The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-28
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asd ArkansAs CITY. burned yesterday
snosnieg . Ccunsrc~. Mss, fo<sy niies
soath Of here, and as irass th.rty Ave pes.
sous lost their lives. skils many aso<s BAD
narro~ sscap>A TAe vsss~l ~ss en- ruass
10 Nenphis and he'd abcss ~ p>srie
aboard. includ nx her deck asd cahis cred
Of eighty, and twenty-five cahaa sad SIXTY
deck pAssenKerssni 80 coiarsa calm ,as.
senSera-
The ar~. which caught In scms eoefro
near the fos~art end q the tosiesa> ~as
discovered about eight o'cicrk- The pss-
sssgers were ss brvaafAss aad veea The
alarm vas Eisea they ali male . rush foe
the forward deek. tine ,hs sseaEss
wss about 30 yards from tue Ntsssssipri
side % tho river AMI hes to~ Vas ~ o1cs
headed for III. shore
Pilot Joe bGson ~ss on Waixh and he
remained berolcslly ai bis pest until shs
safely LANDED. Harry Bet ihs s~cssJ
clerk, who WAS seated At the table chen
the alarm was given. broashtaii the lsdi~s
and children forward and assisted them
ashore. Capsaln Marx K Ch-ra Who ~as
on the hurricane dncS. remained there sv-
ing his commands until the stage pisnk
was safely lowered. The hr~ ty III tins
had spread ali through tho cabin ani hs
MAS compelled e. r-tsra, 10 tue rear asd
climbed osrT th. rails and descended 10
the catin.
Chief Clerk w. &. Banker made an efor:
- save the money aud pAI~Es % the
steamer. which were Ia the safe. lie
managed TO seit- che money, tsat va. eus
OF from tho bow aai forced bach isfo tho
cabin. As h. VA sroptng bis way afi he
stumbled and fell over >otn. chairs end
Lost all tie valuable. ne had secured aadi 10
was will greR, dinicgi,y that he sss-
ce.dei In reaching the rear tsT~sxh the
binding smoke and fame. whsch nii~t the
cabin. Captain Cheek. who VA. with the
c'erk, seized n iHr pre.~rvsr and pa;finR
10 on the clerk. helped him overheard iato
the water. lie noatri down about three
miles be:or. he was rescued bv parties
who had walked ashose and followed hun
down che river.
Captain Cheek assisted several Others IN
securing LIE pre.ervcr> and whoa IL was
no longer r~oS.ihl. for him To remain with.
out being burned, he too jumped into the
river and swan ashore.
Theirs were atpu. twenty-five co!ored
cabin passengers. who were sa,.i along
with the Whit pass-nscrs On the lower
deck, however. a fearful panic ssirei the
crew and deck passengers 1hos. who
were Gu, ~ from escape from IN. boo
were compelled 60 jump overheard 20 save
their lives The stern 81 the burning
steamer had swung out into the river and
In tho effort made to launch the sasi g
was caps xei by the crowd which fiil~i "a
and many of it, occupants drowned. They
were mostly ooiofci men. ba, sasr. veto
three CT four women IN the crowd
The lost, 50 far as can DO learned.
ara as follows: George Coshsis
third clerk. aged .wensy-ei.ht years.
who had launch Il the yawi. and was
irving 60 save tn. c~oIorsi women
on the love deck. lie leaves n wlf~ who
resides in 81 Louis; Joe Porter. Andrew
ke.s Nonro. Jackson. Jim Nelson. sens.
tor Coleman. iiiIsrd Horton. Ice Finley.
Frank Wells or these the arss sis NAMED
were member OF the eolor-d cabin crew
ard tho other two color-d ro~astahputs
In addition about fifteen deck pa.s~n.
gers. four Of " HON we're white men. were
also dreamed. In this iist 81 unknown
were three cr'orrd women aud two chill.
drep. They were coming 10 Memphis 10
spend the holidays. The whitss had l-~n
working on the i-v~~s and their names and
destination are unknown.
The burning steamer dristed aNsv after
laying At the bank for twenty misuies and
.doos~d down the river. Der hall sinking r.
4 the head Of Peters island, I've miies
Comnesc..
The Kate Adsms was swsed/
Msmphis and VicssLurg Po-kS1/
Of which Major John n. Adam
Rock, 10 president; Captain
Cheek. superintendent. and
Peters, secretary sw3 treasurer.
buiit by James kses& Sons, q Pissshas8
In Iss2. and cost si0s. 0D. She vac ~
Hnest and fastest steamer Of her type. ssd
her Do ers this summsr spent 300 sn
repairing her as Paducsh. HE y - vaiu~1
ss &7s.VO, and was insured fos 81, i0 10
n Louis. Cincinnati snd other sogsisn
o0lcsa This wosld have bs.s he eoap.e-
sioa Of her SIld trip ia the Nsophis asd
Arkansas City trade.
All the passenger aad creW arrived 81
Nemphis yesterday Afternoon - sx
O'Clock. having taken the Louisviiie. Ssw
Orleans & Texas railroad trails - Robsn.
sauviile. which stsiioe 10 esgtt nsies tts.
saus in the interior from Whsset As disossss
occurred The citissas al Coospsscs ~s.
dssed the passenger and erew every -.
sissancs In reschisg R0Asssos viiie, .
veying them there In wa9oas nd every
eoocsivabas vehicle sAat cosid b. scvreA-
Th~rs wsrs 10 froo tSs Inflated ss.aoss
thai eans 70 Ne0phis. CApss!s Chast d.
fssyiae ~ snpsass u ell tboss wbe did
pa have fssAa
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ssannss. ~ desAAbllle. ssd were psovtAsA
With closh~s by The kisd estsnos - Con-
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