The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-05-19
Loss by Explosion or the steamer
Pat Gleburne. ~

EVANSVILLE, IND, May lo.---Ihe Jour
nal is the first in receipt Of the following
special from Shawneetown, Illinois, 18th:
The steamer Pat Cleburne exploded her
boilers at IL o'clock last night, six miles
below Shawneetown, while landing along.
side OF the Arkansas Belle. The Belle
was tied TO the bank and disabled by a
line OF coal flats having fouled her star.
board wheel, and could render no assist
ance. The Cleburne aoated down about
a mile and burned. Capt Fowlet is lost.
lie was caught in the timbers and burned;
Dick Partridge, express agent. was lost;
Walter McElheney, engineer, was blown
into the river and badly hurt, but
will recover; Dick Moore, mail agent,
was blown overheard but saved; John
McCune, pilot, was at the wheel, fell
through to the boiler deck, and was cut
and scalded; Alex. Porter, second clerk,
feet scalded and cut; Arthur Brown,
freight clerk, hands and face scalded and
head cut. All the cabin crew are sup
posed to be safe. Urnbach, musician,
could not extricate himself from the tim
bers, and was burned to death; Albert
Smith, barber, hands. cut and Scalded;
Charley Cotton, second mate, supposed 10
be lost. Passengers-G. w. Smith, Of
Evansville, slightly scalded, g. W. Mich
olas Of Terre Haute, hands and feet
scalded and face cut; will recover.
Al unknown passenger was blown
to the roof Of the Belle and
killed. In. the great confusion, and the
ofticets being all disabled, l cannot learn
what other passengersare. .lost;- the crew
not mentioned are saved. The Belle Is
badly wrecked. her chimneys blown oyer.
board and. her state rooms shattered; she
was on FIRE in many places; the passengers
and crew worked faithfully; the striker
and second engineer are badly scalded;
Charles Smith, u Cincinnati, passenger,
bad leg broken; Captain Howard Was
knocked down and slightly hurt; ten per-
SOUS on the Belle were injured; Arthur
Peters and J. GILES, Of ESansville, were
blown and fell down the front staira, but
are uninjured. ..-,,
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Tie Journal has received the following
additional. particulars of the destruction
Of the Pat CIeburne:
sHAwsEErows, Ill, May lS.-The
steamer Pat. CIeburne, while trying TO
land alongside the Arkansas Belle three
miles below here, last night at II o'clock,
exploded her boilers, took Ere, burned TO
the waters edge and sank on Cincinnati
bar, fifty or sixty yards Of: The Belle
was wrecked. The Cleburne'a books and
papers were all lost q ~ lg,stl
The following are known to be lost /:
Capt. Dick. Fowler, Richard Partridge,
express messenger; Cbas. Cotton, second
mate; Matteson, Of Paducah; Walter
McEihenney, engineers man, name un.
known, Is a large man, short black hair,
high forhead, Whiskeis on chin, and
moustache, supposed by ZONE 10 be
G. g. Berry, OF Louisville, and by Others
Harris, representing Flint, Lewis & Co.,
OF St, Louis, but more probably MAuD,
OF LeWistoWn, Pa, editor Of the Jouraai.
Sid. Humphrey, frst clerk, Alex. Porter,
second clerk, and Arthur Brown, third
clerk, are wounded; the first seriously,
the second slightly, and the third badly.
Jas. Weston, the I'd engineer, was badly
burned; G. Smith, watchman, fatally burn.
ed Maj. Moore, mail agent slightly burned
John McCune, pilot badly hurt; John
Lawson, porter, slightly burned; james
Day, yioliniSt, slightly burned; Charlie.
Smith, deck passenger, thigh broken in
two places; Frank Redden, Stoker, fatally
burned; 9. W. Nichols, badly burned;
Jordon Field, Scott Bower, Neal Ham
cock, Dan Lewis and George Mansfield,
rousters, four slightly md one seriously
hurt; Thomas McKnn, striker, slightly
scalded; Mr.. Harvey, Of Strauss & Bros
Cincinnati, severely burned. The Arkan.
sas Belle took tie dead and wounded 70
EyGysville at4P.M dThe Cleburne lhAd
10 rousters. Five were saved and II are
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