Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-14

EXPLOSION orTME LANDING
Slx Men Klllsa and asx Passen.
gers Rnjared.
In eur laft eveaing's edition ws ans
nosnesd the appal6ag inessliesaes q ths
explosion Of the stssDs Lansins. = Haop'
ton, In, absst u mi11D ahsss Ne pases,
bot eviag - - 1s1sssD = - hsse ia
whidA II iotS1nrooo - poou1so1 - tAia
placs, wsss usAb1s = give - pastieslars
composed with The ftightfsl catastrophe.
The Lansing len cor levss ysstssdsy
morning. q about half past eight o'clock, to
make her usual connection bstween this
point and Port Byron, fiiteen miles from
here, where she connects with the Western
Union Railroad. At about half past ten
she landed st wood yard about an eighth
Of mile above the village Of Hampton
During the time occupied in wooding up
the wind that he'd been pretty strong ou'
Of the northwest all the morning, SO far in.
creased in force q to prevent the boat from
putting out. The usual methods Of back
ing and sparring were resorted to. to get hel
of, but without much effect. At quarter
to twelve. while Capt. Hughes and his men
aided By some Of the passengers. we're dill
gently sparriug of from shore, ~ the stern
the engines in full play backing 70 the tun'
of 1877 pounds sf sseao, oil It ones thsr'
was dull. heavy sound. . Kissing Of steam
and upon the crowd who we're in the stern
nav the cabin shaking upoo them, end yer,
soon eavslopsd in steam, duat, sand, stick
and rubbish-shs starbsasd boiler. the on,
nearest the shore. had szplsded Qsieke'
than thought, the nsse - he ~ ssssa
spsang Int The vsase-thssgh nsesia tha'
part Of ths bsss vers injured.
Hessi0sd q ~ swfdl sAeek. md nsoss
tssily rsa1islss ~ fsaefdl sisesas1aosss a.
tsadast thsssse, tAsss whs essapsd iejusy
naturally sesslvsd 10 ssspsnd - ths ssiss d
the injured. and 10 arrest The sprssd Of Gre,
Some elimbed into che cabin 10 aid thos,
%hsy expected 20 iRad suffering sAsss, end
sthsrs used Tie best means within Shsil
reach to psevsst . seesnl horror In ths
shape sf cosdassstioo.
II few aoosate the sesan aad eneks
had disappeared and The foil wreck snd II,
swful results Of the explosion were fall il
view.
In the cabin there were fous ladies and
several gsntlswsn. but fortunately most o.
them were in the after part. and these wer,
net SO seriously injured. OF the four Ia
dies-Mr G. W. Strong, and Mrs. II. N
Richardson, Of this city, and Mrs. John A
Logan, Of Cordova. ILL.,, and Miss Chamber
lain, Of Rock Islaud, ILL.,, only Mrs. Rich ard
son and Mrs. Logan were st all injured
The former Was slightly scalded on one leg
and the latter somew hat cut and bruised OF
the head and face nothing serious.
The male passengers in the cabin wss,
less fortunate. Hon. Sydney A. Hubbsll. .
this city. U. s. District Court Judge fsl
New Mexico, who was On his way up Oh,
river, was sitting in the cabin, directly ovel
the rear Of the boilers, leisussly readinl
when the explosion took place. He W,
hurled some twenty feet through oas Of u,
afs windows os ths cabis, in which bic rieh
foot caught, and BY which hs hung suspsn
dsd until help came to his relief
Peter Oliphant. Esq, Of this city wss H.
20 in the cabin. His shoulder blade ~.
broken by the shock, and IVES othsrwis,
bruised. besides being pretty badly sc,lded
though he has good reason to thank all hi,
stars for being so slightly molested.
Mr. A. W. Powell. of Ottawa, ILL.,, wal
also roughly handled and somewhat bruis'
ed and spraincd, but received no serious in
juries.
Mr.. John Kreedlsr, of Clinton, Dewitt
county. ILL.,, Jared worse. He was directly
over the boiler when it exploded. and won
derfui to relate. after being hurled through
the Air for distance Of 400 feet in compan,
with no. steam, whixHing scraps of jagget
boiler iron, beams. sticks and splirters, b,
stuck the earth comparatively uninjored
We say comparatively, for under ordinary
circumstances instant death would hav,
been the result of such flight 1t was ik,
being blown from . mortar. lie pickle,
himself up and found himself oil thsrs-no
q joint dislocated, or . bone broken. H,
went directly to the nearest heuse-Mr
Smithalrs-where he proceeded 10 wash Of
the dust and dirt incident upon the uncsse
monisus transacties, When he diseoveret
that his right arm and ear wss pretty badly
sealded. and, a. might be expected, be VA
pretty well wrenshed and bruised. He VI;
probably be about in . few days. Il !.
truly semarkabls escape.
But the most nslanchely part Of the story
10 vet = b told. Six mss.-named 0ee
White, William wasssigher. Jsass Trsey
W. H. Noble. W. II. Rhisb and n. Cussi,
wsss lsll victims 10 ~ owfui event.
George White. . sssidsnt sf LsClAis, aad
sea>ia-hw ef Capt. ". Allsa Of that plse,
-ssnpesary ptlss sa The Lansiags 10 plsc,
Of his brothsr~in- las, Robert Alien. who
va detained BY sickness in his ianiay. ~,
at his wheel st:shs tine Of ths sxpl ssisn. and
csnssqusatly IL The most dsAssssss pssi
tios. He was hurled sAssssh he sis, -,
when found three spokes Of the wheel wer,
driven through his thishs--sss shsssel
each; bsah leos beshsn. - Ais spiss ~
jared. He was dssd wbsa Ssusd. He W.
a excellent nan, and leaves yoang VII
70 mourn his untimely and ftighifal death
willisn wasssishss. wss ihs beats cook
was . resident Of Fort Madison, Iowa. H,
was dead when found.
james Tracy, Was fireman, resided h
Rock Island, where be leaves wife and ~,
suall children IN incigsnt circumstances.
W. II. Noble, . resident Of Burlington
Iowa. Life remained when found, but q
terrible were his injuries thaa hs died il Z
short tine, q the house Of Ms. D. Cock
where he had bssn taken 70 b. cared for.
W. H. Rhsib wss from Colons, ILL.,; killed
instantly.
M. II. Curtis was frea Dubuqua-a grain
deales-eon.i in.Iaw of Cert. J. W. paskse,