Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-03
week OF Beautiful OPERAS
Charles {. Ford'S Superb Co.
AT LEUBRIES THEATER,
SIX NIGHTS AND TWO MATINEES
COMMENCING MONDAY APRIL 18th
Of q. Ahs
LA MASCOTTE, BLLEE TAYLOR OLNETTE,
MAN0LA, CLAUDE DUvAL, PATIENCE
THE MUSKETEERS
THE GOLDEN CITY.
Latest About the Unfortunate
Vessel.

A number Of gentlemen have arrived in
this city from various points with the OBJ
ject Of searching for relatives and friends
who perished By the river disaster Of
Thursday morning last.
The arrivals include Captain Noah SEQ
will, Of New Orleans, an uncle of Captain
J.. Kouns; Stephen Dillon, of Burlington,
Ohio, the uncle Of the late Mrs. Kouns,
and who has son on Kouns' Red river
line Of boats serving as clerk and Cap
tain; Mr.. +. s. Havens, of Cincinnati,
relative, and Charles Crary, a son and
brother Of the late Mrs. and Miss Orany;
also Mr.. G. L. Monahan, Of jackson,
Ohio, brother to the late DR.. Isaac T.
Monahan In addition, Captain l..
Kouns came to the city from Shreveport
last night. but while on the way and after
his arrival, his mind was in such a
wrecked condition that it was deemed
prudent to take him home to New Or
leans, and his stay here was for few
hours only.
During yesterday the gentleman named,
in conjunction with Mr.. Frank Stowe,
one of the survivors, who remains here TO
search for his missing relatives, all con-
suited over the situation and took steps to
find the remains Of their lost, if this is
possible. Dodgers or -handbills have been
printed, offering special rewards for the
recovery Of the bodies, and they will be
distributed along the river hence south "a
Helena. Fifty pounds of dynamite have
been ordered from st. Louis, to be ex-
ploded at various points, with the object
of raising the bodies of the victims.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Stowe ex.
plored the Tennessee shore on foot fol
six miles down the river. The only dis
eovery he made was that series of eddies
in the river current line the shore, and
would be apt TO prevent the. drifting away
of any Of the bodies that may be caught in
them. The water near the shore is so full
Of dead animals, including cattle, hogs
sheep, goats, and wild fowl that the stencil
in some localities is fearful, while the
spectacle they present is hideous. The
gentleman returned to the city last even.
ing very tired and in rather depressed
spirits, after his toilsome and fruitless
tramp.
Several strangers visited the spot where
the wreck lies, but made no other discoy-
cries than that forward stanchion and a
sampson post of the fore and aft hog chain
is all of the wreck now to be seen. The
current is so swift that in the passage OF
the water through the buckets of the sub
merged and invisible wheel it roars like a
cataract, and 1t is plain that no diver can
stand on the wreck to work at present.
1t was, however, ascertained that the hull
of the ill-fated craft lies with its bow down
stream, and that il will be high and dry
on shore when the river drops to low
stage Another visit was made to the
wreck this forenoon.
The lady victim, supposed and generally
believed to have been Mrs. Smith, OF
Springfield, Mass, on her way home from
a visit to her brother in New Orleans, was
inferred at Elmwood yesterday, in pres
ence of largo numbers of citizens and
those of the survivors of the disaster still
here, including Captain S. O. Mcintyre
and his brother, w. +. Mcintyre, the
clerk of the Golden City. The expenses
of the funeral were betrayed by Captain
Mcintyre and his brother, and these gen.
| tlemen continue to exert themselves Ia
alleviate the suferings of the unfortunates
by the late disaster, as well as to recover
| the bodies Of the victims. The remains
of Mrs. Smith will perhaps be removed
later on by her relatives in New Orleans
or elsewhere,
In this connection it may not be i'm
proper to say that the verdict of the Cor
orners jury viewing the remains Of Mrs
IlSmith, is undergoing sharp criticism, and
creates wide as well as emphatic expires.
sions from many people. Those most
open in their remarks, are the respectable
| and intelligent survivors of the late dis.
aster. The conduct of the chief witnesse,
before that jury, was wholly different than
| they say it was according to the state
ments of those who were not called upon
TO testify.
Those familiar with steamboats, and
their management, and not of the rousta.
bout crowd and deck crew who looked
out to save themselves and rendered DC
assistance to the officers in their efforts to
make the burning boat fast to shore, al
declare that the aforesaid officers did all
that men could do in an emergency like
the appalling one which so suddenly befe
them. This class Of persons seem not t
have been asked to give testimony befor,
| the Coroner's jury, and 1t is very strang,
that they were not. The boatmen will
perhaps have proper justice done them by
the United States inspectors, where al
investigation is being made.
The late Mrs. Orary and daughter, los
on the Golden City, were residents o
Winton Place, asuburbol Cincinnati, ant
were people Of refinement and culture
we'll TO do in the world. Mrs. @. was il
delicate health and was on her way hom
from New Orleans, where she had been 4
recruit and for pleasure.