Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-03
ANOTHER HORROR.
Boiler Of a Staten Island
Ferryboat EXplodes.
Fifty Persons Killed and one Hun
dred and Twenty Wounded.
Thrilling and Heartrendine
Nfl Scenes. eea.
List of the Killed and Wounded.


ty of life. An accident has occurred the
horror of which scarcely finds parallel.
1t is another T thess occurrences added
to the list which leads us to inquire
whether there is no way to increase the
chances of life 1t has been the study of
civilized man how to prolong life by an
observance of the physical law, and while
some Improvement has been made in this
direction, the engines of civilization kill a
greater per cent in another direction. Last
Sunday at 80 p. NJ, New York and
Staten Island was made the theatre of in
tense excitement The ferryboat West
field while in the slip at White Hall,
crowded with passengers, exploded her
boiler We gather from the Journals
New York dispatches, the following list
of killed and wounded up to the hour of
going to press:
NEW YORK, Midnight, July 30.-The
total number of killed at this hour is
thirty one. of whom only Prof. March
Chenierre, of Brooklyn, John ]. Beck,
302 Tenth avenue, j. j. Johnson, sos
Fulton street, Brooklyn, Matilda Moffatt,
459 Ninth avenue, Nellie Groome, Flat
oush; Louise l.. and George l.. Lassas, II
First avenue, have been identified. OF
the unknown dead in the hospital and sta
ton house waiting identification there are
twelve men, six women and six boys and
girls, generally under twelve years of age
The number of severely wounded whose
names and residences have been ascertain
ed is about seventy. None of the officers
or employees of the Westfeld are thus far
reported among the sufferers. The fol
lowing is full list of the wounded now
cared for by the public authorities: Nancy
Tuck. aged nine years, New Jersey Chas
Oudies, nine years, New Jersey; John
Groonel and wife, Flatbush, L. l. Louise
Lesscl. 245 First avenue; Nettie Higgins,
2l6 Fourth street, Brooklyn ;AnnieC ahill,
delicious Jane O'Neill, ~ Cherry street /;
she had three children, aged four, seven
and ten years.
Missing-Annie Frcedorf, Isl Thomp-
son street; Everett fanny, $50 Broadway !:
c. W. Cohcnderf, 364 West Sixteenth
street Augustus Greene, Browne, near
Orchard street; Andrew Coyle. 81 Mon
roe street; Fred. Smith, 80 Cortland
street; Samuel Phillips, pa East Forty
Fifth street; Ruth Phillips, PA East
Forty Fifth street; Pat Finnigan, Staten
Island; John T. Roberts, 227 Henry
street, Brooklyn; George l.. Storts, (col-
ored), Staten Island; John Wassen,
Peckskill; Brillinger Dclenins, Fourth
street, New York; Chas. l.. Desser. 245
First avenue; Mary McCool and child,
j5l West Thirty fifth street Eliza Reed
er, 229 Madison street; Marion Fuitor,
l51 Thompson street; Maria Chevice, 246
Clinton street. Brooklyn; Arthur Che
vice, 24J Clinton street, Brooklyn; Ru
dOlph Cllman, Douglass street, Brooklyn !;
Jane Ullman, Douglass street, Brooklyn;
Mary Bucko, III Washington street; Jas.
Dayly. 15S Water street; James ID. Clark,
l6l West Twenty-sixth street; Ralph
Coles, Andrew Ncsbitt, "a Vaudam street !;
jacques DreyfIs, IL Ellen street; Jessie
McGoul and child, ISL West Thirty fifth
street Matilda Higgins, PA Fourth street
Brooklyn; John Brown, 40 Spencer
street, Brooklyn; Patrick Manley, 81
Blown street, Brooklyn; Michael Reagan,
III East Thirteenth street; John O'Con-
nor, - Warren street, Brooklyn; Thorn
as Moifat, i4 Ninth avenue, his wife is
among the dead; Alex. Dalton, 10 Mon
roe street; McCalkin Murphy, Is Dash
rosses street; Angela Green, Grand street,
Jersey; Johanna Greshorn, Grand street,
Jersey May Phillips, Is Pearl street,
New York Alex. Thornton, IL Monroe
street; Alex. Greenland, Water street,
near Scanned; Annie Froner, 151 Owen
street, Brooklyn; Daniel Mahoncy. 351
Warren street; Frederick Frcidhorf, ISL
Thompson street, mother supposcd to be
lost. father saved
Mayor Carroll, Alderman Philipson,
Alderman Levi and Chief Fire Engineer
Eckle, all of Syracuse, were on board the
Westfield, and were slightly injured.
The boats of the revenue cutter, Northern
did great service in rescuing persons
from drowning.
Captain Lochetwer, of the brig Victo-
ria, from New York for Liverpool. load
ed with petroleum, was smothcred to
death from inhaling gas from the cargo.
and he was brought to this port.
THE LATEST.
NEW YORK, July 30, 1 80 A. M.-At
Bellevidiere Hospital at IL o'clock there
were twenty four bodies in collins al d
ten on slabs,all presenting the appearance
of having been frightfully scalded, large
patches of skin being torn of in many
places.
Since nine O'Clock these died in hospi-
tai: Fanny Randall, of Sixth avenue |;
Margaret Gasoline, -, a child of two
years, frightfully burned; Christopher
Houch and wife, -; Sarah Phillips, a
baby, three unknown men and one un-
known woman; Mathew Mahoney and
John Gerrity, both of Brooklyn.
The surgeons at the different hospitals
say that majority of those in their
charge will die.
An immense crowd, estimated at fifteen
thousand, congregatcd at Bellevue Hos
pital and like crowd around the Park
Hospital.
ADDITloNoL INsuRRD.
M. c. Mccain, Q Christopher srteet,
badly scalded on arms an! face; Han nah
Brown, aged 81, and Anna Fox, aged %,
both residing at "a Atlanticst street, Brook
lyn, scalded on hands and face; Henry
Fisher aped 16 166 Eoocfnt efrnct