Telegram-herald., 1891-10-30
HORROR ON THE RIVER
a Mississippi Boat Burned 20 the
Waters kdgs-
MORE TEAM 4 DOzEs LIVES LOST
over oas Headr-a Pzs-ssgs~s fnaper-
hisd-fhrss Hundred rsr-sns Perish
81 ksrssqssks Ia J.P@s-oss
Tsss WTssksa-

ST. Lorns. Oct 20 "A special rom
Ficksburg says tar handsome steamer
Oliver beirns was burned to the
~ AteFs edge at ss8 q IA near ailli-
keas lsaalng.' IS Eales ABOVE Weeks
burg. Twelve passengers are reported
loss
Wednesday. October 81, with list 81
over 100 deck passengers ana ffsesa
CABIN passengers This hat was in
creased ~ additional passenzers
taken on hoard At Cairo,
bIsmphis ana other landings down
the aver. A dozen lives are known TO
have been iost and ID b feared when
additional particulars ere obtained that
this nun Der will be increased The
passenger list Is Kept on the boat and
q o name, can be learned ss ths CON-
pany's of1ee IN this city.
The boat had on board about eight
hundred bales of cotton. consigned TO
New Orleans parties which. ID u said
by . prominent Memphis insurance
agent was Totally destroyed No par
ticulArs beyond these have been re-
eeived here
The steamer Oliver Dsiyas vas .
new and hsndseme passenger heat and
was built a. Jsifsrsosvi2ls, Ind four
gears ago She has been ueed h the
excursion traffic on the Mississippi river
Tor the last two summers and during
che winter season has piled be-
tween local points at the lower end Of
the river. The boat was valued at $50
600 and was owned by the Planters
and Merchants Packet Company Of
New Orleans She was fully insured
SLAIN pY nuSpREpa ssz
Lo.coS. Oct ~. Dispatches were
received here Wednesday evening from
Japan announcing that the telegraph
wires beyond Hiogo and Osaka were
down II was added that there had
been an earthquake at Hiogo. and the
rumor was current that . great amount
Of property had been destroyed and that
the loss Of life had been considerable
A private telegram dated Hiogo. re-
ceived in this city Wednesday night
confirms the report conveyed in former
kilograms that disastrous earthquake
shock has occurred in Japan. This
telegram says severe shock was ex-
perien ced AZ Osaka and that the de-
struction OF both lis aud property was
great So severe was the shock that
= number Of houses were thrown
10 the ground aud many Of the Occur
pants were caught in the falling
buildings and crushed TO death A large
number of persons succeeded In eseap-
ing from there to their homes only to
meet death in the streets to which they
had fsd for safety from the falling
debris. There is no means At present
of estinatiag the total loss OF life; in
fact, the details of the catastrophe
are mesger, as all the telegraph wires
are broken in the districts aft Ia by
the falling Of the poles, which were
thrown down by the seismic distur-
bance. The above mentioned dispatch.
however, states that il Is known that
In Osaka alone the death list contains
the names Of 500 Of the residents of
that city.
tHiozo is . seaport town Of Japan. On the
island OF Houdo ard u situated about ?,
r.sies oy ran FROM OSAKA Hiogo Is fne
harbos n the head OF tac gulf OF Osaka and IL
adjacent 20 Kobe. u r lighted with gas ard
Ga1S NUMBER oi me PaHAss S0it~iHs7s ioNtut-
lag town hagl o custom house and govern
mens machine shops. The seaport referred 20
has an extensive foreign ana coastvisc trade
and a population In isst Of about 1000 souls
Osaka IL also on the island OF Hondo and on
the sea. b miles southwest Of kisto. 20 which
place az well 10 Hiase aud Kobe railways
have beoa built Oasks has q large foreign
trade sysenals, great castle. machine shops.
q eity hsIi mint. college and an academy.
ant r. wsysrs-d ey canals over which
are more than i,iD bridges. soma OF
them Of iron. THIS city has many hesters
AMI othsr places 81 amusements and II also
has l. 100 places OF worship 10 point Of sine II
eial Affairs. fashion. eOramsres and industry II
takes tse frst rank Osaka has ave newsps-
p-rs hundreds % schools. and a population. ac-
eosdlag 10 the census 81 iSs&. OF about 50. 90