The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-22

Louis Vince, Clarence Hudson, William
 Hante. Monroe Wright, Joseph Lewis and
 Stephen Vince. Louisville, all colored fire
 men.
 [ Fred Rentz, Cincinnati.
 Harry Doss. Cincinnati.
 James Neville. Dayton. Ky
 l Son of Ira Neville, Dayton. Ky.
 Harry Davon, Huntington. w. Va.
 Ed B. Holly, Cereal Springs.
 James Crampe. striker.
 John Alexander, Cincinnati.
 l.. A. Oakley. Paducah.
 Fred Cousins, Louisville
 l.. M. McGowan, Louisville.
 Many of those who were brought to this city are sufferings from injuries. ex- posture and fright.
 Division of Casualties.
 The number aboard was about equally divided between passengers and crew. the latter suffering the greater loss In casual ties. The names of many of the ''rousta-
 bouts were not known and the number
 drowned or burned is not likely ever to be ascertained.
 The fire started in the lower part of the
 steamer, in the freight material or pos sibly in the engine room and shut off the means of escape there while passen- gers jumped overheard from the upper decks.
 Within ten minutes of the discovery of l fire at a. m.. survivors say the upper decks were swept by flames and passen- gers were penned fin on all sides. even the life preservers being cut off by the flames. l The panic followed caused greater l loss of life than would have ensued if
 the officers could have controlled the terror-stricken people. Some rushed through the flames and perisheds others tainted and sank down to be cremated.
 Many in their night robes. some of
 them atire, jumped overheard and were drowned.
 Those that got into the boats saw others
 drowning, as their over-crowded crafts pulled to shore.
 The barely clad survivors on the shore
 not only witnessed horrifying scenes | around the charred hull, but also suffered from early morning till relief came in the l afternoon.
 The captain says there were sixty-six l passengers. not including a dozen babies There were as many women as men in
 the cabin and the indications are that the | greater percentage of losses was among the women and children. sa 1 Lists are Incomplete, | As the register with all other records was burned and the survivors scattered in every direction there is great difficulty in getting a list of survivors. 1 1t is conceded that many bodies will never be recovered so that there will never be a complete list of the victims | It is thought that many charred bodies l will be found in the hull of the, burned steamer when the mass of embers ceases | burning so that the search for the re- mains can be made.
 | Dr. w. T. Daugherty. with his wife and baby. was en route from Marion Ky. to Charleston, Mo. He placed d life pre- server around his wife. another on him. ! self. and taking his baby in his arms, | lowered himself to the water by rope. | Then he held on until his wife followed. l clinging with her arms about his neck. I They started for shore. but the swift | current carried them down nearly two miles before they were rescued by people | on the bank. The child had in the mean | time become exhausted with cold and was unconscious. Her grasp relaxed, but her | father grasped her night dress in his | teeth and held her head out of the water. When they were rescued he, too, was nearly exhausted, but when the child was resuscItated he was happy Captan J. M. Phillips. master of the boat, cannot give any explanation of the fire. but thinks it possible that the in- sulation of one of the electric wires may have been cut and the wire exposed. Cap tain Phillips foated ashore on feed trough, his limbs having become cramp- ed. rendering swimming impossible. Captain Dan Scott, chief clerk, says all the crew who were lost were good swim mers, and he cannot account for their loss. MT. and Mrs. Allen of Pittsburg. were taken from the relief boat Kilgore and brought to the Holiday Hotel here. They are suffering from wounds caused by wreckage striking them. Report on Investigation, C. M Ellis of The Telegram, and Fred Cornell, of this place. who were the first on the scene from Cairo yesterday and sent to Mayor Wright for aid. have been Investigating the disaster ever since yesterday and report as follows:
 The City of Pittsburg with crew of seventy-nine and a passenger list which included siXty-siX men. women and chil- dren was on her way from Cincinnati to Memphis. At 4:07 q. m.. at point three miles above Turner's Landing, fire was discovered in the forward matches. This was apparently seen about the same instant by the engineer on watch and the first mate, Arthur Shriver. The former directed a deck hand to open a valve which would turn water on for the purpose of flooding the hold. when he exclaimed that the valve was red hot | indicating that its connection below was in contact with the flames.
 Mate Shriver was just going on watch | accompanied by his wife who got up early to keep him company. Seeing the | flames and realizing the gravity Of the | situation. he rushed to the roof, shout | cd to Pilot Harry Doss that the boat was | on fire and to run to the nearest shore 1 with all speed.
 Then he hurried back to the cabin and | aided in arousing the sleeping passengers l The big bell was rung four times in | quick succession and then with one con- l tinuous clang spread the news of the fire | calamity.
 By this time. brief though it was, the | forward part of the boat was in flames. | Pilot Doss remained bravely at his post | until the bow of the boat struck the | bank. Then he rang the bells for the | engines to stop. The floor beneath him was blazing and he was enveloped in smoke. He leaped from the pilot house , to the texas. then to the roof. made his way to the wheel-house. leaped into the river and swam ashore. Died from Exhaustion.
 Wesley Doss his aged father and an old-timc pilot, who was making trip 1 for pleasure. had been in the pilot house with him hut left few minutes before