The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-31
BURNED TO DEATH.
Another Terrible Steamboat Horror
Added to the List.
Great Loss of Life and Destruction
of Property.


Golden City, of the Southern Tran
~portation Company, when approachin
the wharf this morning at half-pa!
four O'Clock, was discovered to be O
fire. The second engineer, Robt. Kell,
Immediately notified Captain Pui
cell, and the pilot on the watch heade
for shore and four minutes afterward
she touched the wharf at the foot c
Beal street, where the coal fleet
moored. A line vas hastily thrown an
made fast to one of the coal barges, tn
current being swift. 1t 500 parted
and the burning steamer floated Of
down the river, a mass of flames, witt
many Of the passengers and crew
aboard, who were unable to reach tn,
shore and were lost.
The Golden City left New Orlean.
Saturday, en- route for Cincinnati, aut
carried a crew of about 60. She haC
tbout forty cabin passengers, 6fteer
IT whom were ladies and nine children
The cargo consisted of three hundred
tons, among which vas a lot of jute, il
which it is supposed the fire originated.
Among those known to have beer
lost are DR.. Monahan and wife, OF
Jackson. Ohio, Mrs. Crazy, Cincinnati,
Miss Luella Crary, Cincinnati, W. II.
Sterne and wife and two children,
Oliver Wood and wife, Henderson,
Kentucky, Mrs. Anna Smith, Mass.
Miss Campbell, Mrs. Helen Percival,
Mrs. L.. E. Konutze and three children.
The books being lost it is impossible to
gather the complete list. All the Off
GERS are safe, except the second engi-
neer, Kelley, who gave the alarm and
remained at his post until cut off by
the flames, which spread like lightning,
sacrificing his life to save others.
Thirty were saved, among whom are
Capt S. c. Mcintyre. First Clerk, W.T..
Mcintyre. Second Clerk, Writhly. Third
Clerk, Frank Stein; Doc. Bondenant,
Pilots, Bruce Purcell, S. r. Marion
Purcell, Joseph Purcell, Jr., First En-
tineer, Mike Kelley, Miss Ionia Maston,
Evansville, KY, Willie Mckinley, New
Orleans, Chas. Ross, Jr., C. Under
wood, st. Louis, II. B. Howell, Phila.
Robt. E. Elbracht, treasurer Stoves
circus, John II. Trewalla, business
agent, Burt Stowe, brother of proprie
tor, Frank stowe, Jos. Swife, John Gill
bert, John Mullare, ]. g. Kempel, John
G.. Glenroy, James Bloomfield, James
Burke, all members of Stoves circus,
W. G. Jewett, Point Pleasant, w. ",
Geo. W. Green, New Richmond, Ohio,
A. B. Veotch, Evansville, KY, W. H..
Carmthers, ]. B. Jordan, Ripley, Tenn.
Nearly all the cabin and deck crew of
the steamer saved themselves. Stowe's
circus was taken aboard at Tidalia,
La, and six cages Of animals and
birds, together with ticket and band
wagon, tents and horses were lost.
Warren Purcell, n Of the pilots, was
in the clerks office when the alarm first
sounded and he rushed through the
cabin, bursting in the state room doors,
awakening passengers. So rapidly did
the flames spread, that within five min
utes after discovery, of the fire which
broke out amidship, the aft part Of the
steamer was all ablaze. Those that
we're saved had to flee in their night
clothes. When the burning steamer
touched the wharf, the fire communi-
Gated to the coal fleet and the tug
Oriole, which was also burned.
LATER.-As near as can be ascer'
tanned, there were twenty-three ladies
aboard the steamer, but two of whom,
so far as known, are saved. j. M.
Cronk, connected with Stoves circus,
Is missing and is supposed to be lost.
John DeVouse, his wife and three
children are at the city hospital, also
| Senior Black. Mr.. Denouse is slightly
burned on the hands.
The Golden City was Eve years old
Loss $4,000, insured for 100000 il
| Cincinnati offices, and was owned b!
Capt. Hegler, w. 7. s. S. G. Mcintyre
| She lies sank about three miles below
here in chute, near the Tennessee shore
where she fioated off from the wharf
About twenty passengers and GREY
jumped aboard the barge which 1oate,
down stream. but they were rescued b
the harbor boat. 1t is estimated tina
thirty-fye lives were lost. Kelly an
three r~oustabouts are the only ones c
the crew known to be lost.
The fire was caused by the watchma
accidentally setting fire to a lot of jutt
which was stored amidship the steamer
she had Just whistled to land, an
the watchmen went among the dec
passengers to notify them, Memphi
being approached. The bottom of b
lamp dropped into the jute and befol
the flames could be extinguished
spread all over the deck Of the steame
Purcell, the pilot, escaped by climbir
over the FROM end Of the pilot hous
The tug Oriole did not burn as WI
reported, but was sunk by the burniI
steamer.
On making landing, several CO
, barges and ice boats caught fire al
burned. Billy Hodge, pilot on the De;
Adams, saved the cook who Jump
q oyerboard as the, boat ioated dow
/. stream. All the passengers and ere
were kindly cared for by G. B. Gall
way, proprietor of the Peabody Hot'
Pat. Haley and Mike Odonnell, Il