The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-03
Terrible Accident Steamboat Explosion The
Lexington Blown Up!-The Captain Supposed to

Terrible Accident Steamboat Explosion THE
Lexington Blown Up!-The Captain Supposed to
be Lost
An extra from the Louisville Democrat Office,
received last night, brings the particulars of
the St. Louis and Louisville packet lexington,
between 8 and o'clock on the morning of the
30th ult, about five miles above Stephensport.
Her entire works forward of the hall were
blown away; the boat then took fire and burn
ed to the waters edge, and then turned bottom
up. Sktfs and fat boats put off from shore
as soon as possible, and succeeded in saving
considerable numbers.
! The d. A. Given was coming up, a short
distance behind her, and came in SIGHT in time
To see the burning wreck, and saved all she
could pick up. The J. G. Fremont came up
behind the Given, AID rendered all the assis-
lance that could possibly be given. The D.
A. Given succeeded in saving the baggage, to
great extent.
The Fremont brought up eight Of the pas
sengers, all badly wounded-among them, Mr..
John Bernard, of Louisville, who is very badly
hurt. Mr.. John r. Hall, from Liberty, Miss,
who was on his way To Lexington, Ky, 10
purchase some negroes and stock for his farm.
and who had with him some t,ru thousand dol
lars in IN 'ney, was also brought up on the Free
mont, and is very much hurt: one of his arms
is broken, and perhaps one rib. lie states that
the tilsl thing lie knew of the explosion he
felt that he was going up in the air IA his night
clothing. When he fell, he struck upon the
wreck, or he would have been drowned. His
money is all gone 10 the last cent, and he lies
in a critical condition.
Mr.. W. O Harkns Of Madison, Ind, also
came up. lie is badly hurt-his feet being
terribly mangled striker on the Lexington
was also among the cabin passengers of the
FremOnt-his hurts are rather slight. He
cannot give any account of the engineers, or
what became of then, and il is supposed they
were lost. Three white men came up on deck
two Of them very badly hurt. A colored
man, fireman, is very badly scalded, and his
back terribly cut no.
The chief clerk of the Lexington was saved,
but the books and papers were all lost. No
news could be had of Captain Throop, and il
is feared that he was killed. The steward was
also among the saved, as well as all the ladies
on board.
How many was killed is not known--the
number Of pa 'sengers not having been ascer-
tanned nor how many Of them and Of the crew
were saved. But il is supposed that several
were killed, either by lie explosion or in the
flames, or by drowning.
We could not hear what was the immediate
cause OF the explosion, or how il occurred; our
Informant could not tell.
The Ti1ses OF Sunday says Of the accident:
A passenger named John Bernard. Tennessee
pilot was brought up severely wounded. one Of
he cooks was len al NeW Albany, badly scsldedy-
Capt Thomas White, well known citizen a this
'luee, formerly commander Of llsie steamer called
he John NJ. Fsddeh. vas on board, and i among
he missing. Both the clerks the engineer and
cveEa Of the hremen have nos been found The
looks, papers, money, baggage, &c, have ali been
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