The St. Landry whig., 1845-07-10
gosrible steamboat Disaster.

Yesterday afternoon, about 4 O'clock, rs the steamer
Marquette, Capt, E. a. Turpin, bound far CINCINNATI
was leaving the Levee, at the foot of G,avier street
both of her boilers bursted, with a tremeadQf is report
tearing into fragments her boiler deck, Sn4 cabin as
far aft as the wheel house on the iarhoa9l side, and
throwing her chimneys INTO the river, and Moving in
to the air her boilers and every thing above them, and
killing and wounding between 30 and 40 ST the pas
sengers and crew. Immediately after the explosion,
the boat sunk to her guards at the bow, and over the
floor Of the ladies' cabin at the stern, AL tho moment
of the explosion, Capt. Turpin had just given the word
to g~o-ahead, and was walking aft on the hurricane deck
to see that her astern was clear, when after one or two
revolutions of the wheels, he was thrown about ten feet
in the air, and fell on the deck about the same distance
aft, escaping with u slight bruise on the leg. The pi-
lot at the wheel, Mr.. Ostander, was blown, II il stated,
over 100 feet in the air, and fell upon the deck Of the
steamer Ydzoo City, lying alongside, at ths Levce,
iislocating one Of his hip joints.
The number of persons standing on the boiles-deck
is yariously estimated at from 10 to is, among whom
were several cabin passengers-they were oil Alswn to
the height of $50 or 200 feet in the air some with the r
limbs rent asunder, and all ofthem falling into the ri
yer without exhibiting any signs of life and sinking to
the bottom instantly. The clerk and baF-keeper were
in their rooms, which were blown oyerboaEd-their boz
dies have not yet been discovered.
The number OF deck passengers and 0f The crew kill
led, wounded and missing, is, as near as we can as
certain, between 25 and 30. The scene presented on
the lower dock WIS Of the most hearterending descrip-
ton. In one place laylA body with hesasevered from
ii; another with both sgs torn of sbexe the knees
some with frightful wouEda and gashea Npon their heads
and lmbs--others withkut scarcely d particle of skin
on their bodies, from thelstfects of the steam and scald.
ing water. Alad sotnot Is years ofaMe, was thrown
upon the Levee with both legs broken anA badly scald-
ed. A deck hand, by the name of Jones Colenlan, was
also thrown upon the Levee, with b1Fh legs blown off,
end expired III a few moments.
AS soon as practicable, boats were taken alongside
ofthe wreck and the surviving passenesrs brought on
shore, and the wounded s~uffegegs @ent to the Charity
Hospital.
The ioslpwing. as ar a. could learn, is a list Of
those dcad, missing sud Wnutaad.
DgAp-Sameeg Hat Bt engineer, died upon dr.
riust al The HoepifaN apea Coleman, deck hand,
data lega btapa AZ sphite man, name unkno,on.
sAo disa Pr MY sss he Hospital: A deck hand,
MissisosA Il Id, elsrk, and John orriek, bar.
&esBeF AaEA a@ Peterborough, Ala. Possell, piLOt,
Ma2 ENS Bud engineer.
Scsnn W0uNDED =Wiuidm b. Daniels, II
a.AssesAs Sssg asdiy scataed Johs Hqsei.
satigsRzss n Il leg broken and badly scaldcd -
yehn X 8slaanss ribs broken and badly ecdlded An
arsae FiVy esfpenfers Ne1 Orleans, soife and tho chill
asa teds ROUNDED on the hsad, though not dan.
ssEeealY 1Ss sDYs a0oundsd ia The arm and sligktlv
ssslast Aea t9th the children badly scslded Chris-
tQHAeE Gae4a9ni III Frdaee, slightly scaIded. Fran
fas bsgAaiee s fssges. bounded IL the kead-aot
daageteusg HsPaafd Ds6arae, bon, OF Indiana, bad.
n aealasd 16hA GfdgAA1l 6ag, leg broken and bdd-
" nslded-asggsyaRs Joka Milton, Of Ne,o Aiba-
ny, {Ia9 tadig sealded WifsssSm Ramsav, Of Aiaba-
nsa, iDaaRdsd on tas Head and stseklV sealaed !: Neal
Harkias, 81 Nrelaad, ssesFsly hass a@ ia shoulder -
Hanntoas. third cagfnear, Sfdps ercapk Hnfpfs, se-
gosty sestdsd Three persons. naiass aekaosen, bad.
u scatded Tee abcce saoaaded, tsers cQeeegfa TO
he Charity Hospstat-fks gYsutsy perfioN 81 tken 9e
aet expected 20 rseoeers Mrs. MeCord, Afss ESdsa
Page, Mass Sarah SriitA and Mrs. Harriet Coak, al
of Mobile and Mrs. Elaira Lacy, Of csnefnnaE. sab.
"a passengers, escaped aainjared.
Tho Marquette was q two boiler boat and had been
running during the past winter from Mobile up the All.
ALBANIA river, in the cotton trade. She was about i
yeas old, and her boilers were supplied with aEvans
patent safety valves" Her owners, Capt. Turpin and
Capt Thomas Adams, state that she is not injured iii
her hull. The only freight on board was a few barrels
of tar and casks OF liquiF. The wreck, which, from
its ~haoyancy foated, was towed across to the ship
yard, last evening, by tho steamers South Western
and Genesa. The Coroner, last evening, held an in.
quest, At the yard of the Baronne street Prison, upon
the bodies Of James Coleman and a man, (name I'M
known,l two of the victims of this disastrous accident.
bee, I'd inst.