The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-18
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Baltimore.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l
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ICorespondeDce Of the Heraldl
BALTIMORE, Arm II 1872.
Sill Further Particulars in Relation 10 The Steamboat
Disaster.
Mn. EpIToR;-
Renewed exertions were made yesterday for the pur'
pose of recovering other bodies supposedto have fallen
victims to the bio wing up of the steamer Medora, ouI
no more were found, Though there is one individual
named Mclean, on board al the time, who IS missing
Three more Of the wounded died yesterday inornlhg'
viz: Duncan Fergu son, Jshn Wager, and ChatIe' Zee
der. Captain Thomas sutton, Commander oil inc poa',
is not dead, as has been reportedi he IS however, very
i'll, and not expected TO recover. ; some mis'aRe'haVe
occurred in getting up accounts oil thiS areadihi caismi-
~. I therefore. give the following complete list Of those
wbo were killed instantly, and who have died since the
explosion -
nsn-John c. Moale. William Moale, his son, Joseph
Lecompte, Capt. John Vickers, John Young, Benjamin
French, John Boon, John Burns, Andrew +. Henderson,
Richard Linthecum, Robert Doyle, John Speedily, George
Endley, Thomas Eldridge John Harper, John Haley,
John Boston, william Lewis, George 'Goddes, l. W.
Hackney. NJ. D., James w LAYERS, James Mitchell, John
Kemp, John wager, Jackson Reeder ana Dudron Fergu-
son-making in all twenty.six.
The number of wounded has been ascertained to be
forty uninjured, fifteen making IN all who were on
board, eighty. two.
Otthose on board who escaped, aad who ale generally
known, were Thomas Wildey, the great ia her of odd
fellowship in this country John Wa,chman, engineer
and ~machinist, and Walter Bell, clerk of the steamhsst
company. OF the wounded, there are yet many lying
in a very precarious situation and not expected TO live.
The deaths of several have been caused from the inhe-
lstion of gass or steam.
The inques, Of which | made mention, was held yestsr-
day, at the appointed hour. Il was held over ose body
emily, the object being to ascertain the causes that lead
tothe explosion. A very full examination was gone
into before Coroner VIM. I. Rice From the evidence,
it appeared, as near as could be gathered, that some foul,
black-hear,ed incendiary, yet unknown, must have
tempered with the safety valve, or that some OF the
hands had, for the purpose of displaying the engines
power, and to have a fast run, when they gotunder way,
severally determined TO deceive the regular engineer.
by putting on more steam than he was aware OF. The
following is the verdict of the jury Of inquest:
ave have agreed that, he came TO his death by injuries
sustained by the explosion OF the boiler OF the Medors
and from the evidence before us, We are oil opinion that
the accident, was occasioned by raising the steam too
high, and greatly above the guage intended to be used in
the ordinary use Of said machinery on board Of said
steamer. Whether this excess was owing TO careless
ness, or %tampering with the safety valve, the jury cannot
undertake to say"
The funeral Of Mr.. Moale and son took place yester-
day, and was very numerously attended. 1t was a most
solemn and Imposing scene.
had intended to say something about the noble and
philanthropic conduct displayed by solomon Hillen,
Esq, our worthy Mayor, throughout the whole oil this
melancholy catastrophe, but must reese; We il for another
occasion. Yours, hopESick'