The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-31

4 Ms.-ss~sppt steamer burned and
Many Lives Lost.
Men. wemer. and Children Fall Victims 10.
the FIames-Tbe Lost and saSed-cause or
N, Y,,,-rryI Details Of she Calamity.


aIyvpu,z- March 30.-The steamer Gold
en- CITY. OF the southern transportation
Cornnany's Line, when approaching the
,vbarf M. morning Of 4:30 was discovered
% H.. or IRE The discovery was made by
H. =. sonond engineer. Albert Kelly, who
;,n,oed;o.SIv notified The Captain. The
49, Nv was n once headed for the
- md In four minutes afterwards
,o.,.,'cd the wharf at the foot of Beale
sfrnet where coal fee was m.ored. \
I;,s va. hastily thrown and made fast 20
80 ~ the Coz, barges. but the current
/ IN, svvift II coon parted. and the burn
I Inc stearner floated on down the river
mas of flames. with many Of her pasSen-
GER and crew on board. who were unable
/ 10 reach shore and were lost.
soaE or THE VICTIMS.
The Golden City left New Orleans last
saturday N route 10 Cincinnati. She ear
( ried a crew OF about co. She had on board
40 cabin passengers, II OF whom Were
ladies. and there were nine children. Her
cargo consisted Of 800 tons, among which
was LOT Of lutte. The fire i said to have
ORIGINATED in this combustibc material.
Among those known to be lost are DIR.
Nouahan and wife. Of Jackson, Ohio:
Mrs. Crarv. CINCINNATI; Miss Lulu Crazy,
Cincinnati; w. II. Howe. wife and chill
drcp. Ollie Wood and wife. Henderson,
Kentucky; Mrs. Annie smith, Massachu-
sets: Miss Campbell. Mrs. Helen PerciYal,
Mrs. l.. +. kOuntZ and three children.
The books Of the steamer are lost. so It i
impossible to get complete LIT OF the lost
and saved.
NAMES or TIDE SAVED.
All the officers OF the steamer except the
/ second enginoer. Robert Kelly. escaped.
After he gave the alarm OF fire he remained
/ n his post u duty until cut of hy the
flames. the fire having spread with light
ming rapidity, and thus he sacrificed MS
I life 10 ave others. The saved 30 fr 81
I known are Captain :. {. Mcintyre. flfst
I Clerk W. 7. Mcintyre, Second Clerk
james Warthlin. Third Clerk rank stern
/ Mate DOC" Bondurant. Pilot Bryce
Purcell. 81. Marion Purcell, Joseph PuT-
cell. II. First Engineer Mike Kelly: Miss
Jones Martin. 81 Howesville, KY; Willie
! Mckinley. OF TOWNSVILLE, Nv; james
/ Nvers. o New Orleans; Charles Ross, Jr.,
/ L. &. underwood. Of -. Louis II. T..
Howell. OF Philadelphia; Robert L. Eli
brick. treasurer OF Howe. circus: John
/ z. Trewalla. business agent; Burt Howe,
/ brother Of PROPRIETOR; Frank Howe. James
Swift. John Filbcrt. John Mullane. J. G..
/ kin.Del. John G.. GlenrOy, James Bloom
field. james Burke. These last are all
members Of Howe's circus. ". C..
l Jewell. Point Peasants, ". Va; George
W. Green. New Richmond, Ohio: o. T..
1 Voatch. Evansville. Ind: 4. II. Chii,en-
den. Carr.viile. ky.; W. II. Carruthcr-.
!. =. Jordan. Ripley. Tenn. Nearly all
the cabin aud deck crews 81 the steamer
savcd themselves. Howe's circus was
( aiken aboard al Nidalii, L.. and siX c1gcs
Of animals and birds. together with the
ticket and band wagons, tents and horsc-.
were lost.
RAPID SPREAD OF TIE FLAMES.
Marion Purcell. one OF the pilots. was in
/ the clerks Office when the alarm first
sounded. and he rushed through the cabin.
hur.ting in state-r0om doors and awaken
ing the passengers. SO rapidly did the
danes spread that within iiyc minutes after
the discovery 81 the FIRE. which broke out
amid,hirs, the after part Of the steamer
wa. al ahlaze. Those who were saved had
10 Zee in their night-cloihes. When the
burning steamer touched the wharf the IRE
was communicated to some coal-Darses and
the tug Oriolc. which was also burned.
As nearly - can be- ascertained there
we're twenty-three ladies on board the III
fsted steamer. but two OF whom. % far A.
known. are saved. J. ii. Cronk. connected
with UoWe'> circus, j. missing. ana II /
s1nposed he Is lost. John DeNouse, NJ
vile and three children were .aycd. ant
ara. II the city hospital; also, Simon Black
Mr.. Deyousc i slightly burned OH br
hands.
Tnc Golden City was Eve year, old. IN,
cost $4,000. She was owned by CapialI
~. II. Hyler. W. F. Mcintyre. and :. I
Mcintyre. She lieS sunk about three mile
below here in a chute near The Tennessee
shore. when ,hc fOated on from tn
wharf about twenty o. her passenger
iumped aboard a barge. which hoaie'
down the stream. but they were rescue
1v one OF the harbOr boats. which iowe'
the barre 10 shore one mile below IL
city.
TETEI Y-glvE LIVES lost.
Iii. estimated that thirty-fyc lives wer
, / Lost hy the disaster. lut at present no 90
litional ncws can be learned. EoDcf
- K.llv. second engineer. and three ron,
. ahol.ts. are the only members % the Uoa'
( crow who are known 90 be lo,i. JON
+ p,reter. steward: Peter Drener, cook
, J,iu Lamb. second cook; BiNs LuXiord
nl.frv cook: Mart Wl2ltn, me-s-TooI
icndcr: John Hill. second mate: Charlie
Uo.nov. -eeond Waterman, and 2 pa~,el
eer named Bloomfield, were saved.
, WHAT CAUSED TIE CALAMITY.
The fire vas caused by the watehma
c aecilepfaliv setting fire 10 lct oi jul
which WIS stored amid>bip. The ,ttamt
T. nd i;lst whistled 70 land. aud The waIcl
d m,u went amOng the dcck-pa>
C notify them that they were approaelln
e Namphi,. and that those destined for th
J. rity must get ashore. when the lotion
.e his lamp dropped in some iutc. and heiol
q the flames could be eXtinguished they h.
u .nread an over the deck Of the vessel.
P Bryce Purcell made his escape 10y CHM
~ ing over the front part Of the pilot-hous
% M flames then being IN the rear. Nht
% Tho st,auer touched the wharf tie "a
b 0riole did not burn. as al hr>t repore
several cod bargeS and OF ice-boat beior
n ;ro "a Bohes. Husa x Co. caught on u
j. nd were burned. Billy Hodge, pilot
n the Dean Adams. saved the cook, WI
be irunued overheard A. the boat fiJateG dow
n ne stream. All the passengers and ere
;! were Jointly cared for 10y Mr.. {. l.. Can
IN ,ysv. who provided them with breakfast.
D; Two negro deck-hand- and White de-
L. Messenger were killed when me Tug Orio
70 was struck. They were cahght 1etNe =
IA he bow ~ the boat aud the sue OF L
9 mo. Anna BOYD. colored cliameeiina:l
10 and her assistant, ~ere DOM lo''. ~
OF Yolloy and Pat. KINNEY. meineh, we
o. .rved. al.o. VI. !. Whelan, second bak'
Whcian say, be jumped overheard frc
- Inc stem of the steamer o. she boat
e sovn the stream. There were abo