Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-12-06
The Late Terrible Disaster!


Yours, respectfully, Az.
The Late Terrible Disaster!
Full particulars Of the Explosion ofths Steamboat
Louisiana.
Yesterday morning we gave all that
could be gathered at the time, relative to
the almost overwhelming catastrophe that
has clothed our city in mourning, and made
desolate the hearts Of many of its citizens.
But the sad records has largely incr eased,
and in the mournful lists below, we pre-
sent full statement up to the present
time. The lists Of the missing is still very
incomplete; no register has been found
OF. the passengers Of the Inflated Louisiana,
and until the river gives up its dead, the
blank cannot b. filed! The emigrants
that thronged its deck have gone 10 that
lar of country from whence no traveller
returns. The bright eye of woman lies
dimmed beneath the weight of waters that
press upon it; the strong mans agony ha,
passed away in its embrace. Anxious
days, months-months-will be spent by
loved ones far away, and yet no words Of
Joyous welcome can ever fall upon the
dull, cold ear Of death. Fathers will bend
beneath the blow that is now flying, a
swift-winged messenger Of sorrow to the
homes that can know the Lost no more
mothers hearts will break for the idols
there so long enthroned; brothers will
bow in manly grief, and sisters pour out
the gushing tenderness Of their wealth Of
love, until the fading forms give sorrow
full earnest Of another victim.
Ihirty-six hours since, gay assem-
blage, clothed in bright hopes, gathered on
board Of the Louisiana. Where are they
now? And on whom does the awful res
possibility rest Of sending into eternity 50
many souls?
We are told that the origin of the ex-
plosion Is not known, and yet we know
that the first engineer was on shore, with
leave to join the boat at Lafayette and
that the second engineer must have been
absent from his post, from the fact that the
instant before the explosion he returned
to the engine, found that there was some-
thing wrong-cried out TO the mate to run
Tor his life, and saved his own by rapid
movement to the stern. Negligence the
most culpable is too plainly seen. The
boat was within few minutes of its de-
parture, when officers and crew should
have been doubly vigilant; and yet how
different from this are the facts shown.
The steamboat Storm, having just come
in from Louisville, had her lar6oard ex-
posed to the explosion and her upper
works were made complete wreck.
Death was hurled in the midst of her
passengers, with the giant force Of steam,
and they fell amidst the crashing timber
that overwhelmed them.
The Bostona, also lying alongside of the
Louisiana, shared the fate of the Storm,
her decks were strewed with the dead
and dying, and her cabin presented a
dreadful scene.
The crowd of persons upon the levee,
bidding farewell to kindred and friends,
also added their quota to the terrible work
mat IN an instant summoned two hundred
human beings 10 their last account.
"A number Of clerks of mercantile
houses were on board Of the boat receiy-
ing their bills Of ladiag, and their names,
as far as we could learn them, are in the
list OF the "missing"-a word that tells
their fate at the present hour. News-boys
eagerly purs ning their daily trade, became
early victims TO the dread destroyer, and
their humble homes are in mourning as
sincere as the residence Of the more ia
vored Of fortune. Grieflevsls all dis,inc-
l,ons-side by side we found yesterday
The penniless and the millionaire, search
ing among the bleeding mass of disfigured
corpses Their tears mingled together
words Of sympathy came from each.
We now proceed to give the sad details
conveyed in the lists of the killed, wound
I'd and missing.
h,lled.-Mrs. Robert Moody, Major B.
>: Edmondson, Of Missouri; DR. Thomas
VI. Williams, Peter Welsh, Simeon
" olfle, Capt. W. p. Brown, John Sulli-
'an, Horace Goldstein, ]. N. Craft, Dem
MS Abbott, John Handerhin, Richard
Aeily' Alfred Watson, pilot of the Louis
ana Joseph Clusman, j. H. Meyers, Ed.
ward Hubert, Levi Prescott, Capt. Rem.
clear Becker, VIM. G. Read, of Fulton.
NO.; Robert Devlin, Andrew Bell, pilot
= The Louisiana; John Hughes, Rowland
'ei', Jas. Gilmore, mate Of the Louisiana:
tobert McMackin, 1st clerk of the Louis. .
ana; Euan Knox, Louis, cabin bow:
ames Martin, DR.. E. J. Marsh, James ,
Atkinson, Richard Perry, Rich Caudon.
Died IN Charity Hospital. Kelly.
Fm. Riley. John Laws; clerk of the t
Bakery. 7
Decentralization Rea, both leo. !
roken, Mr. Rea, Mr. Horrell. severely c
Jured; Mr. Isaac Hart, very seriously
urt, S. Davis, Capt. Hopkins, of The '
|eamer Storm; Capt. Dustin, badly i
rounded R. Price, John Mason, slight. a
wounded the barber of the Storm. nm C
lated by the taking off Of one Of his hands $
the wrist; Henry Bingham and his wife II
Helena, Ark, seriously wounded, but l
1t of danger; Henry Livingston, slightly
jured; Edward McCarty, leg amputated; S
imeon Davis, seriously injured Mr. N
Volt, slightly injured Noah J. Ellis, a e
in T. Rea's Rotary Press or "
&c Elijah Cannon, brother Of Captain Of
annon, Of the Louisiana, severely iniu- ri
ID; Capt. Cannon, of the Louisiana S
'ghtly injured; Mr. Tyler; bar-keener d,
the Louisiana, dangerously wo,ndad re