The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-06

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steamer Oliver Reirnc laid up at Mil
liken's Bend landing ~ IL o'clock las
night she had quite a lot Of cabir
passengers and something over 20,
deckers. white men, WIN we're en- route
10 various evee works below vicks
burg. or the deckers she took ninety
eight at Greenville. At the landing
were about seventy five bales OF
cotton 10 take on The mate had
some trouble with the rousters.
many of them quitting work, after
which the mate hired the levce men.
paying them % cents an hour. This
enragcd the negroes. who made open
threats against the mate and the boat.
At $50 this morning the cotton in the
and the entire boat was mass Of
flames in a short time. Late invcstiga-
tion shows that the fire broke out
nmidship. and was undoubtedly caused
by the carelessness OF some smoker
among the deck crew or deck passen-
gers The boat was crowded
with levee laborers, most Of
whom ran forward and got ashore.
but the majority leaped overheard.
| Many Of these were unqucstionably
lost. The boat burned 70 the waters
edge and sunk. The books and every
thing on board were DESTROYED. and il
4. A.. 49,
gers. There were about twenty-fv i've
persons in the cabin and 100 on deck.
| The river was full Of floating people
and blnzing bales ~ cotton When
the flames broke ont less than
hair dozen persons were awake.
and the survivors were awakened
from their seen bv volumes ~ flame
and suffocatiny smoke. Some 81 them
hardly knew what had occurrcd when
they found themselves STRUGGLING in the
river pilot Stricken xxas slcen;nr in
the texas and was ~ subjected a. ~
be HELPLESS. lie owes his safety ~ pilot
Rurbank. who seized him and DRAGGED
him 10 the guards Of the boat when he
Jumped overheard.
Messrs. Adams and Ho well. Of Omaha
were on board going south u spend The
winter The former Il missing and "
supposed to have perished The latter
i badly burned
Mrs. DR.. Worlev. Of Ration Roupe.
lost two little virls and i herself badlv
n iured. Her condition L cops;dered
very critical
Mrs Frazer. Of Natchcz. Is also az
Millikens Bend with her infant. who il
seriously. If not fatally. hurt by a fall
from the deck TO the lower deck and
can't be moved. The chids nurse Il
lost.
First Clerk v. @. Entricken endured
the supreme agony Of seeing his eldest
son, Sam v. Entricken. a boy Of II.
drown. The heroic boys last words
were: Never mind me, papa: save
mother" Ii was impossible to aid him.
Heroes are never wanting on such oc-
casions, and this furnished at least two.
Mr.. Entricken, his wife and two chill
dren had reached the shore, when they
discovered that the youngest child. =
mere infant. was still in the cabin.
save it or go down with the boat.
and accordingly rushed into tho
burning cabin. He found the chilli
unhurt. and wrapping Il in The b.,d
clothes. made his wav the lower deck
BY sliding down the guv ropes. burning
his hands fearfully IN the descent Uere
he took the precious bundle n his teeth.
and swimming ashore bore n ~ ~
parents unhurt. Among the missing
is a sandy-haired man. aged
about "a years xvho 80 ~ ~, 1.,,a, II.
Every effort was made ~ s,ve ~.
IL - ~ those ~ hoard 1,r,;, 4. saa~aa
he list ~ Lost will reach t,x.ive 90
more. The vawI was lowered ~ n;cL
~ tbose who Gould Il yaached ~ ~.
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receive ,bem Tbe HI ~ ~. ~,
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Two children ~ IT, worrs,i ~ p..ar
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