The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-01-20
Another Steamboat Disaster.
EXPLOSION OF THE BOILER OF THE GLIDE
OFFICERS AND CREW SEVERELY sCALDED.

landing last evening, shortly after O'Clock
for Grand Ecore, on Red River. When at
Valcouraime's plantation, about forty-nine
miles above the city, she ran aground, and
shortly afterwards, between ~ and l
o'clock, exploded her laboard boiler, de.
stroying almost everypart of the boat.
BY the explosion the following officers,
passengers, deck hands and firemen were
badly and slightly scalded and burnt:
Capt. j. f. Muse, badly about the head,
face and hands, also internal injury.
l.. Clayton, first clerk, scalded badly.
+. Clements, second clerk, hands, arms
and shoulders badly scalded.
Chas. Conklin, badly scalded.
Richerson. passenger, badly scalded-
taken to the St. Charles Hotel.
Geo. Wood, badly scalded.
Thomas Sheppard, barkecper, badly
scalded.
George Sheppard, barkceper, badly scald
ed.
Cabin hoy missing.
Three firemen aud FIVE deck hands, some
slightly and others badly scalded-all ia
ken to the Charity Hospital.
The steamers j. G. Blackford, Can't.
Pickett, and 'rbos. Powell, Capt. Dinvant,
running up about a mile and half astern,
soon came to her assistance, and took off
all the wounded and those that escaped,
and transferred them to the steamer Gov.
Allen, Capt. Tobin, bound down from
Camden, and brought them to the city
this morning. ff} |st
The Glide had on good freight of ,.ier-
chandise aud seveLty-five head of mules.
all of which, with the boat, were burned.
.'' CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The boat struck the bank, and remained
stationary until all the passengers, crew
and wouded were taken off. It is the be-
lief that the severe conclusion of running
aground was the cause of the explosion.
The boat. shortly after the explosion, took
fire and was entirely destroyed. We could
not learn the amount of insurance. The
boat was valued at $4,000.
THE CHARITY HOSPITAL.
To the kindness Of DR.. J. B. Armstrong,
resident student at the Hospital, We stand
indebted for the following list of the would
ed already brought to the Charity lIospi-
tai. These were oil brought there at s
O'Clock this morning, and the numbers at
tached show the ward
A ~ Martin Kinds, deck hand, danger
ously; will die 4; nativity, Langford, Ire
land, A ka-Jas. Middleton, owner of boat :;
nativity, Ohio hopes for recovery. s.
Peter Logan, deck hand Londonderry,
Ireland some hopes. Fiji Jerold, pi-
lot nativity, Mississippi will die.
9-Laurence Ruddy, engineer, Pennsyl-
vania. t.i'+.I -.
s-John Dumpscy, Galway, ireland !;
some hopes.
Michael Roach, deck hand. Cork, Ire
land no hopes.
George Stone, Cork, Ireland doubtful.
Patrick Flaherty, fireman, Galway, Ire
land; some hopes.
Besides the above nine, there are thir-
teen others yet to be received at the bospi-
tai. '-If "a
VISIT 70 THE WARDS.
To any one who is familiar with steam
boat explosions, and who has frequently
seen the victims brought to this city, it
need hardly be stated that the victim sell
dom RECEIVERS. Either he inhales the hot
STERN into his lungs which in itself is Ger
tain death, or so large portion of the sur
face OF his body comes in contact with the
destroying element that the skin is remov-
ed and the system is unable to eliminate
the ordinary amount of noXious matter.
Of the number therefore that have been
brought to the Charity Hospital, it will not
seem surprising that only two are thought
to have much hopes of recovery.
The general appearance presented by
most Of the victims was in the last degree
sickening and terrible to ntemplate. On
one, for instance, the face and arms would
be perfectly livid, ike that Of some Of the
corpses seen on battlefeld's, the skin
would hang in folds, and the general up.
pearance of the sufferer would be that ofan
animal freshly fayed.
Most OF those who were seriously iniur-
ed were wrapped and swabbed in lint and
linen clothes smeared with carin oil, pre-
paration mostly composed of equal proper
tons of lime water and fax seed oil. The
hands would be muf1led in such q way rs
to appear encased in boxing gloves, and
the swollen and distorted features would
appear to be covered with yellow mask,
with appertures for breathing and seeing,
and stained about the mouth with blood or
foam. One of the victims it was impossi-
BILE to contemplate without shudder was
Mr.. Geo. Stone, who ut the time the acci.
dent occurred was thrown among lot Of
horses or mules, excited and rendered un-
comfortable by the general calamity. Be-
sides his injuries from steam, he was SUI
fering from having been tramplcd upon and
from having received kick full i'm the face.
AS he lay under the influence of some
strong narcotic his features were sugges-
tive Of that of corpse, CHASTITY and swollen
and smeared beyond the power of identifi-
cation with blood.
Patrick Fiaherty, goldman, was in but
little better condition. lie had, at the
time of the accident, been thrown among
the coal and covered with the dust. AZ
fected as he was now by the escaping steam
his face, when he was rescued, had become
of an nky blackness. Although his hair
was black, the accident had had the effect
of making it appear of still deeper hue
Mr.. James Middleton, who is put down
as the owner of the Inflated boat, received
the fewest Injuries. According to his ac-
count, the boat was proceeding quietly on
her way when she struck the bar which
caused the explosion. He was at the time
asleep, as well as almost every one else ex-
cept the regularly appointed watch.
John Dempsey was also able to converse
about the disaster. lie, too, was asleep
h, nf I,o o,;j a.,