Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-01-13
We re-pabHsh The following this morning
In orler to throw it into our Weekly.
DREADFUL DISASTER.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE SFEA.
MEH BLUE RIDGE.


WENT OR THIRTY LIVES LOST
GREAT SuFFEEiNGS
II becomes our meiapcholy du,v to recorl
scene Of l'e mast aganlzlng ul,ure, and
one, The ike of which, we pray may never
happen 'iiD. II Is no lrss than the tnla.
drslrucjlrH. witt! the consequent loss OF lie.
pl The bursting oil her hoiie.s. OF the Kan
dwha packet, Blue Rl0GE il occurred on
Saturday night bout one O'clock. " hen about
tiree miles bet"W town-h.,ing lett our
WAR; OAK lev mlHi'tts before ON her trip
10 CtlclnnaU.
She o'eN DIP, while under way. with a
.fememious sNplosion. reducing 10 pelf CT
Nretk al 81 "a cdhn imnediatrly over h II
bon Is. IheLuIi fldated db ut a mile nd a
hail, and sunt, Irdvrag tie csbin "A ai-to
The top oil which such OF the passengers as
"er' SAVED reheated Tor security As last az,
possible they WIRE conveyed to the shore IN
| The yawi b., before they were all relieved
| from their perIOus situation Ine cabin had
Hoaled some slSnr t, hit miles. The Ias,en-
GERS were tdkento the larm houses ia The inn
mediate vlclulty. whlre every possible atten-
ton Was rtndtrtd 10 the suiiarers by tie hos.
plidoie uccUpan,.
Information q the disaster was imned-
ateiy sent 10 town. ana ID number OF Our cit
i]'hs lost u" tlne III repairing 10 the scene,
20 rend any assistance the, could,
1hr Captain, Wnl Samnntrs, OF tin, place
was one oil lie ast 10 leave the ure, *. al
thou, b quite severely wounded BY ID iractare
oi tn knee. 10 leave With him was Geo.
Beard, bar AteFr, and deck hand. Daniel
Sml'iI. both OF this place, and both oi whom
We're sadly distilled. Their suiierinss must
surely have been severe, as lie night was cold
with SNOW.
ihe owner u the boat, Us Puine. ESQ.
Was the lsi Gus 10 leave the floating " rccN,
amt indeed did not leave il untli he lad sdir-
y mour"d al eighteen creek, thus saving most
~ tue D'Sot9e witch The tXteut aud sudden-
ne>s "i 'htvApIosion had Compelled The pas
sen5tls 10 ltdNe III their state rooms
Many OF the Passengers amt crew, " no had
| escaped unhurt, were compelled TO swim a.
shore, aud thrn Wander III the cold, through
| Tue ileIus III search vi she,ter. Some were
ohe dhd two Guurs thus EXPOSED.
AS to lie Number lost We have moi been "a
Die 10 arrive tany very just conclusion. Say
hose Who know br>t, not over twculy. We
mink, from HE best Information we Can gath
rr. tiirre must have zen near seventy psy.
SON, on boar. We annex as iuil Isl of HE.
PAST gers and crew. be h lost aud saved, as
Ne have been abe 10 gr.her.
Jas Rutlner, hanouhe.
" b. kOuil, 10
Maj Eary, 5 A
"m =" hitleker, hi---dead,
Ddnlcl Gosilurn. hi.
isaac barker. IA
Vie h-rs aud sister, Ka
.'ir Stewart, vile and three children, Ka.-
NJ 'ther.ld -Idw, missing.
A. er> ToiIa +, iTuosITi9.
Mir ioaso ali daughter. Gin.
jos Brllon, Cin,--,nissiug.
3. uubrrI, Louisville.
Mr. Wright.
Samuel Langley, Galipolis
+ SAnn>. Gain o:i,-de,ti
Ueor-e Beard, Call ,Jotis, $called, and since
dead.
Jao Miller. Va.-missing, wife saved.
Mr. d 'ke, MAY
Mis- Porter aud thid, Galipoi,.
" " COrIathx, Ky.
) a Padlett, L,nchDarI. Va.
"a Ptaln Sunlmers Galnpoli,, Injured Slight
".
James Summers, 2 clerk, Gallipolis.
Albert Summers, waite 'Inan, badly scaided.
CIpiala James Pay ne, IA.
Nrl5ht. Aa.-bfdiv hurt
Riley tlnney, Isl P,oi, badly hurt.
!1eaf} Colt, 1t Euglneer
JOSIAH hOonlz, = anginetr.
7 Joan Bays, slightly scdIded and bruised
John Mays, Carpenter,
" Hedrick, Isl clerk,
VIM uantncr, deck hand,
Geo GARNER,
Samuel GirlneI,
a Carpenter, g
JOAN Carr, deck hand, badly scalded.
+ Carpenter, missing.
\. SJuveiam GallipoIis.
d. Smith, G4ltipolls eaily seal led, leg brok,
n nan iron Goose Creek, name not hnoali
missing.
john Mann, fireman, cold.
\ 6enuej,
L S,ul;, g
scott, liremdn-mlsslng.
y pd5e. coid-bsdiy scalded,
| i ~ nNt
- IA .t!hSted
i5ti. O.Is. lsL Cook.
GEO Gtdua.
CAainD rnlid.
! Incfe were Is deck passengers iate no
knOWI.
la ia. ABOVE list all are saved that are DO
marked .lyad or mIsain5
Iuc Leila, lus al II. Pleasant, immediate
~ re pared to ,Ae scene OF LIE disaster soJl
as she rclved Tie information, and Sunda
everin, O.ouoit 10 tnis place ali OF the woan
dtd AM ul-aulrd bu. mo.
Aloh1 The saur-, ii the vicinity of the tx
| plosion. Nere ioaud scattered truuks, boxes
hals, caps. coats, pants, &c, together witt
iar5. poruuns ol The "recn, all presenting
mos. m lucaoly sl5lt.
| Few OF The pa,acns+ro saved anything, hav
! IN 10 20 Js,lor Ii thaIr night clothes. finer
were six ,dIti,s GA board, ali ot whom wer
saved bdt Two.
rh. bo4tcausht fire twice, bat was happil,
speedily ou5Jord.
the stcond pilot, sleeping in his room, wa
/ IhrJNn GA shuIe, distance o. about On,
huhdrtd ,arts, AMI escaped win Dat sJn
sLaAt BRUISES. Ihe2t eItrN James Sumntts
was tAfoNn luto the rlver aud swain ashore
escap'ii5 wltaoal tie ieast scratch.
MIR. LAnglr! although unnjorrd by tn.
tXp.oslpn, Il. sailtr,, severely from lrozrl
| Ieet, t..l,is, *. lie swan ashore, ha ius
put hts HE pr-s:ryer IN fe9aisIuon 10 buoy
| hlnl a..
fneie were three horsss on board, one o
Nhica Was ioand on 81 re alter lhr explosion
| The other tWu mere missin5
The rX l,ioslnn was an ioubirdiy caused by
detective 0jil.r-, tug her Nith an iHsuill-
| cheney oil water. lus bollcls had been in
use mas years last iaiL
Il isa a-arl-sl Neniis business u record 5
sad cutaetroph", all Ne ar. giad when
our duty Is over. Weiopr IA iihe task NAV
never DC a. la pat u.oi Us.
A Natlke The Caledonia brought out
o"l} $1,000 IA specis, I'D not S23J, 1909 a,
pre'lu sly stated.