Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-23
TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
The Burning OF the Steamer 3, NJ.
White at New Orleans.
Fifty Lives Lost ana saso,o0o Worth
OF Property Destroysd--Graphic
Description OF the Horror,

NEw ORLgANs, Dec. l4--Thc steamer '.
NJ. White from yieksburg, M sssslppi, TO
New orleans, burned at trn last night at
Blue Store Point Coupee, thirty milcs above
Bat n Rouge She had quite number OF
passengers aboard, aud two thousand bales OF
cotton, aud ak thousand sacks Of seeds. Sew.
ersl lives were reported lost but tho captain
telegraphod that only ono life, tho porter OF
the boat, Is known 70 be lost. Tho boat and
cargo are total loss, the steamer which coat
two hundred and twenty-five dol afsi was con-
sidrred by many rs the finest aud fastest boat
ever run on tho MISSES pli river Tbs boat
was valued at one hundred thousand dollars |;
cargo at ninety thousand; insurance on the
boat is twenty thousand dollars and tho
cargo, undoubtedly Is fully covered, When
the steamer took fire. abe was lying at Point
Couuee taking ON cotton, She had ON board
thirty.fye hundred bales OF cotton ana eight
thousand sacks OF seed, this makes the
cargues valued at one hundred aud
fifty thousand dollars. Thomas Barry,
second engineer Of j. NJ White last night was
on duty when the fire broke out In the cotton
amldship, aud for time no thought he had
the lire under control, but II finally gained
such headwsy, That nothing could DO done
with It, Barry states that the Gre then spread
80 rapidly that the boat was wrapped In flames
In short time. lie thinks there were ten OF
twelve lives lost, including the colorcd fireman
aud two eolored chambcrmaids. barry alse
reports the loss OF Captain Bird Floyd and the
Superintendent OF the Vandaila Railroad
with his wife and daughter who were passcn'
gers. Barry knows nothing as 10 the batnbeS
OF passengers aboard, but thinks there were
not many. Evidences accommodating show thai
there were many lives lost, Some people place
the number at ATTY.
New ORLEANS, Dec. A.-Capt. Brown State
Engineer, who was passenger on the steam
CIR White, estimates the loss OF lilc at thirty
six. lie gives the names OF the following per
sous who wsrs saved, but were all slightly In
jured aud left at Mr.. Burgois';
John Stahl, pilot,
Horton z. Smith and Mrs Smith, Of Racine
Wisconsin.
Gentleman and his wife, from Chicago
Names unknown.
There were about thirty cabin passengers
and number Of negro cabin passengers IL
the "bureau." The number Of deck passen
gers Is unknown, Brown says Walsh Lloyd
formerly clerk On WIN s. Hayes ran through
the cabin calling up passengers aud nobly los
his life trying TO save others. Captain Muse
commander Of the White, had been I'll all day
and was In bed when the fire broke out TIL,
chief mate was IN charge Of the steamer,
had about ten feet Of q start Of the fire, an'
although ran rapidly forward when reach
ed the bank the fire was within twenty nv
feet o. m. ! hal On my underclothing.
did not see soul In the cabin rs | ran throug
The cau,a was IA a full blaze at tho time and
the flames were rapidly eating their way Z
the hurricane deckn Pilots Stout and smltl
say that from number of persons they cav
around them In the river fully forty mus
have persisted The following Is the list u
far as ascortained, OF the white person
missing
s. II. spofrord, wife and daughter, OF VI
dalla, Capt. q. w. Floyd, a wellknown steam
boat man, Mrs. Murray, Of Natchez, MIS-
Agness McCabb, of west Frcllion, aud tw'
others, lady passengers, names unknown
Three men aud one woman we're walking OF
the hurricane deck when II fell in and all dls
appeared in the flames. Tho following 10 th
list OF colorcd persons drowned; Lew Rob
inson, captain OF the watch . unknown negr
women; ID ok Randolph, fireman; Oscar Ran
dali, pastry cook; James Martin, 2na cook
Albert Brown, cabin boy, John Parker, cabi
boy; Perry Williams, cabin boy; Amos Morse
porter; Edward Jackson, cabin boy; Penn
Walker, chambermad, Duncan Fourth, cook
Q negro preachers, names unknown; negr
woman from Port Hickey aud her son aged 10
| Volsln Bell, laborcr, and 2 negro women, cacl
| with an infant; . white men VIM. Daley, M
/ brasla, aud Mr.. Obcrchain, OF Kentucky, ar
believed 10 be lost. Mrs, Wade, OF FelIcIna
had an almost miraculous escape. She speak
| In glowing terms OF the hero. c and gallant col
luct OF Capt. lloyds, who sacrificed his life J
trying to save lady aSscngcrs. All OF the O
hcers OF the White were saved, Among thos
who escaped were J. +. Carew aud wife, {
Ottawa, III.