Show burning earning of the steamer niagara oil on lake mio Nic michigan higan GO 60 lived lost lest the steamboat niagara was burned on the r ehl of 0 the september on lake michigan mi I 1 c hi nar n r ar port washington and it is ascertained I 1 hat ei sixty aty six bertoni persons perished by the c alam I 1 i v r the chica chicago go journal of the gives f be tie following particulars the tiie niagara left collingwood for chicago I 1 ou ahr with 17 passengers on board ake she af pf ceded cp ded aa as far as She boyge ad ald arft u tit it 25 pass passengers eners princia I 1 y y c i e ime iam rua TUP boat ar aou bou 2 ocl cL a d about two hours afterwards abile hie hip bip fo ir or niva fiva miles cities off port ton tot fire was disc vered vered by passengers in the cabin proceeding i 1 ro tn the engine room rhe fhe alarm was instantly given eiven by the f aati embers ers but binh sinh bich const erla erLd ion ton seized t iv v 0 c that no efforts seemed to bp be m made ade to a J Y v he lie conflagration in a very few moments the thouc cabin was in in flames A tempts were made to u ue e the hose b t it WAS found to be cs es eless S eral rat of the pi p ib ri after re recovering over ilig their biesener of tit alt t hean he bean an to brek down 0 the afos nd ad abt boea work aid ai ald d throw it over oer vc il the l upon tho the biu bin iane lane deck eleck anre ware were 1 oraf ordner led to be lowered but in the tile PC tennent a d confusion thy iby th ih v v were thrown cr c leboard and immediately c ps zed and were pred uses usei usel a the ibe stern and q larter lo lots lois is were low led red a i all ca prized but one into which about tw nty pas passengers got and were saved k largo large r of the passengers pas paralyzed wh w wj h fear at the first announcement of the th fire I 1 macd d overboard and were drowned instantly bothers lathers threw their children overboard ani and i iti n wildly jumped esi every everi one s med perfectly insane w r tb b fear and threw tim hm selves over vit without Nit hout the sli sil slightest h test attempt to save themselves our informant eates slates th thit t bo jumped over ovet jard and swam baro under th tbt v wheel heel keel where he f und the captala and five 0 apra clinging ing edg to it I 1 adf tin tip traveler NA was as about ten mlis mils mila distant and aud pon discovery of the fire ini mediately put off t la their rescue she suc succeeded eded after much cott cort in rescuing thirty of the passengers the traveler towed the nia ara some distance bli bit was unable to bring her into nita shoal water ti a d so left her the propeller illinois soon afler after arrived and picked tip up about thirty passengers lers jers and landed QA rn it at J port was Wai washinton washington hinton 11 several sail vessels came ciame prom ly to the assistance of the niagara Ni apra and dit did rood good service in in savin saving life the lifeboat life boat from port IV washington ashin tw wis was wab promptly on hand band and rendered ren deed timely aid 1 it is ur possible to tell how tb themire emire eTire cail nand naad when first discovered by the orfice office officers ra of th the Travel traveler pr she was vaa completely enveloped in n a cloud of smoke fire appeared to bura lura out forward of the wheel on the star do to rd side it is 13 supposed that the fire first broke out ner nerr the engine c agine room it is thought f to j the woi wol k of an incendiary incendiary y amon mong t the he saved was an old lady who was faund cilingin to 0 a plank life ilfe preserver nearly e exhausted hallsted A IM i h her shawl Av wrapped rapped aroun around d her bining her to it and actually bolding on ly 11 ller tier e r tee teeth it HEROISM AND ANC and OF OF A MO ydo chyu turu ilif tiit H the g pv pest eest est pst heroism displayed oil on the or orcas cason an of wb th we have any account was sd sla wn b by a ro th ther r in in her efforts to save the i VP VPS of lr her atit phit echt children chii chil dien dlen the eldest of whom A hom lom foil on 0 o and the youngest you agest one year A the ladys ii ime inc is mrs 11 chalmars ers gho who was wis arv with br ilus lins husband band fr am L lancester lon ton cester new ev brunswick they had by r at ald wid aid economy economy laid up a few 1111 dred dolls 1 S ard ars were mo in 11 to t tj to buy a as s i A i 1 l farm they lost everything t ta had haj in I 1 he world orid orld on th boat but a few E angs li is in in tj ta r pockets ils ILK M H chalm chaim s als bis ais that achen the fire backe f rat fat she was ivas asle isle a e the steerage ste erate cabin on the main warn deck v ach h her husband and cb children ildren lidren abe saw the R rn boat lowered and observing n x i r a comai vadin hom she kaw she thought it if t tl bv b ia rea beai 6 J d te the shore and she herself berse af did ft t that wom won vonan in would be idoa mother to her cb adre idre so si sale commenced commented tb throwing rowing her ir lii ill iller r chilen