The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-31
THE TWO ELEMENTS.
DEATH ON ANlLL.rArEp STEAMBOAT
ssOrsl.d BY Fir. and StrADslsd By W.tsr-r~.
rIbl. Disaster to til, Steamer Golden City
at H.nphI,--TOtally DtItsOI.d by
Fin-Nunbss Of LlEes Lest.

MEMPHIS, TENN, March SO.-The Gin
cinnati and New Orleans packet, Colder
City, Ell route from New Orleans to Gin
cinnati, burned at the wharf this morn
ling at430 o'clock. Between thirty AM
fifty lives were lost, principally women ant
children.
The steamer Golden City, Of the South
ern TranspOrtion Company Line, when ap
preaching the wharf this morning at IN
o'clock, was discovered to be on fire by thu
second engineer, Robert Kelly, who imme
diately notified Captain Brice Purcell, sr.
the pilot on watch. The boats bow was al
once headed for the shore, and in u few
minutes afterwards she touched the whar
at the loot OF Beale street, where coal
fleet Is moored. A line was hastily thrown
and made fast to one Of tho coal barges
but the current being swift 1t soon parted,
and the burning steamer floated on down
the river, mass Of flames, with many oi
her passengers and crew aboard who were
unable to reach the shore, and were lost.
The Golden City left New Orleans last
Saturday, en- route TO Cincinnati. She
carried crew Of about sixty. She had on
board forty cabin passengers, fifteen Of
whom were ladies, and nine children. Her
cargo consisted OF 300 tons, among which
was lot OF iute. The Gre is said to have
had its origin in this combustible material.
TIE LOST.
Among those known to have been lost
are:
Dir. MoSAnAN and wife, of Jackson,
Ohio.
MRs. CnARY, OF Cincinnati.
MIs. LuELLA CRARY, OF Cincinnati.
W, n. STOWE, wife and two children.
OLLIE W0oD and wife, OF Henderson,
Ky.
Mns. ANNA SMITH, of Massachusetts.
Miss CAMPBELL.
MRs. HELEN PERcEvAL.
MRS. L. E. koUET2 and three children.
The books OF the steamer were lost, 80 it
Is impossible to gather a complete list Of
the lost and saved.
ANOTHER jim BLUDSoE.
All the officers Of the steamer are safe
except the second engineer, Robert Kelly,
1t was he who first discovered the fire
and gave the alarm, and remained at his
post OF duty until cut off by the flames,
for the fire spread like lightning, and he
sacrificed his lite to save others. The
saved are: George W. Green, New Rich.
mond, Ohio; A. 3. NeatCh, Evansville, Ind;
4. II. Chiffon, Carriville, KY; w. II. Ca.
routhers and ]. B. Jordan, Ripley, Tenn.
Nearly all the cabin and deck crew OF the
steamer saved themselves. Stoves circus
was taken aboard at Nandalia, La, and six
cages Of animals and birds, together with
the ticket and band wagon, tents and
horses, were lost.
NO TINE FOR PRAYERS OR CLOTHES.
Marion Purcell, one OF the pilots, was in
the clerks office when the alarm was first
sounded, and he rushed through the cabin
bursting in the state room doors awakening
the passengers. So rapid did the flames
spread that within five minutes after the
discovery Of the fire, which broke out amid
ship aft, the steamer was all ablaxe. Those
that were saved had TO flee in their night
clothes. When the burning steamer
touched the wharf the fire was communi-
Gated to coal fleet and the tug Oriole,
which was also burned.
TIE SAVED.
The saved, SO far as known, are:
CArTAIN S. G. MCiNTYKE.
W. 7. McTNTYRE, First Clerk.
JAMES WlRrHLiN, Second Clerk.
FRANK STEEN, Third Clerk.
Doc BARnuvAST, Mate.
BRICE PrRCELL, SR., MARION PURCELL,
JOSEPH PURCELL, Pilots.
MIKE KELLY, First Engineer.
Miss IOSIA MARSroH, Hawesville. XIV.
WILLIS MCKINLEY. Hawesviiie, Ky.
WILLIS MYERs, New Orleans.
CHAs. Ross, JR.
j q. UNraRwoon, St. Louis.
II. B. HOWELL, Philadelphia.
ROBERT EELLs BRicE, treasurer Stoves
circus.
JonS II. TREwALrER, business agent
Stoves circus.
FRANK Stowe, JAMES SWIFT, JOHN FIJI.
BERT, ]. G, KlMPEL, JOHN G. GLENRoY,
JAMES BLOOMFIELD, JAMES BURKE, all mem.
beEs Of Stoves circus.
W. G. JEwErr, Point Pleasant, Ohio.
AS near rs eau be ascertafned there were
twenty.three ladies aboard the ill-iated
steamer, but two Of whom, so far as known,
were saved, J. II. Cronk, connected with
Stoves circus, is missing, and is supposed
to be lost. John Devonre, his vile and
three children, were saved and are at the
city hospital. Mr.. Devoure is slightly
burned on the hands.
ruE STEAMER AND THE OWNERS.
The Golden City was five years old and
cost $50, 900; insured for $50, 900 i'll Cincinnati
Offices. She was owned by Captain ], d.
+. Mcintyre and S. G. McIntyre. She
lies sunk about two miles below here, in the
chute, near the Tennessee shore. When
she hoated Of from the wharf about twenty
OF her passengers ind crew jumped aboard
barge which was floating down the stream,
but they were rescued by one OF the har.
Dor boats, which towed. the barge into
shore one mile below the city. Il is esti.
mated TINT thirty-fye lives were lost by the
disaster, but at present no additional names
can be learned. Robert Kelly, second en-.
gineer, and three roustabouts arc the only
ones Of the boat crew known to be lost.
John brefier, stewart; Peter Dreffer cook,
John Lamb, second cook; Billy Luxiord,
pastry cook; Mart Whalen, mess room
tender; John Hill, second mate; Charles
Harvey, second watchman, and a passen-
ger named Bloomfield were saved.
CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
The fire was caused by the watchman
accidentally setting fire to lot Of lutte,
which started amtaship OF tho steamer.
She had just whistled to land and the
watchman went among the deck passen.
gers to notify them that Memphis was be.
ing approached and1hose that were des.
tined for here must get ashore. The bot,
tom OF his lamp dropped in some iute, and
before the flames could be extinguished
they had spread all over the deck Of the
steamer.
Briee Purcell, the pilot, made his escape
by climbing over the front Of the pilot
house, as the fire was in the rear OF him
when the steamer touched the wha.i.
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