Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-18

weeks since, both belonging to tn
same line-EvausYille and Cairo
There were but few passengers on tn
/ Phantom. Had she her ordinary lis
the loss Of life would have been ter
rible.
LATER,
Phil. Best was engineer on watch
had his arm broken. George McFad
/ den, express messenger, ancle shatter
ed (fractured). He had a package o
money in each hand and the key Of tn,
safe, and does not remember whether
he put the money in the safe or not
Two commercial travellers, unknown
were sitting by the stove in the cabin
! As they were not seen after the ex.
| plosion both are supposed lost. A
! passenger named Hart, late of Mem
| phis, from Ohio, afOrmer employee OF
/ the Memphis and Louisville road, was
badly cut i'm the face, the lower part oil
his nose being cut entirely of. p.
From the Paducah Kentuckian.l
THE PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
The persons killed were George
Nicholson, first clerk; William Gram
mer, barkeeper; James Atkinson,
third cook; Wade Hickman, (cOlOred) }
cabin boy; and one or two men who
were passengers, whose names are un-
known.
The persons injured were W. H.
Matheny, pilot, leg badly hurt; VIM.
Barry, second mate, disIOeatiOn of the
knee-a very serious injury; VIM. H.
Steel, steward, leg fractured and ankle
badly hurt; Geo. McFadden, express
messenger, ankle fractured; Charles
Garner, pilot, back slightly hurt;
VIM. Bently, passenger, face badly
hurt. Thomas Kelly, deck hand, face
slightly hurt, body bruised; Thomas
COnners, deck hand, ankle badly
Sprained; J. 3. Hart, passenger, nose
cut of, and body badly bruised. The
black deck hands and tiremen were
the worst scaIded. George Stevenson
was terribly scalded; George Church.
hill not quite so much; John Kyler,
very badly scalded; VIM. Anderson,
also badly scalded and hurt inter
nally; James Hammond, hurt inter-
Dally; Charles Jones scalded; John
TOlleF, scalded slightly.
Gen. Nicholson, first clerk, (kiIIed)
lived at ShaWneetOYn, Ill, and was
an unmarried man. He was klOWn
up and terribly hurt, but after he came
down he called loudly to be helped
out, but was caught under the timbers
OF the boat and drowned. They
seemed to strike on the back of the
neck and hold him there. William
barkeeper, (kIlied) body
not found, was from Evansville. Jas. |
third cook, (killed) his
mother and stPp-father, named Hun |
nell, live in Evansville. lie had, |
lust before the accident, been sent |
below for wood, and was sitting by a
deck hand, when he was suddenly |
s:ruek dead, while the deck hand was
not. Wade Hickman (cOlOred) who |
was killed, belongs in Paducah. The
who is known 70 have been
killed was standing or the forward
leck Just as the explosion occurred;
md was never seen again. W. Al.
Matheny, the pilot, was on duty. he
was blown up and when he camedOWn
ne fell to the hulls So dense was the
,team and dust that he could see moth
NO. but swan out until he caught
iOid of a piece of the guard.
leo. McFadlen, the express mes
enger, hSL been a moment before
alking with one of the killed and
vent back to his room where - was /
when the explosion took place. VIM.
3ently, a passenger who was hurt, be
ongs in Evansville. Dir. Hart, who
,elongs in Memphis, was struck with
that cut a terrible cash on
ach cheek and cut part of his nose OF
o that it hung by the skin on each
ide. Thomas Conners was heav-
ng the lead when the explosion took |
,laoe. The boot Of VIM. II. Steel was
at completely OF by the blow that
-actured his ankle. Two unknOwn
,ersons on the boat were hurt, OHe
Iad his foot sprained badly and the
ther whose fingers were badly
mashed, he'd them deSsed at the SIS
ers' Hospital and then went on to
Evansville.
THE SAVED.
Capt. Dexter, who had chartered the
Capt. Jack Sleath, OF Pa
.ucah, who was in command, David
carson, first mate; Eugene Rudd,
pcOnd clerk: Phil Best, first engineer;
nd John Wallace, second engineer;
!. T. Herring, the cook; John Coop
r, second cook; the colOred cham
ermaid, second steward, two c8bin
oys and several passengers escaped
or with Sigh hurts.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEsTs.
Inquests were held on the bodies Of
Nicholson and Atkinson, and then |
hey werc sent up the river to their
elatives. The Coroner forgot tOnake
etura, as he expected 10 do, to the
Leahlckjo3, OF the verdicts rendered,
ut it was understood that the first one
vas I'm substance nobody TO blame
nj the second wasn't, that is if the
acGnd was concluded.
FIIE WRECK.
The wreck is lying iR tho water
7here the explosion occurred.
The Phantom was owned In Padu-
alb, and citizens report that when she
9ok the place of the Quickstep her
oilers were IN such bad condition as
D compel her to land above the city
nd repair her boilers before proceed /
NJ. It is probable the Cumberland
nd Phantom We're inspected by the
anne Government officer, being in the
? me district.
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