Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-30

cabin fare, and thus to their poverty they
owe their lives. All were saved, father,
mother and children gaining the barge in
their undergarments.
A GermanTyouth from New Orleans,
and a-young man frcm Hawsville, KY,
who had been spending the winter at New
Orleans, both are missing.
Alb Veatch, formerly river reporter on
the Evansville (Ind.) Tribune, was the
coolest man on board. He stopped to put
on his coat, pants, shoes and hat before
leaving his stateroom.
Stoves circus paraphernalia, consisting
Of six cages Of animals, including lion,
tiger, two leopards, an Albino deer, mon
keys, number Of birds, and other stuff,
were lost, though all the circus people e1-
cept one Kronk, the sideshowman, were
saved. His roommate, II. n. Acker-
man states that he dragged him
out of bed to the foot of the stairs through
the smoke, and is satisfied he never arose
from Where he left him. The fright threw
him into comatose state, from which it
seemed impossible to arouse him.
Three trick horses belonging to the
circus were called ashore by their trainer,
and sprang from the guards at his voice.
The buffalo broke his halter and dashed
ashore, nobody knows how, as he was first
seen walking up the levee, with every
hair burned from his hide and an eye
burned out. 1t is thought he will die from
injuries received.
1t is said that a number of persons were
knocked overheard when the boat struck
the tug by the force of the shock, The
difficulty of getting off the boat was great
on account of the bow being obstructed
by number of circus wagons. Many
clambered over the top of them in their
efforts to escape.
As the steamer foated eff into the
stream a cook was seen elinging to a
dangling rope and calling for Gods sake
to help him.
w. j.. Williamson, cabin boy, sprang
from the hurricane roof down on the
barge, a distance Of at least twenty feet.
He fell on his side and sprained his
shoulder, but was otherwise unhurt,
Mr. John G. Glenroy, one of the saved.
resides in Philadelphia, and has for two
years past been keeper of animals Of the
Stowe menagerie. He says he was asleep
under one of the animal cages on the for
ward part of the lower deck. The cry of
fire was given. He leaped forth, looked
about and saw no FIRE. Then he
looked again and saw the entire center
of the boat mass of flames. As soon as
the boat touched the coal fleet, he
jumped ashore. He saw the officers of the
steamer at the work of making the haw-
sers fast; then saw the lines give way and
the steamer swing out and drift down; saw
the cage of the lion sink down in the mid
die as the flames enveloped it, and heard
no cry from a single beast as the animals
were burned.
By some means the bear got loose and
jumped into the river. A slSiff from shore
approached, the oarsman believing the
object to be human. The bear climbed
into the boat, frightening the aforesaid
oarsman half out of his wits. For time
the skifman was in doubt whether or not
to jump into the river and swim ashore
: but the bear behaved very nicely, lay
down quietly and was rowed TO the shore
where he walked out on the bank, as
, peaceasle as any bear could. In this
, come tion it may be proper to mention
, that Mrs. Stowe, who is lost, was in early
life pupil of the renowned Dan Rice, land
under the name of Lizzie Marcellus she
won renown as one of the best female
riders in the country. For two years
or more she was the star card
with Barnum's great travelling
combination. The circus and menagerie
under her her husbands management has
been at Vidalia, La, for some time past
rettting and was on its way to Cairo to
+ start on a spring and summer campaign.
A portion Of the people attached TO the
concern were taken aboard at Vicksburg.
There we-e nine Of the circus people in
the cabin and five or six ON deck
Among others saved and not men,
toned in the list above are Mr.. John
DeVouse, wife and three children; also
Mr.. Simon Block, all at the City Hospi.
tai, and slightly injured. They were
deck passengers, and Mr.. DeYouse has
his hands burned considerably.
The fire caught through the carelessness
of a deck roustabout, who went to look for
some one he supposed to be hid away and
asleep among the bales ofjute in the deck
room, abaft the boilers. 1t being dark, he
took a lamp, unhinged it from its
glass covering, held it down close
to the deck between the jute bales, and in
a twinkling it ldndled the inAammable
material, soon enveloping the entire lower
deck. The heat of the jute fire was so in
tense that it soon melted the joints of the
steam pipes and rendered the engines use.
less, hence they ceased to work, and the
strain on the line made fast ashore by the
officers was too severe for it to hold; it
therefore parted and let the boat swing
of. as above described.
The body of female was found a1oat
near where the wreck sunk. The breath
had barely left it. The remains were
taken to John Walsh's undertaking es-
tablishment. The cl9thing is nearly all
burned of, only few shreds remaining,
but these show that the underclt thing was
of the finest texture and would seem to