. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . e, though terrible enough indeed, was lessthan might have been expected, in view of all the circumstances of thedisaster. The hull of the vessel was on fire almost from stem to stern,at the time she went down. All of the crew and passengers who sur-vived, saved themselves by swimming, or were floated to the shore onfragments of the wreck. The names of the sufferers, as far as theycould be ascertained, are given below. Drowned, or Killed by the Explosion.—Hon. Josiah S. John-ston, Member of Congress, of Louisiana; B. Riggs, Es
. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . e, though terrible enough indeed, was lessthan might have been expected, in view of all the circumstances of thedisaster. The hull of the vessel was on fire almost from stem to stern,at the time she went down. All of the crew and passengers who sur-vived, saved themselves by swimming, or were floated to the shore onfragments of the wreck. The names of the sufferers, as far as theycould be ascertained, are given below. Drowned, or Killed by the Explosion.—Hon. Josiah S. John-ston, Member of Congress, of Louisiana; B. Riggs, Esq., MichaelBoyce, Esq., of Alexandria, Louisiana; Michael Clifford, New Orleans;n. Hertz and Thomas Irwin, a deck passenger, of Texas ; John Coley,mate of the Lioness, Louisville ; John Clarke, Englishman, steward ofthe same; Samuel Landis, William Kant, James Folsome, sailors;another sailor, name unknown; Mary Anderson, chambermaid; Alex-ander, colored cook; and a colored servant belonging to one of thepassengers. MAP OF THE MISSISSIPPI.—N 0 . 12 , Council Battle I St. Francis St. Frauds K Lloyds sxEAiiBOAT disasters. 87 Wounded.—Josiah Johnston, Jr., son of the Hon. J. S. Johnston,mentioned in the list of killed ; lion. Edward D. White, of Louisiana ;Henry Boyce, Esq., Mr. Dunbar (badly hurt), of Alexandria, Louisi-ana ; J. n. Graham, New Orleans; Michael Colgcn, J. V. Bossier,M. Rupen, of Natchitoches; Isaac Wright, Pilot; John Roberts, en-gineer ; John Rogers, sailor; and two firemen, names unknown. EXPLOSION OF THE BLACK HAWK, DECEMBER 27, 1837. This awful calamity, which hurried more than fifty human beings intoeternity, occurred on a cold wintry night, Avhile the Black Hawk wasabout to ascend the Red river, on her passage from Natchez to Natchi-toches. The boat had a full load of passengers and freight, includingninety thousand dollars in specie belonging to the United Statesgovernment. She had just reached the mouth of Red river, when theboiler exploded, blowi
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