The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-11-03
Exp!o ion Of n Hudson River steam
er--seven Persons Killed aud Seyen-
teen Scaldpd,

Expio ion Of Hudson River Steam-
er--Seven Persons Killed aud Seyen-
teeu scaldpd.
Nrw YORK, Oct. 20 This morn.
ing, about 5:45 A. NJ, while abreast
of Twentieth street, North river, the
port boiler of the steamer st. John,
from Albany, exploded. Seven per
sons were killed. seventeen SCALED,
and one is missing. There were
only about one hundred persons on
board. so that the casualties arc not
so great os they would have Lcen du
ring the Snnmcr At the time of
the accident the engine WAS making
thirteen revolutions per minute, and
carrying pressure of steam VARYING
from twenty. six to twenty. eight
bounds, and is licensed for thirty.
live, but the safety valves are weight.
ed at thirty three pounds None of
the engineers can account for the ex.
Iplosion, and regard it as very mys
terious one, which can only be solved
lhy THOROUGH investigation. At the
time of the explosion there were two
firemen in the boiler room. One, a
FrcncImau, jnmpel overheard and
swan FOR shore, but it is supposed
lie vas d., wned The 9th 8 .aned
The steam, owing to the position and
character OF the explosion, which did
Mt affect the main deck so much a4
the main saloon deck One Of the
teck hands was severely burned on
the lower deck. The rent in tho
b';ler, which Is fortunately locate,l
on the guards, Is abort SIX feet long
anl three feet deep, leaving mn open
ing into which three or four men
could easily enter. Tile whole up.
per edge of tile sheet Is torn or -
The aperture iS OF n level with
the saloon deck and when the
esp oSion occurred the steam was
followed bv tuns of scilding water,
which passed through several state
rooms, and rolling ia torrent across
the deck, entered the state rooms on
the opposite side, aud in u few sec
ond@ the boiling water was at least
i've inches deep on tue floor. The
explosion also tore up the hurricane
'lcck. making splintere for long
distance around the gallery and state
rooms. Those that were DESTROYED
,clow were terribly shattered. The
large pillar in the center OF the sal
ron is perforated with large piece
pf iron. Rooms 126 in the main
saloon aud IL in the gallery on the
opposite siue of the saloon nhd over
20 feet from the place of explosion,
IRE shattered and drcnched with
water. Mr.. Hines, the baggage
master. narrowly escaped death -
rlic steam forced the bnlkheal Of
his room inward several inches. -
There were numerous very narrow
Escapes AS soon as the accident
happened the fcrrvboat, Morris,own,
went to the assistance OF the st.
John, and after some delay she was
brought to her berth, pier Al, North
river Medical assistance was i'm.
nediatelv secured Captain Peck
rnd Mr. Colgrove. the clerk. and all
The attaches of the boat did every.
thing in their power tp alleviate the
suiferingS OF the unforiunates. A.
soon as she came To the d,cks, the
police took possession and kept OF
the throlg The scene on board
was sd Forward ncar the eugine
room bulk head lay the dead, fl $ II
mother ana her two child en-; IA a
mother and chill. whose husband
and father lay ut the o.her cnl ,ftle
saloon, suffering tortures incXpress.
ible, next mo'her "hd wife By her
heat sat her husband He wa. alive,
81 was their child. He bad gone out
o. their room just before the eSpio.
sion occurred. A mrn lay in this
z oup Tho folio Wing are their
names: Mr. Brooks. of New York;
Mrs. Wallaber and two children,
tof Albany Mrs. Mrs. A cham
'h'y anl child, Of A b ny; Mrs
Jalia + Reynold Of Brooklyn. Mr.
aud Mrs. Archam' ~ ani child, oc,
cnpied room No l23, and Mrs. vii.
hber and children room NO. l2l -
The others occupied rooms immedi-
ately over. these The scalded we're
disposed of in another part OF the
saloon, and in two state rooms near