The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-30
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT HORROR.
The Arthur Blown Up and
. Sunk Near Memphis.
Between so and 90 Lives Lost.
List Of the Saved and Partial List
Of the Lost.
MEMPHIS, January 2S.

The steamer W. r. Arthur, from
New Orleans for Louisville, which LEFT
here late last night, exploded her boil.
ers fourteen miles above here at 1880
this morning, tearing away the forward
part OF her cabin and taking fire. The
boat burned until she sunk. The night
was very dark, and after the explosion
most of the passengers rushed down to
the lower deck. Many in their confusion
jumped overheard and were drowned, and
when the bow sunk the waves crossed
the lower deck and swept off all who had
gathered there.
Capt. Harry Broski, Commander, was
lifted up and was knocked down by
the stairs Of the texas, which fell upon
him. He cxtricated himself and got an
axe and cut his way out, saving his wife
and child, whom he took to to the H.
dies cabin, which then took fire several
times. HG andh few others extinguished
Il. Had the cabin passengers remained
there all would have been saved, but ow.
Ing to their fright ncarly all rushed down
stairs.
About 5 o'clock this morning, Captain
Dabckc, of the tug Repont, heard man
haowing out in the river. A. skitf went
out md took him OIL n cotton bale. HG was
one of the survivors, and told OF the acci.
dent Steam was raised on the tugs Little
Giant and Rcpont, and the ferry boat Ex-
Celsior, which went to the scene, picking
up several on cotton bales and planks Oh
tic way. They brought oil that could be
found To the city, most Of whom were
badly chilled and hurt. Five took to the
life boat Immediately after the explosion
and went ashore, and then turned il adrift.
When they were picked up by the Ex.
CclsiOr the survivors talked Of lynching
them The following arc saved, badly
hurt. Pilots Jos. W. Bryan and George
Iitchie. Of St. Louis; Geo. Reed md Geo.
Blank, Engineers; Kate Murphy, Cham
bCrmaid; Mike Baylor, of Pennsylvania;
Chas. Kcnly, oil st. Louis; Geo. Bowers,
of Uniontown, KY; Chas. Hudson, Wau.
par, Wisconsin; Geo. johnson, (colOrCd)
Of Cairo; Mrs. Capt. Brolakc was hurt in
the head and chest, and her little sister
Virgic had her arm sprained; Mary Miller,
nurse, badly scalded. The pilots were
badly scaldcd and bruised. The follow
ing wero lost: Mates, Miller and Allen, Of
New Orleans; Joe. Blank, John Bowman,
lst clerk, I'd and 3d chambermaids,
Miss Paxton, Philadelphia; Mary Carr,
scamstresS, St. Louis; Daniel Starke, the
wclLknown pilot, Aurora, Ind; two bar.
keepers; +. Julien, wife and child, Gilcon.
da, Ills; two stewards and two porters; J.
r. Russell, wife and son, Jefferson, Texas;
two negroes and q German, the latter
aged about % years, dressed in gray jeans
pants, and was brought down on the Ex.
ccsiOr. The officers ofthiS bOatsaw sew.
eral bodies on the wreck under the debris,
but as they were wounded and suffering
50 from the cold they did not wait to cut
them out. The boat had 1900 tons Of
freight, including 1900 bales Of cotton.
The boat was about ten years old and val.
urd at $4,000. Insured at ST, Louis for
$4,000.
On the arrival here tho survivors
were taken to different hotels, md every
attention shown them by the citizens,
Large numbers OfthOso saved arc badly
injured, and many are unable to talk,
among whom arc known to boJ. Allen,
wife and child; NJ. Sweeny, Stephen Nil.
ton and Henry Hines, Cincinnati, o.; Mrs.
Harman, two daughters, son and ncice,
Cnvn CrOOlS. Arkansas,
MEMPHIS, January 30,
The bodies recovered from the
Arthur have been identified US SIrs. Jennie
UlIr, Goldona, Illinois, and Martin
GrAny, second steward, Maysvlllc, Ky.
Another body Is believed to 10 Miss Pax.
ton, Of Philadelphia, found on the ArkAn.
sas shore to-day. The following persons
are also believed to be lost;
James Ncaglc, deck hand, ofDubuque,
Iowa; Charles and Andrew Cole, boys,
LeaycnwOrth; Peter BOnton, striker,
Memphis; Albert Rose, striker, Carlisle,
Illinois; WIN. McGregor, cabin boy, ST.
Paul, Minnesota; Albert Crunch, passen.
ger II Is now believed that there wero
eighty.sevca lives lost by the disaster
The wounded arc oil doing well. II Is
believed that none will die, The second
engineer, who was on duty at the time,
says that everything was working well ut
the time OF the explosion. The boat was
carrying less than 1870 pounds Of steam,
and was allowed 1873. lIe had Just tried
the water and found II all right. Ono
boiler was blown at the ruddOr post and
smashed the valve, while another Ills DO.
lGved was driven through her hull, caus'
Ing her to sink.
ST. LOUIS, January g.
Tho steamer Arthur was owned here by