Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-31

az once headed for the Shore. and IN four min.
utes afterwards she touched the wharf at
the foot of Beale street, where the coal
feet is moored. a line was hastily thrown
and made fast to one Of the coal barges, but
the current being swift 1t soon parted and the
burning steamer foated on down the river, a
mass Of flames with many of her passengers
and crew aboard, who were unable to reach
the shore and were lost.
The Golden City left New Orleans last Sat
usday en- route to Cincinnati. She carried
crew of about sixty.
She had aboard forty cabin passengers, if.
teen of whom were ladies and nine children.
Her cargo consisted of 800 tons, among which
vas lot of jute. The fire is said to have had
It's origin in this. Among those known to
have been lost are DR.. Monahan and wife,
Jackson, Ohio; Mrs. Crary, Cincinnati; Miss
Crary, Cincinnati; W. H. Stowe, wife and two
children, Ollie Wood and wife, Henderson,
XIV, Mrs. Anna Smith, Massachusetts,; Miss
CampbeI j, Mrs. HELEN Percival, Mrs. L. E.
Kounz and three children.
The books of the steamer were lost together
with complete list OF the lost and saved.
All the officers of the steamer are safe except
Second Engineer Robert Kelly. He it was,
who first discovered the fire, and gave the
alarm, and remained at his post uutil cut of
hy the flames, for the fire spread like light
nlng and he sacrifcedibisslife to save others.
Tue saved SO far as known are Capt. 3 u
Mcintyre; first clerk, w. +. Mcintyre; second
clerk, Jas Wiertling; third clerk, Frank Stein;
mate, Dock Bondewant; pilots, Brce Purcell,
Sr., Marion Purcell and Joseph Purcell; first
engineer, Mike Kelly; Miss Maston, Willie
McKenly, HlweB7ille, KY Jas. Myers, New
Orleans Chas. Ross, Jr., E. c. Underwood,
st; Louis; Ii. B. Howell, Phila-
urer of Stowe's circus: Jno. II. Trewalla,
business agent; Burt Stowe, a brother of the
prietor; Frank Stowe, JAS. Swift, John Filbert,
John Mullane, j. G. Kempcl, John G. Glen
roy, Jas. Bloom field, James Burk, all mem
bers of Stoves circus; w. G. Jewett, Point
Plea'ant, W. Va; Geo. A. Green, New Rich
mond, o.; A B. Veach. Evansville, Ind; K.
II. Chittsuden, Carrsville, Ky; w. IL. Car
ruthers, J. b Jordan, Ripley. Tenn.
Nearly all the cabin and deck crew IT the
steamer saved themselves.
Stoves circus was taken aboard ut Fanddiia,
Ia, ard six cages of animals aud birds,
together with the ticket and band wagon, tents
anu horses were lost.
Marion Purcell, one of the pilots, was Ia
the clerks Office when the alarm first sounded
and lie rushed through the cabin, bursting
passengers.
So rapidly did the flames spread that within
five minutes after the discovery of the fire,
which broke out amidships, the after part of
the steamer was all ablaze. Those that were
saved had to flee In their night clothes. When
The burning steamer touched the wharf the
fire communicated to to the coal feet and the
tug Orion, which also burned.
As Mar as can be ascertained there were
twenty three ladies aboard the i'll fated steamer
but two of whom, 60 far as known, were
saved J. II. Cronk, connected with Stoves
circus, is missing. John Devouse and his
wife and three children were saved, and are at
the city hospital. Mr.. Deyouse is slightly
burned on his hands.
The Golden City was five years old and cost
S54 900. She was insured for $4,000 in Gin
cinnati office. She was owned by Capt. j. d.
Hegler W. F. Mcintyre and s. G. Mcintyre
She lies sunk about three miles below here IN
the chute near the Tennessee shore. When
she foated of from the wharf about twenty OF
the passengers and crew jumped aboard the
barge which foated down the stream. but they
we're rescued by one of the harbor boats, which
towed the barge to shore one mile below the
city.
it is estimated that thirty-fve lives are losi,
out at present no additional names can be
learned. Robert Kelly, second engineer, and
three roustabouts are the only ones of the
boats crew that were known to be lost. John
Dreff +, steward; Peter Dreffer, cook; John
Lamb, second cook; Billy Luxford pastry
cook; Mart Whalen, mess room tender; John
Hi, second mate; Charles Harvey, second
Waterman, and passenger named Bloomfield
are saved.
The fire was caused by the watchman acct
deDtally setting fire to q lot of iute, which
was stored amidships. She had just whlstled
10 land and the Waterman went among the
deck passengers to notify them that Memphis
was being approached, and those that were
destined for there must get ashore. The
bottom of his lamp fell into some jute and
before the flames could be extipguished they
spread all over the deck.
Bruce Purcell, the pilot, made his escape by
climbing over the front of the pilot house,
% the fire was all in the rear
of him, and when the steamer
touched the wharf. The tug Oriole did not
burn as first reported, but was sunk by the
burning steamer in making a landing. Sey-
eral coal barges and ice boats belonging to
Cohlen, Huse & Co., caught fire and burned.
Billy Hodge, pilst on the Dean Adams, saved
the cook, who jumped overheard az she
Aoated down the stream. All the passengers
and crew were kindly cared for by g B. Gal
loway of the Peabody hotel, who provided
them with breakfast.
Two negro deck hands and a white deck
passenger were killed when the tug was struck.
They We're caught between the bow of the
boat and the side of the tug.
Anna Boyd, the colored chambermad, and
her assistant were both lost. Mike Malloy
aud Pat Kinney, firemen were saved; also NJ.
!. Whelan, second baker. Whalen says he
Jumped overheard from the stern of the
steamer as she foated down stream. There
were about ten men on the fantail of the boat
who must have been drowned, as when he
leaped into the river he saw three men go
overheard and drowned Others must have
shared the same fate.
Pat Haley and Mike Donnell, the two fire
men who were on the steamer, say they saw
the negro captain of the watch, with his
lamp In hand looking Tor some of the deck
crew. 1t was from his lamp that the fire
caught. The jute was stored in the center of
the steamer and as quick as a flash it spread to
either side of the steamer and up to the cabin.
Haley Elm up stairs to notify the head engi-
neer, but by the time he reached the hutrri.
cane deck the flames had mounted almost to
The pilot house, and he was driven back by
the flames. He then rang the alarm bell and
seeing the boat was approaching the shore,
ran down the forward stairs and jumped OH
board the tug Oriole, just as the Golden City
struck her, and seeing the tug was sinking he
sprang aboard the steamer again and made his
way 10 coal barge lying alongside.
FELIX Lehman, who was q passenger, says
there was merry party aboard and nearly all