The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-14
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
Tue GLIDE A TOTAL LOSS.
LIST Of THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
FULL PAHrrcUnAus.

The steamer Glide. Capt. ]. F. Muse, which Ief
here last Tuesday evening for Grand Ecore. ex
ploded her larboard boiler, about midnight nea,
Vslcour Aime crossing. Shortly after the ex
plosion the boat took fire and was totally DESTROY
ed. 1t is supposed that some eight or ten of the
| passengers and crew were killed and some twenty
or thirty more severely injured by being scalied.
The steamer Glide had been running along with
the steamer j. G.. Blackford, which left here at
the same time for Bayou Courtsbleau, and had
just passed up short time before the explosion
The steamers J. G. Blackford and Thnrn-s rowen
reached the sceneof disaster shortly after the ex
posion took plaGf ,Aa tqnf On hGera the pafseni
were then making rapid progress. At the time
the explosion took place the Glide was in the mid.
die of the river, and there was possible chance
for the passengers to save themselves had not the
above named steamers come to the rescue.
The steamer Gov. Allen, Capt. Tobin, from Qua
chita river bound to this port, reached the scene
about o'clock yesterday and took from steamers
Backford and Thos. Powell all the injured and
brought them TO the city.
The following is a list of the injured brought
down by the steamer Gov. Allen:
Capt. j. F. Muse, steamer Glide, head and
shoulders badly scalded.
W. Clayton, first clerk, badly scalded not ex-
pected to live
Charlie Moore, second clerk scaded.
John Anderson first engineer, horribly scaded
from head TO feet.
Ihos. Clements, first pilot. left arm pretty
badly scslded and bruised.
Geo. Moore, pilot, badly scalded.
Chae. Conkln mate seriously scalded.
Steward named Nat Given terribly scalded and
not expected 10 live.
Major NJ. R. Marston, 1st U. S. infantry, badly
scalded on feet, hands. breast and face.
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slightly injured.
Mr.. Richardson, badly scalded.
Jas. Middleton, enc of the owners Of steamer
Glide. scalded on face and hands.
Eli Jerold, pilot, fatally injured.
Lawrence Ruddy, engineer, injuries fatal.
Martin Hines, deck hand, mortaly injured.
Peter Logan, deck hand, badly scalded.
Michael Roach. deck hand, injuries fatal.
Geo. Sloan, injuries fatal.
John Dempsey, badly scalded.
Walter Allen, colored, died at Charity Hospital.
The following are missing:
Kelly, second engineer, supposed to be killed.
One cabin boy, name not known.
Some of the passengers who were but slightly
injured, went on board the Blsckford and con-
tinued their journey up the river.
One Of the passengers, Geo. Stone, was thrown
by the explosion amongst number of mules that
formed part of the cargo. The animals were
rendered furious by fright aud pain, and before
man received many kicks. In addition to this he
was badly scalded.
The Glide was built in PittshnrG in 1sa2 was of
IONS burden, and considered very fast. She
was valued at s25 900. She is of course a total
loss. She had On board considerable freight and
rs head Of mules. all of which were lost.
We notice that Major Geo. Marston (not Mr..
Msrsden, the well known druggist, as On evening
contemporary yesterday stated was badly burnt
He was tsken to his residence on Camp street,
where be now lies. His condition we have not
learned.
A visit TO the Charity Hospital, at o'clock last
night, gave us the following additional particulars
relative to the sufferers from the disaster who
had been taken care of at that institution:
Ward Michael Roach, very badly burned,
and, in the opinion of DR.. Smythe, who is attend
ing all The patients, will not recover.
Ward 3-John Dempsey, burned on the hand;
will recover.
Ward 44-Capt. James Middleton, owner of the
boat. burned on the hand badly and slightly on
the face; will recover.
Ward 5-Peter Leggin. very badly burned on
the body; recovery extremely doubtful
Ward AZ Martin Hines, died shortly after he
was admitted.
negro man died as he was being carried in
the gate of the hospital.
Ward 44-El G. Jerold, pilot of the boat, badly
burned on the body and on the throat, and on the
hands and feet, aud sealded on the head; cannot
recover.
hands, one side feet and legs; will recover.
Ward 9-Elias Rudder, very badly scaIded on
the face and body; will not recover.
Geo. Stone, badly burned on the shoulder and
arms, and kicked in the face by a mule on the
boat; will probably die.