, 1880-07-02
President Lincoln, of the Boston
& Albany Road, Thrown
from q Car.
Both He and a Lady Companion
. Crushed by tho Wheels
. and Killed.
Further Particulars Of tho Damage
Caused by tic sny Crcsasso.
Property Destroyed and Crops Ruined
by the Great Overflow.


Hr PAUL, July 1.-For tho third time In three
ye,.ts pie,,.lirv steamer OH Lake tflnnctonkn,
near Minneapolis, tiAs exploded, tauAf1G
shocking loss Of iifc 4 special from Whyzata,
on the lake. snys, at y;25 this morning tho
steamer Mnry, belonging to Mni. ocorgo a.
1lNletcd. while lying ut tho wharf Of tho Hotel
St. Louis, exploded her boiler, killing four pur-
sons a,li! woundlng seven more. Tho explosion
occurred when tho steamer WIS lying ut tho
wharf, before Htartng ncross tho lako for E1-
cclsior. Tho boat WIS allnttorol 1nd sunk In
fpw feat Of wnter. The following aro tho names
0f tho
William Chadwick, engineer OF tho Mnry, ln-
stantly killed.
j. Il. rtattonburg, Of Canton, I'LL. guest at the
Hotel St. Louls died In two hours.
c. A. 0afncs, head-walter Of Hotel st. Louis:
Instantly killed.
John steward, plot Of tho bfary; fatally ln-
jured. dying ut o'cluck to-day. ....
Edwin s. rOrktns. fireman Of tho Mary; scaldcd
about tho fnco nt,d died.
Frank Adnms, chief clerk Of tho Hotcl st.
Louis, scnlllctl and hstrt iii tho eye.
y. =. Dmond, Of Minneapolis; shocked and
prosttltcd. .........
Colorea Jim. porter at tho Hotel st, Louis;
Larry, a porter ut tho Hotel st. Louis; scnldcl
andbruiscd.
- Hurry, colored boy: very badly hurt, arm
dlslocatctl, ai.d bot1y scaldcl.
English George. sclsdrd md bruised.
Tho boiler which exploded was tho third and
Inst 0f tho Ames boilers In iso on tho lake. Tho
:irat OF them exploded ut 1871 on tho steamer
Kntie May, belonging to capt. Mny. Tho second
expio1cd Oil lhe steamer MMy Queen. belonging
tn Cupt. Rockwell, ut ltockwclt's Island Inst
lu,ntur. a1sd tho third On tho Mny this morning.
Tho stcntnpr &fnry wns vnlued at 10000, aud
wns ownc.l by MAJ. George .. Halatcd. Of sxcol-
Sur. Tho whnrf ut which tho Ntnry wns lying
w,,s .,adly sinttercst, md not particle Of tho
hoslar hns yet been found. Tho stcntnor is Il
total wreck. and IL lying In 1.-Two teet Of water ht
tho whurf.
4. tho time of tho expioa!on tho flrcmnn
{E.t~iu s. MitlIclll was standing OIL tho duck.
really to thrDw nit tho headline. Io gays lhuro
wers iw, ind Il half inehea Ut wuter Rnd six
pot,ils Vt str.l,n OIL the l'o!ornt tho tie of tho
exp!na!rn, and also that tho flrc III the tlrobox
VITA very lnw, and TINT thoro wns no chance to
sst up stcatu whilo tho boat WIS lying ut tho
dotk.
There has bccn great apprehension among
visitors ut Lake Aiungtonka regarding this boat,
especially since tho explosions an tho cOmpAn-
futi Htcttncrs. Tho construction was believed 10
bo faulty md tho b0ats unsafe. As Like Min
uetonl<a is not officially recognized ,s navigaLle,
thore ls NJ adrqu,t1 inspection. It hus trans.
plrol since this tllslstcr TINT Mul. IIalstcA snow
a week ngo TINT h!s boiler wassrrllng, and asked
Inspector stcphonson OF 1T. Paul, to look Ut 1t,
h,,t ~. I,+to. r,n,.Inotn, ,h r,,,,., o..I III
nl.t INC !atter nc9lec.eo 10! .no summons; mla hal-
ploded.
John D, Uynfls, proprIctor OF tho Hotel st,
rn,,iu nt ,v,,os, dncl. the Afnrv ovrio.l,.1 tnia
o's. ~. "aVao uoee ~ r'''s oAt'oueu poiAo
tno tollo"ins sLofy OF tho alRasteFi - was
BounG asleep ut tho tttno Of tho accident, but tho
explosion awpke me In hurry. l hgsteupl
dock. There wns tim little ntcn,ner Afnrv IN
r,,ins and grant orv oolur IN fr,,1u tho ,,row1s
o},o,tt fhn fondirr II no,s1,,t ,u,+ a ,,I,n,. a.