TM stTEAMEB T. F. UEtTHCaM. rswtleatlafsj Abosu tie DrstraeUass kr rtra. NewOblean-s, Nov. S3. a telephone tele-phone from Bayou Sara gives the following particulars of the steamer "T. P. Leathers" yesterday. The fire was first discovered amidships on the starboard side In a pile of sacks of seed, surrounded by tier of cotton bales. The boat waa In midstream mid-stream and under way. The fire got such a hold upon tbe Inflammable Inflamma-ble material that to extinguish it waa out of the question. Tbe cap tain ordered tbe boat headed for the landing. The passengers and crew ran about the burning veasel crazed with terror. The people gathered on the front deck to be as near the shore as possible. possi-ble. They waited there as long as possible while the (learner was being driven in under full steam. A the boat neared the bank those of the roosters who could swim began to Jump Into the river, and before the boat was within a hundred yards of tbe bank the water arourd her was black with struggling men. The offlctrs of the boat stood to their posts and did all they conkl to praveat the frightened pisengers from Jumping Into the river. When the boat got wHfeia a few hundred feet of the bank, even the foredeck saasataaatsssawsaaannnsMB ayskaBaBs. beaaase m he K wan hwpasaftse tii saej iliers art all -n lvrd ware rriainrllfil to Juaap for their Uvea. The most of then, were provided with life preservers and it la be-Ikvsdtbatalloflsieae be-Ikvsdtbatalloflsieae who waited until toe last minute to Jump got safely to the shore. Lucy Hill, first chambermaid. Jumped from the cabin deck and broke her leg. Those kaowD to have been drownel are Ike McNorria, steward; the first cook, named Walker, Texas, a tender; Hamilton Jones and a roaster named Wright, all colored, and a while deck passenger, aame not known.