New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-30
Terrible steamboat Di,n.ter.
Erpicsion ct The Lucy WdIfsr-6O TO 80 ktA
ard ~ onudtd

ErpicSioH ot iac Lucy tdiSer-6O 10 ~ Killed
ara ll'onndtd
II will be seen bv the account below, taken iron,
the Louisville Courier Of Thursday, that another
frishtiu steamboat explosion, attended by great oss
OF life. has occurred the Ohio, and that among the
list OF killed and missing is Philip Wallis, Esq. for.
merlv OF this CITY, which we trust mss prove ero.
ncOUs. The account from INC CoufisE Is as tol'
low.
It IS with feeling, the uc and painful that ,eort
the following fearful disaster, an The o> Of 80 many valuable
mac mac ar Zt orsn resnsy crowds. w pasense -
When about or mies below New Albany and JuS before
sunset part of her machinery sa' out % order and TIE
engine >toppe! m ofdcf e. rsp2t l. he engaged
ma Nn the necessary repairs. The boilers got TOO ow and sbcQ;
,oe:s exploded h Tremendous violence. and ho'rbe and
Terrific effect The explosion wH' upward anG ha; pat Of
the boat above the boci> ~a 5l9w1 INTO os2rd' OF pec
ir, L : ,nl- boat Gopher, Captain l.. H. DGnhsa1
2O yards distant az he ''e OF ne Npos on tayi DIX
ham Immediately on tc >lft c'iE D'Sc N Ie "ae.
ani with h crew cudcni a ire ard ~ h power. To Inn
Nm, rtrba .of most of particulars lie informs ths
the Lucy Walker The middle o. ne rNcr ana such
was The force the explosion that paF o the boen and Of
inc> Oie was blown ny . yar.s. and tel with sGch
wascnt entirely N wo 5y piece Of the boiler. We hare
hea OF many such cart rcnGs and hcartscSenng incident
Walker was number ct who had been ihrows
into ;e river i,own He however saved the hives OF a's.
nG:1c them on h, boat with hooks Immelaiel, sfef lie
explosion, the aes CABIN took i'e ana before II had ss5
Il H.
the rrnarSabe CIRCUMSTANCE oi boat cNpcg= burning
>irk ing-all IN tie space Few umuta Inc Sc;cnn, ao
eycana. Uts the cual, aud those VINO were not Set
rcprc,r,e! A. haS lng been dl,tnsNn. and awful
We believe none o tine females bJnri were llurone,
however nsy haze been dUwGNl The books OF the boa,
were ,,tyt, and OF wall he mpoSS bic ever TO
certain the names NJ tine number OF ,o>c killed There "e
AT least ity or -I\y yrSon> killed am missing and fifteen
twenty wuuudc,i>omc seriously. Captain iluuani et nA
wounded New tlbauy. G o whom We're Kindly ana vel
cared by the hu,ptnhc and humane c1ei ni that town
Captain nnuhnu deserves the thanks OF the community ,o his
huinaur and .Dru> iI the lives OF, and -
Kindness and attention the sufferers lie stripped his bOai u
eycfl blanket. sheet and eycfy thing else Necessary V' lhe
comfort
Nj John ll,,on and Mr Hcn,y Bgbcc, passengers a
Lucy Walker deserve notice tu their cooncSs aud their Ell.
Gent cryrc, IN saving the y, ot downing persons The FOL
loving the ut tie dead. missing and wounded.
lar n we have been uhc To learn them.
hIleG and .HLSSiH..t,cn. !. w. Pcgram OF Richmond
Va: samuel NJ row,i Post. Office Agent o Lexington. ny
J X Cormick OF Virginia. Charles lonne, OF Louisville;
Philip Wallis formerly OF Baltimore kcbecca. daughter Of
J. Foster OF Creenvie, Va; James NandeTbeg, nt lols
vile: Mr. Hughes formerly OF lexington Ny: VI. Naock
of Ncw toany engineer p the steamboat MuXeppa; Nchos,
Ford formerly Of tins city DAVID Nann. The Captain: Mcss
krh, Pilot Second Mate Second Clerk Second Engineer,
hnr SceIcr a three desk hands unNnowr four neStO
Wc@adsi-W. Il. Becble yery badly hurt; Mr. Raine Of
Va do Fr, Engineer, do Capt. THOMPSON. plot, arm,
fractured; Nh Roberts of Phndcpha, slightly hunt
Il X supposed that John y. Johnson aud Richard Philip,
were on hoafd-i 80. they arc lost.
The boat owned by Capt NHnn of Arkansas, and
insured.