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

cry of fire. Selling his clothes he ran forward
and reached the barge Just ir time, as the mex
minute the vessel foated down stream.
The body of an elderly whitc woman was
found floating near the wreck, but her iden
tity has not yet been proved.
| Stoves circus was en- route to Cairo, where
the spring season was 10 be opened. A por'
ton of the show is at Vicksburg.
Mrs. L. E. Kountz and her three children,
| who are lost, is the wife of Capt. koun'z, a
we'll known steamboat owner.
Those mentioned as being atthe hospital
are all injured by burns, but not seriously
The passengers lost all their clothing, Ihose
that were saved had to flee for their lives
without taking time to save their effects.
The following celored crew of the steamer
was saved: Bob Morris, second steward;
Juntler Coulson, cabin boy; Henry White,
and B. Wallace, herthmakers; Chas. Guthrie,
cabin Waterman; I. Dickson Chimney, Rasom
Watkins, outs der; Jesse Willett, glass tender
Abe L. Butler of Donaldsonyille, together
with his wife and child, made their escape
| from the burning steamer in their night
clothes. A. B. Veatch, formerly river reporter
| on the Evansville, Ind, Tribune, was on board.
He remained long enough to dress himself be-
fore leaving his state room.
j. 81. Cronk, owner of side show to the
circus, is supposed to be lost. His room
mate, e.. u. Alderman, says he dragged him
out OF bed TO the foot of the stairs, through
tho smoke, and is satisfied that be never arose
from where he lost him. Fright seemed to
have paralyzed him.
JIG, Glenroy, one of the saved who resides
at Philadelphia, has for two yeas been keeper
Of the animals of Stoves menagerle. he
states ne was asleep under one of the animal
cages on the forward part of the lower deck
when the cry of fire was given. He leaped
fr-fh ord BOD hiIt CO W M Then
he looked again and saw the entire center Of
the boat was mass of flames. AS soon as
the boat touched the coal feet he jumped
ashore. He saw the officers OF
the steamer at work making
hawsers fast, then saw the lines give way and
the steamer swing out and drift down. lie saw
cage containing lion sink down in the mid
die as the flames enveloped it, but heard no
cry from single beast as The animals burned,
The six cages contained lion, tiger, two Loop.
ards, Albino deer, monkeys and birds. Four
horses, also belonging to the circus, were
aboard Three were saved and one, the cele-
brated trick horse Sel.m. was lost.
ABOUT THE BURNED BOAT.
CINCINNATI, March S0.-The owners,
officers and crew of the Golden City reside
here. The owners are Capt. j. D. Heger,
Sterling c. Mcintyre and W. l. Mcintyre.
She was valued at $4,000 and insured for
$50 600 In Cincinnati companies. She was
built in 1870 aud was one of tue best equipped
steamers plying between Cincinnati and New
Orleans. The government inspectors say
she was extraordinarily well made,
with every modern appliance cal.
culated to avert the calamity,
which has befallen her. She was 176H feet
long, 40 feet beam, and SIX feet IN depth of
hold. She measured Gil tons, but had car.
rying capacity of l0) tons. The steamer left
here March % and reached New Orleans March
"A. Capt. Hegler, upon hearing of the dis
aster, Immediately telegraI he'd to Capt. Nc.
Iuiyrc 10 spare 10 expense TO aid those IN dis
tress or recover bodies of the lost.