The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-03-21
THE MAGNOLIA DISASTER.
Further Particulars of the Terrible
Affair.
Corrected list Of the Wounded.
Statement of the steward.


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1t is stated by several persons, who
were on the bank and witnessed
the disaster, that the Magnolia was
going at an unusually rapid rate when
she passed California, and that mo-
ment before the explosion occurred,
the steam was either cut of from the
escape pipes, or turned into the ex-
haust pipes.
The First Engineer, Mr.. Jerome Ste
Vens, who, with the ''striker," and two
other persons, was dining at the second
table at the hour mentioned, returned
TO the engine room but two or three
minutes before the explosion, and as
he went below, passed salutations with
Mr.. Curtis, we'll known engineer,
were seated on the upper starboard
guards, and eight or ten ladies were,
| with two or three gentlemen, assembled
on the after larboard guards. Captain
PTather was In the texas abed, suffering
from rheumatism, and the mate, Mr..
Miller, with large portion OF the crew,
| was att on the lower deck. Mr.. Stevens,
on resuming his duties, tried the water
| guage Ofthe boilers, and observing that
one cylinder was losing steam, at once
commenced tightening up the stufing
box. The boat was then two hundred
yards above the California landing,
about one hundred yards from and
headed toward the Ohio shore.
AT this point a sharp, loud report
was heard, and In moment afterward
the once magnificent steamer, Magno-
liza, was In ruins.
The scene is described by those who
witnessed 1t as heart-rending in the ex-
treme, and can be better imagined than
described.
In less than i've minutes after the
collapse, flames were seen to arise from
about the place of the furnaces. and
whilst the wind, which raked her from
the larboard quarter to the starboard
bow, kept the flames from reaching an
outside, they spread instantaneously
through the cabin, and were distinctly
seen through the larboard siding,
| against, and outside of which, the IadV
passengers were all crowded.
In remarkably short space of time
hall u dozen or more skifIs manned by
strong arms, put out from this shore,
and were almost Instantly along side
OF what was lett ofthe steamer.
1t was reported yesterday, that the
passenger register OF the boat had been
4 found, by some one, floating in the
river near Columbia. This, however,
was not the case, and as yet, we have
board.
The estimate of,yesterday, that there
were in the eueighborhood OF I45 persons
on board, and that between so and 10
persons were lost, is about correct.
| THE INJURED.
The following is u correct list OF the
Injured: ll
Samuel Kerr, of Maysville, scalded
on both arms and face; W. D. Ross,
fEreesourg, face scalded; George n.
Hewston, Bracken county, KY, scald-
ed and bruised; T. F. Jones, of Smiths
Landing, arms scalded and BODY burn.
ed; Pilot Connor and brother, both bad
ly bruised and burned; Mr.. N. d. Ride
nOur, Strasburg. Va, eye cut and bad
bruised; VIM. Ross, of Higginsport,
face burned; Lucinda Small, Bath CO.,
Ky, ankle injured; Mr.. Jas. Gait OF
Washington. Injured; 3. B. Gardner,
part owner of boat. left side and both
legs injured; Jos. Park. Higginsport,
wrist sprained; George Wilder, of Hig.
ginsport, badly burned and scalded; J.
b. Hawes, Minerva, KY, shoulder in
Miss Martin, of Higginsport, slightly
wounded; James McMullen, scaided;
Thomas Corwin, burned and scalded:
A: 7. Cox. slightly; G. d. Armstrong,
slightly; H. Mayhem, slightly; VIM.
Burton, barkeeper, bndly bruised and
scalded; WIN. Cthane, assistant pilot,
slightly scnlded; Henry Clark, messen.
ger OF the adams Elk press company,
supposed fatally; John Jackson, (coior.
ed) stewart, scalded about the face and
breast; j. Mcfarland, Terre Haute, Ind.
badly bruised; Mrs. A. N. Button, Mrs.
Martin. Ripley, slightly; NJ. Misrasks,
lcolored, y CINCINNATI, both thighs bro.
ken; Mr.. Martin, Ripley, Slightly:
Frank Bruel, Cincinnati. scalded; H.
Abbot, Kentucky, scalded and bruised:
3. Shinkle, Covington, left eye out; g..
d. huston, badly injured; g. w. Kerr,
Bridgeton, Ind, badly injured, perhaps
fatally; l. Q. McCowen, New Rich-
1 on Il NaFl. III.
Second Engineer, slightly scalded and
bruised; Alexander Elliott, second
clerk, slightly bruised; L. e, Redman.
Indiana, slightly .scalded and bruised:
stephen Shorter, (colored,) } lower law
broken, and face smashed in, died at
Commercial Hospital; Green johnson,
(colored,) and Charles Lewis, fatally
injured; john Gillimand, Ripley, two
ribs broken; James Miller, badly
scalded; Charles Lewis, Iona, irightfuI
hole in the skull; j. P. LaWill, Aber-
deem, scalded badly; George Wilder,
Higginsport, badly scalded; NJ. Ochs ,
OF this city, broken leg and fractured
skull, since died; Frederick Cox, editor
of the Flemingsburg, KY, Deniocrat.
was badly bruised, his lower Jaw being
broken, and he being quite badly
scalded about the head and back; Miss
Ellen Eckelman, NJ. d. Rldenour, Col,
Charles Marshall, Mason county, KY.
| 6llRuLlYV ABOUT neaQ.
UNIHJURRD.
The following named persons escapetl
without injury save, perhaps, a few
slight bruises arp 81
Miss Oscar Mayo. of Parkersbure,
and Mr.. Painter, Of the same place;
George Harris, of Mt. Washington,
Mrs. Thlele and son, six years old, OF
this city, were rescued uninjured by a
colored deck hand, who was badly
scalded, swimming In. and bringing
them TO shore. His name is not
known. Mr.. Levi and Mrs. Baker, OF
Ripley, Ohio; Mr.. Prather, brother OF
the Captain. Lew Mills. first mate: the
| porter OF the boat, G. L. Gillis; Mrs.
Fete, Higginsport; A. @. Hull, Pitts
burgh; Mrs Lizzie Fulton, Aberdeen
Rufus Martin and lady, Ripley; Mary
]. Norizey, Ripley; Isaac Busby, Dils.
burg, Indiana; Mr.. Levi, Of this city;
Mrs. Baker, Ripley. Ohio. Geo. Pra.
ther; VIM. -P.f London, Higginsport
g. L. Gilles. Cincinnati; Mrs. Rachel
Schneider, Cincinnati.
| ILL., KNOWN To BE LOST.
Capt. j. ii. Prather, mate of the boat
Miss Ritter French and sister, Mays.
vile. KY; D. n. Murphy, assessor
Sixth District, KY. His body washed
ashore opposite Columbia. B. Brad.
ford, of Ripley, body washed ashore
near Jamestown. He had two or three
thousand dollars, in notes and valu.
ables, upon his person. The Captain
of the Mary Ament took charge of the