Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-04

FORTY PEOPLE KILLED ON A STEAM
BOAT.
The Corona. Plying Between New Orleans
and the Ouachiia River. ESplodes
Her BoiIers-Help from
Passing steamer.
mr tnlerrnph 10 the piapatch..

Ngw ORLEANS. October 2--Tho steamer Coro-
ne, ot the Ouachita Consolidated Line, left here
NJ 100 last evening for Ouachita river With ful
cargo u freight and good lisi OF pa'senecr-
She exploded her boilers ~ faise RIVER hrarly
opposite Port Hudson, al lis5 this morning,
causing ioss q the steamer and aponi forty
lives.
Captain Jnmcs O'Neil, was near by. and Win
HE Crew anc hoats saved many lives. The sur
yivins passengers aud crew were taken on board
by Cepisin O'Non and very kindly cared for by
him and his crew.
Tho following aro lists Of the les; and saved as
far % KNOWN:
CREW LOST.
j. W. Blanks, captain: j. Y. Jordan, nrst
clerk Charles G. E,ns, seronl clerk. swinp
Hanna, third clerk; Erode sen DluNe' hsrkcrp-
er; Frederick NcrDan. barEccrer; FHtrlc1 fy-
40. steward; Richard Curtis fireman IIone'
Shook, engineer; Henry Doyle, porter, Jam f7
SwipC. porter: -- Tate. barber, Henry Jaws
deck hand: ToOm Cook, sailor nrn william
Young, second mate samuel steel, boy; BOTH
captains Of the deck watch, and eight ron-'ei''
PASSENGERS LOsT.
Dr. Atweu. corn doctor, ana four negro musi-
clans; MI. scott. smltnland, Ia; ~. paY. =
si0ckmAn, Texas Mr.. KOench; Mrs. buh'
Opelousss Mrs. Kaufuans. nurse. and oldest
child: Mrs. Thomas lIouRh. Upel1uHGs, sister ot
Captain Blanks, with Mr. NilsJn, 81 Red River
Landing. ana iit,el rousier-, names uuknO"o.
CEEW SAVED.
II. II. Jolle, pilot: T.. RAwlns. pilot: Charles
Pierce, sherman: J. W. Handy, engineer;
Jack Miller, mate; Billy Higgins, bill ciers A;
Robert Carbs, carpenter; William Flcmlng. So
coma steward samuel Gree, Waterman; llon7s
Burns. deck-haud Milton Glover, fireman ;
Daniel Slc,aeck, panTymBn: Frank Reeves
COOK: j. steele, bn1er: Charity Lambert, cham
tcrmaid: Miss Reilly, second maid Joseph Ray
man. grcaser, aud several cabin-boys'
pAssFNGFRs SAVED.
Mrs II. Blanks aud two children. Mrs Mann,
Mrs Robert Robertson, Mrs. kaufman and chill
dreu, Captain y. q. COrnwel, Nrs. j. X. Brown.
Mrs j. j. Meredith, MI l.. 4. M8son, Mr.. Baugn-
man. Mr.. Coinstock, OF DonaltsonYile; Mr. >.
Carr, o. laTisonburg; Mrs. Kaufman and In
fani. Of Smithlani and Hon. J.. J. Mason oi
Baton Rouge.
The Corona was on her nr.i trip Of the season
and had but recently come ont - The dry-docE' .
where she received rerair- amounting a. nearly
$1,000 She was built al Wheeling. ". Va, by
sweeney Brothers, of that city. seven yctr- hs''
and hac q carrying capacity OF about ''0N 'ilt &
a cotton. At'rc time OF the accident she was
valued at 10000
THE WOUNDED
The following g. llsi 81 the wounded: Cap
tain -. q. Cornwen eighty; -- Bsrghman'
residing on Black rycf- hurt Ia the side. bi' no.
dangerous Mr.. Consiock. DoneidsonYliir'
slightly y. j. Meredith, Columbia, To-, slightly /;
Wayne, little son OF Henry Black. slightly hur,
about the face: Charles a. Pear'n, New Orleans
scaldcd-none Of tho injured are expected 20
die. Pilot kolnes, badly scnided ON the hands
umbers, and Mrs. +. W. Robertson, slightly
hurt
Mrs Robertson SAYS when The Corona arrived
opposite False River landing. about sirtcen
miles below sara, one Of her uoilcr- exploded
tearing the boat ~ pieces. when she sank IN
deep water in feW seconds. MI. k0bert-c %
snv- she was we1red in the ladies cabin win
some Of The frify laying across her lower limbs
brat wac suddenly released and found herself
floating In the r!vor She sank twice hlt luckily
vas Picked up and escaped with only q ieW
bruises.
MIR. Rollings, pilot Of the Corona, says: was
gsicrp iu Texas ~ the time %: Inc explosion.
He docs not know how the explosion occurred
he wa awakened Dy the noise Il mnde lic was
painfully burned ou b0h hands
Hon. T. i. Mason. Secretary ~ >faio. WHO was
II passenger on tie Corona, states thnt hr ~as ln
tho cabin talking 20 MI. Robertson a. ntYut ~
O'Clock fiis morning when Che explosion o'-
CURED. Zee escaped with lifc-prescrtcr7 ana
assisted IN saving Mr.. Robertson ana anoih. r
lady. There was worry little time Or ITcpnFa-
ton for escape, az tho boat won't down lice lead
few seconds after '.e explosion. AZ no
steamer City u r. Louis came down sho was
hailtd and to y on bunrd ai! ihe passengers ana
crew who were not lost in 'he river no ONE
sooms @ be- ablc o. give any explanation O. to
the cause II ,he sudden disaster
A Yic1gUAe Baton Rouge special says: cap
tain q. &. sweeney, one ~ Tie owners OF tho
line. who assumed command on tne death Of
Captain BLANK, says the oxpiohon Yves not due
10 too high pressure OF -tean He had Just lai
occasion to examine Tie gauge, and IS positive
ihore was not pressure OF moro IMAM I'D
pounds. The boat bad a moderate cargo. sue
was ia mi1stream lust below tho landing nt Al
broth, aud had Just whis.led 20 pass the ti.y 81
81. Louis. fortunately coming down az the time.
The explosion had q downward tendency ana
blew out the bottom OF the boat, causing
her 20 sink immediately The cabin was
torn IN two. the rear p0rioa dOatlnc lovn
tho stream aul bearing a number Of the save J..
Captain Sweeney happened 10 Doe forward anu
started az once u put out Tie lamcs' which i"-
gan to burn al several places. 10 say7 ihr bpAi
would undoubtedly hive burned had she nui
gone down Immediately. None ~ the bookA'
papers, or other yaluables wore saved. The CITY
OF 20. Louis. Which was about Ave hundred var Us
above. az once put Out her bOnts. and ihcIr crew
Gi noble work Ia saving lives. The Anchor
Liner stayed thoro several hour rendering all
the assistance possible ana taking on
board The rescued phsscnE re- and crew. When
nothing more could bc done shc CAME to Baton
Rouge. whore physicians were summoned and
everything possible done for the iuiuro! tn"
only dead body recovered wae that OF Flrdorl'k
Oycrman, the second b1rkccper. The remains
were pat OF at the wharf-odice, whcre hoy
were viewed by Coroner Jones. u has not Vel
been determined whether they VIII be Inferred
here or sent TO New Orleans. 1hrce or four 0f
tho injured remained on tho city OF 81 LOUIS
and were carried 10 New Orleans.