Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-09
ILL-FATED GOLD DUST"

jured and Missing-A Total OF Nearly
Fifty Souls Either Dead or Not Yet
Fouud-The Steamboat Compapy's En-
forts for the Survivors.
THE LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. S.-No additional partition.
| lars oil the explosion of the steamer Gold
Dust near Hickman, Ky, yesterday have been
received here at this writing. The steamer
City oil Alton is reported to have arrived at
Cairo late last night with the dead and
wounded and will come Through to st. Lopis
direct. The most complete list of those who
died from the effects OF scalds and other
wounds received by the accident is as follows;
VIM. A. Ingraham or Ingram, third clerk:
John Lyle. second pantry man; VIM. Tray
erse, barkeeper; Peter Winter, second porter:
| jim Jerry. captain of the watch; Walter
howard, roustabout; Chas. Williams, second
barber; Manuel Victor, deck passenger.
The names of the missing are not known
as the books were lost, and the number may
swell TO twenty or thirty more.
The Gold Dust was built in 1915 by Capt.
Z. w. Gould, at cost OF $4,000. She was
purchased year later by the Anchor line. and
was valued at the time of the disaster at $S5-
0OO. The company carries no insurance. She
IS therefore total loss.
PASSENGERS SAVED.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. S.-James Coffee
and sister, of St. Louis, and Ben Bridges, book
keeper for Speed 81 Graves, OF this city, were
passengers on board the Gold Dust from here
Sunday morning. Bridges telegraphs that he
is safe, with the exception of both hands
scalded.
MEMPHIS, Aug. S.-Three other passengers
in addition to those mentioned left here on the
Gold Dust-one commercial drummer, who
had stopping at the Peabody hotel, and a
husband and wife, who arrived that morning
on the Memphis & Charleston railroad. IL is
impossible to ascertain their names.
TRANSFERRING THE WOUNDED.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. S.-The steamer, City VI
Alton, OF the New Orleans Anchor line, arrived
at noon from Hickman, with the wounded
from the steamer Go Id Dust. She arrived at
Hickman at 1880 last night and laid there till
o clock In the morning. Capts. Able and
Shield are doing everything to relieve suffer-
| ing as the representatives OF the Anchor line
company Up to the time OF leaving Hick-
| man thirteen had died.
Five lady passengers were on the Gold Dust,
and all were saved. One was slightly scalded
| and four unhurt, who are: nj iss Ellen Coffee,
| of st Louis; Miss II. Smith, Kansas City,
| and Miss Morgan, Friar's Point. Miss Thorn.
ton was slightly scalded. Miss Coffee and
Miss Smith are acting as nurses, doing much
| good. Twelve wounded were left at Hick-
man, as they could not be moved at present.
| All on board are doing well under the care of
| Drs. Dunning and Parker, OF Cairo.
| DIR. farr Is In charge OF the wounded at
| Hickman. Ten of the dead were buried at
| Hickman. The bodies of Clerk Ingram and
Barkeeper Travis are on board for st. Louis
| While the undertaken was bringing the body
OF Ingram 10 the Alton at Hickman his team
ran away and Gardner was fatally Injured.
Capt. Frank Leibke OF ST. Louis was scalded
slightly. lie is at Hickman, doing well.
The citizens OF Hickman opened their private
houses and made hospitals OF their hotels,
| and merchants offered clothing for the needy
and left nothing undone to relieve the suffer
ers In every substantial way, AMI deserve the
/ greatest praise.
The City Of Alton will go 10 st. Louis
without stopping.
| The Gold Dust at the time of the accident
| had 100 people on board, which includes pas
| sengers, officers and crew.
| There are eighteen missing, which are sup
posed to have gone down in the wreck. The
| following is list OF the Gold Dust people
now on the Alton: j. 7. McCord, captain,
hurt; g.. Price, mate, hurt; Lem
Gray pilot, hurt; Washington Nor
Point, wounded; j. Stickman, unhuri;
Tom Peck, deck sweeper. unhurt; Pat Fitz.
gerald, hurt; John O'Neii. deck hand, badly
hurt; s. Gray, unhurt; Ed. Gray, unhurt
VIM. Heally, unhurt; Bill Meyer, deck hand,
uDhurt; Jim Monahan, second mate, unhurt;
John Brown, unhurt, Mel Gally, unhurt;
Leo Hyrosman, striker, unhurt; bod Dun
ham, hurt: Chris. O'Neal, unhurt; Harry
DIETRICH, unhurt; Henry DIETRICH, Sr., hurt.
Miss II. Smith, passenger, unhurt; Miss
Libby Morgan, unhurt; Jas. Coffee, unhurt;
Miss Ella Coffee. unhurt; Mr.. Green, unhurt.
Frank shever, hurt; Thos. Holley, wounded;
Jim Welsh; hurt; James Gee, deck
unhurt; Andrew Smith, barber, unhurt; JEFF
Walker, unhurt; James McGraw, wounded;
| Fred Clements, hurt; Jamss Murray, unhurt;
W. Foley, unhurt: Henry Bardolph, unhurt;
Peter Randall, unhurt; Bill Anthony, wound
ed; Bill Hall, unhurt; Gus Martin, wounded;
Joseph Reyer, unhurt; Joseph Monial |,
unhurt; Dick Phillips, badly hurt,
Frank Hart, second porter, unhurt;
Pete Barnes, unhurt; Peter Shinn,
hurt; Sidney Derby, hurt; Cyrus Mulley,
| wounded; Jim Post, wounded Jim Atkins,
| unhurt; Jim Wells, wounded; Joe May, hurt;
| Chas. Thomas, wounded; Ed Brazer, wounded
| Chas. Mochton, wounded; J. M. BurnaD,
wounded; j. NJ. sumpta, hurt; Jim Bolles,
deck passenger, wounded. The majority of
the wounded are badly scalded.
EFFORTS OF THE COMPANY.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. S.-Capt. Shields, superin
tendent OF the Anchor line at Cairo, who went
down TO Hickman last night to look after the
dead and wounded by the disaster to the Gold
Dust, telegraphs President scudder from
Hickman as follows:
"The City OF Alton leaves this morning with
twelve persons here, part Of whom are unable
| to be moved and part from choice. Twelve
deaths have occurred. l have arranged to have
all buried genteelly. The remains OF
VIM. Davis and w. Ingram are On board. The
boat is a total loss. DIR. Farr takes charge
of the wounded left here. Capt. Scudder is:
unable to account for the explosion and says
the Gold Dust was good boat and in first
class condition, and this is the first accident
of the kind that has occurred to the company
during the twenty-three years of its existence
Municipal Court.
Before Judge O'Brien.l
Obotr ha GU a.