Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-10-09
LUCKLESS HUMANS.

rHtecn VersonS Arc DrOwned-Tho Brit.
s"n steamship Enrnmo0re and Nineteen
OF ihose on Board Go Down During y
cyclone Mt Sea.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 4-The steamer Cor
ona, OF the Ouachita Consolidated line.
which loft here at 49, o'clock Wednesday
evening for tho Ouachita river with q full
ergo OF freight and q good list OF passen-
gers, exploded her boilers at False River.
nearly opposite Port Hudson, Mt
ll:45 o'clock Thursday morning, causing
the loss OF the steamer and about forty eix
lives. The Anchor line steamer Oty OF st
Louis, Captain James O'Neil, was near. and
with her Grew und boats saved many lives.
The surviving passengers and crew were
taken on board by Captain o Neil and very
kindly cared for by him and hts crew.
The following IL the hist OF the lost 80 far
rs known,
Dr. Alweli. q '.coru doc, or and four negro
musicians; Mr.. Scott OF Southland La; Mr..
Davis stockman, Of Texas: Mr. Koench;
Mrs Hun, OF Opelousas; J. w, Blanks, the cap.
tain: J. V, Jordan. first clerk; Charles c. Ellis,
second clerk; Swmp Hanna, third clerk; Fred
ID nkle, bar-keeper; Fred verman, u bar.
keeper; Pat Ryan, the steward: ID ok Curtis,
fireman; Tom Shook, the engineer: Henry
Doyle,2 porter; James Sw pc, u porter: Mr..
:
Tom Cook. q sailor: i lily Youny, second mate;
Sam Steel, by; Nrs. Tom Hugh, OF Ope-
lousas, sister OF CAPITA Blanks; Mr. Wilson.
Of Red River pantat on.
Both captains OF the deck-watea. fifteen
rousters and nurse OF Mrs Kaufman were
also lost, making he total death list forty
six Nine persons were wounded but
mono fatally. Fifteen passengers we're
saved unhurt.
Hon l.. H. Mason, secretary Of State who
was passenger ON the Corona says that
he was In the cabin talking t., MIS-,
Robertson when the explosion oc-
CURED. Ile escaped with life pre-
servers and assisted in saving MIRA Eop-
ertson md another woman There was
very little time for preparation for escape,
as the boat went down like lead few Sec
onds after tho explosion AZ the steamer
City of st. Louis came down she was hailed
and took on board ali the passengers and
Grew who were not lost in the river.
No one seems to b.. able to give any ex-
PLANTATION as to the cause of the sudden dts
aster. Captain T. C. Sweeney, one of the
owners OF tho line. who assumed command
on the death OF Captain Blanks,
says the explosion was not due to
o too high pressure of steam. He had lust
had occasion TO examine the gauge and Is
positive there was not a pressure Of MOI g
than l3I pou nds- The boat had q moder-
ate cargo. She was In mid-stream. Just be-
low the landing at Arbroth. and had Just
whistled TO pass the Oty OF ST. Louis, fort
unately coming down at the time
The explosion had q downward ten.
d .ncy and blew out the bottom OF the boar.
.using her to sink Immediately. The cab
In was torn In two. the rear portion float
Ing down stream and hearing number OF
the saved Captain sweeney happened to
be forward, and started at once to put out
the flames, which began to burn at aeveru
plaoea He says the boat would undoubt-
eddy have burned had she not gone down
None of the books papers or other valua-
bles were saved
Tho Corona was ON her first trip of the
season, and had but recently come out OF
the y-dock, where she received repairs
amounting to nearly sls, CO.. She was
built ut Wheeling, ". Va, by SweeDy Bros.
OF that city. about seventeen years ago.
and had carving capacity OF about 2, TO
bales of cotton At the time OF the acoi-
dent she was valued at ssO.0va.
New 70 Z, Oct "A special cable from
St Pierre, N. F., says: The Transatlantic
s; Gamer Geographic, Of tho Ro>siere line,
bound from Montreal to Southampton with
cattle, sheep and cargo of general mer-
chsndise, VIII Oh left sydney on Tuesday,
collited with the Nova scotia sailing ye j..
sci Minnie swift forty miles OFT st. Pierre
ut o'c oca Wednesday morning. The Min
ME Swift sunk within two minutes
drowning, as nearly q can he ascert;.iued,
two women, three children and ten men
The others, with part OF a Drew OF a Nor
wegian vessel who had previou ~ heen
picked up, got on bea.d tho steamer.
which. despite all efforts, also sunk al
IL O'Clock a IN. Two boats containing
about thirty Eve persons which put OFT
from the steamer early in the morning are
still missing. The third boat with the
captain and fifteen others was pick d up
y the schooner Sister Bell and brought to
St Pierre
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct "A sad story OF
shipwreck was received in this oisy Thurs
day, which tells OF the laundering of the
now British steamer Earnmoor in the
West Indies and tbs loss OF nine cen men.
Those who have persisted are az follows:
Ca tain Richard J. Gray, Second Mate
Stone, Chief Engineer Louder and sixteen
men Of tho crew. Those known to have
been saved are First Mate Painter, Second
Engineer Meldrum and five OF the crew.
The Earnmoor cleared from Baltimore
August % aud sailed next day August -
she lefe Hampton Rosds and put to sea
The storm which prevailed early in Sep
temb struck her when she was of the
West Indies. She labored several days in
heavy seas and then began to Hill
The men gave up hope, and on tho 5th OF
Septensbor determined to abandon the
ship. Two DO is wore launched In one
Of thom were the First Officer Mr.. Painter.
Second Engineer heldrcm 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 tho missing are: Second
Mate Stone aud First Engineer Soudar
The storm that wrecked the Earn,noor was
the great cyclone from the West indies
which played such havoc along the New
Jersey coast in the middle OF September.
s, far az learned the crew were all An.
glishmon
The Earnmoor was launched at New.
CASTLE Eng, in January. 1887, whence he
sal cd She Is a screw steamer Of | $40 tons
net tonnage Her cargo consisted OF u. zoe
bushels OF wheat shipped by late, Mile,
4 Co. to Rio do Janeiro The cargo Is
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