The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-22
49, oe,oN or TIE REDsToNE.

EXPLUSlON VI 80 49, =
The following from the C'ncinna'i t,a
,e,te Is The fullest account We have seen
y, the awful explosion Of the above 'a'"an
ned boat:
The Red Stone had lately commenced
running between this city and NIaa.so" o.
am iudependan, boat. She left Madison, Oh
Saturday a, IL NJ, and The only 'an1.nf
.he made before The explosion. was o. La''
rolton. She passed on TO Scots landing
Ior Crais's bar three miles above Carr'''on
an tho Kentucky side 10 take on . Passen
ger, Rev. Perry A. Scott. formerly d Gov
;no,on. While tho steamer was backlog
out from this landing, she had some dun
cuIly ia turning as the wind was blowing
ncr shoreward, and aboat one hundred icc'
from the landing the fearful explosion &C,
CURED d, The second revolution OF Inc en-
piucs--,hrce boilers exploded al the same
Instant. All the upper works OF the boa
for ward Of the ladies' cabin was blown y
atoms--,he hull swung round with tho cur
rent and immediately sunk at the bow, ~
twcn,y feet water, while the stern rested
on the shore. There were on board 81 The
time about sixty five passengers, OF whom
il is though, thirty five must have teen
killed.
There were but two lady passengers GU
board. beth Of whom, and the cabin maid,
we're saved, and bur slightly injured. =
Among the killed are the Rev. Mr.. Scott
fwho hid been on visit 10 his parents
who. with his sister, having just parted
with him, were standing on the shore and
saw him blown 10 fragmenls,) Mr.. Giohe,
editor l.awrenceburg Press. aud Mr.. NJ
ers foremun in the same otiice. Mr.. Or
body was horribly msngled, aud all The
hair scalded from his head. The first nnd
second engineers, sud all the tiremen were
killed Instantly.
Mr.. Soper, the first clerk who was standing
near the Office SAYS tho first iniim ttion "
the danger he had was being lifted up tniI
100 feet and falling into tho fiver, and
swan ashore; momen, after he heard >
cry of distress in The river few feet d.
taut. he swan OUT and rescued n drowning
person. This was the Captain, t'iaie,)
Who had enc d his legs broken. The Sc.
cond clerk was acciden,ly left Il, Madison
Tho pilots were badly injured. Cap.
Wrigh, brought Mr.. Langley, one Of fhem
up 70 Aurora; he had both legs broken
The other could not he moved, and il wns
probable TIN, he will moi recover.
The AWFUL force Of the explosion can h
4 = IL G. al
af one Of The boilers was blown half a mile
lacking five or six yards, from the wreck
Eleven bodies were blown into corntield
j, some distance from The water. Among
ihsm. those Of the frs, aud third engineer
The people Of Carrol,on and the sic'ai
II hurried to the scene. and twenty-five
dead bodies were Immediately borne 10 .
small farm house on top Of the hill which
rises back from the river and which was
converted into hospital. The inmates oi
this hose gava NJ tn ir rooms, bedding,
and every thing in their possession to the
suffering. The scene here heggars ali
description. The mangiod and ehasil,
corpses by the side Of the wounded ane
living, with inadequate medical aid aud
means for the care Of the latter, the floor q
The rooms covered deep with blood, this.
and the view OF the scattered and the awe
striker mnlii,udeon The shore below, made
up scene Of horror before which the il
tenscst paintings Of Sue aud Dickens pale
and grow dim.
The river fr some distance below Gar
rolton was strcwn with the fragments O
The boat, machinery, furniture and cloth
ing. Small pieces OF bedding and cloth
ing were found at the distance of yer,
nearly half mile hnck from The river
while the trees a!eng the shore we're litter
ed with the fragments Of the same aud oil
the wreck.
The lloosier State. which came along
soon after the catastrophe, rendered ever,
assistance and took on board fifteen Of the
wounded-and brough, them to this city
where the majority havo either homes OF
friends. One or Two were taken TO the
hospital.
The Redstone was not rnclng AT the
time with any other boat, but she WIS bur
rying in order to mike as good time o.
possible between this and M,dson.