The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-14

lice fined $40 and costs in default OF the payment
which he was entombed to get sober
| CURIous.-Cold weather in Quebec. On the 9Th
inst fires were very comfortable
| DErLoRABLE ACCIDENT Los, OF LIYE-t is oui
painful duty to announce calamity unprecedented in
| tent in British North America which occurred on oui
waters Saturday last The steamer Shamrock left tn.
Canal Basin at Montreal Friday evening" and the loo
at Lachine early on Saturday morning. having in tow
three barges two empty and one partially laden. She
carried no cargo besides the luggage ofpassenger who's.
| number we understand, amounted to 100 souls. Abou
II o'clock when the steamer had proceeded about fv,
miles from Lachine her boiler exploded, scattering
death and destruction SO sudden the effects that in
less than minutes 81 human beings precpitaed into
eternity The passengers English Irish Scotch
immigrants but principally English ana were distributed
at the time of the accident nearly as follows the Eng
ish in number about sixty five, exclusively occupied the
bow of the vessel while the Irish and Scotch occupied
the stern in the cabin were three English women and
two men between decks in the fore part of the
were number of loerers The explosion carried ava,
decks and opened the Sides that the vessel mmed
iely went down. 1t Il easy to conceive how inevitable
became the destruction or irreparable injury of the
majority of such qsGwd of passengers huddled on
upon the English who were in the bows the three
women and two men in the cabin perished and all
who were between decks, with the exception of three
lrshmea The accident was distinctly visible from La
chine at least number OF persons remark cd irrup-
ion OF smoke and seconds the disappearance o,
he vessel The steamer Dolphin at the time about
half mile in the rear of the Shamrock and her board
the explosion was heard; and its effects perceived The
made all haste to carry succour. When the Dolphin
reached the of the disaster the sight appalling
the unfortunate steamer had disappeared and the surface
Of the water was covered with living and dead bodies the
living cnging to fragments of the wreck and to the sides
Of two baiges which remained unimpared. By the
erons OF the master and crew Of the Dolphin about sixty
persons Of different ages and picked up. O
these about thirty more or less injured and about thr
~, principally Irish, escaped unhurt.
is now out of power to paint in all their horror
The details of this disaster Some instances presented
Of heart.rending misery One old LADY, named Cousins
Cleveland. " on
leather bed but her husband and children had
she'd A man named Coverdale from Dandy, Yorkshire
ank on Saturday night under amputaton leaving behind
aim wife who besides her husband lost six children
All the seriously wounded were brought to town in
he General Hospital The remainder are at Lachine
principally at the house of Mr. Norton who has earned
he eternal gratitude oihe sufferers by his kind attentions
and gratutous hospitality. William Macdonald late OF
his city rendered great assistance in dressing the wound
ed The same gentleman, together with Messrs. Grant
Lahamme Chamberlain, Norton, Oldfed, Duff, Colonel
Wdgrass and Dr. STEM pushed off in boats and succeed
in rescuing vast quantity valuable property The
survivors were on board the Dolphin before they reached
the place of the wreck
Three of the crew and one bargeman persisted; the
master and engineer are safe.
So the lamentsble intelligence reached town
Mr. Ross the representative of Messrs Ross Matthie
Co., proceeded to Lachne, and took all the necessary
steps to convey the survivors, who wounded and
bruised, expedtously and safely the General Hosp
tai.
| The English immigrants had with them very conside
rsble capital and valuable personal property.
The Indians the opposite side the lake are busy in
he work of plumber which we trust will be arrested BY
he police authority.
The Shamrock was high pressure boat-Montrea
Herald, July IL.
The Montreal Courier gives the following list showing
he number and names Of the killed or missing =
Coverdale, il family, lost Thackery in family
ost; Common, in family, do Watson in family, do
amy DO in IN family aam dc do
Icwilliams, in family, do York, in family do
Richards, do WALL in family do Ross in family
do; Rooney, in family, do ;Larkn, in family do
Person in family, do James Ferguson in family
10 Bailey, in family, 3 do Allan . in family, do Jos
Ferguson in family, do Smart, in family do To
| al, lost or missing, So.
board the Shamrock some of which almost miracu
ous Though, as we have mentioned, the explosion
principally directed to the bow of the vessel sailor
iseep in the forecastle escaped unhur excepting Sigh
caldng of one of his hands. Another thrown
is said like proectle by the force of the conclusion
rom borrd the steamboat TO of the barges wher
only he became conscious of the accident.
family of the name of Macarthur, from Inverary
Scotland consisting of eleven persons sitting tn
stern of the vessel at the time OF the explosion all
whom had the good fortune to escape unhurt An Eng
ishman whose name we forget was, shortly before tn
accident, playing with Of his children and desired
across the deck to its mother but poor man. this
he last sight he got of those dear him. and now los
| % him foreyer.-Gaseue.
DREADFUL CAsuALTy.-Wc are indebted to Captain Ea
Ton, OF the steamboat latan fer the following account
he accident which happened the Edna this morning.
The steamboat Edna collapsed both Aues of her arboar
L X,
mouth of the Missouri river.
The Edna landedat the mouth about o'clock thi
morning The atan was lying there and the Edna LANDED
on the outside Of her. and lay in such position that
difficult for the Iatan get away from the shore Howe
ver after little trouble the laan got under way and hat
three four hundred yards when the Edna shove,
out from the shore. Her bow could have been n
han one hundred feet from the shore when she coapsef
her fues Her engirc had been working out of gear full
hafhour. and had not been stopped tn ten min.
ites at the very outside.
Twas looking a, the Edna when the casualty happened
md had observed her time before the accident and
lid not think she had unusually high steam. am of tn
opinion that some obstruction existed either in the supply
pipe or IN the orce-pufnp, which prevented the usual
quantity OF water from going into the boilers.
The number OF wounded was sixtythree mostly Ger
mans Some two or three blown into the river and
'aved and 1t supposed that two three others were
os The cabins of the Edna and Iaan are filled with the
wounded and they receiving every attention from the
passengers and others that be bestowed upon them
As soon as the accident happened the Iaan dropped
alongside oil the Edna and towed her to the Illinois shore
when the Annawan took her in tow and the Iaan pro
| ceeded to ST. Louis with the wounded
| NJ j. EATON,
| Master of the s. b. Iatan.
Ike Edna was bound up the Missouri with full freight
She had been lowed in by the Annawan SO far we are
Unable 10 get the of the wounded but learn iron
he officers OF the Edna that they Germans with thu
exception Of the second engineer who was ON watch
lne hreman They are portion OF party OF emgrant
VINO landed here few days since from the CALEDONIA
We understand thu. not single cabin passenger wa
| mi red
Two or three only have died though appears almos
/ impossible that several of them can recover.
We were on board the Edna and never have we behel
uch sight. number Of men and women appear to b.
erslly skinned The whole force of 's the est, steam wa
will be removed to the HospitaL-St Louis Republican.
| Court charlottesville Day.
CIRCUIT CouRr.--Nos. 90 80, 9s 102, 40 100 As 49,
- 90 52 81. So H. 90, io5, I2l, 1913, 2. i25 1876 I27
COMMON PLtn.-Nos 81, "a, log, Isa 49, Al, Ill, Oh