Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-11-09
GREAT Loss OF LIFE.
NAMES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.


NAMES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
| The steamer IFm. L. Lery, Capt
Puckett, hence for Alexandra, wher
opposite College point, was hailed by
the steamer II. R. ". Hill, on Wednes
day nj ght at about II o'clock. The
Lery ran alongside and ascertained thai
the Hill was in distress, having ex-
ploded the third boiler from the lar
board side.
The Lery returned last evening, hav
ing in tow the Hill, when she landed
her at the foot Of Girod street.
At the time Of the explosion there
was head Of steam on varying from
one hundred and twenty to one hundred
and twenty-five pounds to the square
inch-the usual power-but owing tc
the fact that below Australia landing
the boat had run over stump, knock
ing hole in her hull, and no doubt
thereby affecting the boilers, this explo-
sion may be conjectured The engineer,
however, told us that the boiler head is
made of cast iron, and bears the mark
of an old crack in the rim where it was
severed from the main boiler.
The explosion is of a curious charac-
ter. The boiler head is driven out only
from the upper part, and doubled over
in its center, having the appearance of a
circular book cover half closed. When
the explosion took place the boiler
head was only partly bent over, con-
sequently the steam and water escaped
upwards in great force, and broke the
floor of the saloon and damaged some of
the staterooms. As the steam and wa
ter gained egress, the pressure against
the boiler head caused it to fall over as
already described, and then the steam
and water took a horizontal course,
dashlng in the greatest fury aft over the
cotton bales, where some forty-ive per-
sons, deck passengers and all hands, all
Irishmen, were sleeping.
From Mr.. Jonson, a passenger, we
learn that on Wednesday night at III
O'Clock the after head of the boiler
above described blew out, passing, with
its consents, (steam and water,) entirely
through the engine rooms, killing the
second engineer and the striker, both of
whom were on watch, and also killing
some thirty or forty deck hands and
passengers; also, badly wounding fifty
or sixty more.
None of the cabin passengers were in
jured except Mr.. Lohman, he having
his right hand slightly wounded.
The officers all escaped without in
jury.
The barber, G. W. scurry of Nash
vile, and Charles Hagger Of Nashville,
jumped overheard and were drowned.
Mr. Glidden Marks of New Albany,
was instantly killed. Henry Foster OF
Memphis was considerably scalded, but
not dangerously.
A young boy, name unknown, who
had jumped overheard, succeeded in
gaining the shore.
Mayor Monroe quickly, together with
| Lieut.. Jocques and body Of police,
were in attendance on the Hill last even
ing, in removing the wounded to the
hospital; also rendering all aid to those
whose precarious situations required iIp
mediate attention.
/ Nine wounded men were sent to the
Charity Hospital, three to Dr. Stone s
Inirmary, and two are still on board the
Hill, badly scalded.
1t was melancholy spectacle, to be-
hold the whole cabin of the Hill strewn
with the wounded, dead and dying, and
every person on board endeavoring to do
| I Io If Al.
unfortunate.
| Not female was hurt on board.
The dead bodies make an exhibition
beyond description, Each body was
stripped, placed on pallet, and laid
out Oh the saloon deck and covered with
sheets.
Some of the bodies are entirely
skinned, and present horrible sight
like highly colored Indians. Others are
stripped of skin in various parts, pre-.
sentins a fearful appearance.
1t is said that ceatain boat passed
the Hill at the time Of the accident, and
though the agonizing yeIls and piercing
shrieks of the dying and wounded could
be heard distance Of five or six miles
and the boat alluded to was even hailed
still she refused all assistance, as will
be seen by our river newsTeport.
Last night we visited the Charity
Hospital, and found that one of the
\ sufferers had breathed his iast-died in
: excessive agony.
The others in the hospital, some Of
whose names are ascertained to be John
Maily, Patrick Parle, John Hacket, are
doing as we'll as it is possible under
their painful condition; still, some Of
them may not live during the night.
The clerk of the H1l! rot having the
list of killed and wounded yet correctly
made out, requested US to wait theil
publication until this noon.
! The demage to tine 7RiH is trifine
compared with the loss s-ef life, and be
yond the boiler and the small damage tc
the saloon floor, she is scarcely injured