New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-07
THE CALAMITY TO Id MASCOTTE.
ATTENDING THE VICTIMS OF THE ExPLosroS-pEAp
AND MISSING NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE.

ATTENDING The VICTIMS OF lhE EArIo'ioN
AND MISSING NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. (SpecidD.-The latest In
formation from the wreck OF La Maseotte the steamer
blown up near Cape Girardesu is in dispatch tonight
from Captain J. b. Thompson. lie is lying burned aod
bruised n the st. Charles Hotel at Cape Grsrdeau 10
his dispatch places the number OF dead and missing
at twenty five The officers and passengers VINO were
saved unite in saying that few lives would nave oeer
lost had the captain OF the towboat Eagle whon was
quarter OF mile below La Mascotte when the explosion
occurred exercised a little Judgment He was called
upon to push the burning ashore but refused 70
do so although when he called upon the danger
was not great. Twelve bodies are now at Cape Cir
ardeau seven deckhands, three women anu two
children. Bodies still missing. Many OF
tho crew and passengers saved are suffering
from terrible scales which will In several cases prove
fatal The explosion spent It's force directly backward
into the engine and only the members OF the crew
and the roustabOuts suffered from the steam Elcyon
roustaDouts were so severely scaded .La re @ cms
are completely nayed aud these Will die Ine eeconu
mate deckand scrubber and carpenter are also serious
ly burned. The mate and deckhand are dead ana ane
as tho boat landed here ptifu but physicans
and citizens promptly offered assistance ana are a'hs h
all In their power to alleviate the sunernes oI tio
wounded Captain Thompson Is also looking af'ef
ther welfare and is doing all IN his ,oT nn, tnem ara
George KeywSod OF Nashville Marshall Hodin OF
Walnut Hill Tenn Jack fnnssan .n, o. - ous ous
J. Henry Gordon OF Evansville Ind The Ssr ys. arg
deckhands severely burned lnat tner NV % oo
dospa;red Of William Davis, OF Midway, KY Alpert
kce OF Cape Grarleau; Levi Ch ,tnam OF Paducsh NY
William spartzcll, and Dallas Wester, OF Evansvile'
Ind. - A.. M..
As far as can be learned the passengers on the Mas
cote were: Judge Hager and wife, Cape GiraIaesu.
missing; Frederick Lind missing Mrs W. H. Mhee1er
and two children. Daisy aud mny,,. Liy, CsPs Kruger M
Cape Girardeau, missing; Mis-: Julia Rs6cn, nni.
Cape Girardeau, missing; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M,ner
and two children, OF sh hebyve, ILL.,, drowned >. 8
Buehrmann of ST. Louis. badly nurt ON the head hands
arms and back from fire. but will recover; ;. 5eimers
and wife, Cape Grardeau, unnjursd; j. RSise RSn.
Cape Girardeau, slightly burned Mrs T. r Pnelps'
Cape GrardeAu unuJured; A. j. Howard, cape nn Saarn
eau. slight burns on head and back. Captain lhomp
unnjured j. Roy Perkins nst clerk, missing SSH
the owners OF La Mascotte E. Braham, second clerk
uninjurcd E. Daugherty, frat mate blown oyerooalu
hut unujured l. Adams second mate. so badly scaidco
that he died in the hospital this morning. James
Donohue, pilot unnjured; j. j. Hanlan, pilot, uh,
injured /; Henry Gearneau, knocked overboarI ana
Injured IN the right side, but not fatally; " Billy
O'Brien first engineer, blown overheard and IS now
missing; G. s. DAVIDSON. carpenter, scveteiy
scalded Mac Shearer, deck hand 80
this morning simmons, scruober, scaned heaa anu
right arm Charles Vaughn, watchman sghtiy burned
stephen Wells. porter missing One OF the chamoer-
maids Cinderella Peoples, Is missing, ana the otner,
Maggie Johnson, was drowned