The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-29

Ha6a g0ARnt deed, bui it was account
Piished ia, a fearful cost. His face was
horribly burned, and it is feared that
he cannGt live.
C"i-: Clerk Powell, when the alarm
.! fire WAS soualed, rushed through the
e.as,isr seGa-soused-t the people vviSs,sD the
whistle bad not awakened. He sue
ceedsi in getting many of them OF the
btlgtii,ses sts,al + foh = &C ule cab bin paa.
se6gep being saved ttieti stfied to
save himself. He jumped into the river
and swan to a cotton bale, and was
floating toward shore when some one
else JUMPED on the bale and turned It
over. Tits supposed that he s1as caught
ny t.se baie add held hen cath the wa.
ter, for ise was not seen Hgaiu until hts
body Wass found Fyesterday,
mites sbefpW, the scene sol the dtsssler.
He had put son ia I1ite preserver,s aud
barring such an Accident sss has been
Bhopld have easily reached
shofe... He l9at sa}uable %laas ssefore
jumptug tnsa His rivef b stopt,ine to
assjsts aE0yed chalnberusatd TO adjus.
hHI me preserver, - 2 G s. ~ l - =.
SAxkhes inquest ION bis body ha36 yes
tesd1 1kao0ssaa he -uluney ofsEihe boat,
was fonnl 10 hispock ct, and Jhis IL. the
only AeaG 10 The way of raluables he
long ne boat that Was saved.
Cle5E ebeil's body wflt be brought
TO the ctly lis morntpg. :, - *
The tlakhprned 10 the waters edge,
and:netSinG was lets> above the line but
theFwhpel. - - Z ;:2&.S:.:S
zS J: & TIE loss OF L1EEc +,
Is nieced It between twenty aud atweu-
ty-1ve, butS@the exact number wilt
psobab.y never be known. = y II r.. 10 -
"A part OF the crew of the steamboat
josie W., who had beef, paid Oh. were
aboard OF the Hauna at the time of the
disaster and several of them were lost.
Those who are known to be dead are
rs follows - So5aat' .3sia.s no ..:,''4 200;
Capt. ]. s. Holmes, master Of boat,
Sam Powell, chief clerk. r.
Bob Smith, pilot from Smith!aud,
La. g .Eis~ -+Nf7
Mike O'Neii, night Waterman. a.
John Croiton, carpenter. - -
Jim Watson, second baker.
John Barlow and Jim, colored roust-
abouts. .ss, , .s...,. ~, n
Dick, co!ored mess room tender.
. - Steptoe, john, jack Dat,
Monroe Diggs. cooks. -
Joe Crane, cabin Waterman,
Joe Henry, cabin boy. q. ...
Child Of Priscilla Wright, e,i,red,
-aged nine years. iJ.'|f'-t
Among these that are
BADLY BURNED
are; Dan Carroll, steward; jim. O. Nett.
deck hand Jim Givens; saiior.1an
Lewis WEIGH, stabout Henry Bar,
Der, rolstabout.
THE LOST BOAT.
The John II. Hanna was built ae
Madison, Ind, in 1876, and was of the
following dimensions Length, 1871
feet, beam SO feet, depth Of bold 6 feet
5 inches. She had just been repaired
at an expense Of $4,000, and was insured
for $i2 coo, on valuation Of SIS, 900. in
the following offices: Mannheim in-
surance Company, Germany, $1,000;
General Marine Insurance Company,
Dresden, Saxony, $1,000; Commercial
Insurance Company, New York, $250U;
4Etna Insurance Company, Hartford,
Conn, $500; Western Insurance
Company, Cincinnati,' $1,000; Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Insurance
Company, $4,000. The freight lis, wac
insured for one~half in home offices.
The Hanna belon,e TO the Oaachlta
River Consolidated Line, and was the
lines largest carrier. TIE following is
the list of officers j. s.. Holmes, mas
ter Samuel II. Powell and James v.
Jordan, clerks; Sam Bryan, aud NJ.
Cusick, mates Henry c. J lies and
Lewis Rawlings, pilots J. W. Hsnley
and J. G. AIerriman, engineers; John
Rucker and Thos. Cullen strikers;
john Crof,ou, carpenter; Daniel Car
rolf, Steward Ben Ductos and VIM.
Higgins, bark eepers. e'0
TIE CARGO.
The cargo of the John II. Hanna
comprised 23l2 bales cotton, 100 sacks
cotton seed, and a big lot of sundries.
AS far rs could be learned the cotton
consignees were v. & A. Meyer, 5s5
bales; Adler, Goldman & Co., SIG
bales; John II. Harsiie Il Co., 297
bales ellis & I4everich, 1879 bales II.
& G. Newman, 1877 bales; s. Gumbei
& Co., 60 bales; w. B. Thompson, 60
bales; John Phelps & Co., Al bales A.
J. Forstall, IA bales; A. III. Hopkins,
4 bales. The seed was consigned to the
New Orleans Seed Company.
OF the cargo 700 bales came from
Camden, and $50 bales from points
above Monroe, reshipped at Monroe by
the steamer Josie W.; 1850 bales was
taken on at Monroe, the most Of which
was reshipp;ng cotton from Bayous