The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-08-22
The Chsutsuqua Horror.


About halfpast seven o'clock last
Monday evening our citizens we're
startled and shocked by the report that
the steamer Chautauqus had exploded
her boiler at Whitney's Bay, about six
miles from Mayville, while on her re-
turn trip from this place.
The explosion took place about six
o'clock, while the boat was taking on
wood at Whitney's dock, some six
miles from Mayville, on the western
shore Of the lake. Very many of the
passengers were seated upon the upper
deck near the pilot house, and imme-
diately above the boiler. The explo-
sion came suddenly, and without any
previous warning, and in moment
the boat was torn to atoms.
The steamer at the time Of the ex.
plosion was fastened to the dock. The
bow was pointing toward the shore,
and the whole force of the explosion
seems to have been toward the bow.
The steamer is a total wreck. The
boat lies beside the dock, the bow
pointing toward the shore. All the
boat forward of the paddle boxes and
above the hull is enterely DESTROYED,
the hull is ruined, but not entirely
blown away. Where the boiler stood
there is q gap torn through the hull,
the paddle boxes and after cabins re-
main but in totally ruined condition.
The wreck is covered with broken tim
Der, and it was with some difficulty
that we could make cur way over it.
The force of the explosion seems to
have been immense-the after cabins
are entirely riddled and the whole front
part Of the boat is literally torn away.
No vestige of the boiler could be found
on the boat-a piece of the boiler
weighing six or eight hundred pounds
was found in the woods many rods
away. The engines remain on board
the wreck.
The direct cause of the accident must
for the present be q matter of surmise,
as the boat is a complete wrek, and
pieces Of timber and iron are scattered
for rods around. There were about
thirty passengers on board at the time
of the accident, nearly every one Of
whom were more or less injured The
list of killed and wounded at last acN
count stands as follows:
Mrs. Z. 9. Cochrane, of Buffalo,
killed.
Henry Cook, of Mayville, son Of
Edward Cook, the well-known barber
of this city, killed.
Mrs. Hopkins and Miss Julia Hop.
kins, of Westfeld, killed.
Miss Iduca Eells, youngest daughter
Of ID. P, Eells, of Cleveland, killed.
Mrs. S. II. Bartholomew, of Port.
land, N. Y, killed.
Captain Murray, jamestown, thigh
broken.
Major w. Cameron, jamestown
wounded in the head.
John Bemus, of Bemus' Point, bad
ly scalded.
John Brown, Bemus' Point, sererely
scalded.
Caleb Norton, of Bemus' Point
scalded.
William Smith, of jamestown, FIRE
man on the Chsutauqus, badly seald
ed.
Benjamin Garfield, of Bemus' Point
scalded in the face.
Alvin Plumb, of Westfeld, les
broken.
Cornelius Shaw, bartender, James
town scalded.
Albert Southwick, Ellery, slightly
wounded.
Mrs. Leer, child and nurse, of Cleve
land, each badly scalded in the face
Jotham Bemus, of Bemus' Point
slightly Injured.
Fred. johnson, pilot, jamestown
scalded.
". P. Miller and David L. Craw
ford, of Pittsburgh, wounded slightly
Alfred Credel and G. w. Anchutz
of Allegheny, slightly wounded.
| 1t was at first reported that the in
iuries of Captain Murray, the owne
Of the Cbautauqua, were of fata
character, but we trust that such is no
the case. A coroner's jury, We i'm
paneled at Mayville yesterday after
noon, and an iquest will be held imme
diatel y up the bodies of the killed.
| lClipped from Chautsuqua paper
and Buffalo Express.