New-York tribune., 1867-02-21
DISASTERS.
yTEAMFR EXPLOSION ON THE MISSISSIPPI
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KEARLY ONE HUNDRED LIVES LosI-NA@Es OF SOME |
OF THE SURVIVORS
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MEMPHIS Feb. 2O.--TkC Ardtdnckt OF TINS morning |
.sys The steaamboat David White, which left view
Orleans on Thursday night, for Louisville, VIVID SO
nsssegors and 500 uns Of freight for Nashville and
Iousyilc exploded her larboaTd boiler Sunday noon
.ear Columbia. .2e5 miles sonfh Of this city The
Toward part of The boat literally torn Il" atoms
sId many Of tho passengers and crew were
blown iOO feet IN he ar together VIE fragments
Of the boat. The scene is described ~ heart
rendug Their clothes blown OF ~ ssolnt oi the
officers cant kinney hurled lo0 feet into the air.
and landed in The much bruised and scaded Iae
rI, Of tie bot reports 81 IS passengers, many Of
whose names are unknown Is the books ace lol 1he
boat rs a complete wreck part OF the BOILER exploited
onward aud part downward, tearing tho h'u "'ue
open The nsinecrs and flremen watch we've blown
Gown with the huh The steamer Silas Boen picked MP
the survivors, and the soamers Emc'thd ana f%"hne
Carroll Drought them here Dean Knoey IS here nadiy
scaldcd >nd there is little hope o. hs ccoVtI! A"e oi
towug is q list ot the killed.
can't IT. b. shaw Nashville VIM. Smith Wick Second
Clcrt Nashville: s. NcEmglt. Lsqlsviilo JoIL D3ysS,
SHcrk, Nashville j. L. I9omoS Ha{e' Nssndns >oun %
!SweU' 'pIhoRtIs . n S,,er ,,dsh; Mr Brewster,
nl iS,'os re,a l,'' Wiaiam Lily Kcntucky; SIR.
Mitckcll Ollie Cape. Morrison, padncah DAME car
sr6wh' iowa: Ar Kiaacr issoeT Butler Ellls Ken
gky W Nm ss ESs II wsa SnSy RTa%n I % Bro%n James Kicks
samuel Johnson Join Miller p0ieL; IR"naS uS d"yor .
SstGh, Ma, Te fp,er Hines: Ghasies ddock francis
STsser HSrI <irhs,rn John King; Daniel harr Jerry
Cockrel, jean Hughes.
Tie following is lst of the wounded;
capt u. kinney, gJashvile- badly scalded; John D
Hart. Pe LGtssle bruised John l;$S, & aa ens1SsI' c
badly bruised aud scalded Mes Carr, caoinooy and
fhts6 broseu- + b. Buebtr, New-Orlcans. badly
bruised; !. IL nippe5 0wenSo0To' So0n nrliscd SEsty
John Gs Ganea Cumn,nes John ", Br9wm, wills 'Snd end
,U4.-. VI Al a FlO
MANY Of the names Of the lost and injured are unknown
OF all the e4bR passengers only eleven are unhurt
FALL,CF A RAILWAY FRIDGE
OF -rlEsAIFs TRIBUNE.
Moxrpr.1. Feb eO-The railway bridge over Pike
iver near stanbrdge, gave way day, PrecipatinG
locomotive and fo1r loaded freight cars into the rve
and killing Spears, a railway empioye' instantly
BOILER EXPLOSION AT MILWAUKEE.
MuwaUEEr Feb 2O-1he boiler of the Wisconsin
sPaper Company's un exploded this evening -Four per
eons allied aud three injured & Ihe following S are M
the names or Inc kne1 dS"e d d'l Mrs Jordan The
dana &c 10 the mills estimated at $4,000
VaE CITY OF BAgH-FULL AND CORRECT PARTIcU-
r. LARS OF THE STEAMERS LOSS.
Four Of the persons who were on the steamer City
Of Bath when she burned a week ago last sunday
,aerninc have reached IL appears that the fire
Sioke between Il and o'clock on the morning Of the
OF Haeras on the the Gulf stream She was dis
covered 70 ps on IRE "a % f m once broneht INTO reouis
ton by board holes made in The DECK ana
eineers and remen obliged to leave not only the
iover engine room ana tne Ie Ioo' ou ~ @ T,"s pTe
first discovered according to the story tod by hese our
aeeS hose piayins down venators and cut deck,
sSs flames. under the direction of Capt Cony, until
about 4Ocock The tomoye ntl a6ont
the fr broke out with renewed velocity through the for
ward hatch and an hopes OF exnS 'he ia Iihes %
get the boats. The first boat lowered was
one, and il is supposed that two sailors ana tne
got into II. Ihey were 70
drop tsgn await further orders and was evidently
tie plan OF the captain 10 Keep all the boats near he
vessel nnt those on board could rescued The second
SSerae,s stf dCuify and PatricR Donovan Charles
Savis jeremiah Brien Frank T9eey Charlie; W SaIk;
fSey received the same order given 70 the other boat
The men saved being in this boat what was aierwaTd
done ON board and who went in the other boats is only
nom heaISay and conjecture They stayed near M t5'
ont a boat little distance OFF and thinking II was
sere tSs 4sS RSont S Fy Soe Sh these S G think they
with the boat in question, which WAS fun or water anI
che sea dasing over il. The occupants were
Capt. COney Isaac Bacon, second mate, Nj Sagus
III 69 m sSS94a bo5 4 Iere & be dead bodies Mr. DoS
and her child the Latter being lashed 10 the painter ne
survivors taken into the engineers boat who theI
put back to the steamer to search for the first boa
Launched Ihey were unable ne 10 discover , tne Inn I M
time was nearly destroyed The water was Washing Gvei
and mats and smOkostack gone and atereabn IN iunt
small Flagstaff remained standing, ana me extreme
they concluded 10 make effort 70 reach land spP0sing
10 10 be about IS miles distant They had pulled about
nve miles from tle steamer when they discovered the
schooner Laura Watson this Sunday afernoOnjand
nj made for her. indug the hope that they wond
toon rescued from the dangers menaCHg them When
tbey alongside the schooner, they were however.
bapei zed and each found himself at the mercy Of
The waves, and mountainous wave washed the boat
sway They obliged 90 swim for the boat and sue
ceeded In ghtne again The schooner tackled In order
10 come alongside the boat The boat was turned over SIX
times and the kept dropping off, one by one end re
grave, until only these four were et ana
this critical moment, when these four had the rate OF
their friends before their eyes, rope thrown from the
schooner was seized by TObey, Donovan, Davis and
O'Bren and they pulled on board. one boat sim
be accounted for II is thought that the cap
tans boat capsized Bacon the second mate SAID
presence OF survivors. 'hy God, how that lady cupg
The origin of the fire is unknown. and tile state
which has made that IL originated from the
bursting OF lamp entirely improbable, inasmuCh a.
ardOil is the only fuel for gt used board the steam
ers upon that line The fire had made headway so
rapidly that in two three minutes after its discovery
the coal passeTs and fremen were obliged to abandon
their posts. "a - go
COLLISION on TIE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD.
The early passenger train on the MOIns and Essex
Railroad from Summit New-York yesterday cOlded
with a coal train between Orange and South Orange
badly damaging its engine smashing the platforms OF
cars, and otherwise njuring them. FOrtu
pstey Of the passengers employees were injured
but other trains somewhat detained 10y the blocking
ny OF the track.