, 1866-02-08

44ei a4s1 l!P III LHe 11ll OF lo04. she WIGS sol
70 The Atlantic md Mississippi Stcamshi
Company last summer. She cost Slol, 90
llcr cargo was principally from this city, IN
vas insured in the following offices, viz
W."h,,.::..' ''-.''....-.-'.+-..---....$s
Kentucky FIN and Marine :. ...:............. s'W
Awar;sr1 NM s.:;;. -....--.-.--... go
fi.Sn .e0o Aoa etaAnau. --...-.-..... 5,M
FE1nllin-.-.. SG
1 --"'"'.-''..-s...-.--..--. d1@l
Total: .....:.......-............ s7,so
There vas no insurance on the boat say
Captain Pegram's interest, which IL small.
Like that Of the 1ll-fated Missouri, tic cans
Of This terrific explosion may ever remain
mystery. The Missouri was moving sl0wlv
and everything seemed to be WORKING like
charm when her boilers exploded. So, tn ii,
case Of the fll-fated Cnrter. Both had tubu
lar boilers, and were managed by the mos
experienced engineers in the country, and Il
Is reported th0t In both cases there was plent,
Of water In the boilers. These tubular boil
ers, or internal machines, are deceiyiny, ever
TO the best md most experienced ensmeers Ii
lhe United states. Their use should be al
own invention.
LA1EM.-The following are known to be
!osl: Mrs. Dr. Richardson and three chill,
dren. Of New Orleans, Mrs Gibbons, Mrs.
Wolf, Mrs. Rice, Cincinnati; Mrs. Osternan.
Texas Mrs. Moose, Mrs. Morris, Columbus,
and Mrs. Rowland. Many others wcre
scalded and otherwise injured.
. 1Ae steamer Eycning Star carried many OF
| The saved to New Orleans. Some were trans
!erIcd 70 the steamer Luna, bound for Mem
phts- The officers and men OF the Evening
! Star rendered all the assistance possible to
| the sufferers.
The engineer, who was saved, ssys no
reason eau be assigned for the explosion. The
machinery vas running smoothly and the boat
was going steadily at The tune.
The steamer Emerald picked up three per-
sons; names unknown.
From the Louisville Cousier, 5,h]
Early Saturday morning tclcgraphic de-
spatches were received in the city announcing
the explosion Of the W. r. Carter, In the MIA.
s'ssfppi, by which the lives Of several well
known citizens were sacrificed. But few de-
tails OF tue disaster were received until late
In the evening, when confirmation Of the ter.
1ible calamity was received.
She lett this port Friday week, with mod
crate freight trip and d small number of pas
sengers, but her deck full of lire stock.
chiefly mules. for the vieksburg and New Or,
the local offices In this city, and agencies. To-
the extent Of S75, ,No, nearly two-thirIs Of
which is In the Union and Washing ton the rcs.
tdue Is divided among the Kentucky Fire and
Marine, DelaWarc American, German, Home,
Franklin and tktnn. The boat belonged TO
Luz 0LkhAk4I ~. .NASelbElEpi EIRNfnEhtD L0rt
pany, OF 81. Louis, was bnllt near two years
ago, and appraised nj $4,000. Thorc was
no insurance on the hull,
The W. 4. Carter had changed officers after
her arrival at this port on her last trip, q tel
egraphic despatch from the company aepos-
4. Mcbride, installing III thciz places Capt.
Jacob Hurd, of Cincinnati, and Frank Smith,
ofthis city. lhe 1atter has family in thu
city, md Is well known clerk on the river.
The W. r. Carter is the eighth steamboat
explosion wc have had to record In .hort
time on the Western rivers.
In the meantime, since the announcement
Of the explosion of the Miami and the Mis-
souri,, several prominent boat-owncrs deter
mined to withdraw their boats, 1ay them up,
and give the boller1 thorough overhnuling.
The Wild Wngoner, Of The Peoples Line, ply
Ing between tGis city and Cincinnati, has beeu
hid up several days, aud her boilers, wa be-
1ieyc, are to be removed and new ones spbstl-
tnted In their place. The St. Charles, of ths
same lne, Is to lay up on her arrival at Gin
c'nnati to-day to change her boilers.
:. The directors Of the United States mail
line, plying between this port and Cincinnuii,
rcry promptly decided yesterday 10 suspend
the tHpe Of the United States, though rev
boat, until she can baSe new boilers. She has
what Is known rs the tubular boilers, anu |
some days tince ordered new set Of ths old
fashioned fued boilers, to be made by J,
Mitchell & Son, OF this city.
