Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-04

III Them When The explosion took place,
'N sere on the hurricane deck ran cir and
S sn,, the river, and were drowned Al! we
"a able 10 add is, that a dead body has been
Kentucky, having been blown u!e enuFe eseaa.a
4hn [, vas remarked TO Us, by numbers OF
- s.w ii, that great as were the fragments OF
rrs as well Of the boat and her cargo, that
81 shore they were triting when compared win
~, fs in the river. There is great difference OF
10 The number on board, varying IRON TWO
81! twenty five to three hundred and upwards;
..' ~. ,onber is insisted upon By many who saw tne
',,de We are unable, etief much exetuen, 70
=. names Of the sufferers, or the saved, ana VIII
"" W. when We are not certain. The number saved,
'4 a., Information we can obtain, does not, P!ooa'
as,S i any, exceed fifty. Consequently, no, less
5up!red and seventy. FIVE have persisted. The
n. most perfect wreck we ever saw tsom any
..-The Cincinnati Gazette Of the 9Th, fur
4 49, LET. which We suhion, as far as had been ar'
SILK asccIained, of those lost, missing, and saved.
.ssnis melancholy picture. 1t will be seen that
we've some on board from Baltimore
once of tie Cinetnno:i Ga-ette, .3a'I q.
,,r,,r MEgrrSG In pursuance of Proclamation
~ f.vcr, public uaee,ing was held at The Council
,,r5t; yesterday afternoon, At CLOCK; lhe room
,vted and deep feeling of sympathy manifest
. nc sufferers by the late explosion OF the steam
L v,ssle. On motion S ". Davies, Mayor, was
4 ~ "a the Chair, and E. d. Mansfield, Esq, chosen
k.,n:'r. m ,:,.;a,
s1 were ei,hee killed or missing, and The names
rho were saved. The citizens present aan,ed ma
saers who were killed or missing A ccmmunica'
was read from one of the Clerks OF the boat, stat
h,, there were in all on board about $50, IS OF them
3ag cabia passengers. .,
!! srous resolutions we've offered and adopted, and
kon,ees appointed 10 take charge OF the sufferers,
sca will be given in our paper OF TO naoTow
Below give list, As far as ascertsined o. the Nv
/, the dead, and the tnissing.
80 Elijah North, Alton, III; ". Pa,ker daughter
k,r found drewRed; e. Furmsn, Merchant, Middle
E3 Ohio; Job Jones, Loudoun CO., Va; d Mitchell,
E'kFeper, Gin; Capt Perrin; j. Chapman, I'd clerk;
4 e Powell. Lou, Ky; II. B. Casey, Gin; Jas. Bar
For, Madison W. T.; ). Williams, (culored;)
S.oss Stokes, % steward; Holly Dillon, fireman; J.
u'4i., Is, engineer Robt. Wait, deck hand; E. Dunn
'.rbsrm,it james B. Mcfarland, Knox county, 0hio
W., D,ahau; M Thomas, first mate; A Burns, Phila
lflphr.
Rrdiq soundeS-lo.
Hisslng-Sc.
sap.GEJ. Coulter. Licking Co., @: F. M. Tob;n's
IF. L,wrenceburg, Ky; G. krames's wife and child
~, " Parker. Pa - White, Of Gin wife and sister;
gnb Gibson aud Jas. Gibson, Louisville; Jasper Ha
nsr N Cain Co, Pa; w. B. Parker, Cincinnati; -
Gates Fran Kiln CO, O.; J. Craig, Quincy, Illinois; -
T5omrs,n, Cincinnati; j. c. Richardson, Holden Mass
D " fs;;man, CANON ia San DeieRgeT; j. NJ
v,an and A. II Nann Portage, y. Y; C. d s. Osborn,
Cyy,hoga CO y. Y; Law l.. Minor, Green CO., Pal
he B,are, and Eva his wife, and boys; John Pool,
deck s,nd WA. Harris; Michael Kennedy; Frederick
Dxi,h Springfield, Mass; John Patton and family,
Csn!sa. o. Isaac Davis; Jonas Remick; Mrs. Hurst
and eh.td; Burns mother; - Ferris, Lawrenceburg,
h: J Fo,er: Susan Fotler, (mo,her;l J. Caldwell.
Wheeling Va; E!;z. Fo,ler; T. ONeal, New Bruins
scs J. Phellm, Green CO., Pa; Peter Trau.man, wife
,r5 small child, Gin; D. ONeil, wife and 2 children;
Siien, wife and children, a, philadelphia, o John
Same and child; slrs Weber and four children; Mrs.
lrlcrson and one child; George Brown, Stewart: Eu-
gene BAPTIST. DO Benjamin Lewis, do; Edward Fiem-
a,u, DO; London Allison, cook; VIM. Huston, deck
band, }. MenRicken, MI Vernon, o; J. ID, Anterior,
Sgntutv, o; John Lyle, Ross CO, o. Jas. Thompson,
Cumberland co., Pa; Wm Saith, do; Adam Weaver,
O.