Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-04-20
Explosion of the Steamer Sam gaty.
FULL RT1CULARs.

tlCOiaIS Oi Ine fApiuSiOh VI the
steamer Sam Gaty, on the night of
the 10th, while on her way from
Louisville to st. Louis.
The new steamer Sam Gaty left
Louisville for st. Louis on her first
trip, ON Mondy evening last, Mt
eight o'clock, and at about six
o'clock, on Tuesday morning, when
near Cloverport, KY, she exploded
her starboard boiler, killing one
man, and badly-perbsps fatally
--injuring several others. We
subjoin a list of the persons injured
John Quin, fireman, of st Louis,
killed.
Thomas y. johnson, first clerk,
feet and hands badly scalded.
John Orr, fireman, scalded, sup
posed fatally
Col. Brooks, Of st. Louis, car
penter, scalded, it is feared fatal
~.
Ben Nick night, of st Louis first
engineer, scalded, feared fatally.
Bernard w Nadal. of Louis.
vile, passenger, hands slightly
scalded, also bruised.
Enoch Weathers, bar-keeper, Of
ST. Louis, hands and wrists slightly
injured
r. Cooke, of Louisville, second
clerk, slightly hunt.
Captain Baldwin, the comman-
der, was not hurt. Captain Charles
Blonnt, one of the owners, together
with his wife and two children,
were aboard, but not hurt. Miss
Maggie Rousiene, niece of the
Captain; II. Jones, wife and five
children; Mrs. Russell and three
children, of Kentucky; w. II. Cole,
of Louisville, and Mrs. Sims, of
st. Louis, passengers, were unin-
iured
A few minutes after the disaster
the Memphis packet Mcclellan,
bound down hove in sight, and
Captain Archer, with his usual
promptitude, Immediately proceed.
ed to the relief of the disabled
steamer and the sufferers from the
explosion. Shortly afterwards the
Soutberner, bound mp, hove in sight,
and Capt. Henry w. Smith. her
commander, and the Messrs. Smith,
clerks, rendered every assistance
in their power TO alleviate the sui.
ferings of the wounded. DR.. Pit
man, of Caseyville, KY, and DR. s.
g. Under, of Memphis, who were
passengers on the packet, were
prompt in rendering assistance to
the sufferers.
The passengers and crew of the
Gaty were transferred to the South
erner, and the disabled boat taken
in tow by, arriving here this morn
ing.
Capt Bedwin, with one of the
hands, took all the ladies' and chill.
dren on shore in yawl, whence
they were transferred TO the South.
crncr The passengers saved all
their valuables and baggage from
the wreck, but in damaged CON
dition. 1t is supposed by some
who were on board, that the boat
and boilers were struck by ligbtn-
ing, a storm prevailing at the time;
but as to the plausibility of this
theory we cannot speak.
Tho pilot, Mr.. Thomas s. Dood,
of this city, who was at the wheel,
made a very narrow escape. The
pilot-house fell in on one side in
slanting direction, completely in
closing him within the ruins. He
escaped, however, with only a few
slight bruises by kicking, while in
n PROSTATE condition. the glass out
of. the sash, and crawling out.
The fist engineer, Mr.. Mcknight,
was in his berth ut the time, and
also made n narrow escape, as his
room was blown away, and he let
down on the boiler deck.
The Gaty is an entirely new
boat, having just been completed
in Louisville (wherc she was built
out and OUT, and this vas her first
trip. She was built for the Mis-
souri, River trade, and especially
designed for Carrying freight. She
was owned by Captain Balwin,
her commander, Captain Charles
Blonnt, of st. Louis, and Mr.. Hen
ry Billings, of Louisville. The