The Grenada sentinel., 1882-08-19
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT HORROR

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An Appalling Steamboat D. aster ON y.
Mississippi River-The Steamer Go,s
dust Explodes Her Boiler at Hickm..
Ky.-seventeen Persons Killed and ran
ty-eight Others Badly scaIded a.,
Wounded-The Boat Takes Fire Anu
the Explosion and Burns to the wats.;.
Edge.
HICKMAN. KY. August T.
The steamer Golddust exploded her boilur !.
three p. M, just after leaving Hickman ana
forty-eight persons were scalded and sevar.
!, teen missing. The boat was landed in the eddr
just above the town, and through the exer.
tions of the citizens, the cabin passengers ~
ficers and part of the crew and deck passen.
gers were taken ashore and removed IN ~.
hotels and residences near by. Twenty-fopr
of the injured were lying In Holcomb's drv
goods store at one time, where they received
every attention before being removed to mora
comfortable places. With that sympathy and
generosity for which the citizens of Hiekman
are noted, they have done and ara doing all
they can for the sufferers. The following Ia a
list of the injured:
Captain John 7. McCord, slightly scalded.
s. Gray, Pilot; Sol Price, First Mate; John
Langlois, second clerk; William Ingram. third
clerk; William Travis, bar-keeper; Pat Dan.
iels, cabin watchman; John O'Neil, deok-hand.
Tom Beck, deck-sweeper; Dick Philips, Dor.
ter; Jim, second porter; two pantrymeD, two
roustabo,lts, three firemen and thesecond bar.
ber; ten deck-passengers and Mrs Thomson
a cabin-passenger, severely scalded. D. Dun.
ham, Second Mate, P. Dertried. freight clerk.
James Monahan, sailor man, James Nichols
baker and third cook, Mr.. Bridges, Mr. Thorn.
ton, Mr.. Band and Mr.. Blank, all slightly
| scalded.
One cabin passenger, one deck passenger.
one flrenan, two coal-passers. eight roust.
abouts, four cabin boys and James Lawson
| the first cook are missing
The boat ran to the shore and was made fast.
when she took fire, burned to the water edge.
and sunk. The books, safe and baggage were
lost.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Augusta
The steamer City of Alton, of the New Or
leans Anchor Line, arrived at noon from Hick.
man with the wounded from the steamer Gold.
dust. She arrived at Hickman at 1880 last
night, and laid there till seven this morning
the Captain doing everything to relieve the
sufferers, as the representative of the Anchor
Line Company. Up to the time OF leaving
Hickman thirteen had died. Five lady passen
One is slightly scalded but the other four ara
unhurt. They are Miss Ellen Coney of St
Louis; Miss H. Smith Kansas City; Miss Nor
gan, Friars Point, and Mrs. Thornton, who
was slightly scalded Miss Coffee and Misc
Smith are acting as nurses, doing much
good. Twelve of the wounded were left al
Hickman, as they could not be moved at
present All on board are doing well, under
p.NfAL, L,n I..,A ~
of the dead were buried at Hickman. The
bodies of Clerk Ingraham and Bar-keeper
Travis arc on board for ST. Louis. While the
undertaken was bringing the body of Ingra.
ham to the Alton depot, at Hickman, his team
ran away, and Gardiner was fatally injured
The most complete list of those who died
from the effect of scalds and other wounds re-
ceived by the accident is as follows:
William A. Ingraham, or ingram, third
clerk; John Lytle, second pantryman; William
Traverse barkeeper; Peter Winter, second
porter; jim Jerry, captain Of the watch; Wal
ter Howard, roustabout; Charles Williams
second barber; Manuel Victor, deck pas
senger.
ST. LOUIS. AugustS.
Engineer Bowers of the steamer Goddust
states that at the time of the explosion he had
Just looked at the steam-gauge, which regis.
tered i4o pounds. The boat was allowed 100
pounas. lie had just tried the watargauge.
Ihe water was flush with the upper cock. He
was III the blacksmith shop, and intended to
blow out the mud-drum. There were two ex-
piosions III quick succession. One boiler re.
NAMED in place, one went off and stuck end
up throueh the cabin floor, and the third
stopped IN the englne-room and lay with one
eho on eacn engine. The pilot, Ed Gray, and
MS son. VINO were on watch, and Miss Hida
smith were IN the pllot-house. Tom Gray was
asieep IN MS room over the boilers. Those iD
Tue pliot-house 1el among the wreck, but got
out "ithout scratch.
Ihere were lo6 persons on the GQlddust. OF
tnese sixty-four are on board the City OF Altn,
tnlr'een are dead, twelve badly burned AM
lelt Ut hickman, ana seventeen are missing
All tne laales on board were saved.
hehry Dletrich, the first clerk, who was IN
charge OF the once OF the Golddust at the time
,ne explosion took place, arrived in ST. Louis
tnis evening from the scene OF the disaster
ne spoke lightly OF his injuries, and when
asked TO detail his experiences Immediately
aiter the explosion replied that he could say
very little OF his own knowledge, as the hrsthe q
was aware OF was when he awoke to conscious
ness at the hotel, whittier he had been re-
moved from the burning boat by some of the
crew! Applications of cold water" he con.