The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-03
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STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
The Steamer Comfort Blown Up
at Pipe Creek Yesterday After.

ia AsaAA AsSshAONe
The Steamer Comfort Blown Up
at Pipe Creek Yesterday After.
noon.
We arc called on TO record most dis.
tresiing accident on tue river yesterday.
The little steamer Comfort, bound from
whselingto Marietta, exploded her boil.
er when quarter Of mile below the
mouth Of Pipe Creek, four miles below
Mounlsvillc, shortly after four o'clock
yesterday afternoon,
By this sad occurrence several peraons
lost their llves, and several we're more or
less injured. The killed (as far as known
are Capt Matthew Kirkbride (owncr OF
the boat, Pilot Burt UmSelter, and a Mr..
soupleW Of Cameron, Ohio The missing
land presumably killed. are Wilfred
Moore, Jr., OF Proctor, and a Mr.. Yost
Of BlerVille, o. The wounded are Andy
Harrison (mate), who ia badly scalded,
John Lsndmesser, dangerously hurt and
soalded, Charles Winger, cut on face and
hand, John Bier IA German minis.
ter OF IUsbnrGl0, scNlled aud almost
drowned, his son, somewhat injured, two
peddlers (uames unknown) sealdel and
wounded, Henry Ioho, jr, oi Fish Creek,
leg broken and severe cuts and scalds, a
Mr.. speidel, Of Wheeling Injuries not
known, John Ferrier (malI agenD,
slightly injured, and John Kraft tcook
on the COURIER, also slightly injured.
These are all the unfortunates whose
names We could obtain up 10 midnight
last night from our correspondents at
MoundsyiIls and from a hand on the
boat named John SummervilIe, who came
up on the II o'clock train,
Brown Kennedy, OF Wheeling, second
engineer on the boat, was in his berth at
the time Of the explosion, and wa1 thrown
out into the water but not injured. A
piece Of wood, three inches long and
about two inches wide, that had been OK.
tracted from the leg Of john Lindmeaser,
was shown us. Itmust have left fright.
ful wound.
The clerk, Charley DAnqnit, Of Sun.
d,h, escaped all right, as nl'o did Le Bar.
ron, the engineer.
Our Advices by the late train last night
were as iollows:
Mourr OF Pre- CREEK, Oct 2.
Editors lntellIssHcer
The steamer Comfort exploded her
boiler just below here at o'clock this
afternoon, and sunk to her hurricane
deck. There were abou. twenty paSen.
gers on board OF whom number are
killed, injured and missing. ! herewith
enclose list OF such as have been ascer.
tanned upto this time. There were FIVE
ladies and several children aboard, hut,
so far ss known, they are all sale.
Doctors Boon and Rigg., OF Powhattan,
Harris, Of Pipe Creek, and PhiIlips and
Odd, of Mound47ille, came to the wreck
as soon as word reached them, and have
rendered all the assistance in their power.
The steamer Bette Gilbert, took a number
Of pereors from MoundsvilIe to render
snch aid az might be needed. J.W. Gal.
laher, II. T. Auschu'4 and 4. y. Meighen
deserve special mention for their ener.
ge.ic endenvors to minister to the com
fort Of the uniortuuates. A number OF
the injured we're taken to Moundsville to
be cared for. The cause OF the disaster
is unexplained. The engineer claims
that there was plenty OF water in the
boiler, She used saw mill boiler.
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