Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-05-07

f p s From the Detroit Advertiser.
Capt. Cores statement Of the Explosion Of
the Steamboat Wayne.
The Arrow came % yesterday st +. M.
with her flags al hall mast, having on board.
the body Of Mr.. freeman. ofthis city, killed
OF the Wayne. Capt. Gdre. of the Wayne
was also on board, and we give the substance
OF burriedly written statement concerning
the sad disaster, by himself "
The Wayne left Sandusky on Saturday.
the 27th April. about II o'clurk p M.--ev-
erything in apparently good cend,iod. We're
carrying from IS 10 30 lbs. Of steam. as The
engineer stated before his death. When OF
VermiIlioo,, about half pas, /, the Captain
had just laid down in his room whon the ex-
plosioo took place Two ofthe firemen. who
tried the wafer in The boilers not more than
thee minutes before the explosion, say there
was plenty Of water in them; and the cause
OF the explosion, as far ss is yet known.iss a
profound mystery. The boilers were made
by A. Waleou 81 Co, OF this city. last
year. Of heavy iron. aod were designed Tor
No. boilers in every respect. They were
thoroughly oveihauled and examined 10 the
spring. before she started
Mr.. Elmore w IS On OF the best engineers
on the Lake. and was sinployed az an extra
price Tor his superior skill and c're ss an en-
gineer. The Ell losion was one OF great iofce;
one OF The boilers was blown into the air, and
landed on the hurricane deck. All Of tho sur
viving passengers speak in the highest terms
OF praise of Capt. Cures conduct ON the fear
fnl occasion. The bed upon which he was
lying was shiyered into many pieces. and he
was considerably scsIded. but proyidestislly
escaped without very serious injuty.
The captain aud also Mr.. Edgcomb, The
mate, manifested great presence Of mind aud
coOlness. during the fearful scene Of uprosr
and confusion that followed. The crew num-
bered "a. The captain thinks there were
from 60 10 80 passengers on board, of which
there were saved of all, Of passengers aud
crew, about IS. All except one. that were
lost. were killed by the explosnn, aud mostly
blown from the hoat. Ode woman jumped
overheard aud was drowned after the explo.
sion. The captain soon saw that she was
sinking, and. going TO every pant OF the boat,
get the survivors all on the hurricane deck
He also picked up several bodies and placed
them on the upper deck.
The boa, soon went down, leaving the hur-
ricane deck sAoat. The captain and mate
took the small boat. and fowed for shore, 3
miles to secure help. Afier landing, the cap
tain went 10 Sand sly. bar unfortunately there
was no steamboat in The I'D. .bor, except on the
bar
Sail vessels were Immediately started, and
about daylight schooner was hailed. which
took the survivors 90 board. The Capt. :
warded great pIase 10 all the officers not kill
ed. OF wounded, in discharging their duty du
ring the scene--and especially Ia Mr.. Eddy
OF Cievelanh, for the active part in saving the
lives Of passengers. The Captain attaches
no blame IL any Of the officers or crew, as ha
knows of no one having neglected his duty.
IL is impossible To ascertain the exact num-
ber on board, the tiip sheets. or register Of
the names were lost. Our telegraph dispatch
es from Sandusky. at noon, puts the number
at 81 in all, hut the Captain thinks there were
from go to 90 passengers, which would make
the number lost from 60 TO TO- The Clerk.
perhaps, may know nearer about the number
of the passengers. The engineer, Mr.. FL
more, did not die until Sunday noon.
The following is list Of the crew saved.
James Edgcomb. Msie.
James Siarkweather, 81 do.
Anthony Maywill, do.
III Freeman.
III & VoIce, Clerk.
w Parsons. Potter.
-KimbaI, Cd do.
ChambefmaId; four firemen-twO scalded.
aud will probably recover.
Several Of the passengers and crew were
slightly scalded, and are al Sandusky, as com
Portable as they can be made Several OF the
dead bodies were sent TO Buffalo yesterday
morning, and others 10 their friends, where
they were known.
The Anthony Wayne was owned by
Charles Howard, Esq, of this city, and Capt.
Gore-the latter owning one fourth oi her
She was valued at S20,000, and insured in
part as follows:
North Wes'ern Insurance Com. $4,000
Columbus 5000
Lexington 5000
She had but little height on board. except
800 bbls. highwines and whiskey hom San
dusky. The Clerk had 5000 in money be-
longing To the Boat. in the safe, which was
iosi
The Wayne had been thoroughly over
hauled his spring, and everything was sup
posed TO be as perfect and safe as il could be
made. Her speed had been increased about
two miles an hour from last year.
Not more than an hour before Mr. How
ard received Eews ofthe explosion. he receiv-
ed a letter hom Capt Gore. written at San
dusky, speaking in highest terms Of srtisfat-
ton OF the Improvements winch Mad been
made in her from last year, and ofIhe adniira-
bic manner in which she worked.
These are substantially allthe facts that
we can gather at this time.
o. The following is the list of passeo-
gers killed and wounded, as reported in the
Sandusky papers.
KiLLED.-Myron Titus. Dayton, o.
f.. w. Hart, Perrysburgh, o., forrnerlry
ol Lower Ssndusky, q.
Wife and child Of John Ellis Fort Wayne.
Ind. came on board at 1oredo for Waterloo.
Canada West. Her cousins. two large sized
men with sandy hair, were with hei aud GO
ing 10 Builalo--all missing.
An English lady iiom ST. Louis. name IN
known going to Gall, c. W.-missing.
A son Of Archer Biackney, Two and a half
years old. drowned.