The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-30

s.,,, ,,.or. ar lass buried anu ss" s,, i,euls-
sonc M,v -, ,sembers OF the Eas.eIn D'" no
.sv" s,i,,S and taken TO the ciup'no's'' Wy
sa.u sSs scene OF the disaster. 90 Eng
Aworc the passengers var ma - ,y. J" saved.
Ia v u,fI,,,sher of the Sun. He-wa. sa,.u -,
. "u smith q coufned 10 tne nospl,a ~
psnS. ~ Is,snd suffering from severe vu..
nm sha face and arms. He says tne n.o ov w~s
caused ~" sS nv nv an explosion. he msue 800
cTcrt 20 beach the vessel, put TUG n n,a',a
snrsnd so rapidly that y was 10 smali
The eremau explains that sone y, ,hrow.
tubes o. the boiler must nave os s1s.,ter,ny
inc the furnace door OPEN anu . .we
bnt eoaIs. which set fire to the VesSe''
GONE or THOSE SAVED.
rho rrmher Of lives lost by the accident
..n~o, ne learned, as the steamer was mere
lv 9 ;rsnsnort. and kept no register. " -
not likely that those lost viii numoer llloIe
,s.r ,fty. Al Wards Island the ioiiowing
list of rescued was furnished: Y Hall
" ZONES. OF Sea Clf, j.. L.; ~. n. hal',
No "a Keen street, Brooklyn; Daniei ma
ionev Morgsnstown, l.. l.; lda smith,
Leonard street. Brooklyn; Maggie Meenan,
eat Thirfy-seventh street, New ,oIh,
Annie sherry. one Hundred and Nine.
ieentb street and Second avenue; Mar?aret
sherry One Hundred and Nineteenth
stroa, and second avenue, and Katie Rohr-
bach. Ninth avenue. who were suffering
from exhaustion: Mrs. Schcler, OF 4o6
vest Fifty.tbird street. who was Dauly
burned about the body-she lost TWO
children OF her own, saved one, ana iost
one child three years old named Maize
Rouscher. whose parents live at 43o
west Filty.third street; Charity Jones,
n colored woman, living at lob west
Twenty.sixth street, WAS slightly burned.
and her seven months old cniiu
was drowned; Mrs. Hawkins, 10 ROD
man street, Brooklyn, received serious
internal injuries, and her tbree-yeaT-oia
daughter bad her arm broken. AT the deea-
house on Long Island was found tue Dody
of woman with a child cIasped IN ber
arms, both burned TO a crisp; woman,
probably Mary Reed; the body OF man,
burned beyond recognition; a woman
about forty-fve years old, dressed IN DOM
bazIne dress, and wearing draD gloves
man forty-fve years old, bald head si'shl
moustacbe and chin beard, with no ciotning
on his body with the exception OF PAIR VI
black papts. The body OF q child was dis
covered lodged on the padde-wheel OF tue
burnjng vessel, but when an attempt was
made to secure It 1t fell into the water ana
disappeared. At RandaIPs Island but one
body was found. 1t was that OF child.
THE LOST.
The New York Herald gives the follow
ing list of the dead, as far as known: Ma.
mic Reach. two years Of age, daughter OF
the late Judge Beach, OF Glen C0e, l.. l.;
Martha Boiler, eight years old, Fifty-thrd
street: Constantine Cherry, four years old,
of No. 1927 Second avenue; Mrs. George
". Cotton, No. 1850 Pacific street, Brook
Ivn. drowned: Jones (colored), child
Of Charity Jones, OF No. 100 west Twenty
sixth street Mrs. Mary Reed, drowned
ShaIer, child OF Mrs. Sbaler OF No.
4O6 west Fifty.third street, who was saved
with her other child; Vandarwater -.
two years, OF Glen Cove, l.. l., body not
recovered: Watson,
Unknown dead Male child, eight months
old. burned; female child, twelve months
old. drowned woman, forty years OF age,
burned to a crisp; boy three years old and
German woman and baby eight years old
drowned.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
The following persons were cared for IN
the hospital: William r. Grace, 81 Wall
street. and his wife and child; Mamie
sherman, aged IL, corner Eighth avenue
and Broadway. Astoria, l.. l.; Leonora
Brumfeld, So west FOriy-seyenth street;
Mrs. II. NJ. TborD, GlenwOod, l.. l.; Mar
garet Wylie, 439 Seventh avenue; Caroline
HOOPER. las West Tenth street; Amelia
N. Fields. RoSlvn, L. l.; Mrs. Susie j.
yanderwater, Glen Cove, l.. |. ther baby
was drowned; Mary Carson, s west
Thirtv-second street. Bridget FitZsimmons,
300 Madison avenue; Mrs. Dillon, OF Brook
lyn; Mrs. Meyers, Of east Fiftv-ninth
street, and Colonel Syphec. OF Sea Clf. l..
f.: Mrs. Nesbit, wife OF Contractor Nesbit,
and her twO-year.old child, and Mamie
Beach. daughter OF Judge Beach.
The body Of a man was found In the East
river at One Hundred and Fourteenth
street. Joseph j. Stein, OF 202 east Fifty
second street, eX-assemblyman, was pas-
senger on the Seawanhaka. He was report
ed as missing by his friends at police head
quarters at midnight.
CHARLES A. DANA PICKED UP.
Tie Herald has the following: " Mr.. F.
r. Misch. formerly edIter OF the New York
Sunddu Times, says: Soon after l got in
the water | encountered Charles A. Dana,
editor o: the Sun, as it appeared to me,
keeping afoat with great difficulty, but APP
pareutly striking out manfully to save HIM
self. sm glad TO say he was picked up by
boat from the OSseo.'"
Among the missing are Henry Arthur, OF
"a Gold street; John Berbeck, Of Brook
Iyn; Edward l.. Cobb, OF Brooklyn; Fur
man Field, boy OF fifteen. Tilly Fell and
Lewis Green, Of Norwalk, Ct, ale reported
lost.
The Captains story.
Herald of yesterdayJ
Near the wreck one OF the RandalPs-
Island rOw.boats picked up in the water in
au unconscious condition Captain Charles
Smith, OF the Seawanhaka. He was taken
to the Infanps Hospital on the island,
where the surgeons found that he was badly
burned about the head, face, and arms.
Shortly after his arrival ut the hospital Cap
tain Smith regained consciousness and was
removed to one OF The wards. When asked
for his statement concerning the burning OF
the steamboat. the Captain said 1--WE LETT
our pier with about two hundred
and forty passengers on board. We
proceeded safely up the East river
and reached He'll Gate about 4:40 Il. NJ.
When but short distance from the lower
end OF Wards Island, while In the pilot
house. | was startled by a low, heavy, dull
report, which sounded like an explosion.
Quick as thought / looked around and saw
that the boat was afre amidships. The
steamer Granite State was a little ahead OF
nv boat on the starboard side and a tow
was on our port side. signalled the engi-