Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-04-23

Dreadful stealnb boat IL piC>Ion In our Basin
Loss Lives.


called The Medora, and her engine having been
completed she WAS have started a trial X
cursion down The Bay. The Boat was mpdeI
Of workmanship, and her engine Of great power
The boat and engine had both been buIt with
view to speed, and II was supposed by those " no
are Judges that she would have answered fully
the high expectations Of her owners. The boa,
Is ing at the wharf on the south SIDE Of the
basin. attached 10 The establishment: Of Mr.. John
Waichina md at three o'clock, the hour for
ting on the excursion, number OF citizens, III
cudlng the officers of the boat, had assembled on
board Al that hoar the bell rlng aud the
boa pat off. Tie engine had only made
two strokes when the boat having attoIned sut-
fcIent power the engine was stopped. AT this
moment, whilst ALI on board were resting IN per-
feet security and 10 high expectation Of pleas
ant excursion, the boilers exploded with ierIt-
fc noise, throwing the upper forward deck some
twenty or thirty feet in The mir, and scat erIng
Fragments Of the engine and boat all around.
Gentlemen who were III the neighborhood md
heard the explosion, describe ii as like Tie noise
made by the discharge of a heavy artillery, and
there seemed to be three several explosions. We
have not been able, IN the confusion and the Vi
rIety OF statements that are in circulattor, 10
arrive nj even the probable number of persons
who were board, but rumor csiimltes them
al from filly 10 one hundred. For the same rea-
son, have not been able to ascertain the
number nd names of those who are killed and
wounded ba, the subjolned list comprises those
OF whom we have had authentic account.
Mr. J. G.. Moale, whose death IS noted was the
President Of the Company, and was on boaed
with two sons. One Of the sons (WIiam) was
instantly killed and the other missing. Mr.
Moale not Instantly killed, but much
injured that he died in short time after he had
reached his DIV cling IN Calvert whlther he
had been carried a iitter.--IIe most
useful and highly respected citizen. The ex
plosion appeared 10 be upwards, carry ing away
the deck mud sides Of tho boat, causing her 10
sink in short time and within thirty feet OF
the wharf.--The persons killed wounded were
on the fore part Of the upper deck or below.
Those who we're the aft Of the upper deck,
escaped unnj4re and among them hear the
names OF John Watchmau, Eng ineer; Thomas
Wldey, Cavern keeper.)
The killed SO far we have heard, were
Mr.. John c. Moa!e, President Of the Company,
William MoaIe, his son, aged about 10 years,
John Nickers, iaY ern keeper,
Mr.. French, painter,
The scaled and brdly wounded
Thomas Sutton Captain Of the boat,
Mr.. Young, of Felt's Point
John Spedde, not expec ed TO live, having been
thrown thirty forty feet into tho ar and fell on
the upper deck Of steamer Constitution some
SO feet-nff.
Mr. Glen, badly wounded.
Andrew Henderson, Treasurer Of the Compa.
ny, much inj ired, though not dangerously.
William Bnon, slightly
Joseph Bogoncr, slightly
Mr.. Frecman, gotten out OF the boat alter OK
plosion, very badly injured, not expected to live.
John Iioafaatier, deck hand, much injured.
These are the names of all the killed and
wounded could ascertain at tho tliue, bu'
doubtless there are many who have fallen
victims to the sad disaster, whose fate time
alone deveoPe. Baltimore Patriot.
A SMASH. The Albany Advertiser Of Monday
saws, in postscript: The locomotive, tender
three baggage cars, and the post Office car. were
Yesterday afternoon thrown off the track OF The
Mohawk and Iadson rail road, by a "snake !
head" when near the halfway house ihe
baggage cars were smashed to pieces, and the
head of the pos.-otfIce knocked IN. fortu
ua;ely was injured
4 Poineer.--The Evansville Qa) Journal SAYS
ba,. on the 1tb INST, the individual who ieilet
the first tree that was cut the State OF Ono
left that place for Marietta To unite IN the ceie
bration # that event at the spot. He Is now pro
baby the only survivor of that httle band Of l.
men, nho under Gen. Rufus Putnam, on the I'll
; day Of April, l7>s, pitched their tents on Camp
us Martins Some years ago there were tive q
. these early pioneers wing, all much older thai
. the person above referred to-
The 81. louis Republican Of the 10Th state
that some of the officers Of the Bank Of Ilinoi
were IN that city, and 1t thought would e.
fec, an arrangement by which that Bank woul
0 resume specie payments 4; the same tune vi
the Kentucky Banks.
4 DEFALcATIoS OF $4,000. We learn froI
5 the Philadelphia S2irt OF tho Times, that j.
!. Piankinton Treasurer of Philadelphia county,
II defaulter to al least $4,000 The county
made safe by his securities, bat the state loses
large amount. PlankInton resigned his ofhc
) on Wednesdav and Col. Jas. Page, late pos
master Of Philadelphia, was Immediately chose
= to fiji the vacancy.
A Town IN THE WEST Davenport. low
z IS about $500 miles from Phllade pima, locate
on the Mississippi River al the foot of the Ippe
Rapids, and distant 100 miles from the Gull {
~ Mexico. II NAV be reached from PhiIadelp hi