The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-11
THEILL FATED CAMDEN.
Further Particulars from the scene
nf DisasteI-Capf. PaTriSh'S story

Lsst night Capt. john Parrish, Of the
i'll fsted steamer } y. Camden, tue
boilers of which exploded day before yes
terdsv at the head y, Fish creek rifle,
gave Us the following additional partlcl-
lars of the disaster; Tue captain and o2y
named Scott Tracel We're both asleep N a
stste-room in the cabin, when they were
awakened by the explosion aud found
themselves on the lower deck, the boilers
and hurricane root Of toe boat beng
blown entirely away, and dotAlng iri;
except the bel on which they were -Itef =
ing, bu. both n racu!Ou..y escaped IN D.
iuT,d. The Captain, waj : t-'ssease- oi
remarkable presence OF mind, immediate
" ca ed out 10 the engineer Oh Wa,ra'
Rogers, what have you done2
To this inquiry tue engiacer responded
~ tested the boilers {, y five mln4- 5
ago, and was only carrying l45 pounds
OF steam
Henry Hurt one OF the iecEhaods OF
the boat. confirmed the engineer state.
ment by stating that he mad heard hun
test the boilers Uut q moment before the
explosion, which of course will relieve
Mr.. Rogers OF charges OF crImila. ne
eject.
The boat WAS torn almost to atoms by
the force of the Xp.osiou, aad OF the
fourteen men composing the crew
four were killed and four
more or less injured The parties killed
were VIM Barnet, pilot, and Charlie
Mitchell, Reidcr Adams and James Dor
sey. decknands, all o. whom resided ~
Marietta. The wounded were I. H..
Wiley. clerk, and Samuel Roger, james
Condleton and Thos. Jennings, the !orm-
or OF whom had his right .eL broken
near the ankle, and Is now 1t the res
dence of Mr.. Thad Thomas, doing as We.
a. could be expected under the crcIm-
stances. TIE conclusion, when The ~
ploslon took place, It Is SAID 10 have been
81 great MS 10 shake the house OF Mr..
Thomas. about Une-halt mile from TIM"
scene, and Wiley, the clerk, was landed
on the shore n distance ot perhaps Two
hundred feet rom whore the explosion
! ok place The boat, with the rNcHp
ton OF the machinery, Is u total wreck,
and now lies with her head Up stream.
only sbou. Is feet OF the at part being
visible sbove water, the .ore part being
completely torn away. Ia addition TO
the above, Mr.. Joseph Gatz pilot
of the steamer Telegram, states tina. all
along the river between SIutish ana The
Rifle the shores ofthe river were strcwn
with pieces OF the wreck, IN the shape OF
t.mbefs mattresses, etc. He also states
that pieces Of tie boilers were thrown to
the shore and scattered about pr0mi,cu-
ouslv, some o. them falling at least II
quarter of mile distant, and that q pIon'
y. one of the boilers, weighing about 400
pounds, tell on the deck OF barge
crushing in the deck timbers. The lr.-
gram pulled oH the barr es, which were
hard aground, yesterday morning, and
they are now floating immediately IN
front of the sunken wreck. Sevara.
pieces OF the exploded boilers were
brought up to this city yesterday on the
Market Boy, where they still remain ard
can be seen by the curious. An lHvesti-
CATION of the matter viii take place to-
day At the office of the United States
inspector in this city, at which time AID
place further de ,elopments will be made.