Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-29
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
4 hudson River Steamer ExplOdes
Her BOl eTS
AND THEN GOES 10 THE Bottom
with One Hundred Passengers on Board
A large Number Killed and Wounded
The Part cu'ars Of the
Sad Affair.

New YoEH. August 2S-At about ten
minutes to { O'Clock this afternoon, people
who were in the neighborhood OF the foot
Of Fourteenth street and North river, were
startled by the sound Of an explosion m.
ing from the direction OF the river. Look.
ing out in midstream they saw the Hudson
steamer R!yerdsle enveloped in steam
Less than six minutes afterwards she
keeled to the side and capsized oppOSi
Sixteenth street. she having foated that
far. Instantly about fifteen different tugs
steamed from This CIly to HOOOken To
where the Suukeu vessel lay. There were
over
One Hundred Passengers
on board the Rlyerdsle when she left the
foot of Harrison street Some of these
were hurled into the air and then fell lack
into tie water. Others were compelled To
,unp into the water 10 escape the kissing.
>ca.Cing steam that had tiied all parts of
Nhe vessel, or TO avoid going down with her
The cause of the disaster was the explosion
ot the boiler which was smldships. When
the bul er burst the AIR was tiled with lly.
ing debris and broken wood work, aui the
/ li.ur house snapped like pipe stem and
lugpied over into the water.
AbOut Fifty People
lost their lives. some being blown into
eternity and others met their deaths by
being drawn down with the wulruoOl
caused by he sinking of the vessel, Those
Who were floating or swimming ABOUT in
the river were picked up b. the tugs and
VOW boats that came 10 their rescue. The
following dead OoGivS were brought in by
the boats. Mrs. S.Ssiu, of Tarry town, y.
mn rrr. Z A...ly
taken to tie mOrgue. and a boy whose iden.
uty has not been asCertained, was also
taken 10 the mOrsue.
The Injured.
So far as known are As follows Howard
tutduer, the evangelist, Ui GUnEers. "
y, taken 10 the New York Hospital; John
ht.y, deck hand, OF E0.Icwooi, y. j.,
a-W> brONvu, tak,u 20 the New York Hos.
PiJa,. John Moran, deck hand, Of Will
lam>O.'- y. y. les and side crushed,
tahen lO the New York Hospital. Thomas
J. saul. q passenger, Of - SOmmers street,
Brooklyn, aided. t4Seu 10 the Few York
Hospital. ". II. Jsuuj..g, a passenger, OF
Brooklyn, face anu hands burned, taxeu
10 the View York Hospital. John Salajr.
mate OF the vessel, LETT thigh badly crush
ed, taken 10 the New York Hospital; John
Ujtf>, OF this cIty, aged ~ years, badly
SCaiCtu and in an extremely critical Goa
-.hA Us ~ II ~ tue new lbTh HOSPITAL,
tCorge Il. Dimes, fireman Of the boat. bad
y sCuid,d taken 10 st. NlnCent's Hospital
The FirCmeR
Of several engine and hook and ladder sta.
tiUus situated near the scene OF the disa.-
ter were called our, without their appara.
tus, however, and did good service, as did
the members Of the steamboat squad OF
POLICEMEN. Michael Millilea. Of the
Charles street station, was the IirSt TO help
the wounded fireman, Geo K. Dimes. on
shore from the boat az the loot Of Twelfth
street. Il never saw a man IN such a suffer.
ing condition" said the officer, and
hope l may not witness another such
sight again. Tue poor fellow s4uirmed
about, aud his
FIcsn was PeRlin% or
IN olisters | called at once an ambulance
driver near ne and had the unfortunate
man sent 10 the st. NinCeut'S Hospital.
llen went TO search other injared persons,
and when came to the foot Uf Fourteenth
street | saw man pulling rapidly to the
wharf. His boat contained the body OF
woman. whose legs were evidently broken.
She must have been crushed by falling
rmbers while sitting on the deck amt then
. blown overheard.