Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-13
Additional from the Oceanus---'
Particulars of the Last Awful
Accident -ro1rs
Names Of Some Of the Dead,
Wounded and SaVed--A Series
of CHASTITY Portraits R6T
Interesting Statements Of Persons
MiraculOusly Sased-.Inei-
dents Attending the
sl Dreadful Affair.

] OUdIleS w OfSIldLtls second CLERK, duu - /.
/ DemPewOlf steward of the Oceanus,
Were forwarded 10 st. Louis this morn
/ ing for burial tH
The steamer Richmond, which passed
the scene of disaster last evening,
brought no additional particulars.
! There are no opinions given as to the
probable cause of the explosion, the
only survivors of the crew whose state
ments could be obtained being asleep at
the time.
The steamer Belle st. Louis arrived
here this morning with twenty-eight
survivors of the Oceanus disaster, and
the bodies of seven who had died on the
way up. -.,-.-.
The books and papers of the steamer
were lost, and complete list of the
passengers and crew cannot therefore be
given. The following Is list of the
dead, missing and saved, as far
as could be ascertained: Passengers
dead: c. B. Hull, Covington, Kentucky;
J. H. Linderman, New York; Charles
Blacksmith, Chicago. Crew dead;
Alexander Connolly, second engineer; /;
John Reddy, deck hand; Morgan Foley,
rOustabout; j. B. Stewart, fireman.
Passengers missing: f. NJ. Slight, Cir
ard Pennsylvania; Leo B0reh, Lyons,
Iowa; George Constable and wife,
Noyes circus; Peter Wagner, Mount
Pleasant, Texas; Albert Johns6S,
Bloomington, illinois,, Crew missing:
Alfred Reeder, captain; II. Worsham,
first clerk; Charles Wonsham, second
clerk; Harry Tripp, pilot; John Harris,
pilot; George Wiggfns, pilot; Charles
Dempewolf, steward; William Amos,
barkeeper; Mrs. Wallace, chambermaid;
Jim johnson, fireman; Allen Cook,
fireman; Henry Magusky, cook; Billy
Hillmer, second cook; William Wise,
porter; Charles Burkil, second steward
Ben Buck, cabin boy; Gus Clark, texas
tender; Billy Hart, deck sweeper; Mat
Oshea, deck hand. Passengers saved:
F. johnson Jenkins, Shreveport, Louis
lana; Charles Carpenter, Portsmouth,
Ohio; John Frey, Mount Pleasant,
Texas. adlyburned: Matthew Schulz,
Grand Rapids, Michigan; D. b. Rourke,
Corsieana, Texas; o. BlOomer, Blooming
ton, Ohio; g. F. Beatty, Henderson, Ken
lucky, badly bruised; John Noonan, st.
Louis, badly burned; c. LOonan, of New
Carlisle, slightly burned; Frank VIII
liams, of st. Marys, Texas, and Robert
Chew, of Jefferson City, Kansas, slight
ly burned; John Unke, a German,
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Chris Selisderf, of Rochester, Minnesota,
Dan. McCune, of Memphis, George
Keighbly, chief engineer, Pat. LAWN,
bnrned: Willis Webb, fireman, J. B.
Stewart, fireman, badly burned; Forest
Tamme, roustabOut, John Gibbons, rous-
tabOut, Martin Medham, roustabout,
Mike O'Neally, Toustabeut, Henry
Smith, roustabout, Martin Ball, deck
hand, John John Ross, cabin boy, and
Charles Seller, thhd cook, not hurt.
The bodies of Charles Worsham, sec
ond clerk, and Charles Dempewolf, |
arrived on the Cairo Short |
line this morning, fn charge of s. B.
Fisher, carpenter. The dead on the
boat presented a horrible appearance,
the features being swollen and many of
the bodies were of the color OF raw beef, |
the skin having been entirely scalded |
off. Those not otherwise designated are |
not injured. 1t is stated that 1t was /
model boiler that exploded. The engin-
eer says he went on watch but q few |
before the explosion, and tried |
five gauges, in all of which he found |
plenty of water. He then walked back
TO get a cup of coffee, and in five min |
utes the explosion occurred.
Robert Chew, one of the proprietors of
the Atlantic and Pacific circus, saved |
himself by means of plank. He thinks |
George Constable and wife, circus per-
formers from California, Frank Slate and
Frank Williams, also circusmen, were
drowned.
George Keithly, the first engineer,
who was on watch when the explo-
sion occurred, says the boat had just
struck a bar, the engines had been
stopped, and Mr.. Keithly had just
glanced at his watch TO note the time,
when the explosion occurred, with ter
rible force. One of the boilers was
blown back TO the cylinders, and the
whole forward part of the boat, includ
ing the pilot house, Texas and forward
were scattered right and left.
The boat took fire instantly, and the
startled and half-nude passengers that
were not killed awoke to terrible real
Ity. But one boat was left, and that was
badly broken. The officers did all they
could to assist the passengers. Captain
Reeder and Clerk Henry NJ. Worsham
gathered together the life-preservers that
were left in the back part of the cabin,
and distributed them to the half-dis-
tracted passengers.
There were but two females on board
Mrs. Constable and the chambermaid,
named Wallace.
Various statements have been made
during the day by survivors of the
Oceanus disaster, but they relate almost
entirely TO personal experience, and
throw little or no light on the cause of
the explosion.
The bodies brought up by the steamer
palla 81 I Oslis arp held for inuuasf
Those of the wounded not able TO take
aare of themselves have been taken
charge of by the city hospitals.
One of the pilots states that it would be
for steamer to ground at
he point the explosion took place at, as
asserted by George Keithley, the first