Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
The Recent Steamboat Horror ON Fl q
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! IHE following particulars of the explo plo--------
| s SION OF the steamboat Cumberland near
| ohaWneetoWn, on the morning of the 18th.
| are CLEANED from the Evansville ,J0qw,u0z, an 81
| of the 16th: ttjn a. ,.:, V @''s 90
The boat was on her downward trim 'Sa'.'aq
ana at ohaWneetown bar the pilot had lust iadj
| rung Tor heaving the lead when her lar a,, s am
board boiler exploded with terrible crash
| leaving the boat complete wreck and 'i| MON
Killing and wounding large number of ,stra4
her deck crew, few passengers and the q dte9
mall agent as is supposed Engineer Red - b,
man, who was, on WATCH hearing the call ~'b
Tor the lead at tried the water in her saraEg
boilers and finding it satisfactory, returned d 3ia7
to the engine to be ready to answer the ID;
SLOW bell, which he expected, and had i2
just taken his position by the engine when ,n N
the boiler exploded 1t is the opinion of ans5f lg
her engineers that only the larboard boiler s
exploded; but all the boilers three in f''-''
number, were blown overheard. Only p ,asiT
small piece of the exploded boiler, and 4f7 fss
the eadS W era re fanS eS aachea Io % oq
theny, who was at the wheel, was blown .7H
overheard, as was also Bruce Hunter sec-i tsYHras
ond clerk, who was on the watch when t,.
the explosion occurred. Matheny was but '''
little stunned, and was not only able to a39o
save himself but also aided Hunter whom y T.. 81
ing H PORTIONS Of the '9 wreck ds't e
by skif. .t3Cie-EcgsG rrgcETas- ann
David Pearson the mate was blown up
in the air, and fell into the hold beneath t5z
the furnaces, among the Goals of fire. After '~F*i
having worked his way out of the hold he
discovered that the boat was on fire, and ootaR
though badly stunned, bruised and bleed
ing, he rallied such of the crew as he could
find able for duty, and with their aid sue .t-T
ceeded III extinguishing the fire, which
broke out in another place, but by the 1't'i4
timely efforts of the mate and crew, as ntW has
sisted by Alex. Howell, Capt. Lowth, and ,.r.f
others, it was again extingushed, and the
wreck, and, no doubt, many lives saved. e'h
In the meantime the anchor was cast out, G5dt3
and the j. l.. Graham came up and tOwed sy-....,
the wreck to Shawneetown, when it sunk
gradually, her 4" butts having been started 5iaa.3
by the explosion - a3a : i'aa- aaf fs2 e}s4m
When the explosion took place, Capt. ~;5;
Lowth and Jim Damron were buried in
the wreck of the texas, and had to burst 'A
their way out which with much effort t,aQC
they succeeded in doing, and Joined the 7o
mate and crew IN their efforts to save the
boat and assist the wounded. Capt. LoWth
was especially active and efficentin secur-' a esd
ing the comfort of the wounded, and was t,a
nobly seconded in his efforts by Capt
Howell and Mr.. Daniel Jacobs, of Shaw - ~
neetown, and the people of Shawneetown 31
were earnest in their efforts to render as t
sistance and relieve the suffering.
Marion Wright the first clerk was va"
slightly burned in his efforts to save Bruce eEu
Hunters little boy, who was asleep in the pa "a,
office, in which he was successful, though
the boats safe, in the same room was
blown overheard @ fa .f9o.}
George Birch, the steward, had his right
hand badly smashed and slightly burned,
but will soon be all right.
Samuel Copeland, the mail agent it is sel4l
supposed was making up his mail for
ShawneetoWn, and was notseen afterward.
The officers of the Lorena, which passed
up last night, reported that six dead bodies
had been recovered including the body of
the mail agent and one of the colored
porters Copeland leaves wife at Me-
tropolis, Ill We are told that he had only gse3}
a few days since taken out a life policy for s
$4,000 ~ st3.a
A young man who lived between Shaw ae
neetown and Equality, ILL.,. passenger,
was terribly mangled and instantly killed.
His name was not ascertained. .T TifS FoL
Nine of the negro deck crew were at
Shawneetown wounded, three or four seri-
ously. -Four five very slightly ''H
wounded but were able to assist in saving
the wreck There were twenty deck
hands and four firemen on the boat, of
whom not more than fourteen or fifteen
are accounted for and it is supposed that ~
four or five passengers were killed, but as
the books were lost in the confusion attend
ing the disaster, the exact number, or the
names, could not be ascertained. There
was but one lady passenger, and she es-
capped without injury. The officers of the
boat are highly commended for their efforts
to save the passengers andthe crew ahi
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