Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-30
BURNING OF A STEAMER.
twenty Lives Lost by Fire on a Mississippi River Boat Several Drowned by Jumping Overboard- Partial List of the Victims.

Twenty Lives Lost by Fire on a mississippi River Boat Several Drowned by Jumping Overboard- Partial List of the Victims.
 VIcKsBURa. Miss, Oct. 29.-The fine l steamer Oliver Bierne laid up at Milliken's Bend landing at 12 o'clock last night. She
 had quite lot of cabin passengers and
 something over 200 deckies, white men, en
 route to various levee works below Vicks- burg. Of the deckies she took on ninety eight at Greenville. At the landing seven ty-five bales of cotton were taken on. The
 mate had some trouble with the rousters, many of them quitting work, after which the mate hired the levee men, paying them twenty-five cents per hour. This enraged the negroes, who made open threats against the mate and the boat. At 3:30 this morn ing the cotton in the deck room was dis covered on fire, and the boat was mass of flames in short time. Every effort was made to save the lives of those on board, but it is feared the list of lost yawl was lowered to pick up those who jumped into the river. The boat had 70S bales of cotton on board and was lying at the landing where she burned, waiting for daylight to cross @ bar near there. The passengers and crew, who were saved, were shown every kindness by the citizens of Milliken's bend, who threw open their doors to receive them. The list of the lost as reported by Captain Thorwegen. in telegram received at p. m., is as follows:
 Two children of Dr. Worreu of Baton Rouge, Sam V. Entreken, the two cham bermaids, a daughter of MT. Adams of Omaha, five cabin boys, nurse of Mrs. Frazier of Natchez. Mrs. Woolidge of New Orleans, and @ number of deckies.
 A very old white lady was found cling ing to bale of cotton floating down the river, near Duck Point, about 10 o'clock this morning. The lady was alive, but speechless She soon died. Nothing on her person was found to identify her. Her arm was slightly burned. The boat was burned to the water's edge and sunk Boat and cargo are a total loss. Besides the cot ton she carried one hundred tons of freight. The passengers and crew lost nearly every thing they had in the way of clothing and baggage, many leaving the burning boat in their night clothes and bare feet. There were & number of narrow escapes. Cap tain Thorwegen was the last to leave the boat, having to slide down guy rod from the upper deck. Pilot Mass;e escaped by passing through the flames to the stern of the boat and jumping into the river. He was severely burned. The mate let himself down by rope holding little child by the clothing. The bodies of the pantryman and baker, chambermaid and her daughter have been recovered. The crew and passengers all left for Vicksburg by the steamer Cheffields this evening with the exception of Mrs. Frasier and child, Mrs. Dr. Worrell and E. M. Howell, whose iniuries are too severe to permit their tray- cling just yet One report places the number of cabin passengers at twenty. When the fire broke out nearly every one had retired for the night and it spread so rapidly that the engineer was unable to turn on the hose. Five hundred bales of cotton on the landing narrowly escaped burning from the falling cinders.
 The insurance value of the boat was placed at $61 1000, though she was insured for only $46,000. Total loss of boat and cargo $lOo,OOe. The cotton was also in Snra6