Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-31

taken aboard at Vidalia, La, and
six cages of animals and birds, to-
gether with the ticket and band
wagons, tents and horses, were lost.
Marion Purcell was In the clerks
office when the alarm was first
sounded and he rushed through the
cabin bursting open the stateroom
doors and awakening the passen
gers. SO rapid did the flames spread
that within five minutes after the
discovery of the fire, which broke
out smidshipa, the after part of the
steamer was all ablaze. Those that
were saved bad to flee in their
night clothes. When the burning
steamer touched the wharf the fire
communicated to the coal fleet aud
the tug Oriole, which was also
burned.
THE NUMBER OF LOST.
AS near as can be ascertained
there were twenty.three ladies
aboard, but two of whom, as far as
known, were rescued. It Is esti-
mated that thirty-five lives were
lost by the disaster.
INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
Pat Haley and Mike Mcdonnell,
the firemen who were on watch,
say they saw the negro captain Of
the watch, named Wash, with his
lamp in his hand looking for some
of the deck hands 1t was from
hIs lamp that the Ere caught the
jute stored in the center of the
steamer, and as quick as a flash
spread to the other side of
the steamer and up to the
cabin. Haley ran up stairs
to notify the head engineer, but by
the time he reached the hurricane.
deck the flames had mounted al.
most TO the pilot house, and he was
driven back by the flames. He
then rang the alarm bell, and see
ing that the boat was approaching
the shore, ran down the forward
stairs and jumped on board the Tug
Oriole Just as the Golden City
struck her. Seeing that the tug
was sinking he sprang aboard
the steamer again and made
his way to q coal barge
lying alongside. Three negro
deck hands and two white
deck passengers were killed, when
the tug was struck, as they were
caught in the end side of the tug.
Anna Boyd, the colored cham
bermaid, and her assistant were
both Lost. Mike Malloy and Pat
Kinney, firemen, were saved, also
NJ. J. Welan, second mate. Welan
says he jumped overheard from tn 9
stern of the steamer as she foated
down the stream. There we're
ten men on tbei fan tail boat who
must have been drowned, as when
he leaped into the water be saw
three men go overheard and drown.
ed. Others must have shared the
same fate.
rsob,b,s"yy B 10 Dsfessed.
BOSTON, March 30.-The House
by q tie vote, defeated the bill
prohibiting the sale and manufac-
ture of liquors.
the Musnas U0sOa absorbed.
NEW YORK, March 30th.-T The
morning papers declare to-day that
the control of the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company has passed in
to the hands of friends of the
Western Union Company. Jay
Gould, Geo. r. Baker and Geo 8.
Scott own majority of the stock.
b~ck Tsckes ~ Ps"nsyi ivsnis
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 90
The State Greenback Labor Com
mlttss propose nominating q full
State ticket.
O-psurs or Oasos she James Gang
KANSAS CITY, March 80 Dick
Little, q notorious member of the
James gang, has been captured.
He has made full confession and
will be used as States evidence.
D,srssers NJ ahe FLOOD.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3O.--A
special from Troy, Louisiana, says:
The water here is three feet ten
inches above the 1874 food. The
boat engaged in rescuing cattle lie
supposed to have gone down in the
storm on Monday on Catahoula
Lake with one hundred head of
stock. The hills in CatahouIa
Parish are crowded with people
and cattle. The rising water has
the negroes at Liddle's
place, where one woman Was
drowned on Sunday. On the Mis-.
sissippi place house and family
were washed away. The gin hO1se
at Horse Shoe, below Troy. CON-
tanning hundred negroes, IL
with destruction.