The New York herald., 1873-08-25
Fourteen Dead So Far
Found.
The Cause of the Explosion Still
Mystery.
Names Of the Killed, Wounded and
Saved.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August "a, 1873.

O'Clock to-day, bringing most OF the survivors cl
the ill-iated George wolfe among them Captain
Henry 8. Carter, her commander, who was con-
slderably bruised about the head and had his lett
leg also badly bruised. Captain Carter states that
short time before the explosion he mad gone to his
room to take nap, leaving the mate on watch.
and the first he knew OF the accident was that he
felt himself lifted into the air with severe shock
and iell with the debris ON the lower deck AS soon
as he could extricate himself he glanced around
and saw that the forward part OF the cabin and
"texasn had been blown away att to the boilers
and that some OF the timbers had taken dre. His
first thought was to extinguish the flames, which,
with the aid OF few others and heavy
rain which was falling at the time, he soon sue
ceeded in doing. Meantime one of the crew, whG
had been but slightly injured, seeing tnat the
wreck had drifted near the shore, jumped out with
the headline and made her fast when 1t was found
that the boat had been but little injured except
already stated. As soon as the fire was extin.
gulshed everything possible was done to relieve
the sufferers. The Captain states she had
ONLY TEN OR TWELVE CABIN PASSENGERS
only one of whom was lost, Mr.. Nelson, piano
tuner from New York, aged about sixty years.
Owing to the condition of Mr.. Widen, the clerk,
who was severely burned about the chest and
throat 1t was impossible to obtain list OF the
passengers from him. and the books were all lost.
Miss Kebecca Cohn, Of Jefferson. Texas, who was
accompanied by her cousin W. Solmonsby, ei
Paris, Texas, states she was on the forward
guard OF the boat and, owing to the severity
OF the storm which was raging, remarked,
"Let US go into the cabin" and just al
she rose the explosion occurred, and she wa4
blown into the river, where, seeing man neal
her, she grasped him by the neck and he told heR
to catch his left arm or she would drown both,
anA
came floating by which he seized, and they
held to it, noating down the river for a long dis
tance, until the barber OF tne boat came to tbeit
assistance with ap0le which her preserver caught,
and, still holding on to the SPAR they were safely
landed on shore. Miss COhn was considerably
bruised She could not learn the name OF the mas
who saved her, but he was one OF party of iour
belonging to the Transatlantic Circus.
The passengers speak in the highest terms of the
conduct OF the officers, especially of Captain Car
ter and the steward. Notwithstanding that the
former was severely injured, he was most active
in the work of relieving others and extinguishln8
the fire.
NAMES OF THE DEAD.
The following is a list OF those lost, as far as has
been ascertained:-
Peter Hepler, second engineer.
Mr.. Nelson OF New York.
Mr. Dawson wife and two children, OF Shreve
port.
G. H. White, of Michigan, belonging to the Trans
atlantic Circus.
seven colored rousters, four Of whom were found
and buried
NAMES OF THE WOUNDED.
The following are the wounded, all Of whom re-
side in st. Louis, except when otherwise stated:-
Captain Carter.
Joseph H. Widen, clerk, severely in the head and
chest
James Donohue pilot left leg badly sprained.
James Conanan, bruised about the head.
Cole BOren pilot slightly in the head and body.
John Coursen, engineer, right shoulder spralned
~ Mccarthy barkeeper slightly bruised and
scalded.
Harmon Mahafry, steward, slightly
James Smith, third cook, left arm and foot
scalded.
Mrs. Frisbie Shreveport, cut in the right side
and her daughter Lena, ankle sprained.
LIST OF THE UNHURr.
The following persons are unhurt:-
Mrs. Freeman and two children, Alabama; Miss
Flies shreveport; Mr.. Ober, ST. Charles Mo. IF. H.
Ellis and lady, L. J. Bowen, Joe Moore, Charlie
Freehouse, NJ. L. Banagan, Ira Center, Ed. Hogan
M. b. Williams, NJ L. Saville, and the following
colored rousters willis Wood Frank Thorp
James Dawson, George Hooper, James JONES' Bin
Burgett Ben Banks, Charles Shirus Alexander
Julian and John COuslin, white fireman.
The following colored rousters are in the hospital
at Galena badly hurt:-Bily Burton, Of Nashville;
Birt Noahby, OF st. LOUIS; Perry Reedy, OF Bowling
Green, KY. George chatham (colored), of New
Orleans, was blown overheard and drowned.
The engineer states that Mr.. Hepler, the second
engineer, who was on duty at the time OF the ex.
plosion was one Of the most reliable and compe.
tent men he ever saw, and can give no theory as to
the cause of the explosion. The last seen OF Mr..
Helpler was by the carpenter, who saw him try the
gauge, and just as he put down the stick the ex-
plosion occurred. Persons on shore who saw the
explosion state that bodies and fragments of tim
ber we're blown sixty feet into the air.
Captain Carter and the survivors speak in warm
terms of the assistance rendered by the officers Of
the G. O. Check and Julia in relieving their wants.
The second clerk, Edward Black the mate, Henry
Bustr. and the steward were left In charge OF the
wreck The others left for st. Louis on the Julia.
FIRE IN BELFAST, ME.