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The Petoskey Record
Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI
Wednesday, January 2, 1889

        ROASTED ALIVE.
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        The Passenger Steamer John H. Hanna, Burns and
          Sinks Near Plaquemine, La.
          
        The river boat John H. Hanna was burned to the water's
      edge at Plaquemine, La., causing the death of at least
      twenty-five persons. Some perished on the boat, others
      were drowned, and many in attempting to reach the shore
      stuck in the mud and were literally roasted alive. Scores
      sustained injuries by being burned or scalded by escaping
      steam. Among the dead are: Captain J. S. Holmes, Samuel
      Powell, Bob Smith, Mike O'Neill, Joe Crane, Monroe Diggs, 
      Jack Duff, Joe Harvey, Jim Watson, John Crofton, John
      Barlow, Jim Blank (colored), Dick Blank (colored), child
      of Prescilla White (colored). Among those who were badly
      burned are: Dan Carroll, Jim O'Neill, John Gibbons, Louis
      Welch, John Jackson, and Thomas Garrow. The details of
      the suffering and death of the passengers are harrowing
      in the extreme.
      
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