Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-29
THE MOBILE DISASTER.
Sixty Persons Killed ard Wounded,

ARoTTEN BOILER THE MURDEROUs AGENT.
Our telee raphic columns Yesterday contp'ued
bIief account of the tea. bic disaster on a Mo-
bile excursion steamer on Sunday last. The
following pan ucr'Grs ale 4 ON the Mobile Regis
ter:
Thes steamer Ocean Wave, loy-pressure boat
LETT this city on Sunday morning, With about 800
per- ors on board, for an excursion TO Fish river
about twenty m'lrs from the city. On he re-
tIrn a Ip she stopped at Point Clear, reaching
@'lere about 2. N. The boat was made fast
and The band and pat of the pa -Sengers went
ashore. After remaining there for half an hour
the whistle was blown, and the passengers got
aboard, when the boiler exploded with great
force. Following the Tumbling, Kissing sound
fragments OF timber and metal flew III every Iii
rectiOn. The forward part OF the boat, with the
cabin, WIS carried completely away, the CHM
ney falling backwards towar's the rear of the
boat, crushing the upper cabin, and tue DO 4
Immediately suPk, with her bows submerged.
About sixty or seventy persons were Filled and
Injured by the explosion. So far the bodies OF
uinet zen dead, eight ladies' among the number.
have been recovered. and twcnty-eight wounded
have been brought - the city, and one OF the
number, a Little girl, HI since died.
THE SCENE WAS APPALLING.
terrific, heart-rendng, and wild scenes OF grief
have seldom been wi,rCsscd. I ne frantic cries
of the survivors, and tie lamentations fOr los:
wives, children, parents, sisters and brothers
were aCOniZing to all who had human sympathy.
Many of the passengers were littie children and
little hats ami bonnetS came ashore to tell Of the
LITTLE VICTIMS BENEATH THE WAVES.
The Captain, Vim. Eaton, swan some time
Wi'h bO.h legs broken. \ boat reached him inst
TOO late, and he went down. The two pilots
were killed, the engineer and wife severely in
iured, and al the 1remen killed. Ii Is impossi-
BILE ID give correct estimate of the total loss of
lie. By some IT is supposed that thirty or forty
persons are sill buried in the debris Of the
wreck, or at the bottom of the bay. \ diver has
gone to the scene OF the disaster. The accident
has cast gloom over the whole city, and univer-
sal sadness prevails. The streets are crowded
with people and there is intense excitement
The Ocean Wave has been tor some time consd-
cred an ursatc boat, and has always been an
unluCky one.
4 CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
Is 1Omewhere, and Il should be visited upon
those to who reCkleSsness and iucapacity i the
catfStfophe attributable. The system OF in
sP-ctions everywhere is loose, careers and reck-
less. The boiler was not so much exploded As
it was torn open with long seam. II was 50 rot
ten as TO literally tear open. Hadit been stronger
SO as to explode with greater violence. the de-
struction would have been greater. The force
OF the explosion was upward aud forward.
MYSTERIOUS AND HORRIBLE MURDER OF A
loUNG GIRL IN NEW YORK.-Sunday morning
Coroner Herman in New York made a post NOR
TEN examination at the MOrgue of the body OF
on unknown female, discovered on Satrr,lav in
a trunk left at the HUDSON River Railroad depot
for Chicago. The verdict was that the cause of
death was inflammation of the bowels brought
on by abortion. The corpse is evidently OF a
young woman Is or 70 years OF age. The features
?-e pic asing. hair light, height feet inches
No clue has been obtained to the identity of the
woman who left the trunk containing the re-
MFRS of the victim at the depot. The trick
man and the driver Of a coupe which brought the
woman TO the depot, who had been arrested on
suspicion, have been discharged, there being no
evidence against them. The latter states he
does not know who the woman was and he drove
her the deI0 in the ordinary way of business
The boy, Alexander Perks, who assisted in cav
rying the trunk into the depot failed 10 identify
the truckman. The police are making strenuous
efforts to unrayei the mystery. The houses of
noted aborlIonists are now under the strictest
surveillance.
THE MYSTERY CLEARED Up.
A press telegram from New York last night
says: "The mystery of the corpse found i'm a
trunk I at the Hudson river depot is clearing up
The truckman who brought Il surrendered him
sell, and the police, acting on information given
by him, have arrested an alleged notorious abor-
ZIONIST. DIR. Jos. Rosenswig, alias Asher, from
whose house, it is stated, the trunk was taken
The people attempted to lynch the Doctor as he
saved with difficulty by the police. He denies
all knowledge of the AFFAIR.""
SUITS FOR DAMAGES By wEsrFIELp FERRY-
BOAT NICTIMs--Suits on behalf OF the follow
ing persons have been commenced in the Brook
lyn City Court against the Staten Island Ferry
Company, to recover damages cansed by the
Madden, Michael Kelly, Richard r. Moore,
Bernard, Catharine, Ann and Thomas Smith,
Ellen Groom, John Groom, and Mrs John F.
ROBERTS, damages 5000 each; John Groom, jr.,
s ~ oOo EDWARD Day so oOo Della I. Groom,
A Ku KLUx SHoT-A white man named
Lyon was shot and killed on Thursday night in
wilson county, Tenn; by a negro into whose
horse he was attempting 20 force his way Lyon
was IN disguise, and was accompanied BY some
Is others, all of whom were masked.
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