Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-06
nxslosion Of the steamer Lexington,

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The boilers OF the steamer Lexington exploded
nsSt The town. 81 Roheal ndAha, 100 miles below
Loaistille. No one was m al The time, save,
those on t6ewate6. The Journal says the In.
spssJots had sIStA.hOllee 10 lie owners, that she
would not be permitted 70 nun Stlet his season,
and acting on this hint they sold he'll She wasa-
mosl years old.
The Courier gives The following additional par.
ticuafs; teyF
CAPTAIN Thfoop, who was Terribly burnt went
back 10 81, Louis accompanied by his male, John
Johnson, first engineer, Mt. Davidson, The cIetk,
and aaluUef oftas eablnotek, on the baltimore
The boSl turned bottom upwatl, and sunk near
steplIenspotl. The secoItl msie was slarGing
near The forward biltS al The lime oil the explosion
and lie ftstthng lie knew lie caught ihe captain
in'his arms The laltetwa on the hurricane roof
lhe moment beiote. Several Of Tue passengers
who were saved, including Capt. y. White, who
arrived on the Given, knew nothing Of the disas-
ter until they found themselves IN tho river, In
their night dress, among le floating portions Of lie
wreck. How they were saved, OF M what man
neT they teached the shore, was equally mysle'
~ A passenger asleep In an upper berth was
saved, and tho one In on under bttll Of ile same
room Killed, ..- y
The second engineer Willis, who was on watch
was killed, and bis assistant saved. The second
clerk and an assistant bar keeper were killed, and
Two ifemen, names moi known, burnt 10 dealh In
The hunks Two passengers, who got on the boat
Of Slnilhlanb, were killed. One Of them was a
gentleman about 80 Yeas OF age, medium size,
with brown hair and sandy goatee. Mr.. Wiley
Johnston, OF Madison, had his leg broken, altl re-
Il. al IIa Ink.A In
son on the Sirader a German deck hand, and
colorel man who lived back Of New Albany, died
on lhe D. A, Given. All The ladies', Ghiliren, and
passengers in The after part Of The boat were saved
unhutt. One CT two dead bodies, and portions Of
The wreck were mel by The lioinbow, IS niles be.
low The disaster.
1,uieT papers give The following list ofthe killed,
missing, wounded md escaped;
KiLLgD.-flenfy Lewis, Samuel l.Owefy, (col-
ored), two brothers tHome not KNOWN got on board
nj Smtthlanh, supposed 10 be from GeOfsn, one
killed and The other missing
SG.--Jamcs Miller led clerk, Nashville,
Tenn.), Willis led enpneetl, MrFsirchill, tlaines
tcarpenler), Phillips Liberty, MOI, Jnhn Taylor
icolored), Baldwin (CooIeh, New Albany, tar.
fison New Albany, one Of Tue GeorsIans above
mentioned.
WcusuEp.-C Colonel IInyles, Louisville, slightly
ThoS. Payne, Cinclnhall, uo.i 'ihOmaS + dlOSoh,
ftst mate, Switzerland, no.; +. G. Davidson, first
clerk, Padncah, 10; Sneud String, pilot, Nashville,
do; ]. B. Johnston, first engineer, DOL D. Harris.
Cincinnati, do; HAIRY, New Albany, badly sralJel
~. NJ. Gardiner, Kings Landing, KY, severely
burned; y. Flinn, Auburn. NY, slightly wound.
ed. ]. Il. freeman, 'cOlOre1,) New Albany, wonn'
dpd, l.. B. johnson, 81. Louis, do; 4. lladger
nilot, ST. Louis badly scalled W.P Johnston,
Madison, lex broken anil badly bruiseLi Y. Ryan,
81. Louis, slightly wounded; Cant. Thos. White,
Louisville, badly hItr Capt. J, ThtoOp, very
badly Sculiled, Mr.. AlcEroY, Leblnou, Kentucky,
3Iisllyscallel, J. Hall, Libey No., badly wOlln'.
jed; Charles Squires, DO.
Escaped Udinjmtd. Duncan, Louis
vile, ]. Barnard, Va; J. EameS, POfllnn'li U.
Grow, Porl tmonlh, Ohio; MI Till, J. BaltreSe,
J. HUDSON, ]. vaugIen, 81. Louis, ". Glindley,
New Albany, Daniel Purcell, Cincinnati, VIM.
ErjG, Ohio, a. Bradford, Y, J. Ferguson. 7.
lholes, r. Craskey,J. Bids, J. VIM, MIS-. Mary
Weltnn. child and nntse, 81, Louis, las. Gardner,
IT,, Kings Munhing, KY; Miss Harris. Dayton,
Ohio; MIS-. Jane Watkins, Clay co., Mot hts
! Handy, lIunolsbuIp, Ky.j Lcthin Barton, cham
betmail; p. W. Mcdonald, New 0rleansi WIN.
n. CLARK; George Il. Griffin, New York: R. WI.
lard, Cincinnntj Christopher DictellY, BallimoTej
Welsh and Tony, itemen,
! The UcCiIent occurred uear The town Of Home.