The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-22

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1870. aana ana ,ben sanI, in
ltyeiyr fothoms Of water about three
miles from where we are. The number OF
lives lost was thlrly-nve.
Wnal ,ne u pa,,. ~ ssr She &c he
busbed over stack Of red. white and blue
chips 10 Captain John Roessler, saying:
Please cash them IN, Jonn' ; pon tninh
III play any more, ana ne wen, Daph w
'alk Win the englpeoi' 'isaFlus barney "
continue MS stofies'
80
perween " and o'clock on the night
.s.,L 80 tseo ~ s,aanho., pay,u,
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CITY, from GalVeston 10 HOUSTON "iinou'
warning exploded her boilers when within
few miles OF Lynchburg. The first
engineer had just come forward and was
scolding the frenlen for not getting ensgh
steam. when the explosion occurred. There
were some sixty passengers on board al
the time. and tine total loss OF life was
twelve. The steamer Mary Hill was near
az the time OF the accident and rescued
a, number OF people. The hull of the
Bayou City was but slightly damaged,
and she was afterwards repaired, being
used as a Confederate gunboat during the
war. and as such boarded and captured
the United States man of-war Harriet
Lane In Galveston harbor January l, 1868.
80
~ s.,,,,,o,,,,- 80
an % you '"e
the Varnna, said Barney, as ne looked
physically at the crowd, all of whom were
non manifes,inq signs n, uneasiness and
=, -. 49,, -, ,t,.,
- '"N's vas ~
DOCK from MS pocket, whieh was supse-
quently dlscovered 10 De a prayer DOCK,
but 1t showed very little signs OF use.
1T was on October 10, 1870, continued
tain Spencer left New oYrk for Galveston
with thirty-slx cabin passengers. Up to
the morning OF the 10th the vessel had
l.ne nea'neI ana sl.oo.n passase s T..
ssie eNen pes'u ~ o'0m, Gnu pS s ~
s.oieuee nusil nlens' Nuen y ueV'nio d
~ .ie tot. at a.. I'M ,i
, v' Wy '0ast ~ - ,us' ~ ~ ~, m.ni
noMsyeI, ui.i, .lo'h, wen 'Ie VIZ
veuleI suuueiis 20 we s ,3i ana iie
sup uso"ils unh'aI'a.'eeoie. heV,hs q iist
70 pon' me seM theh rushea aupaEu'
staslne IN ,ne ouiw Mar ana cao'n doors
aiiu pouIau mo 'ne nre room az me
tho wind and oil the Stem, nnssihIa was
turned on; efforts were also made 10 secure
me cabin door, but all proved fruitless
ne ste"lneF Low coill'henceu setlllng' ana
.. u .1e =. &c" tvyN 'ne s"iel, pose
-. -. a.. w rioI va
Ss,,', 10 s nsn' lWo NeIe
M ueu ~ ,le our! anu tour we're saVeu
- -, - Va ..e oI'oelS' tue C'oW
~ ~ 80, nv "tnt GoWn Win
~. a' .,9i 'ne iSt'el Weis
- -, y. ~ v.l'"ens vi Da,N es.ou'
80. 80 ~ ~ igtept u ,ne neWs OF the as
- -. . s w, ~, wac uIapeu IN mourning
''o iFeS were lost ny tnis ulSaster'
Right over yonder," said Barney. noInt-
inc over towards The mouth =, rod,r
har. Az
'"0 ''O"in'oaI nan went uoWn'
II was on Monday October 3, 1871, tho
gagged in transnortinr br,cl, from, redar
bayou to Galveston. was overtaken by a
storm near cedar point, and went down
cer, t sI sn,v ~. na il we're iost eH-
ssp Nh, n,a.aa,, ,ai Az n,, naueu Jdpoo,
III, ,,rec1, Ia ~ ..,us ~ o p'ece o.
,jvos. inso,,s;hI. a,s,, Iaa asno'e III an
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AT o'clock Tuesday morning February
"a, 1873, the sternwheel steamboat Henry
A Jones Cantaip pIalar,,r ,,ua... -.
t1onst,n ,,.;.. 40 - ~
houston, with '4S bales OF cotton and
St'i 81 ~ Wv lOdutu WIN NO0Q, SuQlenlY