The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-02-10

! Terrible stsamboat nisasSsr.
TIE frequency ef sssauboat aisAsssas-.
during the past three-eF- fsur -noashy ssys-
tie Memphis Commercial, and the irameuss
destruction Of life aed property rssuil~
ing therefrOm. iustifss che coiaaEs of
g hew wcrd to more fully exprsas, within
small scope, the explosiong. sidkfngs, ma
other acsidents happening to ztsamboats Oa
che Western waters, almost; We might a5s5y-
daily Westherefore for this purpose, pro
pose the word Fluyicide, which ia derived
lfrom the Latin words .fgapius 4 river, ara
'cosdene, to -slay, whieh, combined van gsFe-
us, literally. death by river. e New Yosk-ss
ers are justified in having their " Vietkf.
eide or death by railroad, who win deny s,
US the priFilege. Of our q Elayisides afsefEs
such terrible accidents as the Saltans, Miss
souri,, Carter, Miami, Niagara, and the many
other ones Of lesser note. 10
Itis'a fact worthy Of especial nehtion,
that during the three Of four moatha psss. s
the 1osses Of the Atlantic and mississippi
Steamboat Company ars unparalleled. and =
we may look "a vain fof any stsssaasIip e5n-i'
pany on this continent, 81 even IA Europe
whose losses viii sompars, II so abort asz
space Of time. to those Of the Atlantic and 2
Mississippi Steamship Company. A car
sory glance at these recent disasters VII Re-
veal the fact Of the loss Of four frss-elsss
steamers, viz The Ben Stickney, Niagara,eo
Missouri, and " R Carter, ali Of whfehs9
have proven complets losses. as his Con-. z
pany does not insure It's property: A elow
estimate the losses on the value Of tle boats
alone, cannot fall short Of $500, goo ana the
freights on board at the time Of the occur
rences can safely be set down at about $780,
600 more Thus, it viii be seen, that very ~
near one million and half Of dollars have
been lost by that Company. So much for =
the, loss Of property, which pales into utter
insignifcance when compared with the trs-
mendous sacrifice Of human lives Over
two hundred lives What sh6dder Il 2
sends through one to think Of It, and Whes
a commentary does it furnish upon the safe
ty or surety Of riveE travel under such aass
pices - l s1A
{ The last Of these sad occurrences, was the
explosion Of the steamer W R Carter,
about 5 o'clock, on Friday morning last.
about tbirty-ive miles tilis side Of Y ickabuFg
at island number thirsg-sig6t A large
number of lives were lost, and the boat and 8
cargo were totally destroyed The following
persons are known to have been lost Eirs.
DR.. Richardson and three children, Of New
Orleans; Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Wolf, Mrs..
Rice of Cincinnati; Mrs. Aslerman, Texas -;
Mrs Moore, Mrs Morris, Columbus Mrs.
Hamlad. Many others were, scalded- and
iRjured. The steamer Evening
Stay, brought many of the saved to Yicks- =
burg, some were transferred to the steamer
Luna, bound for this place. The officers
and men Of the Evening Star rendered al
the assistance possible to the sufferers. The
engineer. was saved he assigns no cause
for the explosion. At the time it occurred
the machinery was working smoothly, and
the boat going slowly, The steamer En-
erald picked up three floating. bodies whose
names are unknown.
: In addition to the above which reaches ua
through private kilograms, we learn that the
Adams Express Company had on board the
Carter, q safe containing the sum Of 5000
GOO belonging to tho United States Govern
ment, The safe should have been delivered
at this point, but by some oversight Of the
officers of the boat, the safe was carried far +.
fher on As the room Of the Express Gem
pany was situated immediately. over the boil
ers. Of the Carter, the presumption is that
everything in the room vas blown 70 at
ems.
We are informed, also BY telegraph that
the tugboat Baltic exploded her boilers az
the Balize, on yesterday morning, and sunk
There ssfortunately. but
few persons on board.