The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-08
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crew Gral erioa n anguish n1aiet oui uF1n
the tafly mnfnns alf. alinOai dfuWninF tha
fasf AMI efaetli ul ihi hamet
The nlsfm N hfs va svfnh IN Hubert Kel
lef, The engineer ~ duif, 10 fliot fifos rur.
cell, Just a. ihf lailrf hsd hnlahe liuwlnK The
elafn whistle fuf landing NJ iht dnps. The
pilot ~ niiee heidf The fHsi fuf the shore,
nni she oahis IN - 1nck that odlidlna with
the tug oflulp, the hitef sunk immelisielv.
tho crew narrowly escaping death. DOE m
instant The sinHm~ tuch.d tho shore, and q
humber ui lade and ch dfcn i,rnpri over
lsiafi and nth ~ eianhefpa pni1 barge near
BY, 10 add terror " The atunc, The barge took
nfs aud iuaed IN down stfoam bearing 4
number " people AMI .s cngca NJ animals b..
lohHlns 20 ttiwcs GIruA Az we're lost.
Asthe fRtrd steamer broke nway from ahnre
and Heated out upon the swifily.ninnlnK riv.
~ the bowling VI wild beasts, the brnrt.rend,
Ing shrek " women and chidran. the huarso
orders oi the onluers. steam whistles, nur
nlnrtns mi cracking fumes, woro all hlonhnd
In terrible Il n nf horror and anguish. Never
we're human eyes permitted 10 gaze on n scene
more grnndly awfuL
Tho iirc gnnoh hen iwny 20 rapidly that
even the mori prompt warning io the passen-
gers failed Ia roWrh majority OF thom In lime.
The q llton city was built In 1877 nj Clncin-
natl, cost s5iOO, ani was insured for sIl.OOl.
she was pss tons burden. aud NJ the tim, NJ the
disastcr carried afnl cnrEo Of freight, lncud.
Ing cotton s'cd, OIL md jule. The nrc was
caused by the bottom Of q watchlnan's lantern
dropping from tho Flobr into the jntc.
The steamer left New Orleans for Cincinnati
on SATURDAY, and enrricl crow of fstty mcn
aud about forty cabin passengers, hhlf of whom
were women and children III, party was a
merry one, and most Of the passengers had
scarcely closed their eyes m sleep. after d
night passed In dancing. singing and plano.
playing, when they wcrs called 10 meet too
rible dchth.
The books " the steamer wcro lost, 50 II IA
Impossible TO gather a complete list Of the LOST
and saved All the officers of the steamer arr
safe except the second engineer lloi.H
Kelley. He II was who first discovcrs' inc
fire and gave ihe alarm, and rcmalr'a n' hs
post Of duty until cut on by the n''nns es ,po
fire spread like lightning, and tc sarriil''" h's
life 10 save others.
Among those known TO have oecn 'oe' afo'
Dr. Monahan and wife, " ~ s"a,on' W w n%ra %
Cary, Of falmtnt, .os ',, nn'a c'1,',,,' n,s hu'
elm Cary, OF Mnlty PnVc' I'M % ,'p', Nn'u'nhan.
uo,aorsoa III Miss Anna smith. Of Massa.
shnso,,.. ~, IIclen Pcrciyal, Of Hawesvillc,
,n"s't. ~, T.. Y. Ksuns ami three children,
Nj. >zmpi oil, relative Of Mrs. Kounl; Rob.
o.Helley. second cnznccri Mary Boyd, Ainalr
ia AtchIson, chambermaids; J. q. Crane, own.
or Of the sidcahDw to Stoves circus, three Of
deck crow lcolorcdl, aud negro boy servant.
Tho missing arc: J. II. Krouk, sidcsh
man, thrco dcrk.hands, aud number OF deck
passengers, names unknown; two colorcd
chambcrmalds OF twcniy-six men employed
ns lower deck hands ruustnbouts and nrcmen,
three are mlislng. and believed to be- lost Two
natloni-inen. MilHi1', Of Alton, aud Cowles. Of
Henderson, aro believed TO be- lost.
