The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-30

NEW YORK, Oct, 29.-This morning
ut about q quarter TO g O'clock vthife
/ abreast Of 2gth street, North river. Inc
| port boiler of the steamer 81. aIoIn1
nom All albany e4 p9oded. Seven persons
We're kiilled, ~ sca1ded and one Is miss
There were only about 100 persons
aboardy 50 tfatthe Casualit ties are not So
| great as they might have been.
AT the time Of the accident the en-
gtnes was making Is revelations pel
minute and carrying pressure OF
81 ann varying from "a 70 % lbs, and
is LICENSED for IS, but the safety valves
are weighted at So lbs. 5f.9 AZ
None OF the engineers can account
for the explosion and regard 1t as very
mysterious which can only be solved
iPy. 9 th1ol29gh tnyestt gation. n
AT the time of the explosion there
were two dremen in the boiler room.
one ofGwhom was n FrenChman, name
unknown, who jumped over board and
SWAN for shore, hut It Is supposed was
drowned. The other escaped. 80
The steanls owing to the position and
character of the eXp l0sion, did not 'ef-
feet the main deck as much as the main
saloon deck. One OF. the deck hands
was seriously burned on the lower deck
The scud or the bailor, which is fortu-
nstely located on the guards, Is about
six teet long and three feet deen.i leaV-
ing an opening into which three orIfonr
men could easily enter. Thewhole up
per edge OF the sheet is torn OF. and the
qparture is on a line with the saloon
deck. I,.arfsis siJif .fi.Eii.17T :. - -
When the explosion occurred tuns of
|scaldtng water passed through several
state rooms and rolling In Il forrpilt
across the deck, entered the state rooms
on the opposite side, md in few sec
onds the BOILING water was Mt least five
teet deep on the deck. The explosion
also tore up the the hurricane deck
making n splnters for a 6s.i long
distance around. Tho gallery and state
rooms over these that were des-
troyed below, were totally shattered,
The large pillar in the centre of tho sa-
loon Is perforated with d large piece Of
iron. Rooms No. 100 and No. ~, iII,tle
galleries. on the opposite side OF. the
saloon and over twenty feet from the
place of the explosion, are shattered
and drenChed with water. = is-1 .al5 ~
Mr.. Hines, the baggage master, mr.
Eowly escaped death. The steam forced
the bulkhead OF his room inward SOW
Fetal lnches. There were numerous
very narrow escapes. ,Vlsl5 ssEF af,TsIsz
AS soon as tho accident happened. the
ferry boat MOrristown went to the as
Isistance Of the st. Johns, md amer
some delay, was brought to her berth.
pier Al North River. ~ I'd y
Medical assistance were Immediately
secured. Capt. Peck and Mr.. CoIgrove
the clerk, and all the attacliecs OF
the boat did everything in their
power to alleviate the suffering of the
unfortunate.
As soon as she came 10. the dock the
police took possession Of her and kent
off the thpong. The sceno on board
was sads orinear the engine room bulk
head lay the dead. First, u mother and
her two children; next, a mother and
child whose husband and father lay at
the other end of the saloon suffering
fortunes indispensable; next, a mother
and wife2by her head sat her
husband, He was alive, so was
their child. he had como out Of
occurred Aman also lay in this group.
The following are their names: Mr..
Brooks of N. Y, Mrs. Wallnbnr md
two children of Albany, Mrs, Archntli-
bly, and child OF; Albany, Mrs Julia ID.
Reynolds of Brooklyn. Mr.. and Mrs.
ArchRmbly and child occupied room
III, and Mrs. Wallabar and child room
12l. The others occupied rooms imme-
diately over these. The scalded were
disposed of in other parts of the saloon
and state rooms. Near by 16 lay group
ed around. The following are their
names: Mr.. Scarle the Baggngelnnster
can scarcely live; Mr.. Arctambly, Sc
riously; r: Lyons and wife, Yorliville,
seriously; Mr.Lyons can hardly recover;
IS. w. Northrup of Albany, severely; l..
Zaren of Batavia, slightly; j. w. Gun
ninghnm of N. Y, his wife and two lit
tie daughters had all their feet scalded;
9. n. Sarlspough and wife, of Rome,
feet badly scanded; Mr.. Coyle of Alba
ny slightly; ii. Dudley OF Brooklyn,
slight -; Mr., Caldwell of Albany, slight.
~; John Anderson of the steamer st.
Johns scalded; Mary Mcdonald of the
merStaJohn's feet scalded.