The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-07-22
Tho Steamboat Explosion near New Or
leans--Further Particulars.

Tho Steamboat Explosion near New Or
Ieans--Further Partic culars.
The New Orleans papers contain the particu-
lars of the explosion of the steamer st. James
on the 5th instant, on her return from the wat
ering- places with 4th of July party, number
ing about seventy, exclusive of a crew of thirty.
The explosion occurred between two and three
o'clock in the morning, when all the passengers
were asleep. Many who escaped death from
the steam were crushed by the fall Of the boil
ers and machinery, which were made complete
wreck 1t is supposed that about twenty were
killed and as many scalded.
KILLEb.-Judge Isaaic T. Preston, a native
of Virginia, and brother of Hon. William G..
Preston, of South Carolina Mr.. Richard Turn
er, late commissionary of the fourth ward, sec
ond municipality j. NJ. Wolf, member of the
bar John Molloy; Nicholas Read, member of
prtection Fire Company, No. 10; Mr.. Shed, of
the United States branch mint James NJ Jones'
mate of the boat the watchman of the boat a
servant of DR.. Permission boy ofCaptain Tuft
Mr.. Paul, engineer; free colored boy, name
unknown; John, "a colored man, second stew
ard of the boat Mrs. Asher, her daughter Jagged
about sixteen) and two young celdren; Robert
died since Henry Clay Bolton, "a native of VIII
mington, Delaware since dead. Mr.. Gachet
Delisle, who got on board the st. James at Bay
st. Louis is supposed to be be lost.
MIssNG.-John Mcneil, clerk in the firm of
McGhee & Kneas; Henry Maxwell, assistant in
the office of the tax-collectors of the first dis
trict; Grace Featherson, a little girl eight years
of age, from Louisville, Kentucky, under Mrs.
Asher's care; J. F. Gomez, cotton-weigher, sup
posed to be lost; Mr.. GIFTS, supposed to be lost;
Mr. Welsh, Of Shreveport
SCALDED.-Captain Wright, owner of the boat,
and Oliver Ront, engineer, severely Col. H. w.
Palfrey, slightly; VIM. Cyllins, engineer, badly;
Frank Bolton, scalded and wounded; James
Bell, SEN. clerk, scalded Captain Clarke, woun-
ded J. a. Webb, John c. Jones, and several
others, slightly.
1t is stated that Captain Clarke, who was a
sleep at the time of the explosion, rushed on
deck, and, with Samuel Henderson, the pilot of
the boat, took possession of the yawl, and, kee-
ping back the crowd who were rushing to it.
handed on board Mrs. Asher andsher three chill
dren, Mrs. Shed and another lady who were
near by, and Robert Smith, (steersman,) who
had his arm broken. The yawl put out, but,
unfortunately, struck by the California a
mother steamer which was just ahead of the st.
James when the explosion occurred, as she came
up, and was upset, and those on board except
Mr. Shed, were drowned.
Capt. Clarke's two little sons and a son of Mr..
J. NJ. Wolf jumped overheard and swan to the
California, and were picked up. 1t is said that
young VOLTA boy of some nine or ten years
being in his night-clothes, had the GOODNESS to
hang his clothes on a stick before he jumped o.
verboard, and thus took them with him, and
that as he was picked up he secured his gar
ments, and on getting on board the California
leisurely dressed himself. His father who could
not be prevailed upon to jump overheard, was
lost.