The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-10-11
BURSTED BOILERS
The Explosion Of a Mississippi
River Steamboats, Boilers
Cause Great Fatality.
Forty-Seven Persons Known to Be
Lost, and Many Others
Are Missing.
Immediately After the Explosion the
Steamer Sank and Passengers
Were Compelled to Swim
or Drown.
Terrible Loss of Life.

New ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-The steamer
Corona, OF the Ouachita consolidated
line, left here Wednesday evening for
the Ouachita river with full cargo Of
freight and good list of passengers.
She exploded her boilers at False river,
nearly opposite Port Hudson. at 11:46
yesterday morning, causing the loss of
the steamer and about forty lives.
The Anchor line steamer, City Of St.
Louis, Captain James O'Neil, was near,
and with it's crew and boats saved many
lives. The surviving passengers and
crew were taken on board By Captain
ONeil and kindly cared for.
The following are lists of the lost and
saved so far as known:
Grew Lost. w Blanks, captain; Y. j..
" Jordan, first clerk; Charles G. Ellis,
Fred Dinkle. barkeeper; Fred Overman,
berkeeper; Pat Ryan, stewart; Dick Our
tis, fireman; Tom Shook, engineer; Henry
Doyle, porter: James Sypie, porter; Mr..
Tate, barber; Henry Davis, dock hand /;
Tom Cook, sailor; Billy Young, second
mnte; Sam Steele, Texas boy; both cap
tains of the deck watch; fifteen rousta,
bouts, names unknown.
Passengers Lost-Dr. Atwell, corn doc
tor, and four negro musicians; Mr.. Scott,
Smithland, La; Mr.. Davis, Stockman,
Tex; Mr.. Koench and Mrs. Hueff, OF
Opelausas: Mrs. Kauffman's nurse and
Oldest child; Mrs. Tom Hough, of Opelau.
sas; Mr.. Wilson, of Red River Landing.
Iassengers Saved-Mrs. Henry Blanks
and two children, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Rob,
ert Robinson, Mrs. Kaufman and children,
Captain B. g. Cornwall Mrs j. r. Brown,
Mrs. ]. j. Meredith, L. F. Mason, Mr.,
Baughman, Mr. Comstock, of Donardson,
vile, and John Carr, of Harrisonburg. Ten
of the saved are wounded, but not danger.
ously.
Mrs. Robertson says that when the
Corona arrived opposite the False river
landing, about sixteen miles below
Bayou Sara, one of her boilers exploded,
tearing the boat to pieces, and she sank
in deep water in a few seconds. Mrs.
Robertson says that she was wedged in
the ladies' cabin with some of the debris
laying across her lower limbs, but was
suddenly released and found herself
floating in tho river. She sank twice,
but luckily was picked up and escaped
with only few painful bruises ON hel
limbs.
L. c. Rollings, the pilot, says he was
asleep at the time of the explosion, and
does not know how it occurred.
Hon. l.. f. Mason, secretary Of state,
who was passenger on the Corona.
states that he escaped with life pre-,
servers and assisted in saving Mrs
r, be tson and another lady. There was
very little time for preparation for es-
cape, as the boat went down like lead
Il few seconds after the explosion oc.
cured
No one seems to be able to give any
explanation AS to the cause Of the sud
den disaster. Captain L. c. Sweeney
of the Powers line, who assumed COM
mand on the death Of Captain Blanks
says the explosion was not due to toe
high pressure Of steam. He had juJ1
had occasion to examine the gauge and
is positive there was not pressure OF
more than 1875 pounds of steam. This
boat had a moderate cargo. She was il
the middle of the stream just below the
landing at Arbroth and had Just whis
tied to pass the City OF st. Louis which
was fortunately coming down at the
time. The explosion had a downward
tendency and blew out the bottom Of
the boat causing her to sink immedi
ately. The cabin was torn in two, the
rear portion floating down stream
and bearing a number of the saved
Captain Sweeney says the boat would
undoubtedly have burned had she no
gone down Immediately. None of The
books, papers or other valuables were
saved.
The City of st. Louis, which was abou
500 yards above, at once put out he
boats and did noble work in saving
lives. Tho Anchor Line stayed there
several hours, rendering all the assist
ance possible and taking on board tn,
rescued passengers and crew. Wher
nothing more could be done she cam,
down to Baton Rouge, where physician
were summoned and all that was possi
Bile done for the injured. The only deat
body recovered was that of Fred Over
man. her second barkeeper.
The Corona was on her first trip o
the season, and had but recently COM
out Of the dry dock, where she received
repairs amounting to nearly $4,000
| She was built at Wheeling, w. Va. b.
Sweeney Bros, of that city, about seyel
| years ago, and had carrying capacit.
| of about 2,TOO bales OF cotton. At tn
| time of the accident she was valued a
| 100000.
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