Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-04
DIRE DISASTERS.
A steamer on the Hudson River Ex-
pIodes Her Boilers with Great Loss
Life Railway uisbaps.

I ALBANY, sept. 20 f3dFiy iiiis HlprH-
| ing the boiler on the steamer j. 5.
Robinson, which lay at the foot Of
/ Westerton street, exploded with fright
/ full force instantly killing the captain
I Geo. |. Warner and the fireman VIM.
I Cleary. and seriously injuring Fred
/ Tinsiar, the engineer, who was blown
/ into the water and narrowly escaped
( drowning. and Willard Deerald and
IN. NJ. RYAN, deck hands, and Richard
/ Vanzandt. a son of the captain of the
tug boat Cora, from View Baltimore,
lying alongside the Robinson; and
also injured Capt. Robinson of the
Hattie r. NJ. Belts was blown from
his pilot house on the wharf and Sc
verely injured. The Belts which lay
alongside Of the Robinson was dam
aged 81 coo; the Cora alongside was
total wreck, and the G. 2. Grant, ly-
ing ahead Of the Robinson had its
/ Joiner work carried away. The ma
( chinery was badly damaged. The
4 Robinson sank Immediately, carrying
with it the body of Cleary, a fireman.
. One section of the boiler, weighing
two or three tons was hurled
.
story of three story building, crush
ing in portion of the wall, and the
section weighing nearly ten crushed
in the roof of the coal barge, +. w
Bowling, and still another section was
/ hurled to tie rear, grazing the cabin
Of the coal boat Apollo, and tearing
away the roof before it fell into the
river. Buildings were shaken, win
dows shattered and general conster-
nation prevailed in the vicinity. The
exploded boiler was built by Robert
( Livingston in this city in 1852
The total losses cannot yet be ascer-
tanned. The explosion was probably
caused by the negligence of the en-
gineer in allowing the water in the
boiler to get too low Capt Andrew
of the canal boat Apollo was in the
rear. Robinson and his wife had a
narrow escape They were asleep
when a piece of the boiler carried
away the side of the roof about 322
/ feet long and IL vida, together with
portion of the end of the cabin
nearly down to the bed. The roof
was only two feet above their heads
4 McAndrews says the first thing he
knew was sitting on the floor with his
back against the wall and things fly
ing around him His wife lay sense
i less in bed covered with the ruins of
pictures and the looking glass. Capt.
Robinson, of the tug Belle, was asleep
on the pilot and turned a complete
I somersault in the air, and suddenly
found himself on the dock. The Off
I'cers in the first precinct station house
One-eighth of a mile distant, were
| thrown from their beds on the floor,
and the whole building shook violent
ly for three seconds. They at first
7 thought it was an earthquake.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. 27.-The Trib-
unes Fargo special says: At 1870
this morning the east bound passenger
train on the Northern Pacific, five
miles east Of Valley City, came in
collision with an engine which had
been helping a freight train up the
hill and was returning at full speed,
and both were badly wrecked the
passenger engine being thrown from
the track, followed by the tender and
baggage car. The engineer of the
passenger train was badly in
iured and his fireman, Thomas
Collins, was caught between the boiler
and tender, and wedged so tightly it
required four hours to release him,
during which time he was literally
roasted alive. Death did not ensue
until he was released and being taken
to Valley City. The passengers were
shaken up, but none were seriously
( injured. Blame is attached to the
engineer of the lone engine as he
knew the passenger train was late
and had the right of way The engi-
neer and fireman of the lone engine
Jumped and escaped with few bruises.
ANOTHER SMASH UP.
I MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. IS Between )
and Is O'clock this morning a serious
accident occurred on the Minneapolis
x st. Louis road, about two miles be-
yond Shakopee, at the foot Of a steep
Grade known as Chaska hill, by
which four men were killed. Two
ireights were coming into Shakopee,
when the rear portion of the first
section broke lose and ran back
INTO the other section which was just
rounding the curve in its ascent of
the hill A portion of the forward
freight was telescoped and the engine
and several cars of the last freight
was badly wrecked killing almost in
SANITY the engineer, fireman and a
brakeman also a man supposed to be
cattle drover whose body has not been
recovered. The killed are Engineer
Snow, Fireman J. II. McCann, Brake
man u. X. Maloney. All named live
in this city. Soon as word was re
eeived here Supt. Clark and Train
master Hamilton went to the scene Of
the disaster with a wrecker The
todies win be brought to this city
tonight. A whole car load of cattle
were killed
Wool Growers Convention.
4 Chicago dispatch of Sept. 26th