, 1866-02-05
TIE STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.

| oeen glad to purchase from them at ,,Gs, kno,
how to appreciate the warnings of tn TIN,
On financial questions. J,R.R.
THE STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.
Explosion OF. the Missouri aud g1,am
ueinits Of the Terrible 4 analrx-Sccnc
-on EoaFd-TArliIin. Iucldeuts.
From tnc Louisville co11cs, Feb. IL
.,nes, m me ,.y Gsa5r yo;isI,ioy We detailed, BY on
gam oE w: terrible disaster to tue steamer M,.
scrri. The Dlesator, tapf. Donaldson. arr1ye,
ys ~ ona the scene
leans last Tuesday week, with light freight. b.
iasi Of passenEerr, tie tuost Of whom wese Dis G
nasfa hsf a. p ne en proceeded u The Obi
about nldnieht on Tuesday, "hrrs sbs reeeiYes etS
aoout ane dozen psskengcs:. all Of whom ars re-
Gseen river, nsar tie Kentucky shore, At o'cIocs
in !ile 1no.nlLg, The accident occurred,
Ihs AisEonn at The time Of The l,sas.er IA.
ea, Wa1a na t ~ isnSah o. the Dictator. hut on tht
tallg The Kentucky shore aud the Dictator keepiua
Up ahe lna1ana tlore, Win no excitement whateyci
rmohg me ot!eaFs g! either boat, and nothing lke
| ltGns twenty toar lon1s atler the Dictator. and
!2csng va: cut Of tho question. The oflieers d
% s1e ntsea oGat On wasSh faw ~ sven as'heard The
!hubGer, END tns concnssion waa 50 ereat b
| 10 make tho blood start to INC cars arlf eres IL
on ne dssks r. IT tGc p!etao. who thought .he
stunt of Inc explosion the Missouri began to smF.
anu passenger just aroused from his berth had onv
1'.ne 10 pull q: h'a pants and one boot, when iho
RhHf came IN on tl,e cabin floor. and be and ali the
nhef sutE1sot. bad to hurry 10 the hurricane deck
~ Ill Eas!e to se.c themselves from troWuiue and
G eptf M 4. sLsy IT. theis haesase, ing noih
dhe conservation aud coniasion which en.ued is
indet cihae1e, and but for the prosidcn:tsi prox
'mty o. 1hs n!e.atof, bpt very few Of dc hundreds
saEed. The Dictator hacked down nloncsde NJ tiIc
shattered eunktn wreck. and did not leave her mil
o snS sa9 ,hc wsrs
sracio1t cabins ottlie Dictator, iii Of whose officers
seemed 10 vic N1th each Other 1u thclr tfosupt as
slsianee nnd attentions. ::
The paseent crs supposed 10 be lost included
tnose wGo cane on bond At Mount Vernon, Union
,oWn nnu E'9nssllie. twelve or sixteen 10 number.
eut e. 1ne esnln ter was lost the clerk u not
paEtencczf a1e thought TO be lost, including Hr.
feters o. U"crsEoro. ky., wto Aad lot or HcIcht
en boafd-1otty barrels OF mo.asres and nfty-scs.n
connected ut1h thu Freednan,s Bureau; WtIh ii,
iemiiI, was saved: also Captain q. W. Stewart, Of
New wAsany .{ ~ lho survivors got op o. hairi.
cane FOOL. @hen they we're Testned By tho Dictator.
oil, OF c"ursc losing their baggage, The turyiyint
e1. 1ncczs ase LanIeue. shfoedcs and James CoT,,
snd 81 Ns Asss7y Syi,, 1s Latter vas terribly sd
other WIS also very badly hu=s a. we'll as acaIled.
Ihe details M Ct tue disaster are diaicul, to nar1ate
quick IS The iightntngs tlash. All The survivors ~
Tetc hIr!scd, crippled Of burned, and but ycryfx
fs Gsi'ed y tsa + H. Captain u5d was brnised1rom
injured. Que Of bis song, lhe pLot on watch, vas
terribly bruised and had a leg broken. AnotheT
ofoiher, Afihur Hnrf, although bralsed and an
I'm aas9sassd. vas ahie to BE- about as rsual a
bruises. The chief clerk, j. %, Nam. xns mich
'b1u!std shout ihs head arms an face but was aflo
sr. 1 a hs agt1es 1sn James
me- badly burned. The second male, i. =. Bu1eh,
lie was taken 10 Madzon, o. Tic s mali Iii 'boss. bv
: Charles Hamilton. the tarkeepef who cscapod
wholly nninjulct'.
ION the wreck, iaci9!lng passengers, oilcets and
e1e&, 81 stepped II Newhats. 1nd, fos physcana
tunerera, ard staying 4: The sccne Of the disaster
tnl.l e'esy ore va ken OF z thought b the
cleaalitlcs VII! rct exceed a. aEd that il w7l pro-
abl! &c less than CO; an the cabin crew, with tie
esesp'lons above namcd. wese tassd. pushnearjy
cTezy oAG Vas more OF lc6a Injured,
woCsDzn.
