The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-03-21
the total number of officers and crew
on board, was fiftY.tWo souls.


John Jackson, the steward of the
boat, who Is lying at his residence, No.
20 Home street, states that he did not
go to the books to find out how many
to prepare meals for, but made an estT-
mate for himself. On Wednesday the
table seated sixty.five passengers. It
was full the first time, and the second
table had about thirty passengers. Ac.
cording to his count there must have
been about thirty ladies. He said the
ladies' table had 50 plates, and about
four or five of these were not filled at
the first table, but two or three ladies
waited with their children and came to
the second table. Sixty-fve passengers
at the first table and thirty passengers
at the second table would make total
OF ninety-hYe. To this add ffty-tWo OF
the officers and crew and the entire
number aboard will be one hundred
ana Iorty.seYen. Mr.. Jackson thinks
one hundred and fifty would be a safe
estimate.
When the accident occurred, he was
about the centre OF the cabin, at the
carving. table. The first thing he knew
he was landed aft OF the boilers, stun
ned, but not SO badly but that he could
shout Justify for help. Mr.. Gales, his
cook came to his assistance, and, kick
ing out bulkhead extricated him and
carried him over the guards, and let
him down into the water, where he, in
company with Henry Cases, the pastry
cook, who had been let down from the
cabin to the deck at the same time,
chung to piece of floating timber until
picked up by skiR and taken ashore.
He thinks he received the burn on the
face and bruise on the breast from
solder, thrown from the boiler, as some
of the solder Is still sticking to his coat.
Mr.. Jackson caves the names of the
following Of the cabin crew, mostly
cololord, and rs far as he knew, how
they were injured. In his suffering
condition he was not able to give ali
the names. The second steward, Isaiah
Townsend, he had not heard from. The
berth makers-James Dunlop was bad
ly scalded on the hands and face,
while Horace Copeland was unhurt.
The pantrymen, Charles Peterson and
Renty Fisher, escaped, the former with
slight cut In the head; and the latter
unhurt. The texas tender, Alexander
White, supposed lost. The cabin man,
Chris. Copenhaber, escaped unhurt; he
went to his home in Ripley. The bar
Der, Oscar Mayo, had his foot hurt. The
first baggage muster, VIM. II. Smith, of
Longworth street, near Smith, in this
city, was seen sitting near the chim-
neys with paper in his hand, sup.
posed lost. Baggage master, Leve Ma
son, was unhurt. The stewardness,
Mary Copeland, OF Columbus, Ohio,
was last seen jumping in the river with
two chairs in ner hand. Two of the fire.
men, one named Alexander Clough,
the other Mr.. Henry, he could only
tell US, were aboard the boat. A knife
scourer, Homer Williams, of Cincin-
natl, WAS hurled from the guards into
tho river, but was able to swim ashore,
He was lying at his home. yesterday,
from a nervous prostration. He is a
lad OF about is years.
Mr.: Jackson got much of the above
Information from james Gales, his
cook, who was on board at the time,
but was not injured; the rest he knew
from personal observations.
L. Fasbaneler, NJ. Rice and s. San
ders, of this city, who were on their
way to Maysville to buy cattle, have
not been heard from, and 1t Is supposed
they were lost.
The boat had package of her own
money, 81 500, in the safe; also, about
$40 loose money, was saved. Three
packages of money were found, one of
$4,000 saved, the other two, $500 each,
the clerk lost aiterward in getting
ashore. They were found on the deck.
Mr. Elliot was acting as. first Clerk,
and Is the man who found the packages
OF money. 1t is thought the safe is not
injured. and will be found intact.
Mr.. Shay, the watchman of the boat,
was not much injured; was asleep at
the time, aud knew nothing until
blown into the river.
A boy by the name of Hughes pulled
piano ashore by the Marine Ways,
and found package of money in 1t.
1t was rumored in the city yesterday.
that all the books and paper Of the boat
had been found. This, however, was
not the case a few old ones being the
only ones picked up,