, 1870-08-02
STEAMBOAT DISASTER,
Terrible Roller Explosion on the
D1tnslAAappl-Txscts ctsu t'crsuuu Killed
nud mnuy NQuW4rA.

Terrible Ho1tef E1p10Ason ON tue
mtsslAAipp1-T civo iscr.ous Killed
nnd mnny Nound~A.
MEAr11s. Aug Another terrible steamboat dis
nsle1 occur1ea At Fac,nc PsAce, thirty niles anoye
here ut II o'clock lsst night The stern wheeler ss
barge In tou, expicdeh her botlers killing and
woupdlng number OF her crew and passengers,
ami then took DIRE, Nj. Singleton. second clerk
sion took nlAee. In uaoznent the boat was wsap-
ped IN flames, and nothing was left for the sustv-
e me as ser
cs he night y Vas impossible to render assistance
As The books Of the PRINCIPAL o.llcers wese lost,
Il Is in possible to obta!n full list Of the lost.
Sap,s,n a \ ,at'as Gins,nes; Tn3aasns
tecond msie, Lons Beach; Win. Barley, second
aiewa1t, Cincinnati: Royd Smith, ootoEcd. berth
m.ser SsE MsamoDs ohio ~ cs,ns5 seeona
e rsai I'D secn sise sens 7esensa " :.
iss csso so!e9td @ oe os5a
co!orcd party, nane unknown; George Whiians,
eoran. Richard Nichols, Eph Marshal colortd
%s3ne " S de:s hsna iea
saved: i. Aahfoni, engineer. Newport;
George Fanasilin, eolofed, 1e1ia tender. Gincin
natl: John Clay. steeraman, cnetanau: Joseph
Chaslie Smith, colortd. Louisville; the
dfes saa ,he eS sS
| Herman Meyer, New 0rltans; and q German,
vile. and child, name unknown.
Some two hours after tue cxptoalon, the steamer
tty Of Cairo hove in aeht, and weni to the relief
nt the sufferers, and MI who were recovered whre
taken on boar, and brought here. A. soon a. tho
done for ,he wonnded, xho. hy e:as. q Nay! +
nsor ree taken IN amsq'ancss st,sD,,as to 1ns
Ire 'saS ls1ea 1A' los, i! their c,o.hias
eers anH ess aud u The tisy Of 24Io
II whose conduct they speak II the warmest
trtms, The Cairo was lr'inA for 8. Louis, tu1
turned hack, after using every effort to rtcnvcl
the ladits lts;. The SprBy nontel down al,ou!
two 1,liles and lodged on bas. whert She aud the
f eopFsa is Tsst' e e4aa
leaving Captain Jordan In charge The boat hat
sree
hands and rnusla,opiS- It II believed by Iii. stn
gleton that twenty Six lives we're lost.
LATER.
MENru1s, Aug. Further particulars Of tn
| SIlye1 SPRAY disaster are received 1t is now as
Ct! !tancd that there We're forty-nye persons on th
| tIo8k Of these twenty-six have been found, tw
Of shYm. Jorlan and Long. hare since died: II
oily seven we're recovered. five Of whom aTe Il
: .thcspital, Eeyerety wounded. Fonr white ones
VITO shipped here, were lost: also a German wh
I ! ut aNUar1i here h5 mistake and Ttfuse4
! to 70 to shore IN the cosi barge. Tw
), ral.tu hoss, named Sach ai,d Cormack. and Mar
, Autou shepers, wife and chilli, were known to |,
i saved. R!char1 DOYLE, wa;ehman: neury Raw
4 ston, cololc,l porter: AID VIM Duncan were &c
q The City Of Alton arrived herr Al noon. bu
brings no additional particulars aave that III
It wress Of the barge Was still burning when sf
Soou after their asriya! bcrc, Engineers Ashfor
and 3lerriIh: mate james C0rrotan; car1'ente
Msaf .nd ptoI wsnt oeia5c na GE
q written statements to the effect that whlIe tn
boat laT here her bol!ets were carefully e1amlnet
e." ennaIon Is Whs at wv oieans new sSet e..
\ had been put In to replace detective one. 4
d worked Ee!l On the passage up. The bo.
3 watch. Ashford tried the water And examine
- r. ssPr{ sn 9c,oF wo,k cn mS y
"a c;ank wz1sts when the explosion occurred In a
tuetant all was datknesa, anl I'LL the boat Ton
nre noh.1E e1uld he sen Tae a.sa1 ,.t of T T
ID IRE could nut be e1tingn!shed-
- Meredith testined to having uied the water b
c"nd;tion @ n u Tns gov sovern.nent safety 2 suaSe <,
locked IN the box and blew on very !uw. lie hs
Il bt'cn ordered never to allow more than lsa rount
70 srirs Win = life boat. Thinks only inc MIDI
:. ann FtartoaId lnliera explpslrd.
It Ricnsrl caEe. cook, ssates that TIC exp!osis
III which the boilers were neariy dr5 and reet hot
IL I. " Gil, deck hand, says the 1re was caus.
~ fanE lah fsom ,oe eaea , et.er The s5r
hut The wreck Of the cAhln fAlltnR oser on l.
.sTEc: t took re causing the people: burned a
ed iirm the freight tnwani ihe hsrce so that l