Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-18
wounded.

VIM. Hood, Mate, OF kingston de
had a leg broken and was burned and
bruised on face and body. Injuries very
serious. John Henson, Pilot, was bruised
but not seriously. He went home on the
r. NJ. Bishop Sunday morning. Edward
Mead, passenger, Civil Engineer on the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, formerly on
the Cumberland, now on the survey at
Nashville, was bruised on face and muscles
of neck, aud had a shoulder strained. His
injuries are not regarded as dangerous, and
Mr.. Wherry informs US that when he left,
Mr.. Mead was sitting up in bed smoking a
cigar. Mr.. Mead says that he heard the
explosion and found himself turn
ing some-saults in the air, and finally
brought up on shore. L. D. Polston, pas
senger, a carpenter of Rutherford county,
lately employed on the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad. was burned and bruised slightly.
He came down on the COker and left fol
home on the Nashville train. Jesse Ben
son. colored, deck hand from Montgomery,
Ala. cot a compound fracture of the leg
below the knee. His is bad case. Ben.
Hiebtower, colored, deck hand from Dal'
ton. Georgia, was injured internally, prob
ably fatally. John Black, colored, deck
hand from Kingston, Tennessee, had his leg
burned. not sersously. Ben. SuddOth, COL,
deck hand, from ROane county, got a broken
thigIl: Thomas Weaver, cOlored, deck hand,
from Knoxville. Tenn, broken leg; Dan
Devans, colored, decG hand, severely
All the above wounded are at Washing
ton. except Benson aud Polston.
The following
Medical Men
have beeD in attendance upon the -Wnnnds
Pd: UTs. JUHCS, S-A-1ii- - - ~
cf washington; Drs. Mynatt and >, l.
Ebarnafby, of Khea SPRINGS; and Dr. Bel
vin If Decatur. The people OF Masmng'
tC- have done everything in their power
for the comfort Of the sufferers by ths
catastrophe.
Cant. FrItz's Body
wss found late Monday evening a. 1ucker
T.a1din0. some II miles below washington
| 6v so-ne residents of the vicinity, VINO caI
/ 80 tila news TO the city Of Knoxville. Int
| VTovviIIe at once steamed down the TlVer
| 80 tbe body on board, brought II
! Cbqttanooca last night and placed II IN
! 6,1TiaI ease and departed at once with it 10
/ IriDTstoD where the funeral must nav
/ taken place to-day. II. -,
/ The BODY was greatly dishgufeu Du' SUI
/ easily recognized
the cause Of the Explosion
Tho hest authorities think that the eX
/ rlosio, was caused by the boiler becoIllhl
III "a hi in front while the boats nose Wa
-,osfiI,T on the bank and the water, beln
- ISU fall To the rear OF the OoIel
ioo,,ing tEe front bare. When the boa
5~S.,r- su-av from the bank and resumed a
-, Eel the water came rushing over IN
I,o,to5 boiIsr and was flashed at once I'M
.tca,, Droducing q terrific pressure. IN
,,;scas II tine boiler were examiner VII
EE-T,Cl, care. None Of them would Weis
over 300 pounds and they were torn aero
tba s.ams. There were no signs OF cOl
Tosion. The force executed seemed mo-
lilo that of nitro glyceTine than the Oru
- T7,.yar If steam. The engineer ha
sf1rtad line boaDand called q negro WI
MM
understood the engines and told MN
watch the throttle valve, while he We We
mon the upper deck; and the ezploslC
- o6curred while he was on his way u
TlsS negro says the guaSe showed Il
,,oI,D5s nf steam.
Po--Iing is Very Strong
against the eng, 1eer, but the fact seems sI,,u
be that there was cslSlS,9,lSy S,S I.-oTninr IN O
and the accident will - d "ai .a,iia Laii7
river men for some time - CoiitT'
The Knoxville papers reP010 'n@'
Copeland,
, correspondent of the Chicago Times :
{ identified as the swindler Of many dt'GS
| exnosed by the Baltimore Gazette and III
| m leave Knoxville last night after recelvii
coal tar and feathers. BE was engageu
bp married to a Knoxville lady.
The Jail at Trenton,
Dade County, Ca,
/, ras broken Sunday night and four prlSo
1 e-s escaped, one notorious prisoner nam N
Potter, charged with horse stealing b.