New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-13
THE RECENT DISASTERS.
THE MISSISSIPPI CATASTROPHE.

THE MISSISSIPPI CAlASihOii
ruRTHER PARTICULARs-PARTIAL LIST OF THE
KILLED, INJURED, AND RESCUED-NEAi'hi
SEVENTY LIVES LOST.
ST.. LOUIS, April 12.-The steamer Belle OF
e. Iouis arrived here this morning with 2s survivors OF
the Oceanus disaster and the bodies OF seven VINO oeu
on the way books and papers Of the steamer are
lost and a complete list Of the passengers and crew '"
not therefore he given. ,
The following is list OF the DEAD missiDs al" '">'
as far as is now known
PASSENGERS DEAp-C D. Hall Of Covington, Ky j.
IT. Linderman of New-YOrk, Charles BiackSi"'h Vi On'
CREW DEAp-Alexander Connolly, second engineer
John Riddy, deck hand; Morgan Foley rouS'aoou' ;
PhssTSGFRs MIssfSG-F NJ. Slate of Girard Penn.
George BoreG Of Lyons oi LOW WS"nsr Of Mount Pleas
ant Texas Albert Johnson OF Bloomng'oh III wor,o,
~. Charles Worsham second clerk; Harry Trpp,
pilot: John Harris, pilot George Virgins pllot "Ian
Owens haTkeepSr; All Alien Cook. 6r"man: Henry Mo
cnstky, cook William WISE porter; Charles bnIkeI: sec
tender Billy Hart deck sweeper; Matt o'shea' deck
PsssrxGERs sAvED-F johnson Jenkins of shreye-
rort La; Charles Carpenter of Portsmouth ONO JOnm
Prey of Mount Pleasant IeHas' 1ady p"ur o CoTs
rama Texas; A. BlOOmer OF Bloomington; g. f. Beatty,
Louis badly burned; c. Tooman OF Carlisle, slightly
burned Frank William Of st: Marcus, ieAas; I hoV
zoe Unke and John b. Martin Of Believille H.,
watchman. Dear Joyce, mate badly ourhS9 VIE -
Memphis George Keightiey chief engineer Pat LAWN
Webb fireman. j. b. Stewart, fireman, Dady thovt
Forest Iamine roustabOut John Gibbons ronstaDout
Martin Needham, roustabout; Mike Neany; rc HL
about Henry Smith, rousaboHi; martin H pe' third
hand; John Ross eaom IVY NH''i'''
cook, not hurt.
The bodies of second clerk worsham, and the stew
ard Demperwolf arrived on the Cairo Short Line this
morning in charge of B. Fisher the carpenter The
dead on the boat presented horrible appearance their
bodies being swollen and many Of the bodies were OF
the color of raw beef, the skin having been enrely
scalded Of Those not otherwise designated are not III
iured II was the middle boiler that exploded Inc en-
eineer said he went watch but few moments DeoIe
the explosion and tried five gauges. IN all OF when ne
found plenty of water He then walked back TO get d
Gun of coffee and in five minutes the explosion occurred
Robert Chew, one of the propretors OF the Atlaht'
and Pacific Circus saved himself by means Vi pam
He thinks George Constable and WIFE, circus prloieis
from California, Frank STATE ana fr"hA "ii"in'' i'o
circusmcn, were drowned
George Keightley, first engineer who was on watch
whom the explosion occurred, says the boat had just
,trnck the bar the engines had been stopped ana ne
glanced at his watch to note the time when the expo
sion occurred with terrible force one OF the boheIs
was blown back TO the cylinders, and tho whole forward
Part Of the boat including the pot-house texas and
forward staterOoms, scattered right and eft Inc
boat took fire instantly and the startled and halinude
Messengers who were not killed awOke to the terrible
reality But one boat left, and that was badly
broken The officers did all they could to assist the pas
sengers. Capt Reeder and his clerk Henry NJ. Wor-
sham gathered together the ne-preservers that were
left in the back part of the cabin and distributed them
10 the halfdstracted passengers There were but two
women on board Mrs. Constable, and the chambermaid,
named Wallace. special dispatch 10 The Democrat
from Cairo, relative to the explosion OF the
steamer Oceanus, says Fisher the carpenter de-
scribes the scene terrible and heart
rending The river around the wreck was covered with
debris baggage bedclohing beds &c. much of burn
inc The cabin and about half the deck had fOaed off
and was burning The captain in the midst Of the
FIRE screaming for help, and men and women in the
water were throwing up their hands and sinking to rise
no more SIX or eight persons were on the foreeaste
and Fisher got outithe stagepank and all except nm
sci GOT upon il but as it struck the water the
pank careened and all upon II persisted. The steamer
john IMmsden saved John Meeker Charles Teasdori,
and JOhn Martin. Virgins, the Red River pilot. and
Trpp arc both dead Capt. WOrsham the first clerk ;
Capt. Reeder, the commander; the steward T. r. nun
n passenger Of COvingtOn, and many Others are missing
II Is thought from GO to 20 persons were lost