Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-29
STEAMBOAT BOILER EXPLOSION.

and New York steamer Adelphl burst her |
boiler when mile from her dock, on her way
to New York. She was Immediately towed to
Gregory Point. Six were killed and some
twenty scalded. The boiler blew out the star
board side of the roof. The hull and machinery
are but little injured.
South NoRwALK Sept 28.-The following is
from the South Norwalk Sentinel extra: The
boiler of the steamer Adelphi, just as she was
towed down to approach the dock at Gregory
Point this morning. exploded with terrific
force, tearing away the main deck, the boiler
hatch and portion of the saloon on the port
side, instantly killing several and precipitat-
ing others into the water. The bodies have not
been found The boat left her dock at this
city about the usual time, and had probably
200 passengers on board.
THE VICTIMS.
1t is impossible at this time ascertain the
full extent of the accident and the names of all
that are killed or injured, but the names of
the killed SO far as ascertained are: man
with memorandum in his pocket, 'Chas w.
Lord, Lombard, street, SO and 80, private;''
Mrs. w. II. Boole, South Norwalk; Henry Al
| len, Norwalk; Mr.. Ford, gentleman returning
to Philadelphia from visit to Capt. II. Bell;
and Mr.. Hoyt, of Harlem. The body of an
unknown woman is at the steamboat landing.
NS-o~o s-~SAA NA'AAAS'
| could be ascertained
| The injured are DR.. Metzsutartz, badly scald-
ed; Theo. Romano, New Cannon, leg broken
and badly injured; Henry Cornell, Springfield;
and J. Hawley New York, fireman,
boiler hatch at the time, and
was hurt by being thrown against beam. D.
o. Crane, Danbury, badly scalded; Ben. j.
Eckert, a boy on the boat, terribly sealded;
Henry Lourman, scalded and burned; Mabel
Wood, daughter OF Samuel Wood, probably
fatally; Augustus Eckert. hurt about the head;
James A. Holland, bruised; Ed. Holland,
sistant engineer, bruised about the head; and
Miss Libbie Sellach, Norwalk, slightly. A
great many others are slightly I'M ured, more II
less.
the explosion.
The body of Mr.. Hoyt was picked up $50
feet from where the calamity occurred. Some
of the most heartrending, scenes took place.
One passenger recognized his mangled wife
from whose mouth the blood spurted. The
narrowing. Physicians were prompt in at
tendance.
| CORRECTED LIST.
NoRwALK, Ct, Sept. 28.-The following is a
corrected list of the killed and wounded by the
explosion of the steamer: Killed-Mrs. Boole
wife of the pastor of the South Norwalk M :. E.
church; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas w. Lord, of New
buryport, Mass; sister and brother-in-law of
Rev. and Mrs. Boole; Henry Allen, builder, of
Norwalk; Elias Belts, son of Benz. Belts; Wilton
Gabriel Holm, Harlem, N. Y; G. r. Ford, of
} Ohio; unknown woman, aged about 20, sup
posed to belong in New York.
THE WOUNDED
number about twenty. All but three or foul
are likely TO recover. Those unable to care fol
themselves are at the Porter House, Gregory,
Point, and at the Bartlett City Hotel Til,
! names of these are Mrs. Ada Bradley. wife O
Clarence Bradley, of Greenfield. She is cut
and bruised about the head, face, shou1
I ders and arms. Her husband is
with her but is uninjured. A servant girl from
Bridgeport is scalded about the face and arms
8 but viii recover. Henry Connell, Springfield
J, and D. o. Crane. Danbury, scalded; Henri
g Paverman, Saugatuck, Mrs. Libbie Selleck
) Norwalk slightly; g. T. Osborne, Georgetown
r D. P. Osborne. Georgetown, J. Fred Fine,
: Westport, Katie Halpin, Bridgeport Ere
d Methe, Newark, badly scaIded about the face
y dangerously scalded with wound on her for,
n head. Her father is a lawyer in New York.
g. DREDGING.
y Boats are dredging for bodies possibly sti
in the water. Only one body has thus for bee
g. recovered, and it is not known that ar
N more are missing.
" The ADELhHl
is an old steamboat which formerly belong,
Mt to the North River Steamboat company, but
ar the past two years has been plying between tt
ev city and Norwalk R. Cornell while preside
~ of the New York and Norwalk Steamboat col
ne pany, which owns the Adelphi, says he b
-, been in the steamboat business more than thir
n 9 years, and that this is the first accident th
GU ever occurred to one of his vessels. He sa
"a "a he bought the Adelphl last May from the
an an ceiver of the Hudson Steamboat company,
~, eu New York. 1t was very good boat, was bu
81 built in 1865. The Adelphi "
~ ils inspected the 18th fJune and pronounced Sc
ie' in every particular. She was 624 tons burdt
*. her length 200 feet, her breadth % fe
,'r and she 81 feet deep. Her longitudi1
ui- seams were double-rivited instead of sing
- Her Captain is Geo. Holton, and she had
up engineer j. A. Rowland both said to be W
m Le trustworthy men in their respective positio
w. Mr.. White has gone to Norwalk to see Il
DIS every care is given to the wounded and to
range for a proper disposition of the dead.
BODIES RECOVERED.
ION SOUTH NoRwALK, Sept 29.-This evening
10 bodies of Elijah Belts, of North Walton, Cor
Miss Sarah E. Leonard, Bridgeport. Conn.,, ;
James II. johnson, colored, of New Haven,
the porter on board, have been found.
ADDITIONAL INJURED.
pc Charles Mcneil, scalded right side leg,
owl and face; Edward Benedict, blown overbo'
for cut about head, and injured in the back; W
for Benedict, slightly scalded. These three
Off long to Bridgeport. The body of So
9th. Leonard, of Bridgeport, recovered and brou
on here.
pear THE ENGINEER's STORY.
lay, rhe Ada,nb; had ~, ho.rd .hort two bn NJ
y M passengers at the time of the disaster.
Give engineer says he had a pressure of thirty-e
elect pounds, and when he closed the engine he
The orders to the fireman to open the furnace d
aris- and he was about to do so when the explo
yers occurred. The general expression of t
who have examined the fractures is that h
3 ing would be too easy death for the inspe
who declared the boiler capable of safely st
was ing pressure of forty pounds to the SO
and inch. The break was inside the sheet over
-, fire box, parting where the sections are DO
Hon. i-''lo --NNNee'
lusi- THE INJURED.