The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-26
n,sAsEER On TKEE MgsSzssAPPs.
srr, NROAT EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF
Lrrr-rHE GRAVEYARD ON THE GREAT
rlyER-A TERRIBLE SCENE-STATE-
uENTS-LlST OF VICTIMS, ETC.

,VROAT EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF
Lrrr-ruE GRAVEYARD ON THE GREAT
rlyER-A TtRRiRLE SCENE-sTArE-
MkNTs-LlsI OF VICTIMS, ETC.
Nrwru1s. ThNS.. August "a About 3 +.
" FRIDAY tie steamer George Wolfe, Cap!
,qn Henry :. Carter, from Shreveport. la,
,sr II. Louis. While passing san Francis
Sand. in the we'll known locality on the
Mississippi called the Graveyard" on az
rnlr, Of previous disasters that have oc-
,nrrcd there. exploded her boiler. Thirteen
,,.r>nls are known To hc lost and fifteen
nnnndcd Officers Of tho boat all saved
,>trpt the second engineer, who was on
vatyn AT the time of the explosion and Is
..l.,lng. All the lady passengers were
saved. Mr.. Nelson. frop shreveport for
N,mphis. was drowned. 4 deck passenger
rtmed Dawson. with his wife and two chill.
! ,Irrn. bound for Tupelo. Miss. were all
Killed. The cabin Of the boat was blown TO
r:,r,>. The hull may be saved, The sur.
,,o,> were col on san Francis island. where
i've, awaited The next upward-hound boat
Tie >l,nt where the steamer blew up is the
>.a, yl,,r where the Pennsylvania and st.
NtAul2> blew up, and where the 5. :. Nc.
tli was burned.
Tie steamer Julia arrived here about IL
o'clock to-day. bringing most Of the Survi.
ynr> pf the dictated steamer George Wolfe,
.nUon< Them Captain Henry :. Carter her
.vmnmn,l'r, Who was considerably bruised
,aut ;he head and had his left lex also
Idly bruised.
STATEMENT ny THE CAPTAIN.
IDs'ain Carter states that short time
..,al- the explosion he had gone TO his
..,,.. :" take nap, leaving the mate on
wa-tl and The first he knew OF the accident
v.> fatt hr felt himself lifted into the air
with severe shock, and fell with he GtbriS
~. ,h, lower deck. As soon rs he could cX.
m .." himself he glanced around and saw
fnr ,hr forward part OF the cabin and the
t,>,> had been blown away aft to the boilers,
LIZA. thai some ~ the timbers had taken fire.
H., inst thought was 10 eXllnguiSh the
r.u,.. which. with the aid of few others
.,.i . heavy rain which was falling ut the
time. l!v succeeded in doing.
In TIE mean tame one OF the crew, who
lad l,r,n but slightly injured. Scciu" that the
wreck had dliftca nc'r The shore. juinpcd out
win the hr:!,ilinc and made her fast, when
A wi> fouud that the teal had been but little
ar,!m,( except a> already stated. As soon rs
rnr tir,. was rHliugui,htd everything possible
W.> done 70 relieve the sufferers.
Ttr yaptiin states that she had only ten or
,u.iNr cabin passengers. only one Of whom
w., lr-'. Mr.. Nelson. p'ano-tuncr from
Nv York. aged about sixty years. Owing
{. The condition Of Widen. the clerk. who
,,a, severely burned about the chest and
t#nai. il was Impossible 10 obtain a list OF
t.' lH>,.u@cr> from him, and the books were
is-t.
-.ATEMENT OF \ LADY PASSENGER.
Mr., K,btcra C"hn. OF Jefferson, Texas,
vNt wa, accompanied by her cousin, W.
fmru.b,, ot Paris. Texas states that she
WAS uu the forward guard Of the boat, and
g,yfu- IN the severity OF the storm which
ul. raging remarked "lct us 20 into the
.,!lA," and lu>t ~ she rose the explosion
.....I!rd. and she WAS blown into the river,
vt'r". >,tiu- Il man near her, she "laspcd
I'm ~ tiI, meek. and he told her to catch blS
.,,' urn or >hc would drown both which
,.f.. dd. and soon after 4 spar came lluating
ly. which he seized, and they held TO it,
rariu- down the river Tor long distance,
nn.,i the barber of the boat came to their
t.,.,,an.c will pole, which her prc>cryrr
,G-ht. and >tli holding on TO the spar, they
~.r,. ,aty landed OIL shore.
MIS- COIN was considerably bruised.
Ii.r PASSENGERS speak in the highest terms
81 the conduct of the officers. especially OF
captain Carter and the steward. Notwith-
..agIlH- that the former was severely in
...rd he WAS most active III the work of le-
a''jm- others and cNtIngui>hIng the fire.
TIE LOST AND INJURED.
III" following il ii list OF those lost as far
@, hi> been a5certanrd: Peter iiepier.
,.toud engineer; Mr.. Nelson. OF New York;
Mr. Dawson. wife, and two children, Of
4 Of i,hi
l,.oH -in- 10 tn" transatlantic circus, and
-".,.u cnurcd persons. four Of whom were
found md buried.
The !yllowlny are the wounded, al Of
Wbum :,>iic in II. Louis except when other
vl-r stated Captain Carter; Joseph H..
Widru. HE clerk, severely wounded in the
hnd and chest: James Donohuc, pilot left
]. i'ally >prainrd; James ConOhan, brui-cd
rhfllt the head cole Borcn, pilot, slightly
lu h' head and body; John Cuncrson, enSi-
i'"J. r-ht shoulder sprained; McCarth! :,
l.Ih,,prr. slightly bruised and scalded !:
Herman Malatly, steward. slightly; james
>lljiD. lhIrd cook, left arm and foot scaldcd {;
Mt. fri>hc. of Shreveport. cut in the right
~5,!,. and her daughter Lena, ankle spraned.
III" following colored rou>terS are III the
!r-latal It, Helena. badly burt:
Billy Burton. Of Nashville: Bert Naslby,
Of -. lobi,; Perry Rccdy, of Bowling
hrr,n. Nv; George Chatham (roloredO. of
New Orleans, was blown overheard and
drowned.
THE EXPLOSION MYSTERY.
The engineer states that Helper, the So
rnnd engineer, who WAS on duty at the Time
ut the explosion. WIS one Of the most rc!i-
a.'r and culnI'.rcli nl"n he ever saw, and he
GA rive 10 theory lis 10 ilIc ca,l>e OF the tx
It,'siun.
The last seen OF uclpcr was by the car
lrnlrr, who saw him try the gauge, and just
~ be put down The stick the explosion oc-
Cured. Persons on shore who saw the eX.
ylo>on state that bodies and fragments OF
iiui1cr were blown sixty feet into the air.
FALL OF Man FROM A THIRD-STORY WIN
Benjamin johnson, Il sailor, "a years
old. uu saturday morning about 4 O'Clock fell
toui The thirdstory winiow of his place OF
abode. 800 south Ann street. to the pave
Iurut. The fail was about thirty feet Ee
WIS taken into the house and attended by
Dr. sullivan. Ills right loot was crushed,
and h,. also received wounds OH the head
aud body. but was not thought 10 be dan
Grrou>ly hurt. 1t is stated that he waS look
lu- Out of the window at the time and lost
hi. balance - Baltimore S,tn. Both.
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