The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-30
MEMPHIS.
Another Steamboat Disaster on the
Mississippi-Eighty Lives Lost.

Another Steamboat Disaster on the
Mississippi-Etghty Lives Lost.
MEMPHIS, January 2S.-The steamer
W. R. Arthur, from New Orleans for
Louisville, which left here late last
night, exploded her boilers IA miles
above here, at l:30 this morning, tearing
away the forward part OF the cabin,
and took fire and burned till the bow
sunk. The night was very dark. Al
ter the explosion most OF the passengers
rushed down to the lower deck; many
in confusion jumped into the river and
were drowned. When the bow sunk
the waves caused the lower deck to be
swept Of all gathered there. Captain
Harry Brokski, commander, was drift
ed up and knocked down by the stairs
of the texas, which fell upon him. He
extricated himself and got an axe and
cut his way out, saving himself, wife
and child. The ladies cabin then took
fire several times, but he and
a few others extinguished it. Had the
cabin passengers remained there all
would have been saved, but owing to
fright nearly all rushed down stairs.
About five o'clock this morning Capt.
Dabeke, Of the tug Report, heard man
hallooing out in the river, and skif'
went out and took him off a cotton
bale. He was one Of the survivors, and
told Of the accident. Steam was raised
on the tugs Little Grant and Report,
and ferry-boat Excelsior, which went to
the rescue, picking up several on cotton
bales and planks on the way, and
brought all that could he found 10 the
CITY, most OF whom were badly hurt.
Five took the life-boat after the explo-
sion and were turned adrift, when
they were picked up by the Excelsior.
The other survivors talked Of lvnching
them.
The following are saved, badly hurt
Pilots Joseph W. Bryan and George
Ritchie, of St. Louis; George Reed and
George Blank, engineers; Kate Muir
ply, chambermaid Mike Baylor, Of
PENNSYLVANIA; Charles Kenly, of St.
Louis George, Bowers, Of Uniontown,
Ky. Charles Hudson, Waupau, Wis;
George johnson (colored), of Cairo;
Mrs Captain Broloke, head and chest,
and her little sister Virgie, arm
sprained; Mary Miller, nurse, badly
scalded. The pilots were badly scalded
and bruised.
The following are. lost: Mates Miller
and Allen, New Orleans; Joe Blank,
John Bowman, first clerk Cd and 81
chambermaids; Miss Paslon, Philadel-
phia Mary Carr, seamstress, st. Louis;
Daniel Starke, a well known pilot,
Aurora. Ind; two barkeepers; +. julien.
wife and child, Gilconda, Ills; > stew
ards, > porters, j. R. Russell, wife and
son. > negroes and German, the latter
abort 25 years old and wearing grey
jean pants. The officers Of the boat
saw several bodies on the wreck under
the debris, but the wounded were suffer
ing so from the cold that they did not
wait to cut them out.
The boat had 1900 tons OF freight, in
cludng 1909 bales cotton. The boat
was about 10 years old, valued at
$4,000; insured in St Louis for
$4,000.
On the arrival OF the survivors here
they were taken to different hotels, and
every attention was shown them by the
citizens. Large numbers OF those saved
are badly injured many are unable to
talk. Known to be lost. Allen, wife
and child; NJ. Sweeney, Steven Melton,
Henry Hives, Cincinnati, o. Mrs. Har-
man. two daughters, son and niece,
Cone Creek, Arkansas.
SECOND DISPATCH
MEMPHIS, January 29.-The bodies
recovered from the Arthur have been
identified as Miss Jennie Ulier, Col
dona, Ills, and Martin Grauey, second
steward, Maysville, Ky. Another body,
believed to be Miss Paxton, of Phila-
delphia, was found on the Arkansas
shore to-day. The following are also
believed to be lost: James Neagle,
deck hand, Dubuque, Iowa; Charles
and Andrew Cole, boys, Leavenworth;
Peter Benton, striker, Memphis; Albert
Rose, striker, Carlisle, Ills; William
McGregor, cabin boy, st. Panl, Mimi;
Albert Cranch, passenger.
1t is now believed that eighty-seyen
lives were lost by the disaster The
wounded are all doing well, and it is be-
lieved that none will die.
The second engineer, who was on
duty at the time, says everything was
working well at the time of the explo-
sion. The boiler was carrying less than
l2O pounds of steam, and she was al
lowed l2S. He had just tried the water
and found it all right One boiler was
blown aft to the rudder post, and
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