The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-10
LucKLEss HUMANS.

asters on the Water-F0rty-Sx Killed
by Nm Explosion of the Boilers Of tho
Mississippi River steamer CorOna-TwO
vesseis Collide o6 Newfoundland and
Fifteen PersoRs Are DrOwned-The Rrit-
tsh Steamship EarnmO0ro and Nineteen
Of Those board Go Down During .
Cyclone IT soa.
New ORLEANS. Oct 4-The steamer Cor
ona, of the Ouachita Consolidated line,
which left here at 7.3J o'clock Wednesday
evening for the Ouachita river with full
cargo Of freight and good lis; Of passen-
gers, exploded her boilers ut False River,
nearly opposite Port Hudson. at
11:s5 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.
Ile surviving passengers and crew were
taken on board by Captain ONeil and very
kindly cared for by him and his crew.
The following 10 the list Of the lost so far
- known:
DR.. Atwel. corn doctor ana four negro
musicians; Mr. Scott OF Southland, La. Mr..
Davis, stockman, of Texas: Mr.. Koench;
Mrs. HUI, Of Opclousas: J. w, Blanks. the cap.
tain: J. Y. Jordan. first clerk: CharlesC G. Ellis,
second clerk; Swimp Hanna, third clerk; Fred
Dinkle. bar-keeper; Fred verman. q bar
keeper; Pat Ryan, the steward: Dick Curtis, q
fireman; Torn Shook. tho engineer: Henry
Doyle, porter; James Swipe, q porter: Mr..
Taic. barber; Heary Davis. deck-hand;
Tom Cook. o sailor: Billy Young, second mate;
Sam Steel. a boy: Mrs. Tom Hough, OF Opo-
lousas, sister OF Captain Blanks: Mr.. Wilson.
OF Red River plantat on.
Both captains OF the deck-watch, fifteen
roustcrs and . 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
WINS q passenger on the Corona, says that
lie was in the cabin talking to Mrs.
Robertson when the explosion &C.
Cured He escaped with life pre-
servers and assisted in saving Mrs. RoD-
.ertson rnd another woman. There was
very little time for preparation for escape,
as the boat went down like lead few ssc-
onds after tho 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 tho river
No one seems to be able to give any ex-
PLANTATION as to the cause Of tho sudden dis
aster. Captain +. &. Sweeney. one OF tho
owners of the line, who assumed command
says the explosion was not due to
q too high pressure of steam. He had lust
had occasion 70 examine the gauge and is
positive there was not pressure Of more
than l3J pou nds. The boat had moder-
ate cargo. She was in mid-stream, just be-
low the landing ao Arbroth and had just
whistled to pass the City OF Sc. Louis fort
uuatcly coming down at the tinc.
The explosion had downward ten.
dancy and blew out the bottom OF the boar.
clusing her to sink immediately The cab
in was torn I'm two. the rear portion float
ing down stream aud bearing number OF
the saved Captain Sweeney happened to
be forward, and started at once to put cut
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-dock. where she received repairs
amounting to nearly sl3,eOa She was
built at Wheeling, W. Va. by Swecny Bros
Of that city, about seventeen years ago.
and had carrying capacity Of about 2.1JO
bales Of cotton At the time of the acct.
dent she was valued at 100000.
NEW loRK, Oct IA special cable from
St Pierre. N. f.. says: The transatlantic
steamer Geographic. Of the Rossiere line,
bound from Montreal to Southampton with
cattle, sheep and cargo of general mer.
chandise, which left sydney on Tuesday,
collided with the Nova Scotia sailing yes-
sci Minnie swift forty miles Off st. Pierre
at O'clock Wednesday morning. The Min
ME Swift sunk within two minutes.
1ynS Mi lU l.x.
two women three children and ten me n.
The others, with part Of crew of Nor
wcgian vessel who had prcviou sly been
picked up, got on board the steamer,
which. despite oil efforts, also sunk at
II O'Clock a. m. Two boats containing
about thirty-dve persons which put of
from the steamer early in the morning are
still missing. The third boat with the
captain and fifteen others was picked MP
by the schooner Sister Beh and brought to
St Pierre.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct IA sad story or
shipwreck was received in this city Thurs
day, which tells OF the foundering of the
new British steamer Earnmoor in the
West Indies and the loss of nine.cc men.
Those who have perishcd ars as follows:
Captain Richard J. Gray, Second Nate
Stone, Chief Engineer Louder and sixteen
men Of the 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 -, and sailed next day. August -
she left Hampton Roads and put to sea
The storm which prevailed early in Sep
tembar struck her when she was off the
West Indies She labored several DAYS in
heavy seas and then began to I'LL
The men gave up hope, and on the 9TH 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
M..tc Stone and First Engineer Soudar.
The storm thfS wrecked the Earnmoor was
the great cyclone from the West Indies
which played such havoc along the New
Jersey coast in the middle OF September
So fur as learned tho crew were all En-
giishmen.
The EarnmOor was launched Ut New.
castle. Eng. In January. 1851. whence he
sailed. She IL screw stea OF 80 tons
net tonnage. Her cargo consisted of 81, ~
bushels Of wheat shipped by Tate, Mile,
4 Go. to Rio do Janeiro. The cargo II
| valued Mt $4,000. The steamer is owned
by the Earnshaw line OF England. She had
been plying regularly between Baltimore
| and Cuba for year
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A NOTE OF WARNING.
| Asiat1c Cholera Gains u Footing in I'd