Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-29
deck trying to raise the valves 30 that
the stsam could escape, and
An Explosion be Avoided.

An Explosion Dc AVoioea'
We never carried over thirty-four
pounds oi steam. The only members OF
the crew, | understand, that are missing
is Josiah HasbrouCk, cook, and It's
grandson, Chss. Hasbrouck, who was
employed on the boat. We had crew
OF iour deck hands, one deck boy. en-
ginesr, two fremen, captain, clerk, su-
perinsendent wheelmsn, superinten.
denn clerk, porter, steward ana COOK
The crew
Did their Duty Lake Mon.
andla few OF them lost their presence OF
mind. You eau imagine how cool they
were when the clerk, who was collect
ing the fairs, as seon as he rea ICED that
the boat was on fire, returned to his
Office and secured all the money he had
left there. Among the passengers were;
Chss, A. Dana, Richard o. Cor
man, s. l.. NJ. Barlow, one or
two OF iIarpers, the publishers,
aud number Of other gentlemen whose
names ! cannot call, but who are In the
habit Of going to their homes along the
Long Island shore by our boats. All oi
the gentlemen | have named, ! under
stood, escaped. The vessel
Burned Like Powder
after once the flames started. 10 was a
terrible scene; shrieking women and
children huddled ait until their clothes
caught fire. Those on the forward part
OF the boat were men who were cut oil
from communicating with or going 10
the rescue Of their female relatives and
friends by the flames, which burned
the II rCest about the centre Oi the boat
Mr.. Morris, our porter, saw the child
floating on its back, and was going to
Jump overheard aud save II, when
frantic woman clutched his arm and
sIying, "YOu are a strong man and !
woman without any friends on board;
Tor Gods sake help me-" The porter
left the child to itself, aud, ] believe,
saved the wOmrn. Only one of
the Sewanahakas boats got cut
was the one which hada canvass iasten :
ed over it, After the canvass was got
off, the body Of child about two years
old was found
Lying In the Water In the Bottom ofthe
Boat.
and nobody seemed to know how 1t got
there. After got on Randall's Island,
| vas almost exhausted, but the doctors
who we're hurrying abaut, Ievived me
by pouring some liquor dewnmy throat
| rcaChed this city on the Sylvan Glen,
which also had several Oi our passengers
on board. The other passengers were
taken on board the OsscO, Granite state
and Minnehannock, aud were carried by
those boats 10 their destinations. A
lady was climbing down u ladder
leading from the promenade deck
10 the main deck, but as a ladder IL a
pretty hard thing ior man to get down
at any time, she
Fell Into tho Gangwsy. Amid tho Fl'mos
Myself and halt "a dozen others rescued
her from her pcril0us position. ! saw
hatcher, who lives either at Great
Neck or Sandy Point, grab NJ
an asparagus box aud before ] could
stop him jumped overheard with It !
yelled at him not Ia jump rs he would
be struck by the wheel, lie dld not heed
rne and went over forward. The last !
saw Oi hlm hc was going under the
wheel. Several others went over Tor.
ward aud went under the wheels.
The Firemen's Theory.
Frank Weeks aud his son Edward,
Who were fremen on the steamer, were
AZ their posts AT the time Oi the iiro
They think that some OF the small iiues
of the boiler must have burst, forcing
the furnace doors open aud scattering
the hot Goals through the vessel.