Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-17

Transportation Company. steamer r,o-
q af Her Ds~k In the Chl~s<s River
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CHscsGo, JEIy 1.-THE steamer
Iio-A % the Erie TransportatIon Com
Pany. Sas badly wrecked hy "a explo-
sio1 a afteen minutes 70 eight ereiork
this evening. while lying a. her dock
a. Randolph street and the river. II Is
rePortsd that thir.e~a people are killed.
oGi a. tAts writing (ta.30 ,. M the r~-
port can not Be verified Up - this
time only th-ee bodies have been re-
eover-s
The explosion was a terrific one. AMI
column % smoke shot two hundred
iest N the Air. succeeded a second la.ar
~ whiriStnd ot fame. which uIam-
med bridges. tuiIdinrS. water and spars
IN frivhstul glare
The startled crowas rushed - The
river banks docks and hride-p$. ard
soon the scene vas thronred with An
immense c--wa
genera a-~ alarm had been turned
IN. All snou afsy streams OF water frou,
The steamers and are tugs were pouring
into The hoid ot the big iron boa.
Though the rapinx hole amidship.
trons which The flames poured n from
furnace
The Ttora. which xas one Of the
largrss ard snest prupelerS on the
axes II badly wrecked. her upper
works being nssriy blown away aad
her wooden work badly burned.
A. ten o'cLeck the hrs was 20 tar
under courrol that The search for the
victims q tae explosion ~as begun.
Three bodies were soon brought out
oisckened and maR<ied. They were
apparently the remains % unfortunate.
members q The sssamer's crew. caaxht
ao"art as the time OF she explosion.
When The explosion occurred there
were between Ten and fifteen men in
the fan-sail q the boat while scores Of
Others we're forward There were also
several Ssevrdores on sh. dock and in
the warehouses
Bird ige-tent.er GaTsor. a. Randolph
street bridge. less than a hundred feet
away, saw n nan Ehirikng upwari into
the air in the midst of TREMENDOUS
mass af blazing wrecka<e. The poor
fellow fsll into the river. brt vas rss-
eue'i unconscious and cared for
The explosion did much damage -
surrounding buildings, and 1{ndoNs
we're br0ken nearly half a mile away.
Z p ta mhiuIxht seven de4sl and
wounded men had been taken from the
boat and is Eas then believed TIA. not
more than eirhs others were IA the
bold These men are doubtless daaA
a. ten are engines have poured tons of
waters into the big hole iass above the
spot where they wers a. work a. the
time % The explosion
IL viii b. az least another day before
the water can BE pumped from the hold
and the bodies uncovered
There a good reason 70 believe that
the explosion was caused BY g1s <euer-
sted from oil barrels which were stored
near the fan-taiL
30 far as learned the folio wing are
the names Of the killed aad injured:
KILLED.
Walter Dogrs
- Cathber- watchman-
TSJUKEn
Walter Chaplin tcoIoredt.
PomreY Smith (coloredl. fatally.
Thomas Collins. fatally.
J. 0DouneIL fatally.
Oscar Pope. fatally
Quite 4 number OF people in the
vicinity we're injured by the shcck or
lying debris
The Tioga's fan-taiI il complete IY
shattered Every steel rib and plate il
broken ami twisted as IL it were so
much paper. It is impossible to make
an accurate estimate OF the damage NJ
present owing 10 the fact that the
wrecked stern settled down in the
muddy bottom OF the river and the ma
ehinery compartments are filed with
water
Forward Of the boilers the boat Is
comparatively uninjured Captain
Phelps made an examination OF the
four compartments. which are all sepa-
rated by steel balkheads, and found
that they we're entirely free from water
IL Is likely that the most OF the cargo
viii escape damage.
E-ATEE
The following ars supposed 20 have
met their death.
Tom Lewis Aleek smith Henry Al
exaHdsr. Leuls Alexander. JAKE Shari.
James Braxt1n. wm. Dukes. stevedores:
Charles Lsyalis. lockout nan. sxo IN
kno~n 1erxhantss Louis Scott. James
SiesseIl. - Dickinson, srevedorrS