The belief has been long entertained by all |
practical engineers and mechanics that tnhu- |
lar boilers on our Western waters are unsafe, |
and We have repeatedly called the attention |
Of the public to It, but until very lately but i
little heed has ben pad to tho subject. Now,
occurred in rnpid succession, the public arc
aroused, rs It appears that nearly all, If not
every one, 1f the late disasters were boats
with the tubular boilers. The ". Z. Carter's
boilers were made BY the best practical boiler
maker In the West, and Of the best Juniato
way, with only two or four return lues, wero
never known to explode In more than twenty |
years experience The ". Il. Cnrter's were
made to order, were tubnlnr boilers, and have
exploded, causing the loss Of probably one
hundred Lives. md a quarter OF a million OF
The use Of tubular boilers vas first intro.
duced only lew years since, something utter
lie style Of locomotive boilers on railroads,
full Of small tubes instead Of fiues, The great
objections urged against them was TINT they
~euld get cloggcd with the mud, sediment,
md " scale That is made 80 freely in our
muddy waters: also, that it is impossible to
clean the boilers, an indispensable necessity
IN our rivers. Engineers almost universally
declare against them, and when occasion re.
lu'rea. TO cool down suddenly, they dare not
open the tue cHps for fear OF sudden col
apse Of The tubes or small lues, which con-
[ract almost instantly on exposure to either
old air or the introduction of cold water,
Dur local inspectors, we believe sent on re-
nonstrance to Congress, some time aro. |
against the tubular boilers, but no action was
AIKEN in regard to the matter Now that a
ew thousand lives arc lost, and many thou
sands Of dollars, something may he done.
: These fearful explosions always occnr in
lines Of high water, or rathcr in muddy rIv-
rs, aftcr sudden freshet, when the waters |
re turl'id and full of sediment.
~; m'.e,,1g, ft,s ,,s Gnd 4en-Jasob S. Hnrd, cap
be second mate. two strikers. two watch,nen. Two
slc%1 E @ s:oEs Keeper; Jehn White, cahlu boy Oven
e3as boys, second chnmhcrnald and child; Ike |
ohnson, cabin boy; Wash Rodney, caSin boy;
l.nry Anderson and brother, ca lin boys.
The following Is ll.t Of missing passeurcrs;
Mrs.. Dr. J. l.. Eell. two ladies in company with
la;cr John:os, Nj. RaYmo7d. james ". B1annin,
WeuDded eE ostas aed s% a1e spesa. saes
rulsed Heuben Townsend, 1st engineer, rcaluea;
asntr Akin. "a engineer, brnlted; Audelton
Wonsaed Fassense1IMaoi JOHNSON, Ji .1s:S sealdea: 3
!: Smith, tcaldtd.
oneers md Crew sased-Frank Smith. frs,
boai: basa Nmn fop po2r1 81 naf5
4, sa6:n.6oy; 9: !. sms!ey, asnSo5; S cbs1ies M
fst chsmbemaid; hlsa % ehsmbsImsid: % idG'n,Gop Josn
ruoke. cahfn-boy; William Adame, cabin -hoy: |
i'm, Il. Mblte, ,Enbfnbor; samuel WiibeIx. rahfn | :
oy; James aunct, cabin-boy; Alex Tsab0c, cabin
Hss<ngtTs Sared-Dr. J. E. pe]l. Louisy11e. 8
njor II Lee, Greenylite, Miss.; Mrs Dr. Hunt |
rnnkfoft, ky.; Mrs. John.o on, C1eYeland OHIO. |
rs. Raymond, Ccyelnnd. Uhio. l.
Deck h6nds and Fireman SaEel.-IaHy Q3inu !
ashs1l1e Wm. Burccse. Lo1favil!e; Anihouv d
otnn, John Maley. Pat Callahan, New Albany, /
3D.; Andrew Conway. Amos Gage, Cincinnati:
amuel pa1eman, NaRh. Ferguson. Pat Laurcn b
ohn licid. Pat Conley, John Farchild, Louisville:
iclaru Maxwell. 1hos. Alley, Anthony Lindsay,
I1cinnnti; jas. IttDy, New Brunswick; Land ! Il
ed. New Albany, Ind: Geo. Sanders, st. LOUIS; b
tIlc!on EEoWn, Smith Vincent, New Albany, Ind | Il
From the Memphis Bulletin, 5th.l J.
We learn that the steamer W. Il. Carter, ;!
hich exploded yesterday morning, near q a
lcksburg, had on board $2ao0, ,OOO in currency, n
h1ch was coming from the Assistant Treasu. Il
r at St. Louis, to the care of the First Ma r
onal Bank OF this city. for the Paymaster. !,
be used in paying off the dfsbanded colorcd u
oops. The boat passed down By this city " "
te Thursday night, and the money WAS thus !,
fortunately permitted, by mistake, or in 5,
Of no authorized person being at p
&c river to receive 1t, 10 pass by. Ills said I
at The whole loss will fall on the Adams y
Epress Company, that had II IN charge. y
THE MIAMI EXPLOSION. "a
From the Memphis Bulletin. 4sh.] O
The following Is synopsis OF an cxamina. :,
IN OF the Miami disaster, the Official report n