The foNow!?s mr. lac names Of The wounded:
Gnpf. j. J. unra, badly wounded.
!sea! tinra. pilot. leg broken.
oals s1s III! sfsd Ssss sssa ses11:a Elst arm broken
iienry Fleming, two ribs broken aud badly
t;S9 !:,ss CO.. blacksmith and second
:eee stAloedsE, !, second engineer, from New A.
5s.ees watkins: INT pilot. badly wounded.
Mu; Campbell, second tasksepcf, slightly
{. II. Wylick, watchn,an, badly vo1ndtd.
J.n. Aaiin, hrrt clerk, broken backbone md leg.
The The fo1loy Ing arc M Tie oamcs Of the lost:
j. W. Phillfpe. cu11ueer an witch. "
JOHN Guthrie, Eecund engineer. a. .
W Watson, second engineer. =
Franz Cod Ssiih, day va,chman. j;
Wm. brooks teoloEed1:.
Samuel Evans tcoiorCd). >.
NJ H. Peters, owenEboto. 49,,
Four lndtee, names not known.
SAVED.
The following ate among the sared:
q. ". oieNart. Jos. +. Pryor, j. l.. Fatont John
7. Eustc, \. t;altme!l. Thomas ". kin-ey, David
Gilmore, John O1lairan. /. Goodbucket, Charies
Hamilton, Wm.- Campbel. Andrew Fleming, pt-
ios a;s1, 5ses y. Aalin sst sff1 Arthur Hara .se-
ple1on-
: sonx ABOUT TIE WRECK.
!, Late last evening The Armada came down rom
The x1tek. but captain Dnsonchet was unable 10
everboard ard lost. Va Ind hoped thst. am!u l ths
hesp Of ruins Il might be dtscoT.fcd, that we could
pQHuen Ine nInes Qt lc1 passengers. In seafchiny
among the ruins, the ooay OF i mldla-aged lady
vas discovered and taken out Of The wnck.
From the location Of the body, II was tu1mlfed
that the lady was the wife OF GapI. unrd. she vn1
somewhat dlthgured, but Notwithstanding tb1s
Gentlenan nho had tesn her oetore deHh, exprcts-
ed himseli quite posl.ively as TO her identity.
was killed ilkiantaneously By piece Of timber or
splinter 9f The wreck which crlshed her skull and
aid ba5e heS bsain. She bad one or two bruises on
r.ngt-one Of them set with seren handsome Jewels,
which gentleman described to us as ruby emerald.
garnet, aMathyet, ruby and diamond bouquet OF
ieWels, Nho*e initials spelled the WORT regard"
asceriala The dc: cnpl.on 50 clearly. !
Tue hods Of this lady vas all that could b. dis
eo,eled a1aid me .nina. - Ihs Armada took oftns
rsc1orsra
.rro,o thu Nea s1tsr, r,,,.,
~. Ia. .s'on, m,tr..s 1s ssN aioaay LedeeH.l
Or lhlhps lliEe Co.. Of this city. and teputea to
&C nne o. ,ne tb ie oess most earslnl ano ssql
netr Of The Mis.opr and was on watch al ihe tine
,iia 1ne eapsosioh Ell; look place Mr James Coy, Of
to:s ~ i d5 Mas sh ssef and bad lsst tEed the water
second cocks. pc mad Tho gnuee suck IN his hand.
ara was Just about trying the other boilers, when
!.o efplossoin, took pace. Ae states that che was
.etstd u ths boiler. ana no d,fculty haa oe.'sra
"frhg ahoni thcm.
Mr. Lawrence Shredder, Of this city. Was the Sec
ona ergineer. and went OH watch some tWo hours
before Tho Incident oecurrrt. lie states that The
toers were IN excellent condition nheh be lee his
wall b, ard thaI they had not occasoncd the slight
est trunb1e or miscivine during he season. They
were t4buars, ard had bcea PIT 1nIo TIT boat at St
Louis during The Ia ter part ot last summer. 1t Ia
his opinion tnat Two Of The boilers exploded: He
he boat being cut in two near The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
biz b. ono oi he holle1s passing down tnrouFh de
hull; the keelson was torn out an to the 1udder-
Eost aud the deck floor vas torn up forward to the
4ureeasttc, and the uo:inr OF the forecate and the
eap TN and tacista0 ci fed away. This Would IN.
G.cate that one Of the boilers bloed ont fore and
af.. i, |
ME. Jnmcz Cox. tho striker, YRS blown back up- |
der The r,linucr ti,nbels anal dreadfaIy tcaldea.
lie states itat feeling no pan. and expecting The
rpptr works p{ the boat WouII aiI in and crush
IFS. be vert uyevfo1.ti a~1 swan nrcund 10 lie ]
splash eour, upoD which be Climbed, and themes
pas sld Up To tho hurricane root. How lie endured |
20 much In HI. d5caufuIly burnf condition is won
sscrIpl lie Is nov nj i1is mnther,a rasdence on