The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-31

0aNtiit MuTlO0 IufAell
and Joseph Purcell, ir., First Engineer
Mike Kelly Miss Iona waston, Willie
mckinley, OF Hawesville, kentucky;
James Meyers, New Orleans; Charles
Louis; ii. i. Howell Il nIndeFSSESd, PSiIsdslDbia: "a:
Robert +, Elbeck, treasurer of Stoves cir,
Gus; John Il. Trenall, business agent, Burt
stowe, brother of the proprietor; Frank
stowe, James Dwift, John Filbert, John
Mul,ar, !, {. kimpell, John G. Glenny,
Jas, bloomfield, Jas. Kirk W. l.. Jewett, Point
Ileasaht, West Virginia; Geo. Green, New
Richmond, Ohio; o. b. Veatch, Evans.
Vile, Indiana; John X. IL. Chittenden.
Kentucky; W. II, Caruthers, J. Il. Jordon,
Ripley, Tennessee. Nearly all of the
cabin and deck crew of the steamer saved
themselves.
=. stoves circus was taken aboard at Vida
Ia, La, and SIX cages OF animals and birds
together with ticket and band wagons
tents and horses were lost.
Marion Purcell, one of the pilots, was in
the clerks office when the alarm first
sounded and then rushed through the cabin,
oursted IN the state-room doors and awak-
ened the passengers. So rapidly the
| iiames spread that within five minutes
alter the discovery of the fire, which broke
out amidships, the after part of the steamer
was all ablaze. Those who were saved had
to lice in their night clothes. When the
burning steamer touched the wharf, the fire
communicated to the coal barges and the
tug Oriole, which was also burned
CINCINNATI, ONO, March 90.-The
owners, officers and crew of the
Golden City reside here, The owners are:
Captain J: ID. Higher, Sterling c. Mcln-
tyre and W. +. Mcintyre. She was valued
at S4o,oaW, and insured for $4,000 in
| nnnrnantnQ A,,sl
in 1876. and was one of the best
equipped steamers plying between Cincin-
nati and New Orleans. Government in
spectors say she was extraordinarily well
equipped with every modern appliance
calculated to avert the calamity which
has befallen her. She was 976I feet
long, 40 feet beam, 6 feet inches
depth of hold. She measured 67l tons, but
had u carrying capacity of 1900 tons.
NEW ORLEANS, March 2i.-Captain High
Ter, upon hearing OF the disaster, imlne-
"Spare no expense to aid those in distress
or TO recover the bodies of the lost
i ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MEMPHIS, March 30,-The Cincinnati and
New Orleans packet Golden City, en- route
from New Orleans to Cincinnati, burned at
her wharf this morning at I30 o'clock, Be-
tween thirty and fifty lives were lost, prin-
clpally women and children.
Two negro deck hands and white deck
passengers were killed;when the tug Oriolc
was struck they were caught between the
bow OF the boats and side OF the
! tug. Anna Boyd, colored, chambermaid
and her assistant, were both lost. Mike
Malloy and Pat Kinney firemen, were
saved, also NJ. j. William, second baker.
Whilan says he jumped overheard from the
steamer as she iloated down stream. There
were about ten men on the fan.tal of the
boat who must have been drowned ms
when he leaped into the river he saw three
men go overheard and drown, and others
he thought must have shared the
same fate. Felix Lehman, pas.
senger, saws there were merry party
aboard ara nearly all the passengers re.
manned up. until midnight; one or two
gentlemen played the piano and they en-.
tertained the passengers with music and
singing. The body of an elderly white
woman was found floating near the wreck
put her idenity has not yet been proven
Mrs. l.. Il. Kountz and her three children
who are lost, was q wife of Captain Kountz
q well-known steamboat owner, Those
mentioned ms being at the hospital, are all
injured by burns but none seriously. Pas.
sengeIs lost all their clothing. Those who
were saved had to. flee ioI
| ticir lives without takinp
time to save their effects. Abel Butler. Of
Donaldsonville, Louisiana, with his wife
and child, escaped from burning on The
steamer In their night clothes. A, b.
Neach, formerly river reporter on the
Evansville, Indiana, Tribune, was on board
He remained long enough to dress himself
before leaving his state room. J. II. Crowk
owner OF a side-show TO the circus. il sun.
posed to be lost. His roommate, III. n,
Ackerman, says he dragged HIM out of bed
10 the loot OF the stairs through the smoke
ana Is satisfied that he never arose from
where he left HIM. j. q. Glenroy. one oI
saved, resides in Philadelphia. He has foI
Two years been keeper of animals in Stoves
menagerie. He states he 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 forth. looked about,
but saw no fire. Then he looked again and
saw the whole centre of the boat was mass
OF iiames. As soon as the boat touched the
coal fleet, he jumped ashore, He
saw officers OF the steamer at work
making the hawsers fast. Then he saw the
lines give way and the steamer swing ont
and DRIFT down. The cage containing the
animals sank down in the middle. as the
flames enyeloped it. He heard no cry from
any OF the animals as they were being
burned alive. Six cages, containing lion
tiger, two leopards, an albino deer, monk.
eys and birds, also fonr horses belonging 10
the circus, were aboard. Three were saved
but one celebrated trick horse, "selim y
was lost