The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-04-18

flags were hois.ed st half mast, and church
bells to!led.
After the short service at the house Ut
O'Clock, the remains of the deceased were
carried to St. Peters church.
Mr.. Corning had requested that his pail
bearers nigh, tie chosen from hin workme.,
and IN conformity with his wishes the follow.
ing persons acted as pail bearers: Willinn
Clay, superintendent Of the green house On
the Corning farm; John Vanderbilt, foesnan
OF farm; William Fisher and Levi Hoyt,
fromth iron store here; James Eitxsimmons,
OF his private Office, and Edward RYAN. his
body servant. All thess men have been IN
Mr.. Cornings employ for periods ranging
from Is to 10 wears
The public services at the church we're
simple ani'short, and conducted by Bishop
Doone and Rev. Mr.. Snively. State street
was lined on either side by citizens at four
O'Clock. The procession then took up the
lire Of march for the rural cemetery in the
following order: Workmen from Mr.. Corn
ings iron works at Troy, some l, 800 or
2,0on altogether; clerks from iron store in
This city; directors and clerks Of the ALBANY
City bank; Governor and staff; Judges Cour-
OF Appeals: Regents of the University. Al,
bany; Burgess corps; the Secretary Of Statet
New York; Assembly Of State, New York;
the Jackson corps; the common council;
board of fire commissioners; board Of trade;
board of water commissioners; young mems
catholic lyceum, and Albany institute
Steamboat EXPlesiss.
CAIRO, ILL.,, April 1.-THE steamer
Oceanus running from Red River to 81.
Louis, when near Brooks ppint, thirty miles
above Cairo, at ioclock a. m, exploded her
boiler, blowing the upper works almost en-
tirely away, Immediately after which the
wreck took Ere, burning to the waters EDGE.
Pilot Thompson, of the steamer John Lund.
sen, lying few miles below; on seeing AO
light from the burning wreck, manned .
yawl and proceeded up the river II ascertain
the cause. He found small party Of sur
vivors on an island, but passed on to rescue
those on the wreck. Ten or twelve persons
we're clinging to TIE wheel, but the wheel
dropped before he reached them, and all
but four were lost. He found deck plssen-
ger, name unknown, near the shore badly
scaide,l, bu, he died before arriving II Cairo.
The steamer b lie Of 81. Louis bound up,
| took nearly all Of the survivOia Mr..
Thompson rescued Pilot Harris, vio suhss.
quen,ly went to st. Louis On the Marble
City. The latter states that WiRgins. tie
Red River pilot, was drowned. Harry Trip
pilot on the wreck, also Capt Reeder, we're
buried in the debris, and were heard calling
despairingly for help, but the Ere had gain
ed such headway that they could not b res
cued. and they were burned. Fisher, the
carpenter, reached here on the Shreve.
He was not seriously hurt He was second
| engineer. Alex. Kennedy was terribly
-calded which blinded and rendered him
perfectly helpless. Fisher put him on ..
age plank with others, but it soon cspsizea,
drowning several persons, including Ken
NEEDY. George Keithberg. frat engineer,
Is supposed 10 be lost. Henry Horsmsn,
first clerk, has not been seen since the ex-
plosion. Chas. Warshman, second clerk,
Jules Demproy, steward, and Charley MUIR
raw, cabin boy. were found dead, floating
| with life preservers on, and were taken to
Cairo on the steamer >hreve. 1t is supposed
they were chilled to death. There were i've
lady passengers, all Of whom are supposed
/ to be lost. FOur ladies were seen floating
past Watson's landing, but were not recover
ed. Fisher thinks that Pilot Harris and
himself are the only employees OF the boat
| who were saved, though the Belle Of 81
Louis NAV have picked up some officers
Of the steamer. IL is stated that there
was about thirty cabin and thir,y-fve deck
passengers, making in all, together with the
crew, nearly 100 souls, about eighty OF
whom are supposed to be lost. The great
er portion of the survivors being on the
Belle of 81. Louis, no names Of passengers
or any reliable estimates of the lost can be
obtained, except from her. Fisher describ-
81 the effects Of the explosion a. terrific.
beyond conception, the whole upper part
being lifted bodily and falling on the boa,
completely shattered it. lie saved HIM
self by securing plank and floating until
rescued by the yawl of The Limsclsn.
LATER The steamer Grand Tower, JUS,
arrived, reports the first engineer and mate
saved, also thirty-two other persons on the
Belle of ST, Louis. The second engineer
was also saved but died Of injuries.