, 1866-03-06
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT DIS
ASTER,
E1p1&ATon OF tho Steamer Lockwood
Tho Bsat Tsur1set1 Up-Fifteef, LiFea
LDht-NanteA Of the Victims.
Especial Despateh to the Cheaco Ttihuue,l

k+IblNAI6h 01 tnG StFMn1cf 1a0CAfEOH0-
Tho Hnat BURNED UT-FIfteef. LaEca
Loht-NanteA Of the Victims.
Especial Despaseh to the Chicago Ttshuue,l
MExPn1s, Aazct. 6.
Weather clear anl cool. The river rose Elk Inches
IL the past twenty.lour hour. Arkan.as River
falling With l!4 feet to Little Rock.
The stcou1cE Il. j. lockwood, Capt. Ben. Howard.
e7 fpafs from, Sew Orleans 10 st. Louis. exploded
her boilers last night, at the loot Of Presidents
I.land several miles e]ow this city, aud IN short
time was burned 10 the wa'es's edge, with loss Of
sbont teen sonfs ucar as can be aece.ta.ucd tho
Register being lost. 1t Is estimated that there were
about forty passengers aboarti. The Lockwood hst
recently Abandoned the Wa.hite river trade.
becu rcpafred and inspected at New ot!cant. and
WA to enter the Mts=oaI hlser trade on REACHING
st. Louis. Not much freight on board. The II. 5.
Aephnm was fortauatelf Lear hy al the time OF the
diEastcs. Running under the stern Of the burning
e'ea.ner the took "a ths tqrytso7t+ who wee Enh;
brought 10 hi. CITY, The following are kt own 10
be Killed: 0lIver Graham, secouA cneanccf. OF Ses
ro'S; &C. cl.ner. FL. 6sFSsepes. Of 81. Louis; 'amet
Tic following is liat Of the dangerously injured:
4. McDpugal. 1st Engineer, Of New Urle1ns II,
MCLAUGHLIN; John H. Robinson. lit Clerk, Jeftf-
The Slightly wounded are Edward DIdd,t, Of Cal
70; G. u. Enc1cb. Of Phtladc1phia: John Miller.
%sss %s1ee: G SS.t. T. nii' K.a q e Gpnaa sot
sursay. ni Frederick, III; John Jmlth, deck hand.
Louisville: Joeeph Mccoy, pilot.
Among the lost are rome Of the COOKS. cahln
ercw anE negro a.riueu, names not known. No
to<tcs recovered.
The Following verc saved unhurt: nnotby
Iovcr1nan, New York: Tat NoI17s.cy, st. Louis !;
j. II. Wt1iamrou. Lonftsile: Gfsdy. Ssw oslesn =;
Frank Bradley, New York; II. Mssham. Chicago !;
Chfis. Ledclnau, New OE1elns: Mike 1sehsn. deck
hand; Martin BuIke, deck hand; Wm. butcher.
ln1catu, John Cumming, st. Louis: A. lfenuls.
| st. Louas A Brngcr. ScE YORK; Thos. Conway.
Ssx Il. % Yort: Vim. II. IT,. MyeT;. Com
1nerec; Capt q, Wiilard. Centrsla; Jno. spesau,,
/ st. Louis t.. Conycrs. N. y Sebastian Shul'z,
| deck haud, New Urleans; !no. Hart, dccl tand,
Mike Fices, deck hand. st. Louis E. Prince, st.
fouls; Mike 11tge,ne, 81. Louis; Andrew Hrcrs,
| ST. Louis; Chas. Bertha, deck hand, u. tou1.
| Capt. Ben. Howard. ST.. Louis g. y. Cat1cy: I'd
| clerk, New ORLEANS: VIM. Mclaughlin, Chs*
Etes1ce, 1f!o1r. New Orleans. All the ildy pa.aeu
| gers and children we're sayed; also two chamhcs
| u1nfds.
Capt Howard acted nohly, at the risk Of hi. owu
| llfe saving olhess. The etptoe,on occurred abou
| q o'clock and the flames weIe seen for miles. a
Helena it wac obeeEyed that The boilers -uctr ak
| ing, not w1thstsndlng they were rspainzl at New
Orleans. Caot. How ard xauied 10 stop there 70
re,alre. hut thcenginect thought her. to procs i
| 10 Memphis, so ID hoa vas pushed on under I
light head of eeanl. andathe time Of the acctdcn
| W:s running ycsy Slow.