New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-09
Steamboat ENplos iOn-Great Loss of Life

Steamboat ENpiOs ion-Grcat Loss OF Life.
From the Shawuetowu lIll) Argus-Eslrs, Sept. D.
Il IS our melancholy duty TO record one
OF the most shocking and dreadful disasters thai We
ever witnessed.
The steamboat James Jackson, Captain Patterson,
on hoI downward trip, from Louisville TO Cairo,
heavily laden and crowded with passengers, touched
1t our wharf this morning at o'clock 10 discharge
some freight, and take Oh few passengers After
remaining at the wharf for some ume she rounded
out and lust reached the lower end of our town,
when the boilers exploded, scattering death and de-
structiOn III every direction.
We have no means OF aScertalning the extent of
the destruction Of human life, but from the crowded
condition of the passengers, and the few who nave
been saved from the dreadful wreck, the loss must
have been immense.
The steamer Cumberland Valley was a shor, dis
lance ahead OF the James Jackson, when the dIsas-
ter occurred she Immediately turned back, and
rendered all the assistance in her power 10 the sur
WING sufferers Too much praise cannot be awarded
to her eentemany officers and their gallant crew.
Mr. COckEel's Hose Boat was IN prompt reQuisillon,
aud Oh good service IN saving the sufferers, and
CONVEYING them up to the wharf.
Our cIlzoIs, OF all classes, sexes, and colors,
were N immediate attendance, rendering every as
siStsnce iu her power to amehorate The dreadful
CONDITION OF the sufferers. Mr. HaZens large hOte.
tcncored. graultOusly 10 the distressed and
suffering. BY lis Kind and hoSpllable proprietor, and
is row crowded with the wounded and dying oar
physicians all prompt and Efficient III their AZ
tenuon 10 The wounded strau gers. Ino shocking
disaster could not have occurred at any place where
the sufferers would have received more KIND and Ell
Gent attention, than has been bestowed upon them
by our humane and hoSpitable citizens.
We learn that many OF them have been taken 10
private houses, and are receiving every possible at
teDtiOn We witnessed some scenes OF peculiarly
distressing nature An old lady, Mrs. Green, sister
to Mr. Ellis. hOtel-keepeT of this place, and her
little son. who rad been here on VISIT embarked
aboard the Inflated steamer few moments before
the disaster to return 20 Their distant nome IN Texas
The LADY was instantly killed and her little son NOR
tally wounded. \ Mrs. Gemman, from Louisville,
was found dead, with a small child III her arms,
winch had shared the same fate. BIT We cannot de-
tail the horld scenes. The cabin ana machinery u
the boat IS a total wreck The hull was wed ashore
by he Cumberland Valley. We give below hsi Of
the killed and wounded as far as ascerained.
There Is doubtless great number of persons oSt
who viii never be found until the waters give NJ
then dead great many trunks containing papers,
clOthineS, &c, nave been taken from the wreck and
others rescued from the waterfall are taken care Oh
and are safe
Tisf Of hHes.-Capt Walker, Arkansas Capt.
Holmes Na;chez. Miss. Margaret Green. Austin,
Texas DR.. VIM Hood. Georgetown. Ky. Mr.. slSk,
residence III known Mary GerInan and enid, Lou
iSviile H.. Number of killed..
Wounded and Sc0ldtd. John Francis, Louisville,
badly scaded Philip Rhine Loulsylle, do. John
Germs Vera Cruz, scalGed tinanuei brown New
Orleans. do solomon Warren, (colored man, Lou
Svllle DO. Isaac Green. Austin Texas, badly 50 AID
ed Moses Gembra. Columbus. ONO. slightly 60 .
Austin Johnston, New Orleans, do. DO. Judy Cole
90. do. Eliza PITTS. Georgetown. Ky, (colored do
slightly scaldeG A. i. Siayey, Mississippi Co, Ar
kaI Sas wounded n the head An1Tew Southworth
Slsht.v bruised Stery klnoa!l, New-OreanS,
>6ghtly bruised VIM. Mitchell, lcoored man be-
longing 10 James 4. Mediation. otGeOrgeiown, hy.J
slightly bruised James Cross, Carroll County Miss ,
SLIGHTLY scalded Charles AlanaZe. Louisville, scad
al Joseph Harkins, Nachitoch Parish, La, scacea
Vim. Warren Lake Providence, La, bruised on the
head Isaac b. McCarkle, Jefferson, Miss, bruised
aud scslded Owen Ganeite, and Ellen G@rreiie'
PlaGuemine La. slightly bruised James Mciall9n
and Y y Mediation, Baton Rouge. La, badly scald-
"a :. C. Thcrnton, Savannah. Tenn, leg broken
An.old Lashloy, Kentucky Bend, Miss, badly olf1'
and scalded Robert Lashley. DO, slightly burned
p h Coburn. New-0rieans. slightly bruised ana
scaided Daniel Marshall. Nc Lane sborough Illinois,
badly bruised AMI scalded Or. Watson, (residence
unknown1 wounded III the back {. {. >hlc 4leloIu
Cation, Miss, do do. DR. NJ. {. Klein Nicks9,g9rs
Gan lake Providence, La slightly injured Or; \
{ Kane, do, do, leg injured. MsJ. ). } Niche
YazoO CITY, badly scalded Col. sie"lri; I'uls
lana, slightly uJuret-Totli number 81 "l-e1 ''i-
Hoypdsl IL.