The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-09
GOLD DUST DISASTER.
PARTICULARS or THE ACCIDENT.
Eighteen Persons Known to Have tiohs Down Nth
the Wrtrk-A Large Number BADLY Seaidsd
g. and 0thernIss Seriously IrJurrd-Lht
OF the Dead aud Wounded, phH

have been received here Mt this writi,in,
10 4. NJ. The steamer City Of Alton Is r,
ported TO hnye arrived ut Cairo late Ii.
night, with tho deld and wounded, an,
will come through to St. Louis direct. Th
most complete list Of those who died iron
. the effects Of scalds and other wounds re
ceived by the accident is as follows: +.
William a. lngrahnm or Ingram, thir,
clerk. I8G
John Ly,le, second pautryman.
, William Traverse, barkeepcr.
Peter Winter, second porter.
Jim Jerry, captain Of the watch.
| Walter Howard, roustabout.
Chas. Williams, second barber.
Manuel Victor, deck passenger. H.
The names OF the missing arc not know
us the books were lost. The number nny
swell twenty or thirty more. The Coll
Dust was built in 1878, by Capt. W. Goult
ut u cost OF so, 900. She was purchased {
year later BY tho Anchor Line and wiz
valued at The time Of the disaster III
$751; 600. The company carries no insur
ance, she is therefore total loss. :
/ MEMPHIS, August S.-Thrce other pas
sengers In addition 10 those mentioned left
here on the Gold Dust, one, II commercial
drummer who had been stopping at the
Peabody Hotel, and husband and wife
who arrived that morning OH the Memphis
4 Charleston railroad, 1t is impossible 10
ascertain their names.
CAIRO, Ills, August S.-The steamer
City OF Alton, OF the New Orleans Anchor
Line, arrived Mt noon from Hickman with
the wounded from the steamer Gold Dust.
She arrived mt Hickman ut 1850 o'clock
last night, and laid there till Z a. NJ, Car.
tains Able and Shield doing everything 10
relieve the sniIering, us representatives Of
the Anchor Line Company. Up to time Of
leaving Hickman thirteen haI died, Five
lady passengers were on the Gold Dsst,
and were saved, one slightly scalded and
four unhurt.
They are Miss Ellen Coffee, OF St. Louis.
Miss II. Smith, Kansas City.
Miss Morgan, OF Friarspoint.
Mrs. Thornton was slightly scalded.
Miss Coffee and Miss Smith arc acting US
nurses and doing much good. Twelve OF
the wounded were left ut Hickman, usthey
could not be moved ut present. All OH
board are doing well, unGer the care OF
Ds. Danning and Parker, of Cairo. DR..
Farrel has care Of the wounded ut llick.
man. Ten OF the dead. were buried ut
Hickman. The bodies OF the clerks In.
gram, Burke, Epes and Travcrs are on
board forSt. Louis. While the undertaken
was bringing the body OF lngram TO tue
Alton, ut Hickman, his team ran away and
Gardener WIS fatally injured.
Capt. Frank Liebke, Of St. Louis, was
scalded slightly. lIc is At Hickman doing
well. The citizens OF Hickman opened
their private houses and made hospitals OF
their hotels, and the merchants offered
clothing for the needy and left nothing un-
done to relieve the sufferers in every SUBJ
staniial way and they deserve the greatest
praise. The City Of Alton will 20 10 St.
Lonis without stopping.
The Gold Dust al the time OF tho acel.
dent had 100 people on board which in.
cludes passengers, officers and crew. There
are eighteen missing which are supposed
to have gone down in the wreck. Follow
ing is II list OF tbs Gold Dust people now OH
the Alton: j. McCord, Capt. Hurt, S.
Price, mate, hurt; Lem Gray, pilot, hurt; !;
Wash. Morris. decker, hurt; Mr.. Grier,
OF Frianpoint, wounded; S. Fichman, un.
hurt Tom Beck, deck sweeper, unhurl ;
Patrick Fitzgerald, hurt; John
O'Neil, deck lland, badly hurt :;
S. Gray, unhurt; Ed. Gray, unhurt: Wm,
Heady, unhur,; Bill Meyer, deckhand, I'M.
hurt; Jim Manahan, second mate, unhurt;
John Brown, unhurt; Neil Galtry, unhurt;
Lee l!yrosman, striker, unhurt; bod Dun.
ham, hurt Chris. O'Ncal, unhurl, Harry
DIETRICH, unhur;; Henry DIETRICH. hurt; Miss
ID. Smith, passenger, unhurt.
| Miss II. Smith, passenger, unhnrt; Miss
Libby. Morgan, unhurt; James Coffee, un.
hurt; Ella Coffee, unhurt; Mr.. Green, un.
hurt; Frank Shever, hurt; Thomas Holly,
wounded; Jim Welsh, hurt; ,Jas. D. Gee,
decker, hurt; Henry Evans. hurt; Bill
Evans, unhurt; Andrew Smith, barber,
unhurr jeff Walker, unhurt; Jas. Nc.
Graw, wounded; Fred Clements, hurt;
Jas Murray, unhurt; NJ. Foley, I'm.
hurt; Henry Burtlott, unhurt; Peter
Ramdale, hurt; Bill Anthony wounded;
l'ill Hall, hurt; Gus Martin, wounded; A,
Hill, Hurt; Robert Pinsey. wounded; Jos.
Reyer, unhurt: Joseph Moniat, unhurt;
Dick Phillips, partly hurt; Frank lIarts'
second porter nnhurt; Pete Barnes, I'M.
hurt. sidney Derby, hurt; Charles Milton,
kins, unhurt Jim Wells. wounded,
Joe May, hurt Chris l!omas, wound.
ed; Ed Braser, wounded; Bill Porter
wounded;,. Jeff: Hughes, hurt; Charles
Mochton, wounded; J. NJ. l'urnun, wounded;
J. NJ. Sumpsta, hurt; jim Bates, deck pas.
senSer, wounded; the majority OF the
wounded are badly scalled.
ST. Louis, Mo-, August S.-Capt. Shields,
Superintendent Of the Anchor Line, at
Cairo, WHO went down TO Hickman Inst
n,ght ny n, 70 % LOOK after In the :. dead and woundod
President, scudGer, from Hickman, slsl. rs ioI.
lows: i
."rhe City Of Alton leaves this morning
with twelve persons, part OF whom are I'm.
nble to be moved and Inrt from choice,
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