The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-13
THE oCEANUs DISASTER.
Later DetaiIs.-List of tho Lost and
THF -rH.. ..... .CounH .Wt

LhleT DetHllBSaLIHl OF inc LOSl ana
1l Etia yi. Saved. ra|sg i Th
. ST. LOUIS, April 19.-The steamer
Belle arrived this morning with twenty
eight survivors of the 0ceanus disaster,
and the bodies OF seven who. died on the
way up. The hooks and papers of the
Oceanus were lost, and complete list OF
the passengers and crew cannot be given.
The dead on the boat presented a horri-
BILE appearance. 1t is stated that 1t was
the middle boiler that exploded. The
engineer says he went on watch but few
moments before the explosion, tried the
fire gauges in each and found plenty Of
water. He then walked back to get cup
Of coffee, and in five minutes tho explo-
sion occurred. Robert Chew, one of the
proprietors of tho Atlantic and Pacific
circus, saved himself by q plank. He
thinks Geo. Constable and wite, circus
performers from California, Frank Slate
and Frank Williams, also circus men,
were drowned. eg, .a7u ..,.5 +.
The following is a listolthe dead, miss.
ing AMI saved so far as known a.t 20 r
PASSENGERS AND GREW DEAD. ~.
G, B. Hull, Covington, KY; ], H. Fin,
derman, N. T.; Chas. Blacksmoth, Chi.
cago. Alex. Connolly, 2d engineer; John
Reddy, deckhand; Morgan Foley, roust.
about; ]. B. Stewart, fireman.
PASSENGERS AND CREW MISSING,
F.M. Slight, Girard, Pa, Geo. Boren,
Lyons, Iowa; Geo Constable and wife, Of
Noyea' Circus; Pete Wagoner, Mt. Pleas.
ant, Texas; AlbertJ Johnson, Bloomington, B
III. Alf.l Redder, Captain; W. W, Wor.
sham, 1st Clerk Chas. Worshsm, %
Clerk; Harry Trip; pilot John Harris,
pilot; Geo. Wiggins, pilot; 0has. Demer-
wolf, steward; VIM. Owens, barkeeper;
Mrs. Wallace, chambermaid;l Jim John.
son, firemen; Allen Cook, firemen; Henry
Mogusta, cook; Billy Relmer, I'd cook;
VIM. Wise, porter; Chas. Burket, Cd stew.
ard; Ben Buck, cabin boy; Gus Clark,
texas tender; Billy Hart, deck sweeper;
Mat 0shea, deckhand. .- - 80 ~ ~
....s. .g. PASSENGERS SAVED. r,la. T.. III.
F. johnson Jenkins, Shreveport, La;
Charles Carpenter, Portsmouth, o.; and
John Frey, Nit. Pleasant, Texas afN @
s. h.,sR BADLY BURNED. t9h'. p
Mathew scully, Grand Rapids, Mich;
D, B. Rourke, Corsicana, Texas; o. Bloom.
er, Bloomington, Ills; G. f. Beatty, Hen.
derson, KY; John Noonan, st. Louis; O.
Looman, New Carlisle, slightly; Frank
Williams, St. Morris, Texas; Robert Chew,
Junction, City, Kansas; Joe Unki, a Ger.
man; John B. Martin, BeIlevllle, illinois,
Chris. zelsdolf; Rochester, Mimi; Daniel
McCune, Memphis; Geo. Keightly, CHIEF
engineer; Pat LAWN, watchman; Oscar
Joyce, mate; Willis Webb, fireman; ]. B.
Stewart, fireman; Forest Lamme, John
Gibbons, Martin Necdham, Mike o'Neal.
ly and Henry Smith, roustabouts; Martin
Ball, deck hand. John Ross, cabin boy,
Charles Ztmmer, third COOK, 1s not hurt
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Various state
ments have been made during the day by
the survivors ofthe 0ceanus disaster, hut
they relate almost entirely to personal
experience, and throw little or no light
on the cause Of the explosion. The bodies
brought up by tho steamer Belle Of St
Louis will DO held for inquest. Those o.
the wounded, not able to take care o.
themselves, have been taken charge Of by
the city and sent to the. hospital. Most
Of the passengers remain here. Ono o.
the pilots states that It wonld have beer
impossible for the steamer to ground al
the point the explosion took place, as as,
serted by Geo. Kee.hley. First Engineer
The Republican State Committee
Of Florida adjourned at midnight Thurs,
day night, Resolutions were passed sus
taiping Coy. Deney, and denoupcing
Gnv Reed and Chine, Seoretar,v nf Sta,s