Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-05
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ANOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION-D
Full LOSS OF LIFE.
Til" Louisville City Gazette gives the snbpineI par
ii:uars Of an explosion Of the boiler of the steamboat
Rob Roy, OH the Mississippi onthc 9th inst 4 few mics
below Culunbia-seycntccn killed aud many wounded:
STEAMBOAT ROB Roy,
Cio'nmLia, (.hk) June TO- 1886.
GENTLEMEN: regret that duty requires from lis an
expose Of The acs most appalling to human feelings
The steamboat Rob Roy, f. fndren MASTER left New
Orleans on Sunday the 9Th inst, at o'clock, bound for
Louisville, aud Proceeded her voyage, performing
well, touching at the different points when business re-
qured until Thursday evening, the 9th inst at 30 clock
at point miles above this place, (CoIunb!aD one OF
the lucs in tho laboard boiler collapsed tearing from
the boiler head both ends, the steam and water rush
ing out carried every thing before it. fore and aft To
give description of The suffering and destruction would
be impossible.
The cnrncer on watch Mr. Thomas Brown says. the
water was above the upper cocks in each OF the sd
boilers, which is evident from the manner the fuc COL
lapsrd being from the side, and not from top to butom
as in the case when caused by want Of water The
gnc had been stopped to oil the wrist and hip bge
pump The time from taking off and letting on steam
not more than two minutes. The boat was run
ashore paccable and every possible excrtIon
was used by tho passengers physicians Of Columbia and
boats crew. to relieve the sufferers. At three o'clock
the North America, Captain Bredcn, came along side
and lowed to this place The sufferers are all as COM
Portable circumstances can render-ln good houses,
five Doctors in attendance. The number now lost and
dead is H. How many more will die we cannot say.
Annexed you will find list OF names, and the cond
ton OF the wounded and dead.
BoAr's CrEw.-Lev Jackson, carpenter, Of Jefferson
willie dead; Jno Shane cabin boy Louisville do: John
Lowgen, deck hand, Beaver, Pa, slightly scaded; Felix
DAVIS, fireman, COL, etiersonvilie dead; Chas. Lowd
do, Boston, slightly j. Fletcher, Virginia, do; George
Williams do col, Cincinnati, lost
DECK PAssESeEEs-llenry Snodgrass, Of paIkc CO..
Ia badly; Levi llamblin Dearborn CO., Ia, do; John
OBrcn, Ireland, dead; VIM. Lynch, Cincinnati: do;
2. w. Bana. Madison la, do; Michael Reagan, Ire
land. DO; Henry Louisville, slightly; john Ca
vanaugh, Ireland, dead; VIM Spears pitsburg, badly
W. snulhw"rth New York, slightly, John Genard: Ire
land, badly; f. Ford, Boston, slightly; Richard Fulton
Indiana do VIM Reagan, Scott ca, Mo-, badly; r. A.
Braden, Lawrence CO., Tenn, do; Mrs. Braden and
children, do, dead William NlcCreary, Scott CO., No.
slightly; 1fden Hogg, Randolph badly; Samuel Vim
cent Highland creek, lost four not known, do
The Robinson is alongside and thousand things to do
We will be ready goSead on one Wheel or with three
boilers by the time the Splendid comes along, and she will
likely assist US 10 the mouth Of the Ohio; from there
will try to dig along. We are very deep-nothing in
ued except The boilers OF the boal-freght not injured
In great haste, B. W. MARTIN, Clerk.
WAsHlSaroS, June %, 1896.
ANOTHER ASD FATAL DUEL.-Ata late hour yeser
day afternoon two young ndshipmen who have just
turned from sea, out and pug ht duel at six paces
firing two shots, the second of which took fatal effect up
the challenger of F. S. Key, Esq, District At
torncy of this District, who died the held in about
thirty minutes The other party the OF Mr.
Shcrburne, formerly Of New Hampshire recently
Register of the Navy and resident Of this city,
Boil, very young, the deceased being only seven
teen years of age.
The quarrel originated not long since at Norfolk, at
convivial meeting, in misunderstanding arising
out of the refusal Of the challenged party to comply with
point of etiquette in the matter of drinking certain
quantity Of wine. Conversation ensued, and words en-
changed which led to The challenge. Shcrburne then
refused it, but upon further provocaton the quar-
rewas revived erete parties met and the death Of
the unfortunate Key the result. His second
his cousn MIR. West, Of Maryland that Of Sherburne,
MIR. Malngly, brother midshipman.
1t is striking fact that, upon the spreading,
few days ago, that Messrs. Jenner and Bynum were
about to ght the father of this unfortunate young man
was in the discharge of his official duty, extremely gig
was, at tina, time, plotting similar On, destined