St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-24

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was built by James Rees & Sons. of
Pittsburg, in 1882, and cost s102, 900. She
was the finest and fastest steamer of her
type, and her owners this summer spent
$4,000 in repairing her at Paducah. She
was insured for s33, $50 in st. Louis, Gin
clnnati and other foreign Offices. This
would have been the completion of her
602d trip in the Memphis and Arkansas
City trade. Her officers were: Mark
R. Cheek, captain; w. c. Banker,
Harry Best, George Corbett and William
Donahue, clerks; Billy Hodges and
Joseph Barton, pilots; Lou Bolto
and Dick Young, engineers; Tom Allen
and Frank Brady, mates; Jerry MatZen,
steward. Her cargo consisted of 1,161
bales of cotton, 1900 sacks of cotton
seed, eighty-seyen bags of seed and
good list of sundries. The cotton was
consigned TO Memphis merchants and
fully insured in their open policies.
Fader, Frank & Co.; Hill, Fontaine 6
Co., and Thomas II. Allen & Co. were
the largest cOnsignees.
THE CABIN PASSENGERS
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Thomas McLeemore and two children,
of Bolivar county, Mississippi; Mrs.
Maggie Fields, of Memphis; Mrs. John
Quehn and five children, of Rosedale,
Miss; Mr.. Harris and wife, of La
coma, Miss; Mrs. johnson and child,
of Laconia; Capt. T. G. Gloster, as
sistant engineer of Mississippi levee
hoard Tnhn Woods rric Of Nam
phis; Capt. Elisha Evans, of Memphis,
and w. p. Jackman, agent of the
American Cotton Seed Oil Trust COM
pany. There were several other male
passengers, but their names could not
be learned. The safe contained about
$1,000, about $4,000 of this belonging to
passengers who had given it to the
clerk for safe keeping. All the passen-
gers and crew arrived at Memphis this
afternoon at G o'clock, having taken the
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas rail-
road train at RobinsonvilIe, which sta
tion is eight miles distant in the inte-
rior from where the disaster occurred.
The citizens of Commerce rendered the
passengers and crew every assistance
III lCuClilHS COIltCJ IDS
them there in wagons and every con-
ceivable vehicle that could be secured.
There were 167 from the ill-fated
steamer that came to Memphis, Capt.
Cheek deflaying the expense of all
those who did not have funds. The
passengers and crew
LOST ALL THEIR CLOTHING
and effects, and some made their es-
cape to the shore from the burning
steamer in dishabille, but were pro-
vlded with clothes by the kind citizens
of Commerce. Three of the colored
cabin crew, who were rescued from the
water, died afterwards. Their names
appear in the list already given. The
water was very cold, which benumbed
the limbs of those who jumped over
board, and to this is attributed the
greatest loss of life. All speak in the
highest terms of the coOlneSS and bray
cry displayed by the officers. The cap
tain, clerks, pilots and engineers all
remained at their posts until the last,
and it was through their efforts and
courage that all the lady passengers
were safely taken ashore. John Woods
Harris, who was passenger, jumped
from the stage plank before it had been
lowered, and was internally injured.
Mrs. DR.. Harris, of Laconia, also sus-
tanned sprained ankle by falling from
cotton bale III descending from the
cabin to the lower deck. Capt. Elisha
Evans, who is an old steamboat pilot,
was a passenger on the steamer. He
was in the pilot house with Joe Barton
when the fire was discovered, and aided
in safely landing the steamer. He then
came down and assisted Clerk Harry
Best in getting the women and children
ashore. John d. Adams, the principal
owner of the steamer, arrived early this
morning from Little Rock. He was OH
the bluff about noon looking for the
boat to arrive when informed that she
had burned at Commerce.