An inquest IA In progress over tho remains
~ dead woman found to-day near tho wreck
They arc thought 10 bc those Of Mrs. Anna
o"i'a' y, 'a'saon"s''r' an hnloufhmeh'
W., '"'" 'assn un'l' '"-,horiow morning.
80" o".n, '"o Vo'p'"I 'hPuNh vi ,hc
"aan "Hs sen' ''p'h', ,h'' H''.rhpon ON war
rant charging MN WIN mnricr through MS
''.o,"ssnos ~ onus'HE INC hre w tne steamer
u''r WIZ Wy 'o''horr"w 70 recover his
nohss ,has are s"pposou 'o "o w 'hc "fcok OF
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ihe s."h'huI pn'hep pt'AkV WIN inc mdot
w" '',. o.se1' u,'.ll sue 'ea.nei Polh' hohf
W. ~ y, iNS'ue"' 's'ahi' "heh sue sank
nua.ep "A.e'' seo"p'u. 'i.oA' n''app'a'lhs
WIN" u,,'y ".nu''s aIu, 'no "atni OF nre
vas WI. :. un"''. ln' on'''o 'psf os.'n"ol ~
sn''"o' ohe''n,' W 'nc steamer ann 'he DAB
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u.s. ,on'A nsu'ni " haTe''lie, NY, ono
oi 'ne 'nr'e my pas 'hkc's sa'el, W mn inter
ueN 'ells 'he ,o.,oNlns 'ohoh'ns story OF her
siprrcnos " .ns u's'.eIi Sne was gons
iruh We" ot',ahs 10 ner noIhe' nasesFiiie' 10
c""panS w" WI ' ao'"''' VT. ~. ". foIcNaI.
and her nephew, "iilam Mckinney lad OF
hi'rcn years. inc, hah pecn merry party
IN the cabin' ana she ana her mother rc-
ured ai,rr eleven O'CLOCK. home tina
aiter ,hey nsh fni'en ssioep' she could no,
,ch now hhS' ,hey wcrr hWakHncd by Mckin'
ley, VINO rushcn lntp the state'rD0fn ana said
"Tho boats on nreF' she aud her mother got
up and, without waiting 10 drrss IN rm- lives,
went out into the oabln, which was full nf
smoke. They walked hurriedly forward. her
mother q little behind. ON arriving al tho
front guard OF the boat, sho saw that her
mother was not with them, and she sttcmpt.
Cd to run back after her, Tut was prevented
by Mckinley, who said II would only
be her own destruction. The cabin uss
ehsn a mass Of nams and smoke. sOh. 4
thought she was with U.s." moaned the gir,
tossing wildly on ths couch. who're shs ~.
II wanted 10 60 back 10 her. but he wurin't
let me-" The accents Of utter despair nd rs-
morse thai marked the words Wild have
touched the hardest heart. Booming more
composed, she said her nephcv ,dled her out
on the guards, and lowersd hr' down TO w.
Charles iio-s, Jr., pssscnse,s standing on tho
eoal-bsrEe, Who received her IN his arms ana
then took her ashore
John ". Tre-alls. business agent OF stoves
Clrus, vss on ths lover deck, and seeing hf.
A. Butter. 'ef Donsldscnvilis. La, Win MS
wife and fsur chiidsn on ih' eslethse..
shou'rd 10 HIN 70 'hrpv him hlseslFrsn w W.
s~asnt and carried ;. r'--. . 'afp'y on the
cu.lbsrre He .-en s-'ls,sa 's MA Butler ~ ~,
her infant so.n 'Ipw ps,n.r @ ss,,s y, INIT,
helpssi hsr oa .-.s'r. ssf N. ro,r.,.lns eslIa.
''.asn' w,,,,s sy,1inIey. a young man seventeen
" s. gives a graphic description of ths
a. H. vas In his .tsse-ruom when nr.t the