The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-16
The DAILY DISPATCH.
PARTICULARS OF THE EXPLOSION
oF THE STEAMBOAT GLENCOE AT
ST. LOIiIS =

PARTICULARS OF THE EXPLOSION
oF THE STEAMBOAT GLENCOE AT
ST. LOUIS.
On Saturday evening. saw. ~. 8, a,,;.
despatch OF Monday last, about eight clock.
the steamer Glencoe, Captain John Lee. ar.
rived here from New Orleans, heav;lv fre;sb,.
ed, and brought up at the foot Of Cbesup,
| street, and endeayored 10 effect d landing he.
tween the Georgia and the Cataract; the Aleck
Scott lying above the Georgia, and the Wes,-
ern World at the stem of the Glencoe. AT the
moment the hands were out on shore with the
bow-line to make herfast, two Of her boilers ex-
ploded with terrific, stunning force, that was
sensibly felt at distance of several squares.
| The entire upper portion of the Glencoe, for
ward of the Pilot house, was blown away,
which, with the chimneys, boilers, timber,
bricks, and freight, were thrown into one huge
chaotic heap on the deck by the jack staff,
rising to its full height and level nearly with
the hurricane deck at the stem over the ladies
cabin. In this wreck were human beings; how
many, never can be known. Forward, on the
deck, on the stairs, on the hurricane deck, on
the boiler deck, in the social hall. all forward,
| as Is the case always when boat is landing
people were standing, busily intent on the
scene, or running about on their business
vocations. Emigrants and deck passen-
gers crowdng by the boiers-their death
engines-to take their first look at the metro-
polls OF their new home of the far West, by
| the dusk uncertain light of the evening. MANY
of these, deck hands, steamboat runners, car
men, luggage men, passengers were buried in
the crushed fallen mass there. and as the flames
| soon curled and licked round IT, lighting itup
as vast funeral pile Of sacrifice, the poor
scorching, charring wretches could be seen
| stretching forth their hands through the blaze
for help, where no help could come. Fast
locked in the wreck, those that were not al.
ready unconscious, were hurrying to death, and
that without hope. 1t was sight to chilli the
blood. TO Danish sleep, and fill the mind with
horrid fancies.
| The Glencoe, directly after the explosion.
took fire, and was carried out by the current:
whether she was fast or not we are not advised
We were informed that she was iied and that
| Captain Swan of the Scott gave orders to cut
her Ioose. For this, however, we have no
| better authority than mere rumor. When fair
| ly in the current, the Glencoe floated down
| like fire ship, the flames feeding on their own
| intensity, and nearly enveloping her on her ar
| rival at Spruce street. Ii reminded US of an
| other unfortunate boat, the Edward Bates"
on similar fiery trail on the memorable 18th of
| May. On her passage down, those on board
| not injured, or who could crawl to the side,
were plainly to be seen supplicating for assist
ance, and as she lodged against the wood
boats, numbers rushed on item and fled the
agony of fiery death. Several Of the women
| were saved BY yawl. of which we shall have
| more TO say hereafter, and in a more fitting
place. The wood boats here caught fire and
| ignited the packed wood of the Levee, of which
| it is estimated, some three hundred cords
were destroyed. Twelve wood boats were
burned up, seven of them fully freighted From
| this position she soon swung off, and careenedl
down slowly to the head of the Island nearly
| opposite the gas works, where she sunk res
terday morning.
/ II is supposed that about 80 lives were lost.
The Glencoe had four boilers. Capt. Lee pur-
/ chased her this season, and had made four or
| FIVE trips. Her boilers were lately inspected
and certificate given TO her owners.
| The Rappites. lCommunists) of Economy,
Pa, are in trouble about their property. 1t
seems they were organized into soc iety in
Butler Co., Pa, in 1905, by George Rapp and
| his associates /; in 1914, they removed to Har-
mony, Ind; in 1928, they returned TO Pennsyl
vania and founded Economy. By their arti-
cIes Of agreement, revised for the last time in
1886, each member renounces all personal
property in the possession Of the Society, and
covenants that in case OF withdrawal from
membership, he will claim nothing as wages
or profits, or as his BY any manner Of right,
and that il shall be left altogether to the dis.
cretion of the Superintendent whether TO give
| him thing as donation, or not. Now, in
| 1882, difficulty took place in the Society, and
/ a portion Of its members seeded.
! They received from George Rapp, the Su-
perntendent, $105,00O, as a consideration for
their part of their common property, and with
- al. ItnI
burg. One oftheir leaders, Joshua Nachtrieh,
was expelled by George Rapp in June. 1876,
but before leaving, signed paper stating that
he had rithdrarn, and had received from
Rapp $500 as donation, according 10 the con-
/ tract with $40 for travelling expenses. He
seeking TO establish his claims and those acting
| with him, suit has been had, and the court
has decided that the withdrawal was bat a
| formality, and that no physical violence was
used in his election; he was virtually com.
| PEELED TO go by Rapp's commands, and decrees
such expulsion and such forfeiture cannot be
enforced in the present case against Nachrieb.
| Accordingly il is ordered that an account be
taken of oil the property Of the Society in The
year 1886, when the plaintiff left, as well az in
The year 1916, when he joined, and of the NUM-
| ber of persons entitled TO membership al each
period; an estimate is also to be made of the
fair value of the plaintiffs labor during the
| % years that he was attached to the Society,
| deducting all money paid and other property
4 taken by him at the time of his expulsion
| The property of the Society at the present
time has been estimated at Sc, ,000, 900.
A CURIOUS SUlT.-In The Marine Court OF
New York the assignees of Louis Emanuel
| susd the uncle OF Miss Levy, for the recove-
| ry OF lot Of furniture. Emanuel and the lady
were engaged 10 be married. and 10 antlcipa-
| e.f.1 ~ ehaf ovanf Mfen Il. houc III the Gtrni-