River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-10
LUCKLEss HUMANS.

a Large Number Love Their Lives in Dis
asters on the Water-Forty-S Killed
Dy an Explosion of the Boilers of the
Mississippi River Steamer Corona-Two
vessels Collide of Newfoundland aud
Fifteen Persons Are Drownsd-The Brit
ish Steamship EarnmOore and Nineteen
of Those on Board Go Down During =
Cyclone mt Sea.
NEW ORLEANS Oct 4-The steamer Cor
ona of the 0uachita Consolidated line,
viii, left here at 7:31 o'clock Wednesday
e. ening for The Ouachita river with a full
cargo of freight and good list of passen-
gers, exploded her boilers at False River,
nearly opposite Port Hudson, at
lf:45 O'clock Thursday morning, causing
the loss of the steamer and about forty six
lives. The Anchor line steamer City of St
Louis. Captain James o'Neil. was near, and
with her crew and boats saved many lives
The surviving passengers and crew were
talon on board by Captain o Neil and very
kindly cared for by him and his crew.
The following is the list of the lost so far
as known:
DR.. Atwell, corn doctor and four negro
musicians; Mr.. Scott. OF Southland La. Mr..
Davis, stockman, OF Texas; Mr.. Koench;
Mrs. HcI, Of Opelousas; J. W. Blanks, the cap
tain: j. " Jordan first clerk: Charles C. Ellis,
second clerk; Swimp Hanna. third clerk; Fred
D.nkle, "A bar-keeper Fred Verman. a bar
I keeper; Pat Ryan, the steward; DICK Curtis,
fireman; Tom Shook, the engineer; Henry
Doyle, porter; James Swipe, porter; Mr..
Tate "a barber; Henry Davis a deek-hand;
Tom Cook. sailor Billy Young, second mate;
Sam Steel, a boy; Mrs. Tom Hough, OF 0pe-
lousas, sister OF Captain Blanks; Mr.. Wilson,
OF Red River plantat on.
Both captains of the deck-watch, fifteen
rousters and a nurse of Mrs Kaufman were
also lost making the total death list forty
six Nine persons were wounded but
none fatally. Fifteen passengers were
saved unhurt
Hon L. f. Mason, Secretary of State. who
was passenger ON the Corona says that
he was in the cabin talking to Mrs
Robertson when the explosion &C
CURED. He escaped with life pre-
servers and assisted in saving Mrs Rob-
erts0n end another woman There was
very little time for preparation for escape,
as the boat went down like lead a few sec
onds after the explosion AS the steamer
City of st Louis came down she was hailed
and took on board all the passengers and
crew who were not lost in the river.
No one seems to be able TO give any ex-
PLANTATION as TO the cause of the sudden dis
aster Captain T. C. Sweeney, one of the
owners OF the line, who assumed command
on the death of Captain Blanks
q
too high pressure of steam He had lust
had occasion 70 examine the gauge and is
positive there was not n pressure of more
than 49, pounds. The boat had a mOder-
ate cargo. - was in mid-stream, Just be-
low the landing at Arbroth, and had Just
whistled 10 pass the City of St Louis. fort
unately coming down at the time.
/ The explosion had 3 downward ten
dency and blew out the bottom of the boat,
using her to sink Immediately The cab
in was torn in two the rear portion float
ing downstream and bearing a number OF
the saved Captain Sweeney happened to
be forward, and started at once to put out
the flames, which began to burn at several
places. He says the boat would undoubt-
edly have burned had she not gone down
None of the books, papers or other yalua-
| bles were saved
The Corona was ON her first trip of the
| season. and had but recently come out OF
| the dry-docl where she received repairs
amounting to nearly $4,000 She was
built at Wheeling, W. Va, by Sweeny Bros.
of that city, about seventeen years ago,
| and had a carrying capacity of about 200
bales Of cotton. At the time of the acci-
dent she was valued at $50, GOO
NEW YouK Oct A special cable from
St Pierre, n. f., says; The transatlantic
SAtdhANA NftbAL a IriAJa VI Nltc hDShicAC illlG,
bound from Montreal to Southampton with
cattle, sheep and a cargo of general mer-
chandise, which left Sydney on Tuesday,
colided with the Nova Scotia sailing yes
sci Minnie Swift forty miles OFF St Pierre
Mt . O'Clock Wednesday morning. The Min
ME Swift sunk within two minutes
drowning, as nearly can be ascertaincd,
two women. three children and ten men
The others, with part of q crew of Nor
wegian vessel who had previously been
picked up, got on board the steamer,
which. despite all efforts, also sunk at
IL o'clock a. m. Two boats containing
about Jhirty-five persons which put off
from the steamer early in the morning are
still missing The third boat with the
captain and fifteen others was picked up
by the schooner Sister Bell and brought to
st Pierre.
baltimore, Md, Oct IA sad story OF
shipwreck was received in this city Thurs
day, which tells OF the laundering of the
new British steamer EarnmoOr in the
West Indies and ths loss of nineteen men.
Those who have persisted are as follows:
Captain Richard J. Gray, Second Mate
Stone, Chief Engineer Louder and sixteen
men of the crew. Those known to have
been saved are First Mate Painter, Second
Engineer Medium and five of the crew.
The Earnmoor cleared from Baltimore
August -. and sailed next day August 81
she left Hampton Roads and put to sea
The storm which prevailed early in Sep
temb L struck her when she was of the
West Indies She labored several DAYS in
heavy seas and then began to ill.
The men gave up hope, and on ne 5th of
September determined to abandon the
ship Two boats were launched In one
of them were the FIRST Officer Mr.. Painter,
Second Engineer Meldrom and five seamen.
In the long boat were Captain Gray. the
first officer. second officer and sixteen
others OF the crew of twenty-siX men.
The long boat containing nineteen men,
had not been heard from.
Captain GRAY and the others in the long
boat may have been picked up by another
vessel Among the missing are: Second
Mate Stone aud first Engineer Soudar
The storm that wrecked the Earnmoor was
the great cyclone from the West Indies
which played such havoc along the New
Jersey coast in the middle % September.
s. far as learned the crew were all En-
glishmen.
The EarnmOor was launched at New
castle. Eng, in January, 1851, whence she
sailed. She is n screw ste Gamer of $50 tons
net tonnage. Her cargo consisted of 50 200
bushels of wheat, shipped by Tate, Miller
/ & Co to Rio de Janeiro. The cargo is
valued at s7a, GOO The steamer is owned
/ by the Earnshaw line OF England She had
/ been plying regularly between Baltimore
| and Cuba Tor year.
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A NOTE OF WARNING.
Asiatie Cholera Gains u Footing IN Eu-
rope-The Disease Is Westward hound