Daily Republican., 1889-10-04
A STEAMER DISASTER.
THE CORONA EXP. oDEs HER
BOILERS AT FALSE RIvER,
Over Fifty Lives Lost-The Steamer City
of st. Louis saves "a Number of Per-
sons-The Earnmoor Goes
Down Ii storm.

Corona, OF the Ouschiia Consolidated
Line, left here at 1850 last evening for the
Ouachita riverwith full cargo Of freight
and good list OF passengers. 6he OK
ploded her bo' lers st False River, nearly
opposite Port Hudson, at 11.45 this morn
ing, causing the loss of the steamer and
about 40 lives. The Anchor Line steamer
City OF st. Lnuis, Captain o'Nell, was
near by, and her crew aud boats saved
many lives. The surviving passengers
and crew were taken on board by Captain
O'Neil AID very kindly cared for by him
And his crew.
Mrs. Robertson Gays when the Corona
arrived opposite False Shore landing,
about 10 miles below Bayou Sara, one OF
her boilers exploded, tearing the boat 10
pieces, when she sank In deep water In
few seconds.
Mre. Robert4on sage she was wedged
In tho ladies' cabin with tome Of the
detr laying across her lower limbs, but
was suddenly released and found herself
floating in the river. She sank twice,
but luckily was picked up aud escaped
with only few bruisee.
Mr.. Rollings, pilot Of the Corona, says:
l wss asleep in the Texas at the time OF
the explosion. He does not know how
the explosion occurred. He was awak-
encd by the noise It made. He was pain
fully burned on both hands.
No one seems to be able to give any
explanation as TO the cause Of the sudden
disaster.
Ths Corona was on her fret trip OF the
season, and had but rsceutly come out OF
the dry dock, where she received repairs
. amounting to nearly tl2,00o. She was
built at Wheeling, W. Va, by the
. Sweeney Brothers, OF that city, seven
years ago, End had carrying capacity Of
about 2,700 bales of cotton. At the
, tiIne Of the accident she was valued al
$50, 900. a
WENT DOWN IN STORM.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 4.-The steam
: ship Earnmoor, Captain Richard j.
Gray, which sailed from this place fol
Q RIO Janeiro. .sen Angus. 29th, with 6
v cargo OF wheat, foundered at sea in cy-
Il clone on September 5.h. Her crew left
= her in two boats, one containing seven
;, the other nineteen men. The boat con
Q tanning seven men has arrived st Nassau
o the other with 10 persons, including the
# captain, is believed TO be lost. 1t 10 re
ported alec that five'of the men who hav,
10 arrived at Nassau are dying.
II MORE VESSELS SINK.
!, OTTAWA, Oct. a-1he steamer Geo
u graphic, from Montreal for Southampton
= with cattle ana perchandise, collidet
u with the Nova ecotla sailing yesse
!, Minnie Swift, forty miles off st. Pierr
u Miquelow, at Q O'Clock on Wednesda,
y morning The swift sank within tw
. minutes, drowning about 15 persons, in
Guiding two women and three children
The others, with part OF Norwegia
crew previously picked up, got on boa-'
u the steamer. That also sank nine hour
l. after the collision. Her captain and L
- men were picked up from boat BY
O. passing schooner sd taken to st. Pierre
,h Two other boats, couJairlng about y
~ persons, are missing.
" The s'eamer Ybcro has arrived at Yer
er Cruz with five shtpwreeked Spaninrd
Q, from the brig Currutaco, eight thiI
er wrecked Frenchnen from the bar
" Augustine, and six shipwrecked Englisl
5, men ON the brig Olivia.
III Breathing the Germs of Disease.
To inhale the germs Of disease wit
their daily breath Is the fate of denizer
of malarla-scuufged localities ever!
re where. The endemic atmospheric po' Sc
be NAV, however, be feft OF Its venom an
OF rendered innox,ons by defensive use
a Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This pr
10 eminentiy safe and effective remedy ar
ry safeguard not only eradicates the disea:
,fs when developed but enables the syste
d, to safely brave Its assaults. Every PHI
sical fupction "a confirmed In or res tort
to regularity the circulation qGickenei
sluggish and bilious habit, WHICH OF
of self begets a profess to both intermiite
of aud remittent types ot malarial diseas
to where extrinsic atmosphere causss exi
"a. powerfully counteracted by this inimit
ss bic terrifying and defensive agent, whl'
N has moreover none of the disagreeab
.nt characteristics of a drastic cathartic
an M alkaloid. Fever and ague, dun
Va ague at ague cake, and the calentu
If OF the Isthmus are conquered by IL sur
ly, pleasantly. Rheumatism, neuralgi
gout kidney aud bladder troubles, CO
ur etipatloH and indigestion yield to 1t.
~ short Potato Crop.
uR A despatch from New York says: I
ul- produce dealers state that the ineessa
Ter rains have been ruihous to the potato
tor and other staple vegetables drawn fro
nd this State and vicinity. The potato cr'
is over 10 per cent, under the usual ave
age, and to supply the loss large iorei
importation is expected. Dealers ha
tv. alrea iy begun to store their surplus sto
,si SO as to gain by the advance in price.
his high as & barrel is expected by sol
vas experts. The iurnip crop has also be
a much affected, aud the caulifiower rstu
no shows an almost total loss.
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