New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-13


Charles were together and were racing at the
time the explosion took place. The Lyte had got
into shOal water, and had stopped the arbONrd
engine, and the St. Charles had passed her short
distance, and Just as the signal was given to go
ahead onthe larhoard engine, the boilers exploded
The force of the explosion was sideways, and up
wards, from forward of the wheeh0uses to the
office tearing off the upper decks and pilot house,
and making complete wreck of the boat 1t is
impossible at this time to form correct estimate
of the number lost. 1t is generally estimated at
from fifteen to twenty, though some estimates are
higher than either of the above. We give below
a partial list OF The Killed and wounded, and OF
some that are known to he among the saved
Capt. Goodman, killed. lie was in his room
asleep at the time, and expired in a few moments
after he was taken on board of the ST. Charles
Charles Miller, assistant engineer, who was on
watch at the time, is supposed to have been lost
Passengers by the Gypsy report having seen six
dead bodies on the guards of the St. Charles.
VIM Miller, engineer, badly scalled; and Willis
Adams, colored cabin boy, wounded in the hack
of Ihe neck by o piece of iron and considerably
burned, were brought down on the Gypsy The
second engineer, Henry Evans, badly scaldcd, was
taken to Cincinnati on the St, Charles. Charles
Reese, first mate, badly scalded; one of the bar
keepers (uame unkuown) badly scalded: VIM.
Moore, deck hand, badly scalded; Norman Bon
durant, passenger, badly scaded: JAS. Leonard,
baker badly scalded. The head cook is sup
posed to have been killed outright. Rev. Mr..
Grow, OF Jacksonville, badly scalded 1t is re.
ASNNN tAtAtANtS
were either killed or badly wounded.
A note brought down by Q passenger on the
Gypsy states that Maggie Hathaway and party are
all safe Joseph Merker Charles Defour slightly
injured, and Charles Brasbear, pilots, and the
third clerk, whose name we were unable to learn,
were in the pilot house at the time of the eXplo-
sion, and all escaped. They were standing on
the larboard side and as the pilot house was
blown off, they fell back into the wreck and
escaped with slight bruises, except Defour. The
St. Charles backed down Immediately after the
explosion and took off the survivors. Her officers
rendered every assistance in their power A
number Of persons foated down the river on
pieces Of the wreck, and were rescued by the ST.
Charles
git is believed that all of the lady passengers es
capped unhtrt IS the ladies cabin was almost en-
tirely uninjured. The bar was blown out into the
river, and one OF the barkeepers, who was on duty
at the time, was blown out with it, and doated
down the river to Oldhams landing, where he
was received unhurt with the exception Of few
| bruises.
| The Gen Lytle was provided with the old
fashioned twostlued boilers, five in number, and it
is thought by parties that saw the wreck that all
of her boilers must have exploded. Fragments of
| the boilers must have passed downward as she
| sunk immediately The wreck caught fire but
was extinguished by the St. Charles.
| CINCINNATI, August -Weather-Showers of
rain fell during yesterday afternoon and evening.
At Pittsbnrg at noon yesterday the river was fall
| ing, with fourteen inches water in the channel
degrees above zero. BY the mark at the water
works the river had fallen seven inches during
the twentyf0nr hours preceding six o'clock yester-
day morning. at which time there were seven feet
of water in the channel. During the remainder
of the day it fell three inches.
LOUISVILLE, August 8,-The river was falling
rather slowly yesterday, with three feet ten inches
water in the canal in the evening by the mark.
| During the previous tWenty-fOur hours it had
| fallen only two inches at Portland. The weather
was rather cool for the season, the thermometer
at seYenty-nine, and quite cloudy all day, with a
! light sprinkle Of rain.
| On the falls last evening there were twenty-five
inches water in the pass down the Indian chute,
and falling.
At Pittsburg navigation is still suspended by
low water, and at Cincinnati the river is falling
| steadily, and business inactive,
The Messenger bound for New Orleans from
| Cincinnati, attempted to go through the canal
| Monday, but drawing too much water, stuck in
that ditch, and was still there yesterday, working
her slow length along. She had to tighten nearly
| all her freight into barges.
| Workmen were at work repairing and re grad
ing the wharf yesterday, commencing at Fourth
street.
| The Nick Longworth cleared for New Orleans
last evening with fine trip Of freight fully Fas
much as she could carry out of the Ohio over the
bars. She transferred a lot of 100 barrels 'of
| pork to the Cora s., to be taken to Cairo, and
| there to be reshipped on her to New Orleans.
CAIRO, August S.-The river al this point is still
fully less, so low water craft think if they think
at ALL
The weather was very pleasant all day. The
Thermometer was not over ninety degrees in the
shade, which to us bfooted individuals of Gods
moral vineyard. was agreeable having suffered
such nt0lerable heat within the last two or three
months Our prospect bids fair of escaping the
cholera this season, as the cool nights have begun
to set in. Business dull.
MEMPHIS, Aug. l0-Business continues dull.
Weather clear and warm. The river here de-
clined one foot in the past twenty.four hours.
The Cleaner reports three feet in the Arkansas to
Pine Bluff and twenty-eight inches to Little Rock.
The Ohio is falling, with four feet in the canal and
six feet on the bars in the lower Ohio. The river
at st. Louis continues to decline. The packetsre-
port seven and a-half feet from St. Louis to Cairo
and nine feet on Plum Point bar.
NINA SHINES, EXPRESS PASSENGER PACKET FOR
BAYOU SARA.-This fast and splendid passenger
packet, in command of Capt. w. r, Greathouse
with Messrs Troxler and Mfillerin the office leaves
at P. N. to-day for the above and coast land
ings Passengers for the coast will find the SHINES
a most comfortable packet.
MARY FOR WATERING PLACES AND Mobile
The splendid new low pressure passenger
packet Mary, Capt. a. L. Myers, commander,
leaves as above from the lake end of the
Pontehartrain railroad at II N. to-day. Agent
Il. @. Harris corner Of Camp and Common
streets.
CAMELIA FOR THE WATERING PLACEs.-This
new fast and splendid low pressure passenger
packet leaves the Lake end on the arrival of the
y A. VI. train of cars for the above. Captain
--- is in command, and Mr, John Otway is
the efficient purser.
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