The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-31

named Washwritb, his lamp In hand,
. looking for some Of the deck hands
crew. 1t was from his lamp that the
. fire caught in the jute as he stood in
the center of the steamer, and as quick
as a flash the fire spread to either side
of the steamer and up to the cabin.
engineer, but by the time he reach the
hurricane deck the flames had mounted
to almost the pilot house and he was
driven back by the flames. He then
rang the alarm bell, and seeing that
the boat was approaching the shore,
ran down the forward stairs and jumped
on the tug Oriole, just as the Golden
City struck her. Seeing that the tug
was sinking, he sprang aboard the
steamer again and made his way to the
coal barge lying alongside. Three negro
deck hands and a white deck passenger
were killed when the tug was struck.
Anna Boyd, the colored chambermaid
and her assistant we're both lost. Mike
Mallery and Pat. Kinney, iremen,
saved also NJ. J. Whelan, second mate.
Wbelan says he jumped overheard from
stern end of the steamer a. she floated
down stream. There were about ten
men on fantail boats, who must have
been drowned, as when he leaped into
the river he saw three men go over
board and drown. The others must
have shared the same fate. Tels. Leh-
man, who was a passenger, says there
was a merry party on board and nearly
all passengers remained in till midnight.
They had one or two gentlemen aboard
who played the piano, and they enter
tanned the passengers with music and
singing. He was awakened by hearing
his state room door burst In and heard
the cry of fire" Selling his clothes he
ran forward and reached the barge just
in time, as the next minute the vessel
loated down stream.
The body Of an elderly white woman
was found floating neal the wreck, but
identity not proven.
1lOnC . SllSuo was eli lOuIO W Sdll III, |
where the spring season was to be
opened. A portion of the show is at
Vicksburg.
Will. Mcintyre, clerk of the boat,
says, the list of lost cabin passengers,
as well as L can remember, is correct.
Mrs. L. E. Kountze, and three child
rem who are lost, was the wife of Capt.
Kountze, the well-known steamboat
owner. Those mentioned being in the
hopital are all injured by burns, but not
serious. The passengers lost all their
clothing, those that were saved had to
flee for their lives without taking time
to save their effects.
The following colored crew was
Bob. MEMS, second steward;
Miller. Texas; Cnas. wilson,
cabin boy; Henry White, Bob Wallace,
Chas. Guthin, cabin Waterman, Isaac
Dickson, sinner; Ransom Watkins.
Outsiders, Jesse Willett, glass tender.
Abel Butler, of Donadsville, La,
together with his wife and child, made
their escape from the burning steamer
in their night clothes.
A. B. Veatch, formerly river repor-
ter on the Evansville, Ind, Tribune,
was on board, he remained long enough
to dress himself before leaving his state
room.
j. H. Cronk, owner Of the side show
of the circus, is supposed to be lost.
His room mate, II. n. Alderman, says
he dragged him out of bed to the foot
of the stairs through smoke, and was
satisfied that he never arose from where
he left him. The fright seemed to have
paralized him.
j. G. Glenroy, the one saved, resides
in Philadelphia. He has for two years
been keeper of the animals of Stoves
%menagerie. He states that he was
asleep under one of the cages on the
forward part on lower deck. When the
cry of fire was given he leaped forth
and looked about, but saw no fire, then
he looked again and saw the entire CEN
ter boat a mass of flames, as soon as
the boat touched the coal fleet he
jumped ashore. He saw the officers of
the steamer at work making hawsers
fast, then saw the lines give way and
the steamer swing out and drift down.
He saw the cage containing the lions
sink in the middle as the flames envel-
oped it, but heard no cry from
a single beast as 1.-The animals burned
The six cages contained a lion, tiger.
two leopards, an Albino, a deer, non
keys, birds, and four horses, also be-
longing to the circus, three were saved.
The celebrated trick horse Selim was
lost.
Fire Alarm.
The first alarm Of fire for several