The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-01

New Orleans, Sept. 3O.-The PEA
yune's Yicksburg special says: This
morning about 3 O'Clock a fire broke
out on the steamer r. f. Lee while on
q trip to this city, about thirty miles
below here, resulting in the total de-
~struction of the boat, with terrible loss
of life. Following is a list of persons
known to be lost: Cabin passengers
Mr.. Pointer, Maysville, KY; Mrs. Nc
Clellan, New Orleans; Miss Adams,
music teacher, on her way to Baton
Rouge; an infant of Mrs. Searle, of
Vicksburg, and two colored women al
so the following: Frank Jones, fire.
man; Ophelia Jones and Martha Webb,
second and third chambermaids; Thos.
Fisher, Joe Murrell, Scott Cox, Thos.
Collins, Irwin Duncan, cabin boys;
Samuel Brown, roustabout; Kardo, car
penter; VIM. Westmaker, second en-
gineer; all cooks and help, except pastry
cook; books of boat and United States
mail lost, together with a cargo Of five
hundred bales of cotton.
New Orleans. Sept. 30.-The steamer
Lee had just been overhauled and
newly painted, and was her first trip
this season. She left Vicksburg yester-
day evening for New Orleans with 500
bales Of cotton and a good list of pas
sengers. While opposite Point Pleasant
ut $3.50 a. M, she was discovered to be
on fire, and was Immediately headed
for Louisiana shore, and landed at Tan
catan plantation, thirty-iv miles be-
low Vicksburg. In a few minutes she
was completely enveloped in flames.
T~wenty-one persons are believed to be
lost, including many of the crew. The
steamboat j.. NJ. White, passed the
wreck about 6 a. m. and took the re-
burg. s. e. Rawlings and Robert
Smith, pilots, both burned and other
wise hurt. The fire is supposed to have
originated in the pantry room. So
rapidly did the flames spread that it
was impossible for passengers or officers
to save anything except what they had
on at the time. Captain W. s. Cannon
states that the steamer wal owned by
the estate of his father, John w. Can
non, and her commander, Captain VIM.
Campbell. Sho was valued Mt one
hundred thousand dollars; insured for
fifty thousand, mostly in local compa-
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entirely Of men who had been on the
river twenty or thirty years. The boat,
besides supply pumps, had a new fire
pump with fourteen-inch cylinder and
700 feet of hose. There were always
three watchmen on deck.
The following passengers we're saved:
Thos. J. Sperm, Tensas, La; c. T.
Chapman, of steamer Naomi G..
O'Rourke, New Orleans; J. M. Farnum,
st. Louis; Mrs. Abrams, Chicago;
Henry Mason, Monroe, La. J. c. Scott,
New York; II. U. Neeaves, New York;
j. M. Freedman, Vicksburg, Pa; j.
Berger, Easton, Penn; w. w. Irish
Carlyle, Ill. Jno. II. Lu~dwegson, New
Orleans; Mrs. Searls, Vicksbnrg; lady
with eight children, name unknown.
The steamer left the city last Tuesday,
her first trip for three months. The
Picayune says: The announcement of
the destruction by lire of that grave old
steamboat, Robert E. Lee, will be hon
ored with univernai sorrow. She was
the champion Of Mississippi waters, the
fayorite of all people from New Orleans
10 Vicksburg, and named after the
greatest OF heroes and statesmen. Her
destruction Just at the beginning of the
cotton season, and after having under
gone a thorough overhauling, will be a
serious blow to her owners as well a
the trade in which she has been engaged,