Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-09
HICKMAN'S HORROR.
THE DISASTER on THE STEAMER
GOLD DUST.
LOng List OF CasuaItIes-RelievI
The SuffeFers-The Accident Un-
accounted FOr-AM Ihe Lady Pas
sengers saved.

HICKMAN, KY, August S.-The exact
number of the killed and wounded by the
explosion of the boiler of the steamer Gold
Dust last evening is not yet known, but 1t is
estimated at twenty four killed and forty
eight wounded. Among the wounded are
Capt. McCOrd, L. 8. Gray, pilot; Sol Price,
mate; Loughless, second clerk; Pat Daniel,
cabin watehmap; John O'Neal, deck hand:
Tom Beck, deck sweeper; Jas. Nichol, sailor;
the baker and three cooks, Mr.. Bridges,
Mrs. Thompson and Pat Fitzgerald, ten
deck passengers, and Dad Dunham, second
mate. Eighteen are missing.
The following have died from their
wounds since the accident: Billy Ingram,
third clerk; John Lyttle, second pantrymsn:
Wm. Travers, bxrkeeper; Peter Winter,
second porter; Jim Jerry, Captain OF the
watch; Walter Howard, rous ustabout; Charlie
Williams, second barber, and Manuel Victor.
deck passenger. The names the missing
are not yet known, as the books were lost.
10 private houses and the hotels everything
possible is being done for the suffering
wounded.
CAIRO, ILL, August S-The steamer City
of Alton, OF the New Orleans Anchor Line,
dus
Kentucky, with the wounded from the
steamer Gold Dust. She arrived at Hick-
man at l2:3O last night and remained there
till O'Clock this morning, Captains Abel
and Shields doing everything possible to
relieve the sufferers as representatives
of the Anchor Line Company Up to the
time Of leaving Hickman thirteen persons
had died. Five lady passengers were CA
the Gold Dust, aud all of them were saved,
only one, Mrs. Thornton, having been
slightly scalded. Twelve wounded persons
were left at Hickman as they could not be
removed at present. All on board are doing
well. Ten of the dead were baried at Hick
man. The bodies of Clerk Ingram and
Rarkeeper Travers are on board the Alton,
bound for st. Louis.
While the undertaken was bringing the
body of Ingram to the Alton at Hickman
his team ran away, aud be was fatally in
| jured. Capt. Frank Liebke, of st. Louis,
was slightly scalded, but is doing well at
| Hickman.
The citizens of Hickman opened their
| houses and made hospitals of the hotels for
the sufferers, and the merchants offered
clothing for the needy. Nothing was LETT
undone that would in any way relieve the
sufferers.
The City of Alton will go TO st. Louis
| without stopping.
| The Gold DusJ at the time of the disaster
had one hundred people on board, which
includes her passengers, officers and crew.
| There are eighteen missing, who are sup
posed to have gone down in the wreck
The majority OF the injured are badly
scalded.
ST. LOUIS, August 8-There were one
hundred and six persons on the Gold Dust.
OF these, sixty-four are on board the City
| of Alton, thirteen are dead, twelve badly
burned and left at Hickman, and seventeen
are missing. All the ladies on board were
saved. -.
Captain Shields, Superintendent OF the
Anchor Line at Cairo, who was
down to Hickman last night to look
| after the dead and wounded by
the disaster to the Gold Dust, telegraphs
| President Scudder from Hickman that
Capt. Scudder is unable 10 account for the
explosion He says the Gold Dust was a
| good boat and in first class condition, and
that this is the first accident of the kind
! that has occurred