, 1873-08-28

no water nor tnatcstfona OF any. Mono Of fhoso
ltrt-Toro ,scaldof, but all' woFo moro Or loBa
burned, md tho. wreck hoars 20 Indications Of
hot wator having. bDqn acattorod over 1t. ! -
tgoon aftor noon tycatortlay,, tic Vcks1iurg and
81. Louis packet julia arrived at tho, wharf,
bringing thlrty-aoyen OF tho aurvlvor1. Upon
fepaiflug OH board, several OF tho injured off,
cora woro socn strotohod nlong tho cabin floor,
aud, to all Appearances oaoh VAS doing al well aa
could DO expected. Mr.. Joseph Widcn seemed
worao lnlnrad than othora. but It In 1eli0vod ln
will speedily recovor.-
= 49, STATEMENT OF THE .oAnrA.N.
Capt. lTonry g. Cartor WaB fullntl lying tn
room Oh bonrtl Of the steamer Juiia, oo'laidera~
lily battorcd and bruised, but not dangerously
injured, and, though perfectly rational, was too
much hurt to tatk gront doal. Ho stated that
soon as ho cleared himso1t from tho wrook, ho
oxorted himsolf to land and Bavo tho hull. Whom
the boat took tlro all hnnds worked to extinGntsh
It, aud happily aucccoded. Aftor naaking faat to
tho baak It waa found that tho hull loakod slight
Thon tho wheel was stripped Of arms and b1lck-
osH to lighton up thu bonita storm, and whom he
loft tho wrook everything waa ae snug ns could
BIO expected undor tho oiroumatancos Tho mate,
carpenter, ateward, and four or tivd deck hands
First ENa1NEEna HTATEhIENT.
John III. 0ourBon chief opEtnoer, HayB he had
gono Off watch an hour previous, leaving every
Thing anug,. and tho boat moving along fnely.
Peter Helpler. the second engineer, who Was q
careful and competent man. He laid down In
my hiateroom, but y77as not asloep. Hoard THO
report Of tho explosion, and found myself
managed to got cloar with few scratches, and
ono OF my shoulders ortlncl,ed Q littlo.. After
getting cloar OF tho debris, tried to find somo
traces Of tho second engineer, but NO b'gna
could DO diacerhed, and ho must have bccn blown
into tho river. Ho leavea vito and ono child,
who reside In st. Louis
THE pI1o1s STATEMENT.
Colo Boron, ono Of tho pilots, says he was in bis
atatoroom in tho boats texas asleep. Thought
hos@. hoard tho noiso OF tho explosion, and
tho force Of tho explosion having. turned tho
Wholo Of tho texas and pilot-houBe directly back
ward, whore they fell MI in q heap, tho rubbish
covering up Bovoral Of tho officers; among them
han, the Red River pilot, who lay asleep in the
piot-house at the ti1no Of tho disaster also Ed.
Widen, the clerks aon. Extricating nysolt
from tho wrock, nnl finding no limbs brokon,
G h Ta ct # IT, #: h1 who se,
getting him out and finding that ho was but
slightly injured, w8 attempted to help Mr. Dono.
hue. hut found others had got him ont aud takon
him into tho cabin, whore ho lay With hfa thigh
badly eruhhed. BY this timo tho boat had beer
carried ashore by tho wind. A limo Was made
faat I'd tho bank, and wo commenced to cloa.
away tho wr8ck. Nothing remained Of tllt
three bollors but q few scraps. AL thrco were
carried overheard. ...
cAusn OF THE D1BAsTEn.
It 10 generally conceded that tho explosion
was the result Of dry boilers. a ooupie OF per
sons out on the bank looking directly at the bon
when sho burst, Baw tho cabin ana texas ris'
! suddenly thirty foot or more like flash o.
| powder, and thon tumble buck again. No Btenu
| WAS visible, and as no ono Waa scnlled On thi
| boat, all hands think 4hero was not pan full o
| water in tho boilors. Tho chambcrnaid trlod tt
got hot water from supply pipo, but It refMsat
to run, and sho thought Of going to tho Captain
| to lot him know about 1t. Tho cook also triod
gas, he felt uneasy, and turned to go to tn
storm OF tho boat whoa tho explosion took place
/ WHO WE'RE LOST.
| OF those known to ba Lost, the following ar
| 50 noar "a eau bo reported:
Lorenzo Dow, dock passenger, lost; Mr. Nel
son and Mr. r. II. White, circus mon; soll
rouators buried and three missing, who, 0
course, are lost 3.
4 hr. Dawson, wife, and two children lost b
total 16.
| In addition 10 tho above, flyo mon, all more {
loss hurt, were taken to Holona, where they NJ
now under treatment. Their nauleH arc az fo
lows: Rt1ey Dorton. Robert Hansloy, Par1
Heody,. Isaac Bampaou, aud George Challma1
Several OF tho above arc thought to bo fatal
injured.
Henry Duah, mato, Ed Black, second olor1
hands, remained to take caro- of tho wreck.
The above list footB up . total OF sovol
tytwo souls, and 1t is expected that, in addition
several lives have been lost, whose namos IL
unknown. It is therefore Rafo to assume th
thore Woro Boyeuty-ave porsonH. on board alt
gother, Of whom somo seventeen wero lost.