The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-18

TG, WEST VA. TUEsI !S:
DONE BY DYNAMITE. 1 iI'li
EXPLOSION OK a STEAMBOAT
at a Philadelphia wharf-what was
Thought to Have Been lioiier Erup.
tion rarps Out to bea Dynamite Dis
aster-sixteon Persons Injured.
PaI1ApELpHlA, August 17.-This morn
ing at 1915 o'clock boiler exploded on
the steamer s. NJ. FELTON,, off the Chestnut
street twharf. The news created intense
excitement, and all sorts Of rumors were
at once circulated, but the following later
details give the extent Of the disaster SO
far as can now be ascertained:
The explosion on the steamer Samuel
NJ. Fenton occurred Just after she had left
| M 49, SASSsi sAi S =
she was opposite pier o soulh Wharves.
The passengers ana crew were e, staftiea . by
stem to stern, and when the smoke cleared
away 1t was found that the entire forward
part OF the vessel above the water line had
been badly damaged, and number Of
messengers injured, some OF them believed,
fatally. The pilot house and upper deck
ths as hn@ sa a,an a nrssantsi @ ~ I sce%s n Srsce N
~ TnSa @ nroceedeG roc al once to The injured
vessel and Win ihe assistanea of The nolice
tug, WIN. S. Stokeley, which was lying
near by. at once proceeded toremoye the
Injured. The ambulance OF the Psnnsyl-
yania Hospital soon arrived and took most
OF the injured to that institution.
TIE VICTIMS.
Tho injured SO far as known arc as fol-
lows:
JOHN Z. McDrSN, aged 0 years, living in
Chester severely injured about the legs.
stLAs RREp. residing at 1920 Hancock
s.root !. hodv sbocted and cort,sad
:, street ! pouy sn0eNeu auu e0nsuseu' nsa
BESSIE brady, residing at 2S0 Spruce
street; ankle dislocated.
g 1yrp, coopFp res;dingat 44oO Ftankford
as. 80 -. ..;.;..aa ahant a. ,,aaJ 49,, La,,,s
foaa M uteu aoou9 ',.e i'e4u SUI pouy;
JOHN STEPHENSON, residing at l225 Fayon-
ia street, Camden shocked by the con-
cussion: !,
GEORGE CocKAYNE, residing at 269 South
Front street, thigh cut. .al
GEoRoE ERKES, injured about the limbs
and body.
]. 3. CHESTER, 9 deck. hand, living at Ches-
ter; face, head and body badly cut and
bruised.
The steamer, Immediately after the re.
moval ofthe passengers, was towed down
the riyer, and, IT'S sad, viii be taken to
~ atoI penssvIysnia Pai.o.5 us GaSosnN 10 osreap
80 rron,prr c.Tsr
The ca,,,e of the explosion is as yet m
osrtain The nasssnsers and i N N sny s.of
ts,nSa ,,,bo ssw M ths eSn,osto, from, itha
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as AZ 'ssra nc MT t;iled ortr;sbt s1e A'
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TUE WOUNDED
The List oil the wounded numbers ski
taen. .as follows: Jesse Bradley, of Phila.
do,nb;o onLla a;slocated. T r cbe.tor
delplufeu 9eorge Sockaine, Fnllaaei7
phia, back and thigh hurt by falling
wood work Samuel Cooper, Of Frankford.
tnrt ahort chest and bsad Gen Frwln
1oeE s hand a seyersiv s ininred IN side. las
n IN MeTonaId Chsster lee hyotan ! S;ias
pas5 D. spLiiaS,,nh;eH Hsl;.htiy ] ;n;nsad Gao
M;teSali ss;s decthand Rr;isenort
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sisnS 1nbn n1 ToGrstav @ nassanaar ;nt;nsaa
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asiah;. sT I ;n;nraJ ,ntsrnailv tbonsbt @ w;ij
M. pb lain Stevenson @ Gam,IeI sl;ghtiv,;n.
.s goun Tsssiss o} oa},Ian ph;iaSalSh;a
siH kaSIa hsnissd % s,Sont H.. bnda, Iemss
Wa1ayn,;ne yty IN Tvitrainston III Dol | ena;n ;nssr a Il
,ba a.1 F.lton c,,t ahnnf tbe% % beaS sI,, ioSn Z e
Vanime, Chester, complicated dislocation
Of the aRklei Edward Young, Whining;
ton, Del, fireman oil the Felton, injured
agSas Gaorae Que lViIsan Hs eno;neer was standin,
on the wharf when tie explosion occur,
red and was thrown backward over q
bench and sustained injuries Of the right