chil chii en aito lito into it intend ing to keep lle ile lie the I 1 liv iv by her b c use oise she could the easier sip s ip rt it in t tp e water than th the others sue ent eft d clr thrown wn tv pinto the boat bout when it shoved ia sw had oe ore in in her handi to throw b it it was too lat latr to thi chiow ow so large a one to the boat accord ay iy she phe seized the baby supposing sup bup 03 she had bad s re ici ith th to throw it to the lenh reft reheat eating boat bo it fhe had n hoever no ho ever and the baby fell n lito aito lo 10 I 1 the water a f fot ot from the boat she scream d to the fhe woman in the th boat to save it and bd had the satis fact a of seeing her reach out grasp it and draw i il into info the boat she she then di dir acted her efforts to the give five children about h b r she 1 the oldest boy of f ese eve years into vito the water wilh with directions to ew sw m n after th t h sm small all ali boat d dud nd cing cling to it if A y would n it t ike him in sue thinks he did actually reaca it but cannot be certain se fh theia pi I 1 hr oldest child i a girl of fourteen lito i ito the vp er in hopps hopes she could cling to something burnt thing ching ane has beard heard since since arriving at chicago that a girl of that age ago was rescued and thinks may max be it was this one she then had three small children remaining her h bisband got into the water and she pave page ej ed them down to him and he be placed them on one of the capsized boats floating nean near she then got down by a rope on reaching the amter sire ilfe found waves had hid washed two tivo of the children off the small boat she managed to catch them both with one arm and hold bold them thew up sull suli el 11 cn clu hii fiig g to the th rope with the other haid baid ad maintaining her hold in the midst of all the desperate struggles around her at Us las tb tbt e ropi rope I 1 rn d J 0 off ft 0 ivr vo ar dri e ph FP P salk sank sai sal k down d 1 xa v i owl owl vv lb h ol 01 0 a is B alo abi h A d been bt ben n ciu clu chii aing ing to the s ime rope rap when she bhe came tip i p ag again a in she had lost one wie chili child she in managed an 4 ed to throw her disen disengaged aged aarin aria over a sick bick and han ban hang t on to it with the child in the other she thil chii lok iok lr k d for to th 1 e cl ci id i d b ip f h u d kos los li it a holls h K a v cre c roun I 1 hr hoi and 8 me of cl kr b heads they llev ere vere cre all so bear dimmed eiith i ith the od 0 i and ins aes s ard soot on 01 the s surface iriece of the water welter that she could not distinguish their features and they sunk one after another without her being able to r c ily lly 11 PI r 01 ovi n ine ie then directed d oa 01 a 1 her ber erts to ei iii til iia P e in 11 ber her arins ai 1 d I she bic bie feels confluent con co lla ili flent lent tha thal lie lle ie could have bave done BO so but soine roine sl 10 in man in ain min al thinks etwas it is an od old man inan pulled her arm ario 04 oti from the stick which supported her she reea reFa regained ined her hold bold and her hand lund was again aan aam pi pr 1 7 iri irl ir I 1 li iscia is 1 ewh d 1 adov vv L b the man C t ii a hud had ile rie bank sark doin down doii dow down i again agam agan she si ad 1 to rl ris 1 s and ad finally did risi 1 I etthel ut the st clui 1 was we gone though she tn ought thought until she shi i n the surface and SAW to the contrary that she had it still in her arms she was vis then alone on the thee water without support she had floated heated some distance away from the steamer but she saw her husband upon ngon the capsized boat holding one of the c children liton il idren that sight eight inspired her with fresh courage alas she knew not at that moment that the 1 little atle one he held in hla hia arms was already lifeless but it vas was so at that instant a plank strack her breast she threw her arms around it and tried to reach her bisband his h band but could not propel herself in the water she felt her strength now rapidly failing she was wab entirely alone she saw the schooner and the tra trai eler cler but saw also that they were far far away agay she knew she could not hold on to her buoy util until they came she remembered bavin havin baving hiving heard beard that persons in in drowning always alwa s shat shut their teeth firm she bhe therefore seized her dress dess at the bottom in in front brought it tip up around the th plank and put it between her teeth so that it held the plank fast fist across her breash breast she found it would support her thus and settled calmly back to await awalt the result she ashe remembered nothing more mor moi e she ava wag was picked up by the dhe traveler and when she A as re restored storied to io consciousness had llad the happiness hap liless of finding her ber husband hubband at her side but jit lit i when ilien lien llen she related her adventures she knew net noi atti Arti whether ether any of 0 her children were sated saved |