Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-15

Captain John z. washington, and wu Be
found on the lsvas at all hours.
The Phil AlIn came In Light, but went
out with e good trip.
A large number Of people were on the
q last evening TO witness the depar-
ture Of the rival steamers Phil. Allin and
A. }. White. Both steamers have warm
friends snd are both worthy.
The damage to the George ". Cheek
viii not fall short Of 5000. Both cylin-
der heads and cylinder were broken.
Sterling Whitehead, Of the Geo. ".
Cheek, has been Transferred 70 the A. J..
White. The Cheek undergoes repairs.
The accident to the Sam Hale WIS terri
BE In its results. Every man IN the en-
CINE room, six In number, was killed
two Of them Immediately, and the other
four died In a brief space Of time. The
pipe bursted at its connection with the
engine, snd was split up about q loot, and
spread wide per the steam rushing
through with terrible force until the
boilers were exhausted. One man leapsd
down the aftsrhatch, where he was dis
covered by his RrOsus. He lived till the
boat reached Paducah, suffering indie
scribabls tortures. They were all liter
ally boiled alive, the flesh falling from
their bones. The five we're so fearfully
and fatally injured tina they were unable
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they survived could only Writhe in voice
less agony. The engineer had just tried
the water in the boilers, and had tarned
back to the engine room, when the eX-
plosiOn took place with y sound like that
of distant thunder which lasted tor sew
eral minutes.
Barney Hughes RailUGy Record is out
again; but, slssl poor Barney, be has
abolished the river column and goes
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well to his river friends, and sOes head
over heels into jars mot family Jars,
because he has nj family but spiritual
Jars. Barney imagines that UdTietEsl is
the spice of life, and being an apt scholar
and naturally fond of books, be visits all
the schools regularly. White and black
are alike the recipients Of his many noble
acts of charity.
A Wheeling dispatch Of the 18th says
The Wheeling and Petersburg Mail
COmpanY's steamer Express, that was
blown sgrOund while landing at Proctor
last evening, is still hard and fast. All
efforts to relieve her have proven useless.
She is hard aground all along one side,
and lies straight fore and aft, but as the
water declines she careens to the lar
board. l. is feard she is resting on some
pickets, and her owners intend prOpping
and blocking her up to prevent any fur
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will take her place in the mail trade until
a rise in the river relieves her from her
position.
A Shreveport, Louisiana, correspondent
says: The iron boat John T. Moore is q
success. As a great many predicted that
iron boats could not succeed in shaggy
waters; that if they struck a snag q be
hole would be the result; that a breach
wss much more easily produced in an
iron hull than a wooden one, and a great
many other reasons too tedious to emu
merate, We take pleasure in relating the
exploits of the great iron steamer John T,
Moore on her last trip up with a huge
snsg that has already sunk two wooden
steamers. The Moore came in contact
with the snag under full Roadway, strik-
ing il with the starbOard knuckle. The
cOncussiOn was so great that all who were
standing up were knocked OF their feet,
There was considerable excitement on
board for q few moments, every one
thinking she had made q breach in her
hull and would DOL go to the bottom OF
the river. Captain BOardmsu informs US
that he himself fsl5 rather reluctant to 20
and examine her hold, fearing that his Pct
had found a " fOemsn worthy of her
metal, " and had got the worst of &c. But
pretty sOOn the mate yelled oct from her
hold, Gan right, siri" and the Captain
went down TO examine for himself. he
says he looked all along on the side on
which the snag struck, and could not
even find q dent in the iron. Bully for
the iron bOstl say we, and amen viii a
great many say on hearing this, for 1t will
produce great changes in Our boats built
in future. That iron can be successfully
used TO build boats is an established tact
now.