"t' ,,;, w. ~, hia
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.Is't .h' sra ao ,',.aat I;,,a ii,,,:'
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10 ''0''
III the caoih ana uech gre"
Ftalne" saved themselves.
ilcus, which was 'akeh on
ldalla, La, aua SIX cages ol
ID blrd', toseIher WIN The
band Wagons ttutS ana norSeS
Purcell, one OF tAe pilotS was
KS oihce "hen the alarm
sounded ana Le rusted
% cabin bursting throughthe
doors and awakening tbs
so rapidly ula tue haneN
! within hVe minutes aissf
ery It the ire which broke
Phip, The ait part OF The
as all a6laze aud those that
had to Tee III their night
hen the steamer touched The
fire was communicated to
rges, aud the tug OrIolo was
q.
len City was i've years old,
anu was Insured Tor $50,
lncinnatl Ctilces. She was
captain D: ID. Hegler, W. +.
ahu o. I. Mcintyre. she
Rbout three niles below here
tioated Oft from the wharf
h'y OF Eer passengers anu
pea ohooard IL barge which
Wa stream pat they were res
pe ol tile ma! Dor boats which
barge Into the shore one
'he cltS'
was caused by a watghman
SeltihI 1re 10 a lot ot Jule
s'ore'' anidsh,ps. The
man went among the deck |
10 notify them that they |
Iacnlhg Memphis, and that
lned for the city must get
Pen the bottom of his lamp
Pt IN some Jute, and before
conId De exnnguishd they |
all over the deck of the YES
|
~ anu Mike O'Donnell, the
n who were On watch, say |
(ns negro captain OF the watch
|ash' with his lamp in his
(lhS Tor some of the deck
was from his lanp that the
N s"mh lnlc4ted to the jute
nc GENRE of the steamer, and
u the steamer ard up to the
In up stairs to notify the
Peer, 6y the time he reached
Eane EIe.. deck the flames had
Imos, 70 the pilot. house, and
|ven back BY the fire. He
the alarm bell, and, sesi az
Las M appr aching the shore,
v spe .ht iorward stairs aud jump
'a u 'ne tug oriole just as the
" struck ler. Seeing that
|, SINKING he sprang aboard
4 i. seaiL' and made his way
h tpi,ge hlg lying along side. Two
|, vaaa nanos 81, ana a white deck
"ele el ,, kllled when the tug
|, 5o1 a. lheS were caught be.
t.,
Rvyu ~, ~ she colored chamber.
|cy y' snS Ssl'i.ant pst were were both lost,
also n. j. WheIsn sscom5
lelan ,hs says he jumped over
'ne stern of the steamer as
k,s .osn stream.
III .es '0Sus S0st ten e, men on the
hsd, as, when he leaned i"to in,o
d,ess' h Ss" three men go over
n S'Swa, Ssra, and and the Others lie
q o' an elderly white woman
l n,ha.lls h near the wreck, but
Icu0 y uas not yet been proven
'0us as.' was EN- route to Cairo.
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