The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-01
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euRNING OF A STEAMBOAT.
Great Loss Of Life.
q Persons Perish in the Planes.
u.yruIs, March N.-The steau.e,
.:oi,rn CITY, OF the Southern Transpor
s,ion onllMny's line, when approach.
!. t|,e wharf This morning at half-past
M, o'clock, was discovered to be on
,,- by second Engineer Robert Kelley.
rsoi,uu,ediatcIy notified Captain Pur-
I'll the pilot on watch. The boat was
,,,ded 70. the shore, and four minutes
.-rvari she touched the wharf 1t the
;,t Of Beal street, where the coal deet
,mooIed. 4 line was hastily thrown.
and made fast to one Of the coal barees.
Tie current being swift it soon parted.
and the burning steamer f1Oated down
ne river mass Of flames, with MANY
4 the passengers and crew aboard, who
sr,e unable to reach the shore and were
s.
The Golden City left New Orleans
,,iurlay en- rOu:e to Cincinnati and
.,nied clew Of about CD. She had
Jnut ~ cabin passengers, Is Of whom
re ladies and y children. The cargo
susisted of three hundred tons among
.hirh was lot Of jute in which It Is
supposed the fire originated. All the
@rn were saved except the second
ndneer, Kelley. He gave the alarm
nd remained ut his post until cut OF
y the flares, which spread like light
ling, sacrificing his life to save others.
,iomles circus was taken aboard at Vi
alia, Ia., asd six cages Of animals and
iri. together with the ticket and
and wagon. tents and h0r-
~ were lost. Marion Purcell
" In the clerk . office when the alarm
"a. frs! sounded and he rushed through
The cabin bursting in tha stateroom doors
nd svakening the passengers. So rapid
ydi the tlamesfpread that within livo
.nutes after discovering the fre which
'cke out amidships, the AFT part of the
'ramer was sll a6laze. Those that were
s,ed had I" flee in their night clothes.
Nhrn The burning steamer touched the
wharf the fire communicated to the
| N: Orioe which was also burned. As
hear as can he learned there were y h
as aboard the steamer but two Of whom
etar ~ learned have l,een saved. The
''ohIen city was five years old and cost
|MSal Insured tor $50, ono in Connect
mt tfiices. She lies sunk about 3 miles
~ow here In chute near the Tennos-
.e shore: When she fl0atcd off
"@ the wharf about twenty passengers
ahi Inc crew jumped aboard barge
'i'eh hoateG down the stream. but
'rie rescued by the harbOr boat. 1t is
,''h.ate'i = that thirty-fivc lives are lost.
luz nre was caused by the watchnlan
x'eeusentaiIy ' setting fire to . lot Of jute
''"'' Was stored ainiIshfE~.
a., LATER.
'l'e Oriole did not burn. IA WAS ~
tr'e', Tut WAS sunk by the burning
''''uit OF tho Late Dakota Blix8ard.
y, .,HcAGo, MarcL a.-A 1t. Paul spe-
.ar Nys: since Saturdays blizzard
y. T'.IeIe' reports are received showing
,.s spsso life on the frontier. The facts
~ generally concealed, but it is certain
,,.. W.T.. aas been much suffering and a
, ,rII many deaths. The blizzard ex-
,Ieu rom southern Dakota to Mani
III. asd reports come from all along the
s%'. ,I'"a ''ne. 4 man was found frozen
,,S T''n .a on the prairie near st. Vincent
sl,,s: s*o near Breckinridge. Several
M 1e' families had narrow escapes,
,..;' Lieutenant. name unknown,
:. I"E m on lurlOugh from Fort Siseel-
NJ '1s1o'a, died from exposure Thurs
w.. ne was going to Germany. A
-, ~ "1'ver named Howard was found
;,% u" '';af y; Lake Wspt'ow, half q mile
,,sr NJ aiS I.s h"l"': Mrs. Long and her ~
~, ~ ".u "u son. ALERT. were found dead
II, - ~ n"""iwin. Dakota. Thep were go-
A., ,rSs ~, sick nciyhl'or. 1t Is reported
e., '"t'c ~ land explorers who started
n, .;.' ;:s~r.ie"n an.l WatertOwn are miss
vii I."'s Monday. anil only two oftheir
W,..M l"Kk. March :N.--The .Hum'x
nena"n Special says: Kirkw.m,d's
" him Ln'Eht ,L say that in sheer pity
ai..i"" ne President has Offered him q
uid % !" - !" st. Petersburg. Logan is
nen, ~, NJ authority for the announce
sMi WAL Teller j. to succeed Kirk
!: oonfessions Of Dick Little.
l.,,.::' CRY. Mo-, March 3o.-Dick
lp n,,.'' "'''.s-iOn il said tO include all
;al.h;iIe !, "' the leading spirits in the
II. a"'' ' =; ,C;"ttervilIc, Glendale, Wins
,i I !" - Blue tut train robbers in fact,
raus,o.; complete expose Of all the
| nj ,,,n': ."ns Of the James gang since
ta,.%"''t %.'t.'tlon with 1t. 1t was on his
'rn>,e,l :, !arcnce Hite was recently
alla,;. "a kentucky and brought to
EARS H.; !" ~, NO., ANIL there sentenced to 9,
In in ~ .'s penitentiary for participa-
;shich ~. i~ " ''lston train robbery, In
l.,,,r s.;i sa;;in,iuct"r Westfall was killed.
ry sn' '' ne hal been concealed in this
siniI. .s ms surrender, but nothing
s..t,.,In "r learned about It. Ii is
'Irylar,: ne Will testify in the case Of
'rn "a. a! Independence tomorrow,
;rlyht t.na!'> further facts will be
"l.i<c a.. a." one hundred cowboys in
nd; !. ~, r","nty, \. T.. Their strong
,ii. sV Mule Mountains convenient