New-York tribune., 1872-06-17
BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
DESTRUCTION OF A SPANISH STEAMSHIP AT
MARsEILLEs-sIxTY LIVES LOST.

DESTRUCTION OF SPANISH STEAMSHIP AT
MARsEILLEs-sMTY LIVES LOST.
MARsEILLEs, June 16.-Whle the Spanish
steapship Guadsyea lying in this port to-day
crowded with passengers her boilers exploded The en-
tire Upper portion the ship torn 70 pieces or
those board few escaped death injury. Foryfour
passengers and eleven Of the officers and crew were
killed.
Immediately after explosion the steamer took nre
and the flames communicated to the dock A serious
conagraton was threatened Several hundred bales OF
cotton were consumed, when the flames were subdued
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A MISSISSIPPI RIVER
STEAMBOAT-M0RE THAN TWENTY OF Ihb
CREW DEAD OR MISSING.
McGREGoR, Iowa, June 15.-The raft-boat
d. A. Mcdonald under command OF Wall Bigelow,
passed here about O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
when nearly opposite North McGregor her boilers ex-
ploded and blew all above the boiler deck into irag-
ments The hull Immediately sunk In about ID feet OF
water. The Alamaka, transferboat between Pralrie
du Chen and McGregor fortunately was at the landing
at North McGregor and went TO the assistance OF the
sufferers and picked up eight OF the crew, five OF whom
were seriously wounded. Two OF them have since died
1t is not definitely known how many were on board at
the time of the accident and is impossible to ascertain
at present the captain and owner Of the boat re-
mained in St. Louis. AS can be made out from
the stories those saved there must have been between
20 and s5 The following list OF the crew as far as
Jack Kelley. killed; Daniel Hoagby OF La Crosse,
fatally injured since dead Mr. Lawrence Of La Crosse
badly hurt; Charlie Peterson Of La Crosse, badly hnr
Pat. Kelly OF Amboy badly hurt; Jas. Morrison or ST.
Charles slightly scalded Spencer Rice OF Irempeleau
slightly scaded; Sam johnson OF La Crosse sllghtly
Wall Bigelow Acting Captain slightly scaldedi j..
Lynch the cook, Of La Crosse, is uninued Several OF
the missing and were probably Killed rat
Flannigan, killed; Thomas Riley Is unlnjured; Mike
Dowel cook Of La Crosse, and John Martin the second
pilot Of La Crosse, were killed
Robert Solomon the second engineer, who duty
at the time OF the explosion and reported among the
killed has turned up badly scalded and bruised but not
fatally He says he attending carefully to his duty,
and had tried the water not more than three minutes
before the explosion and found water in the two top
gauges He seems TO think the boiler was very INFERIOR
but cannot account for the explosion.
The crew OF the Natoma are now dragging the river
but as vet have recovered but body which cannot
be identified.
A LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ON THE ERIE RAILWAY
BUFFALO, June 15.-The boiler of the loco
motive OF the express train the New-York and
Erie Railway, due at Buffalo at 1880 tonight, eX-
poded IS miles beyond Hornelsve, near Swan Station,
instantly killing John Miller fireman, and fatally injur-
ing Jacob Thompson engineer, beside slightly in1urng
John D. Robinson, who riding on the engine ana a
lady passenger Cause of the accident unknown Miller
and Thompson were both residents Of Buffalo. Thomp'
son was considered OF the pest engineers on the road
and had hosts OF friends The night express on satur-
day night was detained to take Mrs Thompson TO HoI-
nelsyie where her husbands body had been conveyed