The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-08-10
STEAMBOAT BLOWN UP.
Low Water and a Careless En-
gineer.
The Steamer GoIddust ExpIOdes Her Boil
ers Near Hickman, KY, and
Loss of Life Ensues.

| NASHVILLE, August 7.-An American 8
Hickman, KY, special says: The steam
er GOlddust exploded her boilers at p.
M, just after leaving Hickman, and
fOrty-seVen persons were scalded and
seventeen missing. The boat was landed
in the eddy just above the town, and
through the exertions of the citizens,
the cabin passengers, officers and part of
the crew and deck passengers were
taken ashore and removed to the hotels
and residences. TwentyfOur Of the in
| jured were lying in HOlcOmb's dry
| goods store at one time, where they re-
ceived every attention before being re-
moved to more comfortable places.
CAIRO, ILL, August 8.-The steamer
chOr Line, arrived at noon from Hick-
man with the wounded from the steamer
GOlddust. She arrived at Hickman at
| 1890 o'clock last night and laid there
till a. IN. Up to the time of leaving
Hickman thirteen had died.
Five lady passengers were on the
GOlddust and all saved, one slightly
scalded, four unhurt. Twelve wounded
were left at Hickman, as they could not
be moved at present. All on board are
doing we'll under the care of Drs. Dun
ming and Parker, of Cairo. DR.. Farris
has charge of the wounded at Hickman.
Ten of the dead were buried at Hick-
man. Bodies of Clerk Ingram and Bar
keeper Travis on board for st. Louis.
While the undertaken was bringing the
body of Ingram to the Alton at Hickman
his team ran away and Gardner was
fatally injured. Captain Frank Leibke,
of St. Louis, was scalded slightly. He
is at Hickman doing well.
The citizens of Hickman opened their
private houses and made hospitals of
their hotels and merchants offered cloth
ing for the needed and left nothing un-
substantial way, and deserve the great
est praise. The City of Alton will go to
st. Louis without stopping. The Gold
dust at the time of the accident had one
hundred people on ard,which included
passengers, officers and crew. There
are eighteen missing, which are sup
posed to have gone to the bottom of the
river.
ST. LOUIS, August 8.-Captain Shields,
superintendent of the Anchor Line at
Cairo, who went down to Hickman last
night to look after the dead and wound
ed by the disaster to the GOlddust, tele-
graphs President Schudder from Hick-
man as follows:
The City of Alton leaves this morning
with twelve persons from here, part of
whom are unable to be moved and part
from choice. Twelve deaths have Oc
Cured. 1 have arranged to have all
buried genteelly. The remains of Vim.
Davis and w. Ingraham are on board.
The boat is total loss. DR.. Farris takes
charge of the wounded left here.
Captain Scudder is unable to account
for the explosion. He says the GOlddust
was good boat andsi first class con-
ditiOn and that he thinks this is the
g. &c hn haf hou
CURED to the company during the
tWenty-three years of its existence.
THE BURNED STEAMER.
ST. LOUIS, August 8.-The names of
the missing ones are not known as the
books were lost and the number may
swell twenty or thirty more. The Gold
dust was built in 1878 by Captain E. W.
Gould at a cost of $4,000. She was pur-
chased year later by the Anchor line
and was valued at the time of the dis
aster at $3.50 The company carries
no insurance. She is therefore total
loss.
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
ST. LOUIS, August 8.-Engineer Pow
ers, of the steamer GOlddust, states that
at the time of the explosion he had just
looked at the steam-gauge, which regis
tered 110 0pOunds. The boat was allowed
166 pounds. He had just tried the water
gauge; the water was flush with the
upper cock. He was in the blacksmith
shop, and intended to blow out the mud
drum. There were two explosions in
quick succession. One boiler remained
in place; one went off and stuck the end
up through the cabin floor, and the third
stopped in the engine room and lay with
one end on each engine.
The pilot, Ed. Gray, and his son, who
were on watch, and Miss Hilda Smith,
were in the pilOt-hOuse. Lem Gray was
asleep in his room over the boilers.
Those in the pilot house
FELL AMONG THE WRECK,
but got out without a scratch. Lem
Gray had both feet, both hands and one
leg scalded, but is not dangerously hurt.
Clerk Langlois is not dangerously hurt.
He was left at Hickman. Four wounded
were left in Cairo and the others 90 to
st. Louis. Captain John T. McCord,
master, is but slightly hurt; Sol Price,
first mate, and Lem Gray, one of the pi-
lots, both are badly injured. Henry
Deitrick, first clerk, is but slightly
scalded. John Langlois, second clerk,
is so badly injured that he was left at
Hickman. Billy Ingram, third clerk,
and William Travis, the bookkeeper, are
both dead, and the bodies are on the Al
ton. The other officers are all right.
There were one hundred and six per
sons on the Golddust. OF these sixty
four are on board the City Of Alton, thir-
teen are dead, twelve badly burned and
left at Hickman, and seventeen are miss