New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-31
rr1r sr0RY OF THE DISASTEK.

90 tbo Southern Transportation Companys hne,
,ben arproacnng the wharf thus morning a' -
NO.. was discovered TO be on fire py inc so'on'
,,hert Kelly, who Immediately IN
sr,,od Captain Bryce Purcell, sT.' tue Pno' y"
'.atcb The boats bow was at once headea 'ol 'Io
,bors and in four minutes afterward IL toucue" 'no
80 - tho foot of Reae-st where the coal iect IS
,roored. A line was hastily thrown ana mace i''V
90 one NJ the coal harges, but the current pei's
.ujf, the line parted aud the burning steamer
eooted ON down the river mass oi halneS "i'n
,napS of her passengers and crew aboard, VINO "o'o
unable 10 reach the shore and were lost
The Golden City left New-Orleans last sa'ufu'S,
nm the way 10 Cincinnati. She carried
ohont GO She had on board 40 capm paSSchsoi''
% of whom were ladies' and children hei 0aie
aors;st.d of 500 TONS among which was a lou VI
;u,e This was stored amidships III a place 0oi
,o,icnt for landing it. The passengers hau an"',u
.,.,sol,es in the cabin in the early part OF 'le
s,..ni,c bv singing dancing and playing 'aruS
Ahout midnight most of them went 10 'ner iooin''
l,ho,gh a few fingered in the cabln ior an h0"
of,,rvard 1t was the duty ot c"Ioltu ".,' - , i,
,ybo was only known by the name ash 10 o''il
the Messengers who wanted to leave 'no ''e''''N'
before daylight. -, ord thc
xratchman vent among the deck pas ensS
,o~, then, that they were approaching Mehiph'
VI. ,voll,ipo near the iute the bottom OIL 'no
, r,,icn the watchman carried suddenly leh.
she stoopeC, to pick mp the lamp he io'Iocu 'u'
The iute had caught fire. lis tired 10 eA'liuS"
90 lint they spreal so rapidly among the ln-
eammable material that his efforts were Hui'ic'
He gave the alarm and before "SSi0'
anoe arrived that portion OF inc 'O
WAS in flames. Tie passengers hau nov So'
,oo, oroused from their slumbers when the nre
nj
r,. danger Marion Purcell, one of the pllots' was
j. the clerks Office when the alarm was first SOUND
al and he rushed through the cabin bursting open
49, staterocm doors and awakening inc pasSo"si'
So rapidly did the flames spread that WITHIN n'o
;,pt.s after the discovery of the fire, the ait part
of the steamer was all ablazc, aud those that Wero
saved had to tee in their night clothes
Bryce Purcell the pilot, made his escape Dy oiin'
,, over the front part of the pilot-house' the iie
then being in the rear. When the steamer touchcu
tho wharf the tup Orioe did not bur but was SUNK
lrthe burnir o steamer in making n landing. sew
oral coal barccs and m ice boat belonging To Bohleh
Uuse & Co., caught fire and were burned "i'i'aih
Hodge. pilot on the Dean Adams, saved the cooA'
who ium,cd over board as the boat hoatcd oo"n ""
stream When the boat hoated OIL IRON 'ie "'''ii
al,ont twenty of her passengers anu ere" JuiuP'N
on hoard barge. which hoated down tlc S,lo'"''
1t tbcy wore rescued by one of the harbor boats
tgNl ~
low the CITY The passengers and crow were taken
90 the Peabody Hotel where they were provided
nth hrcok fast The vessel is now sunk about
tree miles below here in the shoot near the Tenn
ossee shore.
The hooks of the steamer were lost, so it is impos
slr TO gather a complete list oil the LOST ana sd'eo'
All If the officers of the steamer, except Second En-
cineer Kelly escaped lie IL was who hrSt oiscoV-
ere! the fire and gave the alarm remaining at MS
post Of duty until cut of by the flames, for the hro
epread like lightning, and lie sacrificed his lie 10
save others Ii is estimated that tmrty-hVc hVes
,,crel last b,t at present very little news can &c
learned Nearly all the cabin and deck crews OF
,be steamer saved themselves stoves circus
which was taken on board at Vlsalla, La, ana
six cages Of animals and birds, together win
Tho ticket and band wagon, tent and horses were
lost.
LIST or THE SAVED.
The following is list of those known 10 nave
been saved Captain s. c. Mcintyre, flrst clerk
WI McIntyrs, Second Clerk James W. Nithhn'
Tbird Cle1k +. Stern, Mate Dock Bondurant, Pilots
l,rvce Purcell. sr. Marion Purcell and joseph Pur-
cell ir; First Engineer Kelly. Miss Iona Maston OF
Jjawesyille XIV; ; w Mckinley of iawesville KY;
James Myers Newf-O Orleans; Charles Ross, jr; h. u
Underwood st. Louis H. B. Howell, Phlladclpha' )
Robert L. Elllnick, treasurer OF Stoves circus !;
John H. TTewala, business agent; Burt
Stowe. brother of the proprietor Francis Stowe
James Swift John Fibert, John Mullane, j. T..
Kimpol. John G. Glenroy, James Bloomfield and
James Burke-all members of stoves Cncus; W.
&. Jewett Point Pleasant. w. Va. Ge0rge W.
Groom Nav Richmond OHIO A; a. Is. Veatch, Evans
willie Ind: X. H. Chittcnden Carrsvile. Ky; w.
II. Carutbers. j. B. jordan, Ripley, Tenn; John
DrefIer. the steward Peter Dretler, the cook John
Lamb second cook Billy Luxford, pastry cook !;
Mart Whalen. mess-room tender John Hill second
mate: Charles Harvey, second watclnan a pas
seneer named Bloomfield; Michael Mallcy; Patrick
Kinney. fireman; Abel Butler, of Donaldson
Vile La; Mr.. Butler and child; A.
B. Veatch of Tie EudHsrile 1ribnn
H. NJ Ackerman Robert Morris, second steward
James Miller of Texas; Charles Wilson, cabin hoy
Henry White; Robert Wallace; Charles Guthrie,
cabin watchrnan Isaac Dickson, boOtblack Ran
son Watkins, Jesse Willett John DeyCuse, wife
and three children. and Simon Black.
Many of those who escaped from the burning boat
were badly scalded. 1t is thought that they will
all recover. They sent To the City Hospital.
Few il any Of the passengers saved any baggage,
and many of them without clothes.
SOME OF DEAD AND MISSING.
The following Is partial list of those who were
either lost or have not been heard from since the
disaster Dr. Monahan and wife, Of Jackson Ohio
Mrs. Crary Cincnnati Miss Luella Crazy Cin-
cinnati; w. II. Stove, wife and two children; Ollie
Wood and wife, Henderson, KY; Mrs. Anna Smith,
Massachusetts,; Miss Campbell, Mrs Helen Perci-
val, srs. l.. f. Kouuz and three children, Robert
Kelley second engineer; three roustaboutsp - Anna
Boyd, colored chaInbernaid, and her assistant. j.
u. Cronk.
STORIES or THE SURVIVORS
Patrick Haley and Michael ODOnnell the two
6remen who were on watch, say they the me-
gro captain Of the watch with his lamp in his hand