Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-18
/ RIVER HOLOCAUST.
,-.,inr Of a Mississippi River Steam.
boat- McQuade's Trial-The
Murdered Negress -
Notes, ETC., Etc.
uT,RNING OF A

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Notes, ETC., Etc.
R1-RNING OF A STEAMER.
Of the Fire-Large Number o,
C' People Lost.
,-,,purs, Tenn, December 15.-It is ru.
.I here that the elegant steamer, ]. M,
p nw:ts running between Vicksburg and
wa ,eans, was burned at m early hour
norpins near Baton Rouge, La, and
nat fifty lives were last.
.n,5 a. m.-The rumored loss Of the
amer, j.. NJ. White, has been confirmed.
ssa burned to the waters edge at IL O'Clock
r,t night, while lying at bank near Bayou
Sara, and about
SIXTY LIVES WE'RE LOST,
insisting largely OF women and children.
tons sIv ali the crew was saved. Among the
sa reported lost is the Superintend-
pst Of the Vidalia Railroad at Natchez,
III together with his wife and children
~n3,,bed in the disaster. The books of the
nt were lost. Meagre details were re-.
.s;yed here over the wires of the Louisville,
Taw orleans aud Texas Railway. .
Tho j. VI. ' w Nv ChO AAACcS 6COAI HE
1.-The river. She was en- route to New Or.
tnnns and had a cargo OF cotton, estimated
leA not less than 1000 bales. The suryiy-
:no passengers and crew were conveyed to
Y Ws Orleans this morning.
7 ACCOUNT.
NEW ORLEANS, December IA, 8 d. m.-
rhe steamer J. NJ. White, from Vicksbure,
Mes TO New Orleans, burned at IL o'clock
last night at Blue Stone Point, thirty miles
hove Baton Rouge. She had quite q
"Umber of passengers on board, 30 bales
n~icotton, and 6S, 900 sacks of seed. Sever
al lives are reported lost, but Captain
lanes F. Muse. who was in command, tele-
Sraphs that only one life-porter OF the
Soat-is known to be lost. The boat and
cargo are a total loss. The J. M. White
was built in 1878 at a cost Of 1926, 900,
and was regarded by many as the finest
ond fastest boat ever run on ths Mississ-
;nni river. The boat was owned by Captain
wv. Lobon. she was valued at 500, 900;
the cargo at 500, 600. The insurance on
the boat is $4,000, and the cargo is doubt
Iessly fully covered. Fuller particulars are
almost impossible to be had.
When the White took fire she was lying
at Point Coupe, taking on cotton. She had
IN board $3.50 bales OF cotton and 1000 |
sacks of seed. This makes a cargo valued |
at S110,0OO.
Thomas Barry, second engineer of the
White, was on duty when the FIRE broke
ont in the cotton amidships. For a time
he thought he had the fire under control,
Init it finally gained such head way that
nothing could be done. Barry says the fire
snread so rapidly that the boat al
wrapped in flames in a short time. He
thinks there were ten or twelve lives lost,
including the colored fireman and two COL
ored cbambermaids. Barry also reports
the loss of Capt. Bird, Floyd and the su.
periptendent OF the Vidalia Railroad,
with wife and daughter. Barry knows
nothing as to the number OF passengers
that were aboard, but thinks there were
not very many. He believes there were
many women and children on deck. Evil
dences accumulate that there are many |
lives lost. Some people place the number
at fifty. |
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
ST. LOUIS, December ia special from
New Orleans, alluding to the burning OF
the steamer White, says: All the rescued
people took the Mississippi Valley Rail-
road train for this city, arriving this noon.
Wm. McGrevy, chief engineer OF the boat,
gives the statement of the disaster: At
about 1910 o'clock last night, while land
ing at DR.. Forret's place about the post
Office landing at Point Coupe, at which
place the boat was loading cotton seed. a.
fire broke out amidship just aft, between
the engines, on top OF the cotton below the
doctor deck. Engineers Barry and JAN
ney, who we're on watch,
GAVE THE ALARM
and the pumps were put to work. but with
out avail. The Waterman gave the alarm
by ringing the bells. Clerks Callahan n
Bell at once aroused the people IN tne
cabin. The fire spread rapidly, and in less
than ten minutes the BOAT had burned to
the waters edge. There were four kegs OF
powder in the magazine and when the
fire reached them the flames shot up about
100 feet high. The sight was the
MOST HEART-RENDERING N
ever witnessed by a human being. The
shrieking OF women and children Tor nelp
was awful. He saw the Superintendent OF
the Vidalia Railroad standing outside OF
the ladies' cabin, throwing his two little
daughters into the water. He stood there
and
BURNED TO DEATH WITH HIS WIFE.
There were in the cabin nine lady passen-
GERS and about eight men. At New Texas
twenty deck hands were taken on board.
All are supposed to be lost. 1t is learned
that Andrew Pierce, sailor, and Antonlo
Rebetta, ffremen, are the ones to wnom al
the credit of saving the survivors 's que.
The following officers are known TO 90
saved: Capt. Muse, Clerks a; Mcvay, ".
Bell and Callahan; Pilots john steward
and Bob Smith; Engineer VIM. McGrevy'
Tom Barry, f. G.. Pallisen and Steve
JENNY: Mates, John Grant and Tom Irem-
BILE. Watchmen Tom Miller; Sailor, Andy
Pierce: Stewards Pat Ryan and Nunes.
Col. s. L. James, who was in the state
room, managed to get ashore, and had to
walk two miles without coat. a or SHOES
in the chilly winds before he could reach q
railroad station. He was taken TO MS
home at 275 Pryhania street, on DIS arr
val here. Among the lost are: new .hc
second cook: Oscar, the baker; Amos, the
porter: Dick Randolph, fireman. prize
OK taken on at Vicksburg was roasted TO
death. and two of it's keepers perlsneo.
The Lost Found.
READING, Pennsylvania, December IT,
Vim. A. Arnold, one OF Readings wealtn.est
citizens, received q dispatch rom Eae0
Stroushurp, Northampton county, To-Day,
stating his son Willie, aged IL years VINO
disappear red several weeks ago, n VINO,
it was supposed had been stolen ana was
being held by New York crooks tor a neavy
ransom, has O6eH lOuuu
and well, by Pinkerton detectives, ana ina
the bow was now on his way home. lo 10
now supposed he was in charge OF tramps
who took them with him from place 10
place. Young Arnold's disappearance mas
caused a or, at sensation, and ms 1a1ner
has received letters from all over the couh.
try OF suggestions and advice sa a; to rsc eSe
manner Of procedure for the boy reco''
cry.
Death of Heines-street Cars
SAN FRANC SEQ, December 14-bernata
Heines, who was MORALLY ound IN .ne
melee At the terminus If the Suffer stteeS
railroad Yesterday, died from the eiisccs 9 o.
his wound to-day. John kelyey, wno " 40
arrested Yesterday and who was alleged ,;t 10
have fred the fatal shot, was charged WIN
murder as soon as Heines' deatn was ~
nounced. The cars were run on nctn me the
Suffer and Geary street roads during ; ~
entire day, No disturbance OF any AnA"
occurred.
Coopers' strike.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December l4;nE,ey;SS"