Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-15


ana about sixty lives were iosi. consist
ing largely Of women and children
Nearly al tie crsg we're saved. Amone
the passengers reported lost is the So.
psrintsndsnt Of the Vidalia Railroad
at Natehsz. Who, together With bis wife
aud childFan, persisted In the disaster
The books Of the boat we're lost. Mea
ger details have been Faeeived here ovel
she wires of the Beuisville, New Or
leans & Texas railroad.
The White vas the fnest steamer on
the river. She was en- route 10 New Or
leans and had g earRe Of cotton on
board. estimated at n0s less than ZOO
bales. The Surviving passengers and
crew we're conveyed 10 New Orloans this
morning.
kNoTHER ACCOUNT.
NKw OREEANs, Dec. H.-The steamer
J. u. Waite. from YicksbuFz, Miss. 90
New Orleans, was burned at 10 O'Clock
last night at Blue StoFs, Point C0upee,
thirty miles abave Baton k1aRe. She
had quite q number OF passengers
aboard, 2l0 bales OF cotton, and csc
sacks Of seed. Several lives aFe reported
lost, bat Captain James +. Muse, vbe
was IN command, Ssleeraphs that only
one life, tbs porter Of the boat, is known
70 be lost. Boat and cargo we're a total
loss. The j. M. White vas buslt 10
1878 at cost Of 9225 200, ana vas re-
gaFded By many - the hnest end fastest
boat ever run On the Mississippi RIVER.
The boat vas owned by Captain John
W. Tahan. She was valued at $1,000
her cargo st $50 coo; Insurance on boat
is e29 600, oarRo fully covered.
INCREASING TIE Loss.
when the White took FIRE she was isy.
ing at Point Ooupee, taking on cottsn.
She had on board $500 bales Of cotton
and 5000 sacks OF seed. THIS makes q
cargo valued ct $4,000.
TIE ENonEER's sroRY.
Thsuas Barry. Second Engineer of
the White, vas on duty when the are
bFoks eut in the Gotten amidship. For
Q time be thought be had the are under
control, bat Il finally gained such head
way that nothing could be done With g.
Barry states that the firs then spread 50
rapidly the boat was wrapped IN flames
in q short time. He thinks there were
ten or twelve lives lost, including q COL
0rea fireman and two col0Fcd chamber
maids. Barry also reports the loss OF
Captain Bird Floyd and the superin
tendent Of the Vidalia Railroad, vita
bis wife and daughter. Barry knows
nothing as 10 the NUMBER Of passengers
that we're aboard, but thinks here we're
not very many. He believes there were
some women and children on deck.
Evidence aooumulates that there were
many lives lost. Some people place the
number a. Atty.
AND STILL ANoTEKR ACCOUNT.
81. LOUIS, Dec. l4.-A special from
New Orleans. abiding to the burning
Of ths steamer White, says All the
rescued people took the Mississippi
Valley Railroad train for this city, ar
FivinR this ns1n. VIM. McGresvy, the
chief enRinssr Of the boat, gives this
statement uf the dis ster; AZ about
1870 o'clock last night, while landing
at DR.. Fsrret'a place above Postoffioe
landing. - Point Cenpe, az which place
the boat was landing cotton seed, FIRE
broke out amidship Just aft the engines,
on top the cotton below the deck. En-
Rineers Barry and Jsnney, Who were on
watch, gave tbe alarm, and the pumps
were put 20 work, bot without avail.
The Watohmeu gave the alarm by ring
ing she bell. Clerks Callahan and Bell
at once aroused the people in the cabin.
Tbs tiFs spread rapidly, and Ia less than
fifteen minutes the boat had burned 10
the waters edge. There we're four X q
Of powder IN the magazine, and tue
moment the fire resohsd them the q lmes
shot up about 100 feet. The siQat was
the most heHrtrendlnR one ever Wit
messed By human being. The Shrek
ing OF women and children for help was
awful. he saw the Superintendent Of
the NAndalia route railroad standing
outside the ladies' cabin, throwing his /
tW0 little daughters int0 the water. He
stood there and burned 10 death With
his wife. There we're in the cabin niue |
lady passengers and about eight men,
AZ New Texas twenty deck haada Wsnt
aboard, and ell ara Supposed 10 be lost. |
It is learned that Andrew Plerea. q sail
or, and Antonio Rebatto, q fireman, are
the enes 10 whom all credit Of saving |
the survivors ia due. The following |
officers are known 10 be saved: Captain
Muse; clerks, A. MoVay, o. Bell and /
pilots, John Stewart and Bob |
Smith; engineers, VIM. Mu(Feevy, Tom
Barry, F.G. PatEiaon andISteye Janaey;
mates, John Grant aud Ten Trimbell; |
vatchman, Tom Miller; sailor, Andy |
Pierce; stewards, Patrick Ryan and
Nanez. Colonel s. l. James, who vas /
IN bis stateFo0m, managed 20 get ashore |
and had 10 walk two miles without q |
OOat, hat og shoea,in the chilly winds be- !
fore be could reach railroad station. |
He vas taken to his home at No. 275 |
PFythABia street on his arrival hers. |
AmOHg she lost are: Loemis, the second |
oook; Oscar, the baker; Amos. the poE- |
Ter; and Dick Randolph, she fireman. |
A prize OK vas taken on at YioksbnFR
Il vAs roasted 10 death, Rnd two Of the |
lhree keepers peRished.
FRoN VARIOUS souRcEs
NEW ORLKANa, Dee. 1A-The States /
has the f0llouina Aeoouni 81 the los o. |
he J. 81. White, gathered from the ON |
segs and ersv; The boat had landed 10 /
lake on 9 pile Of Gotten seed, and there |
we're between 80 and 10 rousEAb0ata er
ragged In thin work, when precisely At |
l0sl5 o'clock everybody was startled by |
lhe loud ringing of the bell BY the /
EatchmAn, 1om Miller. Immediately |
after the cry Of Fire. vas taken uP BY |
lueRty voices. In an instant the dirsst |
sonfusion Feianed, men daFted 10 and |
iro, aEd the work Of aroasine Sleeping |
passengers began. The Gre vas dissoy
sred BY Thomas Barrs second engineer,
Sho vita his partner, stsPhsa Jsnney. |
Sas on gsteh ~ the time. The nFsi in |
tm ation be bad Of TIE 6fa vas q small |
light on top Of . roW Of cotton bales /
amidehips. uhiah greatly resemelsd the |
asms Of . lantern BArFy lsft bis post |
10 investigate, and Vas ast0nished 20 /
discover tie light vas caused BY q bale |
u cotton bnrninG. Barry gave the
alarm, aAd his voice rang thrOnah the !
dsek room of The vessel. WatohmAn /
Miller to0k N the situation 81 onos and |
rAne q huge bell attached on the seesad |
deck. Mile stood a. his post rineinR
TIE bell until be was foresd 10 retreat By
tue sncroanhinR dkmes. Fhs noiss Of |
The changing bell aroused William No
Gresvy, chisf snainees. VITO saa asleep
In the asxaA He seRAng eui Of bed and
grspsd bis vay throagh the smoke 70
Waks up hia partner. John Paliasosr,
second asziatsnt eDQineeF, Who uas
asleep IN the forward para Of tue texRa.
About midway be mes PaliAsceF, VIE
also bad been aroused by the bell. and
wa on his Wsy % Aant for AeGFseVy.
The two men thea looked as best they
eoald thSoazA The asaainR smoke for
sthsrs who slspt IN TIE tsxas, bat not