Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-01

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49, 49, eschsnesd fede5sL ptboden nom
visxsburg, The balance being rsfugees and
regular psssengers itOm various posntsdown
he eivtf. ?f9cssdln{ ] ewsn1s = i;osiss e
<t thecoal pile abdde 90 0c.Dck ln me
morning, and lsad lnade some eight cr ten
~ %''s ccc ~d ~ 56s siss ~ ns j IL.
Inc freight, tO0k iire In the vicinity. pfthe
engine, and In . short time - avas banned
10 The waters edge, and now lies IN sand
bar near1es6lemo1rk Landing, with n0ehing
visible b0t her CHARGED reillainee and her
Tl,ssesae eAhSwin8 the explosion was ter
elble aud heart rcnding In the extreme
llundrs'la Of pepple we're blown into the air,
and deacuoA0ng 'tntn tlSe water, anne dad,
some wAh beOaes nhlln, sdnlU scalted, were
horne under by the resistlcw current II the
great river, nevert d nse agnin. 6urvivDf-
ruo,eossnt The screams ~ thrilling With no
immediate succDf Il hand, tlse desperate ef
tor>s - psvs LIE were agonizing beyond pre-
cedtat.s Some blUA4 70 f}xil pieces " the
wreck, - df0w6 Ming men ching t0s(raws, md
sustained themselves for few moments, but
finally became exhausted and sunk. Only
abe best Of swlmmers, aided by frAgsnents 81
the wreck. were ernbhf w n;ach glis w0sls
md thepe talls rset1,gs until RESCUED By b0ati
.emt from the landing here u their assis
;Hnce There were about iifteen women and
children ab0ard, and ~ near ~ can be asccr
aimed, not more than two or three had beer
found Il tie hour when this accsDnnt wa
written. 6Oene IT the wrecked people wer,
horne by the current Ms FAR down as the lie
wee 1t this city. and this was the first iniin,a
ton ofiicvrs Of the bsats in pyrt received o
The terrible disaster A yawl was immcdi
siely sent out from the Marble City, and in I
lew minutes seventeen persons were pickles
nut Of the water and brought ashore. Nv.
we're afterwards found 81 Dging to the wheci
and they we're lsO saved
lJpon being brought 10 realization 81 The
calamity. TN. officers Of boats In port, under
,Otificsi,on OF Capt Senior, oil the river
nm nj tacatned up, aud in = short time were
~ the burning steamer. where hundreds III
ropIe were picked up and brought to this
anding, arriving about day light. They were
net by numbers IT citizens and ladies, who
supplied them with abundance Of dry cloth
ny from the Quarterniastsr's Department
md frOm various stores.
At this time II is impossible to give cor
rect staten cnt Of the cause Of the accident
md the number or names Oftlle lost nnd say
ID. Everything is In tue greatest confusion
sOwbcrry, first mate, was on watch, stand
ing in the pilot houss with Capt. Gets Cay
ON. wllU was ut the wheel nj the time VI tia
| explosion. He only remembers the shock
md tlIn he was blown into the air, and wa.
forwards taken from the water. lie saw
lie lower deck In flames and knows no more
lie can give no iica Ot the cause ut the acci
lent, aud says the boat was going at the or
iinary speed, and that all seemed well up ;,
lie moment the explosion occurred that the
scond engineer. u sober reliable man named
clemens, was ut the engines and that moth
ing more than common was In progress. =
APT Cayton was also hurled into the wreck
mong broken boilers and rubbish, sustain
my slight injuries lie Immediately jumped
overheard with door. by which lie was
..nnbled To reach the Arkansas shore. thee
niles below, where striking sapling HI
I ,cized AMI chung to it until saved Clemens
the engineer. was badly burned and scslldeti
md tan hardly recover
Mr.. John Foglenan, residing on the Ar
<ansas side, on being aroused BY the nols
md seeing the burning steamer, hastily con
structed u rude raft. and was the means @
= saving about 100 lives.
In the woods among the DRIFT Of the wrcc
he officers of the Rose Hamblcion found
amily bible containing the records Of u fam
ly named Spike, Of Assumption Parish, La
The names recorded are Samuel ID. Spik
ma ti'tiieA spike, married Oct. VI, 1881! I'm
ecord SHOWS that There were twelve IN Thu
family IL was subsequently learned that TIN
iatier, mother threc daughters, two or"tner
ma nelce were LOST Several o, inc o .".i ::
were recovered. ms iamiiy had $l''oOo IL
'o,d. all oil which was lost
Ihe steamer b"st"na NO. :, CAPT. WATSON
vas coming uown 'ne stream from oinc'n
ia' wheh tne explosion occurred, anu rem