The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-09
STRUCK A SNAG AND SANK
ANOTHER WRECK ON THE MISSISSIPPI
Ten Lives Known To Have Been Lost-A
Terrible Fall Down a Mine Sheft-Five
Men Killed by the Explosion of
a Grist-Miu Boiler.

BATON ROUGE, Jan. 6.-The steamboat Paris
C. Brown, from New Orleans to Cincinnati,
struck a snag at Hermitage Landing. Pointe
Coupee Parish, at O'Clock last night, and sank
TO the hurricane deck Five of the cabin crew,
two fremen and one passenger are missing.
The Paris c. Brown left New Orleans Friday
night with 500 tons of freight, to which vas
added 80 tons on the way up. Her cargo con-
sisted of $50 tons of car wheels and the remain
der of sugar, molasses, old iron and sundries.
She was registered at !, 400 tons and owned by
Capt. s A. Halliday and c. G. Young. She was
valued at $4,000 and insured for $4,000.
Nothing is known as to the insurance on the
cargo. She was built at Cincinnati in
1879, by the Marine Railway & Dock company,
for the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade
in which she had been running ever since,
making over ninety trips without mishap OF
any kind. She had been for a number of years
in command OF Capt. A. II. Halliday, but at
the time OF the disaster she was commanded by
Capt. C. G. Young, native OF Cincinnati. She
had on board ten cabin passengers and few
deck passengers. The Browns officers were:
Captain, c. G. Young; chief clerk, Pres
Ellison; second clerk, /. NJ. Young; chief
engineer, James Steen; second engineer, Sam
uel Newkirk; pilots, George Tunnel and Wash
Kinley: mates, L. McGeary and Peter Baum
vartden. The Brown had the usual compile
ment of fremen, stewards, deckhands and
sailor men, nearly all of whom reside IN Gin
rin1ati.
The officers of the Hannah Blakes. down this
evening, report that the Paris C. Brown is
total wreck, with only the pilot house and
small portion of the decks appearing above
water. Hermitage is only twenty-five miles
shove this city, but owing to want OF communi-
cation with that point, nothing definite was
learned to-day of the loss of life and property.
Two roustabouts were passed down on the
Oliver Biern. They said that six of the crew
snd one passenger were lost, but they could
give no names A large part Of the cargo will
be total loss This morning barrels, etc,
we're seen floating in the water. Some of them
were caught by persons IN this city and West
Baton Rouge.
The Brown sank within a few minutes of the
accident only the top of the pilOt-house and
portion Of the texas being visible. She Is a
complete loss. and so is her cargo, which lies
al the bottom OF the river OF is floating down
che stream. The following persons on the
steamer were lost:
WILLIAM MUTCHELL, one of the cabin
crew from GallipOlis, o.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, ladies' cabin man,
OF CINCINNATI.
JAMES HARRISON, second pantry man, from
Memphis, Tenn.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, night Waterman, from
Cincinnati.
SAMUEL GRAY, fireman, of Cincinnati.
ABRAHAM MITCHELL, fireman, OF New
Orleans.
Also barber and porter, from Cincinnati,
Fhose names are unknown.
One of the cabin boys got to the river bank
pct could not climb mp the slippery mud, fell
a., l. b,f.
could be rendered him. All the rest were
saved except as above named.