The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-02-24

I a. work. and soon. with the assistance uf
the d,ck hands, all OF whom appear 70
I have worked wjtb tie Creates cugIness and
iusrrp!llty, got out a ha~seF forward. snI
the burning steamer vas safely landed agI
made tat IN the bank.
I Iaa passengers, among whom were srv
crai ladies' and cG.iGrcn. who tad tshaved
! IN the most pralsewOTthy and cool uaHh-r
under the trying circumstance. .Yerc then
all placed sata.y on board the barge - h.
mate, Mr. Wilson. and tie twe plots,
/ Mcssrs Handlan and Sam Jones.
( y hen the safety o! the passengers had
/ been secured, sesrch was made Tor tie
+ body 1T the captain, as il vas coHitctul e3
/ ny al that a. he hal been last seen on the
forward hurricane roof that he had been
. killed iu,tan.aneou-iy by the expio-inn.
+ / he captain was found .yIug near the cap
! stan, writhlng IN the greatest agony, aud
/ frightluliy scs,dzd He had been bown
! from th5 tor oi the hurricane roof down on
! the lower deck. lie WAS still conscious,
and although suffering the greatest pain,
! his first thought was the safety OF his pas
/ .engcr5, and, turning to the mate, Mr..
! Wilson he asked, with . seRii-bewiiiered
I look, " hat has harprGed! v ben tod
/ the boat had exploded, he aLzi3n.ly >aId,
Go aud try and save the people and leave
/ me re. - He appeared resigned TO bis
/ fate when toll! that all the passengers had
! been placed in -aicty on board the barge.
! He was then taken up by the mate and
/ pilots, and also carried on board the barge,
: where everything was done for Ills relief
/ which the circumstances allowed.
I he SECOND engineer. Mr.. Henry
McDermiJt, whose home is Agier>, La,
/ was in charge of the engines at the !imc OF
I the explosion aud when discovered be was
found yipg outside the engine room door.
/ He was terribly scahicd about Ii, head,
face. ana other part, Of the holy, IN fact,
. IN the words of our informant he was
! frigh,iutiy scaIded from head 10 foot. The
flesh wa Ia Ilhg IN shs-dS, and aihough
he was IL Ing the most extreme agony,
he W, -.I.. conscious, aud when picked up
+ an a.I on his feet was able 10 walk
3 -. me deck toward the bow. Here
cry ming was done tor his relief which
/ human >kIiLcolid suggest
The clerk, Mr Billy Rees, was coming
up from the lower deck at the time he eX
plosion occurred, ana vas badly >ca3ded by
the steam about the face. Ills injuries, We
a~e glad 20 state, a.e hot 81 d serious IA.
! ture lie was on his way 20 the Office, and
even after he encountered the steam. he
! still pushed on, only to find that the Office
81 ia l!sue D'1H "a i,.,.',
! force OF the explosion.
Three deck hands and fireman, all
! colofea, are missing, and 1t is supposed
/ they were al blown oYc. card into the
/ river and drowned.
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