Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-05
VOLUME 80. NUMBER SO.
DREADFUL STEAMBOAT

lEahBOAI EXPLOSION.
The steamboat, Clipper, Capt Laurent, burst her boiler
whilst rounding Bayou Sara, causing the loss of , puuh.,
OF lives The particulars of the disaster are from the N.
Orleans Courier
On the morning of the 18th instant, a. the Clipper w.s
backing out from Bayou sara to proceed to Bavo,, T,.,.-
Tor the purpose OF taking in the balance of her fr.ioh, ~.
oursIed her boilers, broke in two, and sunk Immediately a,
the Bayou Sara landing.
The cabin, as far back Us the wheeIhouse. with the hon
ers' were entirely blown AWAY. Her whole number Of Off.
GERS deek hands, hremen and stewards, are reckoned at
about forty souls, and out OF that number only nine !,
sons escaped. Captain Laurent and the Pilot unin;ured
and seven slightly scalded. 's1
Inc following are additional! particulars from nm E.,r, If
IN we" orleans Courier;
SEPTEMBER 22-e O'Clock.
BY the arrival Of the steamer Buckeye. we have ~,
put IN possession OF a Louisiana Chronicle E,r, Of W.
on the Clipper.
The number of deaths. as far n. ,.c.r,.,
missing III; wounded 3; un;niured l6.
Yesterday At about quarter past II O'Clock , g On. ,..-
boat clipper, No. i, was backing out from her moor;ng.. !,
our landing, she blew up with an explosion ,h,, 49,
earth, air and heaven, as though the walls Of the 800
Were mmoling TO pieces about our ears. All the hoii.ra
pursuing vast fragments of the
boilers, huge beams of timber, furniture. and bpm.r ka;n..
IN every degree OF muiilaiol, were alike sho, mn ~.
dicularly many hundred fathoms in the air. On rs.cb;ra
me greatest height, the various bodies divorced liz ,hes
IeS oil a fountain, in all directions-faning 10 IN. s.,,h
and upon roofs OF the houses, in some instances I, I. mncb
a TWO hundred and fifty yards from the scene Ct destruc.
The hapless victims were scalded. crushed. m,r,l.d mil
scattered IN every possible direcuon-manv into ~. r;var
SNht III ~ Otncr side of the R,you
nearly Jul yards-some torn asunder by coming in cor,,c,
with pckets and posts. and others shot Xix. c,nno,h 49,
-, ~ TN sDno walls OF houses at Il great distance from
~ ooat- All IN front OF the warehouses appear as ,bopgb
swept by a whiriwind. But anything like an adeon,,e A.
scupuon OF the scene of wreck and ruin is utterly on, oc n.
question. what remains OF the hull has been 6,nIv I..h
ed to the shore, but it seems to have broken !, 800. .sm
partially sunk. She had Just taken on board at the R.I,.aJ
Depot about sc bales OF cotton, nearly ali of wbios !"
tner with the money chest and most Of the cabin fnrnirrso
we are glad to learn, has been saved. e'
The following ore the most important n,r,;c,I,-.
as we have been able to gather them:
The crew consisted of / captain. mo,e o cIo,t. -.
ginee's' pilots, l carpenter, l Waterman. l chambermoiJ
stewards, 3cooks, Is fremen. 9 deck hand. "-u
Iassengers-L. Ihomas,' missing, P. L. Montamat. COM.
mission merchant, y. Orleans, and one small hoy worndaJ
Deck passengers, one wounded, two not hurt '"u
"a I. Laurent escaped unhurt. Mr.. Bessv cb;os all
missing, and the ID clerk killed. John Tvsor -.
neer' oadly wounded. VIM. Sumter, Sd engines ,hroa.
loOo or 2OO yards through the roof and gable end Of !, blw
INTO the back yard against the fence-one arm torn Off anj
.agnehs 81 his carcass scattered over the trees w
Nelson Sd engineer, {. IN. c., killed. Arnanlt ! ,v,nI
Photmsslns VIM: Wall, pilot, killed. John Ps,exon
Pool %i co aus sca'aea, though likely to recover. Gabriel
maid saved unhurt. Stewards all killed or missing IT,
Or Or mT OUH krlea' and one wounded. Eight fremen killed,
OF missing -Four deck hands killed or MISSING.
IL may be well enough here to state, that All ,boso ~.
nave put down as missing are doubtless dead. a = cvsrv
in vain. O'e' bodies
decently. ' "ei inferred
The watchman,a white man, was thrown aIv. Inn ..-..
through the solid wall Of Bacon's Hotel into = ~ HNH
famed his senses perfectly for some time after I'm, ,ba -
fellow expired during the evening. mt P'o'
Inc cabin boy was thrown about two br,5-I -
through the roof OF a shed, and was picked nm in = m.naI.L
condition. = III amangied
Father-From the Bayou sara Ledger of "Wednesday.
Eight dead bodies have been found. Ev.,v sar...
eogid be rendered to suffering humanity was ebeeyf,rv v;i
ded by our citizens. e"eHuH vel
inns awful and heartrending catastrophe , ,,,s,d.,
Srn circumstances which bcsgured description. We . n
ly mention a few facts and leave the baIonce - -. ~
alton of the reader. " 'e Hhasin-
0e Sl lhe sufferers was thrown 4 distance of about tire.
iino 49, yaros' ms BODY striking the house occupied by our
I1e ooNeSgue, Dr.. Jones, tearing away a portion os o..
aU%' a passing out through the weather boarding. AZ the
$500 nv me ue yard where 1t was found, presenting a most
s"OeAhS appearance, another was thrown over o,o 81.
neary an equal distance, and so mudlated as TO be scorrsIy
1FtosMIgu, d hhd was hurled through a window into ON.
y our Puohc houses, and lodged on a bed. fpIlv - -
u.s. YARDS distant from the boat-yet this man survived .
&c. "HS % and a fourth was cast about the same dis,snce
and tel. dead upon the levee. sane
"eioioear further remarks, and hope it may never fall
10 u lot again to witness a like disaster. '
MI. Thomas, a grocer of Bayou Sara; had I'm, ;rs, b.