, 1866-02-01
THE MISSOURI DISASTER,
Details of the Explosion The Heat
Sunk-Fearful Loss Of Life.
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DctAafT ot inc ELploA1on-Thea acAt
Sunk-Fearful Loss Of Life.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tnhune.J
CA1Ro, Jan. 81:
The steamer IaconY, which arrived from Louis.
vi1e, brings particulars Of tho loss o! the steamer
Missouri. bFef announcement Of which appeared
In The Associated rresB despaiehes yesterday.
The Missouri had large load Of pas, sngess tt
this port where M but about serenity le, and tool
osher routes She len Evansville between one ant
two oclock Tuesday morning, IN company With TIT
Dictator, but uol racing, As has been assered tht
Dictator making 10 pretcnsioua to compete witt
the Miteoud tn speed. About two o'clock, wher
neat the mouth Of Green river, her boiler exploded
the io1ec Of The explosion beng doNnward teaEine
the fote part OF the boat to pieces to the water'i
edge. she sunk IN few minutes IN deep water
posed.
The lumber Of persona on board 1t il impossible
70 s1ate Win any accuracy. Passenger who len
the oont Il Eyans!1lle ssss that At supper on the
at ass oa 'hs accident there WsFc tve i3dy passrn
snn se s'1e,1s fs o.' the Ti,e Of CAPTAIN M1 con
Et75, was about twenty. including sevc1 rrtn1ned
toldiets. One q: the female passengers .ras .
enEaeed F ie.caiDc. capt. Hnrd bid ID bis is wboe %
tamlly With him on the Missouri. One son ,yas
second CLERK one pilot. and the third was az lutcr-
eSn ah s b oas2 issn Ii sf s sss: s, Ct e ,as
Hu.t, who was received on board the Dictatof and
carried TO New Albany, Ind He is believed 10 b.
1s,aAS M a Injured % Sy lRha.ips steam The body Of
the only one fhnt had been recovered when the
1ason5 .e1 The place shese The Missouri sunk.
etruck her on the head, smashing In her skull The
hIst engineer, Phillips. was blown alI to pieces.
~ me engineers and 1femeu were Killed The
he peees ~ 1T liz e'sa sea H 1a
!5s ait;SaS VIA i5s boier sspioded ~ ssf' BE-
Silver Noon retcacd those who were eayed aud
tooE them 10 New b1rY, Ind where the wounded
Mere Vet, pEope5ly cared fot. A least one hundred
CINCINNATI. Jan. 31.-1he fteamez Missouri mad
one hundred and twenty persons on hoard, twenty
I'VE q whom were passcngers. The lstest intor1na-
one hundred. The Missouri vas Que Of the lsfre.t
passenger steamers on the river, valued ut one huu.
dred thousand do1lars.
&C. cssss111: G. ,,1.: Jan, s:Tns New Albany Ledger
MissooH this morning. bringing the eurviross,
.aa 5 uss sns bsay d faRa' iaaa Nile The Captain
lF1om the Cincinnati Commercial. Jan. ST.
,Iestcrday noon. despstches received from Evans.
s1ue sauounced the explosion Of the bollert aad
e1r 2. ths se and splendid steames Mis-
M Missouri Tas commanded hJ tsp,aln Jesse I.
Ahts A.s S1;n npd 1H1 Msss>.p anehp Company ~
pef1sps M & Gtnenn451. on the present favorable stage
gloom gS throu"hont 1hts city as the Officers
IL ~.s sfa ba hses ass'n:a n aarss e.
1sea and vas one Of The 1arcess AND mot splendid
.iprs Msesr. Admiral David Gibson c.pendtd
ose1 f1sa00o In her construction. and e0ld feF, to-
e wlth hsr G3ntor tae Hisei. ippi snd the
sstsss1ppt steamship Co!apaug. She was North
@1oG,Gt1 when destroyed, and ha. proved one of
s,ss me mot rsannc,snye Investments in tte1n.o1t
Fetn floating In The river above Evansville. wIihnut
living eoul On board. The Dictator, Capt v. u.
~at only ! sho:t distance ahead Il he N,seou-,
when she blew up. near the mouth OF Green rives
short distance a!ase Evansville, and cane along
taoe, 5sndeins au The asels,ance In her po Scr in
WRECK. Fortunately there wc1c rery few passcn-
eur On board. The 1rody Of the Captain & vile vas
, fGnnu m The tesas but the despaches eonact red
tons on boaId-one Arthur uurd, 1 CLERK, and
anoih9 son Hho was learning TO pilot cores
ponMd.ns. o. Writing from Cairo, says:
$'The Mtttour3 arrived ten hour< quicker than
any person anticipated. a. hnm the reports brought
Ep hy the Cunfineu'at and Dictator it wts pre.
snmed nhe wond be at least twenty -font hours be-
hand them Instead Of !hat, she arrived here Mon
tey morning At O'Clock. only @eren hour behind
them, and iandrd down At the coal pile. so that I
neser knew che Wit hel6 pnil she was gone, ~ the
only remained a trw mfnates."
We judge from the ahovb uotc. the M}<sar,,f prss
making her best time up the river aef the Djcntor
AID sllscr Moon when her boiler exploded. Shn
*as provided With tubular boilers which hare beer
haug dlFcarded lie A}seou.; Vas not insnnsd a ~
the 4 i II. 5. $. Co. taking Ill risks On bosis Of
1nst Hne. Il ! we'll kaonn, however that undes-
souri, bad vcTy light ergo her ftelcht for CnS,n,
oranges. @'' "