Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-28

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crew and passengers who had been able to
reach the forward part Of the boat sprang
ashore, some of them with sc0rched flesh
and bruised limbs and mary of them with
scarcely any covering. Among those who
got off were Capt. Holmes and the unfortu-
nate pilot Of the Inflated aWhite," who was
a passenger. Both men were burned nearly
to death and the story of their suffering is
heart-rending. Smith was just behind and
was laid out beside the dying captain.
Nothing could be done for the suffering
men and the two died on the river bank.
AS SEEN FROM THE SHORE.
Plaque Mine was not slumbering when
the fire broke out and when the discovery
was made that the Hanna" was burning
almost the entire population focked to the
river bank and watched the steamer burn.
The city and Central hotel and Powell
houses threw open their doors to the ill
fated people and fed and clothed them until
this morning. The survivors telegraphed
accounts of the disaster to their homes. No
one saw Clerk Powell, who displayed
much heroism, after he had raped at the
doors, and it is quite positive that he was
burned and went down with the steamer
No attempt was made to save the steamers
books or papers, and everything, together
with the clothes of the crew and passen-
gers, was lost. The boat burned rapidly
after she reached the bank and in a very
short time after the alarm was given was
burned to the waters edge. The hull sank
and nothing was left of the 'Hanna0 but
floating timber and burning cotton. Among
those that were lost are:
Captain, j. S. HOLMES, master of the
boat,
SAMUEL POWELL, chief clerk,
BOB SMITH, pilot from Smithland,
MIKE O'NE1L, night watchman,
JOE CRANE, cabin watcbman,
JACK DUFFY, second cook,
JOE HOWEY, cabin boy,
jim WATSON, second baker,
JNO. GRAFTON, carpenter.
Among those who were badly burned
Il DAN CARROL, steward, JIM o,NEIL.
deck hand, JNO. GIBSON, sailor 7 man, man.
LOUIS WELCA, roustabout, and num-
Der of others.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-The total loss
Of death by the burning of the steamer
Hanna is twenty-four. Of the injured men
in the hospital four of five will die. Among
them is the sailor who was the hero of the
disaster. His face is horribly burned and
the nose and eyes burned out. His left
arm is completely burned away and the
left side and leg charred. The funeral of
the victims took place to-day. Flags Of
half mast. Bob Smith, the pilot who lost
his life, was a famous man on the river.
He regarded himself as unlucky. He was
on the r. E. Lee when she burned, on
White when there was great loss of life
and on the Hanna when she caught fire
some years ago, but was not destroyed.
There were rumors to-day that the fire was
of incendiary origin.
LOST AT SEA.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-The British steamer
Storm Queen foundered in the bay of
Biscay. Her captain and five others
drowned.
SIMILAR DISASTER ON PUGET SOUND.
SEATTLE, w. T., Dec. 25.-The steamer
"Leif Erickson" burned to the waters edge
at S O'clock yesterday evening off Alki
Point, five miles west OF this city. Five
lives were lost, perhaps seven. The Erick-
son was q propeller of 2,4OO burden and
plies between Seattle and Sydney, Mason
county and was en- route to that point
when the accident occurred. The fire
broke 0utin the pilot house and 1t is be-
lieved to have been an explosion. Another
theory is that demijohn in the pilot
house was broken and the whisky ran
through to the boiler and ignited. There
were thirty-six people aboard at the time.
The fire spread instantly through the in
terror Of the cabiu. The boat was about
two miles from shore. The steamer
"Skagit Chief" en- route TO Tacoma, saw
the fire and the vessel hastened to give as
sistance. She rescued seven people. The
steamer aMountaineer'' saw the burning
vessel and headed for her. When within
one-half mile of the Erickson they found
PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN THE WATER.
in rescuiug nineteen. One man was taken
from the water and died in few minutes,
His name is not known. He said Just be-
fore he died that his wife was lost from
the steamer. The names Of the lost are as
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