The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-10-05

Of Johnson County, WHO was very Sc
verely injured in the spine, thigh and
arm, is dong much better than could
have been expected; Noah r Evans, of
Loveland, who was scalded, and had his
leg crushed, VIM. O.. Sloan, are there
and doing well. 49,
It is the general expression that 9th
ers were killed by the explosion, of
whom there is no report yet.
Mr. Ballard was walking at the tim =
with Mrs Dunlap, near the scene of ac-
cident, and n woma.i was walking before
them A man was blown against Mr.
Ballard, and the woman wss blown out
of sight.
A report comes from different sour
ces of little girl being killed outright
upon the grounds, and Of the body be-
ing taken at once to carriage and driy-
en- away.
1t was reported last evening that
father and his daughter were boarding
at Il house in the eastern part Of the cit
Y, that the daughter was instantly kill
ed, being cut in two, and that the father
Immediately brought her to the city,
procured coffin, and took the body to
his home in Liberty, Union County
Another statement wasthat Of q color
ed man being terribly scalded, and run
mig in his fright dire city to his home
on North Mississippi street where he
afterward died. Aa
The body at the uudeataker's which
was thought at the time to be that Of
Senator Bradley, Of Laporte, turns ont
to be some one else.
The young johnson, who was report
ed severely cut and scalded, was a son
John Johnson, and not OF James Johr-
son, as reported. He is lying at the
residence Of his uncle, William r. Hog
shire, ia this city
Three persons, not previously report
ed, Mrs. Gotlieb Schae, who resided on
Davidson street, whose left shoulder is
fractured, her son, who had his left arm
broken, and her daughter, who has a Sc
we're flesh wound in the head
Belle, daughter of w. Reynolds a
ged about four years, was struck b. q
piece of the boiler, while in her fathers
arms, and was slightly wounded, but
will bs out in few days.
1t is claimed by several VIII have
seen the amputated arm at the unde rita
ker's, that it belongs to the body of
John Slack, of Rob Roy, Fountain Coun
ty, who was here at the time, having
drawn his pension and gone to the fair,
with a comrade, who has not seen him
since.
Robert Butler, Of this city, was terri
bly, scalded, but will probably recover.
The receipts ut the Fair Grounds on
Saturday, which were to be donated by
the action of the Board, on Friday
night, to the relief Of the sufferers, were
quite insignificant, not exceeding .Slo0.
The Board, at their meeting on eSatur-
day night, voted to add enough to this
to make the donation $500.
A meeting for the elief Of the suffer
ers will be held to morrow morning, and
will be lal gely attended.
The Coroner's jury commenced the
examination of witnesses on Saturday
morning, several of whom testified that
there was a scarcity of water in the
boiler most of the time during the day,
and that there was too much steam on.
They con sidered it dangerous. One
witness, an old friend Of the engineer,
ca lied his attention to the fact, and the
engineer replied that he was running
that machine. The engine had been
stopped for several minutes to enable
the sawdust to be cleared out from under
the sawmill, and was about being start
up again when the explosion occurred.
The general opinion is that cold wa
ter was being pumped into the boiler,
parts of which were red bot, which was
the immediate occasion of the explo-
sion
The investigation is not yet complies
ted, and may continue for several
days.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 3.-The Cor
oner gives the number of killed at the
fair ground, on Friday, including two
wounded that have since died, at TWEEN
ty There is still one body at Wea
ver's undertalxer's office not recognized,
and the head and some fragments OF
flesh Of another.
John Loring, of Franklin, Indiana,
died at the City Hospital yesterday, and
j. A McYey, from the country near the
city, at the Surgical Institute, to day.
One of the bodies at Viewers is sup
posed to be that Of Joha Slack, fro 10
Rob Roy Nine of the dead were burr
ed here to day. Two or three more of
the wounded are in a very critical con
dition, and will probaly not recover.
AS near as can be ascertained. be-
tween fifty and sixty were wounded.
The Coroner's jury are still in session.
taking evidence, but will not probably
return verdict for several days.
It has been defnately ascertained
that there were no females killed, except
one girl, Miss Dawson, twelve years old
Several ladies were badly wounded
three Of them still at the hospital.
Verdict Of the Coroner's Jury.