. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . his ex-ertions, and half suffocated Avith smoke, he attempted to jump over-board, but striking against the lower guard, he fell among the burningruins, and there perished. The following details were furnished by a gentleman who was oneof the surviving passengers of the Clarksville: The fire by which thisnoble boat was destroyed, was first discovered when she was abouthalf a mile below Ozark island, at half-past 5 oclock, P. M. Withina few minutes after the discovery of the fire, the boat reached theisland to which the pilot h
. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . his ex-ertions, and half suffocated Avith smoke, he attempted to jump over-board, but striking against the lower guard, he fell among the burningruins, and there perished. The following details were furnished by a gentleman who was oneof the surviving passengers of the Clarksville: The fire by which thisnoble boat was destroyed, was first discovered when she was abouthalf a mile below Ozark island, at half-past 5 oclock, P. M. Withina few minutes after the discovery of the fire, the boat reached theisland to which the pilot had directed her course. The head of thesteamer struck the ground, and all the passengers might easily havepassed over the forecastle to the island, and many of them were savedin this way; but others, being apprehensive of an explosion, remainedin the cabin until they were driven from thence by the progress of theflames, which had, by this time, cut off all retreat by the forward part MAT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.—N 0 . 23,Ig^^:^--^!^-^^;^Glass Cocks I. SI li^^pi^^yi^. Palmetto Tt, Homochitta R. Black Hawk Pt LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. 173 of the boat. All that could now be done by the persons who remainedaft, was to throw themselves into the river, as the stern of the boatlay out from the shore. Governor Poindexter and his lady were bothinjured, the former slightly, and the latter severely. The first clerkescaped without hat or coat, but saved the books of the boat and themoney. The fire originated immediately over the boiler, under thesocial hall, and made such rapid progress fore and aft, that all cfiortsto extinguish the flames were unavailing. The steamer Chalmettotook ofi the surviving passengers. List of the Killed.—Captain Holmes, master of the Clarksvillc;two ladies and a child, names unknown ; Charles Quinn, a deck hand;the second steward, name not mentioned; Humphrey, Sam Johnson,Lewis, Peter Spicer, Sam Wilson, Prince, and Giles, colored firemen;a negro man, his wife
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