A Sickening Story

The New Orleans Times records the following incident of the recent ateam boat disaster at that city: "Maxwell, upon bcing interviewed, statcd that he was a workmau on the Bodman whenáhe oftugfat fire from theKyle. Allhoiigh he coukl havo reached the shorc, the piteoiia appeals of tho women fcadueed him to stay. Launehing a stage plank, he jumped into the nver, aad, ealling to two ladies, bade them i'ollow for their lires, Unhc-.sitatiiigly they took the fatal leap, and were aseiated by Jiirn on tho stage. Tüe curren t drifted tliem dii-ectly againat tho burning vessel, notwithstanding his desperate oxertions to push the stage in a contrary direction. AVhile attempting to save the ladies, nrged and encoiu'agod by their agoniziug shrieks, a bnrly negro seized a plank and jumped upon them. The plank striking Max we 11 across the leg and precipitating him into tho water, n few strokes were taken and ho roached another plank, where, hilplensly, he watched the negro, lost to everything but saving his life, make ineflectnal atteiuptK to gain the stage m -hii-li were the ladies. SaspectÍBg file resvilt, he turned around, and"vhen he lookedagain tho stage floated buoyantly past him, bottom upwai'd- the ladiort and their murderer had drowned."